English-French translations for offshore

• offshore
  Le deuxième concerne les sociétés offshore. The second has to do with offshore companies.
  Sécurisation des activités pétrolières et gazières offshore ( Safety of offshore oil and gas activities (
  Des actions décidées ont également été convenues en matière de paradis fiscaux offshore non coopératifs. Decisive action was also agreed on non-cooperative offshore tax havens.
• au large
  Nous devrions construire des récifs au large. We should be building offshore reefs.
  Il est préférable d'attendre le résultat de la révision en 2004 avant d'introduire les turbines à gaz pour les applications au large. It is preferable to await the outcome of the review in 2004 before including gas turbines in offshore applications.
  En effet, ces amendements vont même, si je ne me trompe pas, provoquer la suspension d'un vaste projet d'exploitation éolienne au large de Moray Firth. Indeed these amendments will even, I understand, cause suspension of a major offshore wind project in the Moray Firth.
• extraterritorial

Definition of offshore

• Moving away from the shore
• Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws
• Away from the shore
• To use foreign labor to substitute for local labor
• An area or or portion of sea away from the shore
• An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore
• Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country

Examples

• an offshore oil rig

Related words

• offshore wind farm
• offshore place
• offshore supply vessel
• offshore support vessel