Impeller

Rotating wheel with vanes found inside a centrifugal pump. As it spins at high speed it draws fluids in and thrusts them under pressure to the discharge outlet.

impeller

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A device that responds to fluid flow and is used as the sensor in a flowmeter. In a spinner flowmeter, the term refers to the spinner, or in some cases to one of the blades of the ...

impeller

Engineering; Civil engineering

A rotary pump member using centrifugal force to discharge a fluid into outlet passages. A rotating set of vanes in a pump designed to pump or lift water. See centrifugal pump.

impeller

Oil & gas; Drilling

a set of mounted blades used to impart motion to a fluid air or gas (such as, the rotor of a centrifugal pump).

horizontal drilling

Oil & gas; Drilling

Horizontal drilling is the process of drilling a well from the surface to a depth just above the target oil or gas reservoir called the kickoff point, then curving the drilling ...

CNOOC 981

Oil & gas; Drilling

The sixth-generation semi-submersible and China's first deep-sea drilling platform owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation or CNOOC. The drilling rig went into formal ...

drilling platform

Oil & gas; Drilling

An offshore platform used to drill exploration and development wells but lacking the processing facilities of a production platform.

orill bit

Oil & gas; Drilling

The part of the drilling tool which actually cuts through the rock.

drilling table

Oil & gas; Drilling

The table on the derrick floor whereby the drill pipe is rotated, also called the rotary table.

heave

Oil & gas; Drilling

The up-and-down movement of a semisubmersible drilling platform or drill ship.

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A company based in San Mateo, California which specializes in producing wearable high definition cameras and camcorders. The cameras are most often ...