Editing Oil platform (section)

== Repurposing ==
If not [[Decommission (ship)|decommissioned]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The Afterlife of Old Offshore Oil Rigs – ASME |url=https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/the-afterlife-of-old-offshore-oil-rigs |website=www.asme.org |publisher=[[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210120122113/https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/the-afterlife-of-old-offshore-oil-rigs |archive-date=20 January 2021 |language=en |date=2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> old [[Semi-submersible platform#Mobile offshore drilling units (MODU)|platform]]s can be repurposed to [[Carbon capture and storage|pump {{CO2}} into rock]]s below the seabed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49277556|title=Old oil rigs could become {{CO2}} storage sites|work=BBC News |date=August 8, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001119/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49277556|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/ageing-oil-rigs-could-be-used-to-store-carbon-and-fight-climate-change-cd7jl9qcm |title=Ageing oil rigs could be used to store carbon and fight climate change |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=2020-10-20 |archive-date=2020-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026042455/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ageing-oil-rigs-could-be-used-to-store-carbon-and-fight-climate-change-cd7jl9qcm |url-status=live |last1=Watson |first1=Jeremy }}</ref> [[Odyssey (launch platform)|Others]] have been [[Sea Launch#Launches|converted to launch rockets into space]], and [[SpaceX floating launch platform|more are being redesigned]] for use with heavy-lift launch vehicles.<ref name=nsf20210119>{{cite news |last=Burghardt |first=Thomas |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/01/spacex-rigs-starship-spaceports/ |title=SpaceX acquires former oil rigs to serve as floating Starship spaceports |work=[[NASASpaceFlight]] |date=19 January 2021 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120001114/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/01/spacex-rigs-starship-spaceports/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In [[Saudi Arabia]], there are plans to repurpose decommissioned oil rigs into a [[The Rig, Saudi Arabia|theme park]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2024-01-19 |title=Saudi Arabia unveils plan to build a massive adventure tourism destination 'The Rig': Check details|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/travel/destinations/saudi-arabia-unveils-plan-to-build-a-massive-adventure-tourism-destination-the-rig-check-details-18842361.htm |work=CNCB |location= |access-date=2024-01-25}}</ref>