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rig floor

Oil & gas; Drilling

The relatively small work area in which the rig crew conducts operations, usually adding or removing drillpipe to or from the drillstring. The rig floor is the most dangerous ...

external phase

Oil & gas; Drilling

The continuous phase of an emulsion. The internal phase is the dispersed droplets of emulsified fluid.

anaerobic

Oil & gas; Drilling

The condition of an environment in which free oxygen is lacking or absent.

bioaccumulation

Oil & gas; Drilling

The concentration of a particular substance in a living organism, possibly with harmful effects. The likelihood of this occurring is expressed as the bioaccumulation potential and ...

carbon dioxide

Oil & gas; Drilling

The compound with the formula CO 2 . An odorless gas, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is widely distributed in nature and is a minor component of air. It is highly soluble in water and ...

styrene

Oil & gas; Drilling

The compound C 6 H 5 -HC=CH 2 , also known as styrolene, cinnamene and phenethylene. The phenyl radical, C 6 H 5 - , replaces one of the hydrogen atoms on ethylene. Styrene ...

lignin

Oil & gas; Drilling

The component of a tree that is extracted in the paper-manufacturing process and used as an additive in drilling fluids. Specifically, lignin is a highly polymerized, amorphous ...