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steady state
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A system that has reached equilibrium for the measurement or phenomenon concerned. In the case of permeability measurements on core samples, a steady state is reached when the ...
seal assembly
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A system of seals arranged on the component that engages in a sealbore to isolate the production-tubing conduit from the annulus. The seal assembly is typically longer than the ...
tubing grade
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A system of classifying the material specifications for steel alloys used in the manufacture of tubing.
Briggs color cube
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A system for color-coding three-dimensional information. This system is used in wireline log analysis to provide color shading in which the final color is determined by the values ...
vapor recovery unit
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A system composed of a scrubber, a compressor and a switch. Its main purpose is to recover vapors formed inside completely sealed crude oil or condensate tanks. The switch ...
crosswell seismic tomography
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A survey technique that measures the seismic signal transmitted from a source, located in one well, to a receiver array in a neighboring well. The resulting data are processed to ...
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