دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

system 11: a type of tap sampling system found on liquid storage tanks. The permanently installed taps on the out- side of the tank are attached to pipes and a floating boom inside the tank that rises and falls with the liquid level.

n: 1. a movable arm of tubular or bar steel used on some types of cranes or derricks to support the hoisting lines that carry the load.2. floating device used to contain oil. 3. a period of high activity in the oil industry.

n: a ratchet device on a crane that prevents the boom of the crane from being lowered but still permits it to be raised. Also called a boom ratchet.

n: the large-diameter wire rope or the strands that support the boom of a crane.

n: see boom dog.

n: the steel projections on a crane struck by the boom if it is raised too high or lowered too far.

n: 1. (slang) an oilfield worker who moves from one centre of activity to another;a floater or transient.2. a device used to tighten chains on a load of pipe or other equipment on a truck to make it secure.

n: an A-frame that booms out 5 to 10 feet over the side of a barge. It has a cable or chain that is lowered to pick up pipeline. A diver attaches the pipeline to the line and it is reeled in on the davit.