Processing plant

special plant installed on a production

platform or at a pipeline terminal to

separate gas, oil and water from a

mixture containing some or all of these

components, also called treatment or

separation plant

Process engineering

that branch of engineering which deals

with industrial processes, particularly

the production of petrochemicals and

their products

Treatment plant

see processing plant

Skidding the rig

moving a rig from the location of a lost or

completed hole preparatory to starting

a new hole with little or no dismantling

of equipment

Permian Period

the period of geological time whigh

began roughly 280 million years ago and

ended roughly 230 million years ago, the

period in which the gas-bearing

Rotliegendes sandstone formations were

laid down in the southern North Sea

Casing perforation

the holes that are made in the liner of a

finished well in order to allow oil or gas to

flow into the production tube, generally

produced by a series of shaped charges

fitted vertically along a gun-perforator

Desanders

see hydrocyclones

Sandstone

a type of rock composed primarily of

quartz grains

Flotation collar

the specially designed raft used to float

steel platform jackets into position

Flame arrestor

a device usually containing a metallic

gauge fitted to vent lines from equipment

containing inflammable gases, vapors or

liquids Should the gas or vapor ignite,

the flame arrestor will prevent the flame

from flashing back into the equipment

Bed

a geological term describing a stratum

(layer of sediments or sedimentary rock)

of considerable thickness and uniform

composition and texture

Reservoir

a stratum in which oil or gas is present

Plastic resins

see engineering plastic resins

Plastic

a generic term for a range of high-molecular-

weight polymers that can be used to

produce artifacts

Oil in place

an estimated measure of the total amount

of oil contained in a reservoir, and, as

such, a higher figure than the estimated

recoverable reserves of oil

Reservoir pressure

the fluid pressure in an oil or gas reservoir

Plastomer

a molecule or combination of molecules

that can form the basis of a polymer

or plastic

Platform

an offshore structure from which

development wells are drilled, see drilling

platform, production platform

Terminal platform

an offshore platform from which oil or gas

is pumped ashore through a pipeline

Density

a physical property of a material

defined as the weight of unit volume at a

certain temperature

API gravity

the universally accepted scale adopted

by the American Petroleum Institute for

expressing the specific gravity of oils

API gravity = 141 5/specific gravity at

60°F-131 5

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