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Question 1: In the 1920s drilling was done from concrete platforms in ________, Venezuela.
BacteriaLake MaracaiboCholeraPetroleum

Question 2: The Thames Sea Forts of ________ are considered the direct predecessors of modern offshore platforms.
World War IICollaboration with the Axis Powers during World War IISecond Sino-Japanese WarSoviet occupations

Question 3: The Petronius Platform is a compliant tower in the ________, which stands 2,000 feet (610 m) above the ocean floor.
Caribbean SeaMediterranean SeaGulf of MexicoAtlantic Ocean

Question 4: [7] In the ________, more than 200 platforms have been similarly converted.
Gulf of MexicoCaribbean SeaAtlantic OceanMediterranean Sea

Question 5: In March 1980, the 'flotel' (floating hotel) platform Alexander Kjelland capsized in a storm in the ________ with the loss of 123 lives.
North SeaBaltic SeaAtlantic OceanEnglish Channel

Question 6: These platforms are built on ________ and/or steel legs anchored directly onto the seabed, supporting a deck with space for drilling rigs, production facilities and crew quarters.
BrickConcreteRoadStreet

Question 7: Having been pre-constructed in a very short time, they were then floated to their location and placed on the shallow bottom of the ________ estuary.
Thames EstuaryHenley-on-ThamesTidewayRiver Thames

Question 8: Other notable early submerged drilling activities occurred on the Canadian side of ________ in the 1900s and Caddo Lake in Louisiana in the 1910s.
Lake OntarioLake ErieLake SuperiorGreat Lakes

Question 9: ________ (FPSO)
Crane vesselOil tankerFloating Production Storage and OffloadingSemi-submersible

Question 10: Larger platforms are assisted by smaller ESVs (emergency support vessels) like the British Iolair that are summoned when something has gone wrong, e.g. when a ________ operation is required.
Search and rescueDefibrillationEmergency medicineEmergency medical services
















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