Home > Industry/Domain > Oil & gas > Oil

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.

Contributors in Oil

Oil

Port flap

Oil & gas; Oil

Flange closing the gangway or any other passsage on the edge.

Call

Oil & gas; Oil

1 - The boat hits a shoal or wharf. 2 - The keel hits the bottom. 3 - Enter port.

Icebreaker

Oil & gas; Oil

Ship equipped to open the way in glacial seas.

Water tightness test

Oil & gas; Oil

Pressure test (positive or negative) to cheque the non-existance of leaking in a duct or part of a duct, or passage flaws in welded joints.

Pour point

Oil & gas; Oil

The lowest temperature at which a product can still flow when cooled, in normal conditions. See PETROBRAS norm N-1193.

Weigh moved without port help

Oil & gas; Oil

Defines the moved tonnage in private terminals situated in the port administrative area or port jurisdiction area, Including those situated in the quay itself.

Increase report

Oil & gas; Oil

Document which is necessary to identify the institution who is responsible for the missing volume or commodity that was unloaded at the port and investigate the quay area or the storage platform, at ...

Featured blossaries

Highest Paid Cricketers

Category: Sports   1 10 Terms

Parkinson’s Disease

Category: Health   1 20 Terms