Oil & gas instrumentation

Oil & gas instrumentation

Of or pertaining to the handling and control of oil and gas production.

Industry: Oil & gas

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bundwall

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

Concrete or earth wall surrounding crude oil or refined product storage tanks These are designed to hold the tank contents should the tank rupture or spring a major leak.

gravity platform

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A platform, generally made of reinforced concrete, which sits on the sea bed and is kept in position by its own weight, no piling being used.

tong line

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A wire, mamlla or fiber горе, attached to a long handle in order to exert torsion on a pipe.

conversion

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

The process whereby appliances, furnaces, or boilers are modified so that they can burn a different fuel than that for which they were originally designed.

crane barge

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A barge that carries a large crane (or cranes) for use in assembling or repairing offshore structures.

manway

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A port in the wall or cove of a tank or reactor, for inspection purposes or for charging the vessel with raw materials or additives.

thermowell

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A hollow tube placed inside a vessel in which a thermometer, or other temperature indicator, is inserted It is sometimes filled with mercury to ensure uniform and rapid heat conduction.