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accommodation platform

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accommodation platform, rig
n
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) a platform or semisubmersible rig specially built or adapted to act as living accommodation for offshore personnel in the oil industry


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1980: North Sea accommodation platform Alexander Kielland collapsed killing 123 oil rig workers.
The contract is due for completion in June 2009, but it hopes to win an additional order to supply all 36 doors for the accommodation platform, which will similarly be fire-rated to offshore standards, which will extend the contract until 2010.
As the size and remoteness of offshore wind farms continues to increase, both transformer and accommodation platforms are becoming an essential part of any new development.
 
 
 
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