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Oil

This category refers to oil as petroleum, a liquid flammable that occurs in nature that has a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and other varying liquid organic compounds. Oil is found in geologic formations under the Earth's surface.

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Afore

Oil & gas; Oil

Comparative expression of the situation by which na object is referred to that on which is situated closer to the stem than the other.

Shipmanagement

Oil & gas; Oil

Activity of management and operation of ships, including crew and maintenance.

Shipworm

Oil & gas; Oil

Wormlike marine mollusks which eat wood, digging galeries in ship hulls, piers and other structures submerged in the water.

Slack

Oil & gas; Oil

When the tide stops a little before the high tide or the low tide.

Aft

Oil & gas; Oil

Back side of the seacraft. The term is not used on tis own, but in a phrase: aft-end - at the rear end of the seacraft; aft wings, the rear; aft thruster - stern thruster, taking into account the ...

Sleeper

Oil & gas; Oil

Wooden or steel structure that supports points at the bottom of the ship, during construction or repair.

Operational point

Oil & gas; Oil

Considered as a geographically and operationally independent subdivision of the operational organ. Or the organ itself, when it does not have geographical subdivisions.