Estrogen pills may be prescribed to lessen the symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes. Estrogen is used in birth control pills to prevent conception. The thickness of the endometrium changes along with the female's menstrual cycle. Older women may have an estrogen deficiency as they begin menopause.
An oil platform, offshore platform, or (colloquially) oil rig is a large structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, or to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing.n oil platform, offshore platform, or (colloquially) oil rig is a large structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, or to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing.
See rig basics. Offshore wells are drilled in much the same way as their onshore counterparts-with several allowances for the offshore environment. A conduit made from lengths of steel pipe permits drilling fluids to move between the rig-at the water's surface-and the sea floor.This conduit is called a riser..ur customers are the world's oil companies (operators), and our sole job is to drill and complete* wells at the direction of our customers (*completion in industry terms means preparing the well for production.