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Oil & gas instrumentation
Of or pertaining to the handling and control of oil and gas production.
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Spur line
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
A small-diameter underwater pipeline connecting a production or drilling platform to a terminal platform, on-field storage facility, or main pipeline to the shore.
Basic petrochemical
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
One of the primary raw materials produced from crude oil by steam cracking or reforming, e g ethylene benzene.
Diverter
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
An inflatable torus which, when pressurized, seals off the annulus causing the drilling mud to be diverted to the mud pits on a drilling platform Sump.
Jacket platform
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
A platform constructed entirely of steel, such platforms are generally kept in position by means of steel piles driven into the sea bed.
Substructure
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
The support frame of an offshore platform on which the derrick, engines, quarters, helicopter pad, cranes, etc , are installed.
Sedimentary basin
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
An area in which thick layers of sedimentary rocks have been laid down over a long period of time.
Residue
Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation
The non-volatile components of crude oil which flow out of the bottom of a fractionating column during fractional distillation.
