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paddle blender
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A type of fluid-mixing tank used in the preparation of treatment fluids or slurries that provides the agitation to achieve a well-dispersed mixture. Paddle mixers are generally ...
isotropic formation
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A type of formation whose rock properties are the same in all directions. Although this never actually occurs, fluid flow in rocks approximates this situation closely enough to ...
duplex pump
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A type of fluid pump, commonly used on workover rigs, that has two plungers or pistons. As a positive-reciprocating pump, the fluid flow rate is typically calculated from the ...
reciprocating pump
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A type of fluid pump in which reciprocating pistons or plungers displace the fluid.
positive-displacement pump
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A type of fluid pump in which the displacement volume of the pump is fixed for each rotation of the pump. Generally associated with high-pressure applications, positive-displacemen ...
fullbore spinner
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A type of flowmeter in which the spinner blades are collapsed to pass through the tubing and other restrictions, and then opened up below to sense the full cross section of the ...
memory gauge
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A type of electronic pressure gauge that samples and records downhole pressures, with the data being stored, ready for downloading to acquisition equipment when the tool assembly ...
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