دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: Acceleration head is the pressure required to overcome ineraia effect and accelerate fluid as pump suction demands.

n: in pipelining, the pumping of a quantity of crude or product of one weight next to one of different weight or type. Usually, a small amount of mixing occurs where the two batches come in contact.

v: to begin to produce;to become profitable.

n: Refers to the well putting ino production after well construction.

n: the rights of a husband to a life interest in all of his wifes inheritable lands. These rights come into effect on her death, provided the couple have children capable of inheriting. Effective in some states.

An accounting method under which Net Income includes charges or credits equal to the decreases or increases in current taxes on income, arising from the use of liberalized depreciation or accelerated amortization for tax purposes instead of the straight-l

adj: deducted from income in the year in which the expenditure is incurred.

n: an oilwell that has come in with such great pressure that the oil jets out of the well like a geyser. In reality, a gusher is a blowout and is extremely wasteful of reservoir fluids and drive energy. In the early days of the oil industry, gushers were common and many times were the only indication that a large reservoir of oil and gas had been struck. See blowout.

n: an uncontrolled release of oil from the wellbore at surface.

a well drilled into a high pressure formation that results in an immediate surge towards the surface. In the days of cable tools with minimum fluid (hydrostatic) head, the formation fluids often flowed to surface when the pay zone was penetrated.

n: apparatus or equipment in which heat from a primary source, usually the composition of fuel, is transferred to a fluid or solid, which acts as the heating medium. The substance to be heated does not come into contact with the heat from the primary source. Compare direct healer.

n: on a drilling rig, the primary station that controls the operation of the blowout preventers and other wellcontrol equipment. Also called primary control panel. Backup control panels are usually installed should the master panel fail, or should it become inaccessible. See also drillers BOP control panel.