The platform was located in very shallow water near the Yellow River off the coast of Shandong province.
胜利油田是中国最大的油田之一，平台位于山东附近海上离黄河不远的浅水区域。
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The oil platform burned for 36 hours after a massive explosion, then later sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, April 22, 2010, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Hedeclared the platform, perched seven miles off the east coast of England and just outside Britain's territorial waters, to be the principality of sealand.