Originally posted by kanzer:
my friend, do you know how an oil rig operates? the structure on the PB is too small to big a drilling platform......and if it is really an oil rig, the msians will definitely make some louder noise than what they are doing now..... and they will certainly move more military assets into the area.....
The more familiar "Oil Rig" that one probably associate
with are those off-shore platforms anchored out in
the vast ocean, and come in different shapes
(see Pic 1).
Whatever the platform design may take, the familiar
'A-Frame' tower will always be there, the purpose of
which is to vertically align the drill shaft and bit prior
to its vertical descent into the ocean floor.
This "A-Frame" tower can be transplanted on-shore,
on stable ground; and it can also easily be in a narrow
shaped tower that resemble a Military Radio Signal
Transmitter (see other pics).
However, the common prominent feature to all the pics,
is the familiar heli-pad
Pic 1
Other Pics:


Anyway, I was just kidding about the gas and petroleum, but....
then again, who knows the intrigues of politics..??