دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: a device used on floating offshore drilling rigs to provide a way to actuate and control subsea blowout preventers from the rig. Hydraulic lines from the rig enter the pods, through which fluid is sent toward the preventer. Usually two pods, one yellow and one blue, are used, each to safeguard and back up the other. Also called blue pod, yellow pod.