After placing an Oil Platform on a Deep Sea Oil resource, the "unpowered" symbol flashes over it.
Is this normal, and if so how am I supposed to connect it to the power network, landfill islands + big power poles? This seems contradictory to the screenshot present on this mod's page - unless the tanker ship powers the rig when connected to it. However, I've also repeatedly tried parking a tanker next to the platform, and it never connects to the tanker. Does the tanker need to be in automatic mode and stopped at a port?

the oil rig should "power itself". its normal that the "unpowered" icon appears for a second or so after placing the oil rig, but it should dissapear shortly after... so this sounds definitly like a bug. have you checked the behaviour when all other mods are disabled? a

have you checked the behaviour when all other mods are disabled?

That's the one thing I haven't checked. Before I do, I also noticed that the ship pumps could be placed in water (I tried placing one between the platform output and the tanker in case that would fix my problem). Is that normal? Given that they do require electricity, I don't see the use case (besides transfering from tanker to tanker, perhaps).