PLATFORM PETROLIFERA

 (PLATFORM PETROLIFERA) QUE ES UNA PLATAFORMA PETROLIFERA
An oil rig or platform is a huge structure whose function is to extract oil and natural gas deposits of the seabed which are then exportedto the coast. It also serves as housing for the workers who operate in it and as tower telecomunicaciones.1 Depending on the circumstances, the platform can be fixed to the ocean floor, float or be anisland artificial.2

Because of its core business, oil platforms are prone to accidents that can cause loss of human life, oil spills and severe ecological damage. They may also suffer vandalism or bethe target of terrorism, so several countries specially trained units to combat these actions.
Una plataforma petrolífera o plataforma petrolera es una estructura de grandes dimensiones cuya funciónes extraer petróleo y gas natural de los yacimientos del lecho marino que luego serán exportados hacia la costa. También sirve como vivienda de los trabajadores que operan en ella y como torre detelecomunicaciones.1 Dependiendo de las circunstancias, la plataforma puede estar fija al fondo del océano, flotar o ser una isla artificial.2

Debido a su actividad principal, las plataformas petrolerasson propensas a sufrir accidentes que pueden ocasionar pérdidas de vidas humanas, derrames de petróleo y graves daños ecológicos. También pueden sufrir vandalismos o ser el blanco de terrorismo, porlo que varios países entrenan unidades especialmente para combatir estas acciones.
HISTORY
The first oil well drilled off the coast was Bibiheybat in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1846.

The first oil wells inthe area to be drilled in the United States were in the Grand Lake St. Marys (also known as the "deposit Mercer County") in Ohio. To this end wooden platforms supported on piles were constructed of thesame material. Five years later the operation moved to the salt waters of Summerland field, extending under the Santa Barbara Channel in California. These were the first wells that were not on the...