11.   In their zeal for profits, some companies have allowed fixed production platforms and mobile drilling units to deteriorate to the extent that even basic safety equipment is unreliable.

12.   Most of the industrial action is taking place on drilling rigs, not production platforms.

13.   Natural gas prices tumbled as Hurricane Bertha turned to the north, away from production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

14.   Oil production platforms, often as big as a village or small town, usually sit on metal legs or are anchored to the ocean floor.

15.   Shell recently brought into service at Urdaneta West the largest production platform in Venezuela, Watts said.

16.   The drilling boom is spurring demand for offshore oil production platforms, which Unifab helps build.

17.   The Hibernia oil production platform, considered the most advanced in the world, is half the height of the Empire State Building in New York.

18.   The proceeds will be used to build a natural gas plant, offshore production platform and pipeline.

19.   The shallow waters of the gulf are dotted with scores of production platforms and crisscrossed with hundreds of miles of pipelines.

20.   But one has to distinguish between production platforms and coastal sites as possible sources.