Geography · Mineral and Energy Resources
In oil drilling terminology, what is a 'derrick'?
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- 1A framework, typically of steel, erected over an oil well to support the drilling machinery✓
- 2A heavy vehicle used to transport extracted petroleum goods
- 3A portable dynamic tool used exclusively for drilling underwater rocks
- 4An automated apparatus used to dig shallow holes in the topsoil
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A framework, typically of steel, erected over an oil well to support the drilling machinery
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