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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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Militaryports

Oil & gas; Oil

Those that should be supplied with large roadsters to shelter the naval ships. The port entrances and exits should be well defined by the terrestrial command of the army. The quay of a military port ...

Ready to operate

Oil & gas; Oil

Information which describes the situation of alignments and other equipment in operational conditions ready to start or re-start the movement.

Tow

Oil & gas; Oil

The act of towing. It is the service that the port administration can perform with its tugboats to help ships in their dockage, or when leaving the berth, to conduct them from a point to another, or ...

Towing tank

Oil & gas; Oil

Large dimensioned tank in length, with rails at the sides, on which a car moves towing a model of the same scale of the hull of a ship, so that its resistance to propulsion can be studied.

Foremast

Oil & gas; Oil

The name of the first mast, from stem to stern, in a boat with two or more masts.

Minimumoperating temperature

Oil & gas; Oil

Temperature below which a duct cannot operate, at the risk of impairing its structural integrity.

Re-docking

Oil & gas; Oil

Act or efect of accomplishing a new dockage of a craft, for any fact or reason, without having for this left the port administration area.

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