دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: see playa.

n: a container for cement, bentonite, ilmenite. barite. caustic. and so forth. Sacks (bags) contain the fol1owing amounts: Cement 94 pounds (42.6 kilograms) (1 cubic foot) Bentonite 100 pounds (45.5 kilograms) Ilmenite 100 pounds Barite 100 pounds

n: in cathodic protection. anodes made from metals whose galvanic potentials render them anodic to steel in an electrolyte. They are used up. or sacrificed.

a metal slug, lower in the electromotive series than steel that is hard wired to the casing and buried in a bed of wet soil or below the surface of the water. The corrosion cell in the well then transfers the current to the new anode and the steel in the

n: see pipe saddle.

a pipe fitting made in parts to weld or clamp onto a line to create a junction.

n: the center bearing on a conventional walking beam pumping unit. It is mounted on top of the samson post. saddle clamp n: see clamp.

n: The weighted bearing that be used to support the saddle.

a bearing that allows the walking beam to move atop the Sampson post in a beam lift pump.

abbr: Safety Award for Excellence program.

n: (SDWA) a congressional act that provides for the protection of underground sources of drinking water by regulating drinking water systems and injection wel1s.

n: in crane operations, that portion of a wire ropes nominal strength that can be applied either to move or sustain a load without damaging or breaking the rope. The safe working load of a rope is accurate only when the rope is new and the equipment is in good condition. Because most ropes on an installation quickly become used. the safe working load of a rope is also quickly reduced. For this reason, safe working load is seldom used to denote wire-rope strength. See nominal strength.

securing a well such that the well is not capable of flowing hydrocarbons to surface.

n: (SAFE) an MMS safety award program that recognizes private companies that protect the human and natural environment by avoiding accidents and pollution through adherence to safety and environmental regulations and guidelines.