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flooding surface
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A surface exhibiting evidence of an abrupt increase in water depth, separating younger from older strata. The surface may also display evidence of minor submarine erosion. It ...
shot detection
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A surface detection technique to verify that perforating guns have fired. This technique typically employs sensors that detect vibration or hydraulic shock at surface, and is used ...
last-shot detection
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A surface detection system used to ensure that all tubing-conveyed perforating guns have fired, from the top shot to the bottom shot.
jacking frame
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A support structure used to stabilize the injector head and pressure-control equipment on some offshore, or special onshore, coiled tubing units. The jacking frame is ...
back-up ring
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A supporting ring used with an O-ring, or similar seal, to prevent extrusion of the seal material under high differential pressures or excess wear under dynamic sealing ...
very large crude carrier
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A supertanker with a capacity between 100,000 and 500,000 deadweight tons. The term is commonly abbreviated as VLCC.
pipeline gas
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A sufficiently dry gas that will not drop out natural gas liquids (NGL) when entering the gas pipeline; also, gas with enough pressure to enter high-pressure gas pipelines.
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