دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: a settling tank used to separate oil and water in the field. After emulsified oil is heated and treated with chemicals, it is pumped into the gun barrel, where the water settles out and is drawn off, and the clean oil flows out to storage. Gun barrels have largely been replaced by unified heater-treater equipment, rot are still found, especially in older or marginal fields. Also called a wash tank.

a vertical separator vessel.

n: a cylindrical separator standing up- right, perpendicular to the ground.