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Oil & gas instrumentation

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

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Oil & gas instrumentation

kelly joint

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

The stand of piping that carries the kelly.

dry tree

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A sub-sea wellhead where the equipment is enclosed in a water-tight chamber.

plate column

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A distillation column consisting of a number of equally spaced, perforated, horizontal plates which may be used in place of a packed column.

spar

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A floating on-field storage tank into which oil flows from a production platform prior to being transferred to a tanker for shipping ashore.

containment boom

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A floating, flexible boom placed on the surface of the sea in order to contain an oil slick.

pressure equipment

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

Vessels, piping and other equipment specially designed to operate under pressure Excessive pressure relief is provided by safety relief valves, or bursting discs.

platform equipment

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

The equipment installed on a pro-duction or drilling platform (drilling equipment, processing equipment, power plant, accommodation modules, etc)

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