7 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Oil & gas > Oil & gas instrumentation
Oil & gas instrumentation
Of or pertaining to the handling and control of oil and gas production.
Industry: Oil & gas
Add a new termContributors in Oil & gas instrumentation
Oil & gas instrumentation
Dispersanl
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
A chemical used to reduce the surface tension between two liquids, e g to break up an oil slick.
Conversion
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
The process whereby appliances, furnaces, or boilers are modified so that they can burn a different fuel than that for which they were originally designed.
Tong line
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
A wire, mamlla or fibre горе, attached to a long handle in order to exert torsion on a pipe.
Crane barge
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
A barge that carries a large crane (or cranes) for use in assembling or repairing offshore structures.
Spar
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
A floating on-field storage tank into which oil flows from a production platform prior to being transferred to a tanker for shipping ashore.
Containment boom
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
A floating, flexible boom placed on the surface of the sea in order to contain an oil slick.
Pit
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
An unroofed sump or tank for holding liquids such as drilling mud.
