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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Oil & gas instrumentation

pipe hook

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A steel hook used in handling drill pipes.

rotary rpm

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

The number of revolutions per minute of the drilling table, i e the angular velocity of the drilling bit during rotary drilling.

downcomer

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

A duct which carries the liquid flowing down a distillation tower from one tray to the one below it.

sonar

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

a technique whereby underwater objects are located by bouncing sound waves off them and detecting the reflected signals, also used to measure pipe wall thickness

escape capsule

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

a small completely enclosed vessel used as a lifeboat for offshore structures

stabilizer

Oil & gas; Oil & gas instrumentation

a tower designed to separate the high vapor pressure hydrocarbons from crude oil, so that a good recovery of crude is realized and evaporation losses in storage are minimized

A type of pump commonly used in the handling and mixing of oilfield fluids. The rotary motion of a profiled impeller in combination with a shaped pump housing or volute applies centrifugal force to ...