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PLATE-FORME FORAGE GAZIER [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-03-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- gas platform
1, record 1, English, gas%20platform
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- gas rig platform 2, record 1, English, gas%20rig%20platform
correct
- gas drilling platform 3, record 1, English, gas%20drilling%20platform
correct
- gas-drilling platform 4, record 1, English, gas%2Ddrilling%20platform
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Oil and gas platforms. Since 1981 Gleitbau Salzburg has left its mark on reinforced concrete platform construction projects around the world. ... The extreme conditions [in the North Sea projects in the 70s] forced them to create innovations which today are the foundation for geo-metrically complicated and immensely high building structures. ... The services include ... the heavy lifting technique assists in the raising of pre-cast concrete elements or fabricated steel platforms into both the drilling and utility shafts, onto monolithically cast support brackets. 5, record 1, English, - gas%20platform
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
After a significant gas leak on a gas platform it was found that drawings did not reflect the actual plant. 6, record 1, English, - gas%20platform
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- plate-forme de forage gazier
1, record 1, French, plate%2Dforme%20de%20forage%20gazier
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'Office Canada-Nouvelle-Écosse des hydrocarbures extracôtiers [...] a permis à ExxonMobil de consentir à une firme américaine [...] un gros contrat de construction d’une plate-forme de forage gazier [...] 2, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20forage%20gazier
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
L’industrie côtière, une industrie primaire à la base, [...] englobe [aussi] la fabrication de plate-formes de forage pétrolier et gazier et la construction de navire hauturiers de ravitaillement [...] 2, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20forage%20gazier
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes. 3, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20forage%20gazier
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004). 4, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20forage%20gazier
Record 1, Key term(s)
- plateforme de forage gazier
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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