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Oil

This category refers to oil as petroleum, a liquid flammable that occurs in nature that has a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and other varying liquid organic compounds. Oil is found in geologic formations under the Earth's surface.

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machine speed

Oil & gas; Oil

Speed that the ship can develop as related to the bottom, when a determined number of propeller rotations, in case it was navigating in ideal conditions, such as calm sea, clean hull, no current, ...

ship register

Oil & gas; Oil

Register which should be done by all ship's owners that intends to sail in the ocean. The refered register is mandatory and should be made by the Port Authority where the onwer has domicile.

surface speed

Oil & gas; Oil

Speed a boat reaches in relation to the botton of the sea or to a fixed point in the land. It is the surface speed correcte by the current.

naval fleet tender

Oil & gas; Oil

Ship which, in fleet evolutions, serves as a guide to the others.

channel speed

Oil & gas; Oil

Compulsory speed in the channel.

swing regularity

Oil & gas; Oil

Quality of the watercraft pitching and swinging smoothly and without any shock for the watercraft, since this can be harmful to the hull, to the craft, to the lading and to the staff.

bottom speed

Oil & gas; Oil

The speed that a ship develops in relation to the botton of the sea or to fixed points in the land. It is the same as the surface speed, corrected by the influence of local current, the effect of the ...