Oil & gas instrumentation

Oil & gas instrumentation

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

Industry: Oil & gas

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Oil & gas instrumentation

Flotation collar

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

The specially designed raft used to float steel platform jackets into position.

Platform

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

An offshore structure from which development wells are drilled.

Stabiliser

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A tower designed to separate the high vapour pressure hydrocarbons from crude oil, so that a good recovery of crude is realised and evaporation losses in storage are minimised

Sonar

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A technique whereby underwater objects are located by bouncing sound waves off them and detecting the reflected signals, also used to measure pipe wall thickness

Escape capsule

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A small completely enclosed vessel used as a lifeboat for offshore structures

Thermowell

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A hollow tube placed inside a vessel in which a thermometer, or other temperature indicator, is inserted It is sometimes filled with mercury to ensure uniform and rapid heat conduction.