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Oil & gas instrumentation

Of or pertaining to the handling and control of oil and gas production.

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Oil & gas instrumentation

Cue card

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

Off-stage card that displays script to performers on stage in order to prompt lines.

C pump

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A type of pump commonly used in the handling and mixing of oilfield fluids. The rotary motion of a profiled impeller in combination with a shaped pump housing or volute applies centrifugal force to ...

Sight glass (gauge glass)

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A glass pipe connected vertically to the side of a tank for measuring liquid levels.

Bourdon gauge

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

An instrument for measuring the pressure of steam or other gases.

Flame arrestor

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A device usually containing a metallic gauge fitted to vent lines from equipment containing inflammable gases, vapours or liquids Should the gas or vapour ignite, the flame arrestor will prevent the ...

Agitators

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

Mixing devices used to bring about intimate contact between liquids or solutions of dissolved solids or to keep solids suspended in liquids.

Terminal platform

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

An offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline.

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