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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
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)
