دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

adv or adj: 1. at or toward the stem of a ship or an offshore drilling rig;abaft. 2.behind the ship or rig.

n: warm ocean current that flows north from the Gulf of Mexico along the eastern US coast to an area off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland.

n: a tropical storm with high winds and heavy rains that occurs in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific. Pacific hurricanes, however, are called typhoons.

n: a prolific oil- and gasproducing area in West Texas and eastern New Mexico. So called because many of the rocks from which the oil and gas are withdrawn are of Permian age.

n: crude oil produced from the Pennian Basin of West Texas and eastern New Mexico. Its gravity falls between light and heavy crude oil. It is a benchmark" crude in that its price is often quoted as a measure of general crude oil prices.