In order to reduce platform fabrication period and achieve early start-up, both pre-drilling and platformdrilling methods are adopted in developing Pinghu oil & gas field.
为了缩短平台建设周期，使之早日投产，平湖油气田采用了预钻井和平台钻井相结合的方式。
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On April 20, 2010, a deadly explosion at the Deepwater Horizon offshore drillingplatform started a catastrophic oil leak into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
With the Mississippi Delta on the left, the silvery swirling oil slick from the April 20 explosion and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drillingplatform is highly visible.