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In a dry-sump system, the oil still falls to the base of the engine, but into a much shallower sump, where one or more scavenge pumps draw it away and transfer it to a (usually external) reservoir, where it is both cooled and de-aerated before being recirculated through the engine by a pressure pump. The sump in a dry-sump system is not ...
Typically mounted on top of the mud tanks. Drawworks (#7) is the mechanical section that contains the spool, whose main function is to reel in/out the drill line to raise/lower the traveling block. Drill bit (#26) is a device attached to the end of the drill string that breaks apart the rock being drilled. It contains jets through which the ...
Patterson Drilling Company was founded in 1978 by Cloyce Talbott and Glenn Patterson. [1] UTI Energy was formed in 1986 to purchase Universal Well Services, Union Supply Company, Triad Drilling Company, and International Petroleum Services Company. In 2001, Patterson Drilling acquired UTI Energy and renamed the company Patterson-UTI Energy. [3]
A hose reel is a cylindrical spindle made of either metal, fiberglass, or plastic and is used for storing a hose. The most common styles of hose reels are spring driven (which is self retracting), hand crank, or motor driven. Hose reels are categorized by the diameter and length of the hose they hold, the pressure rating and the
In the oil and gas industry, coiled tubing refers to a long metal pipe, normally 1 to 3.25 in (25 to 83 mm) in diameter which is supplied spooled on a large reel. It is used for interventions in oil and gas wells and sometimes as production tubing in depleted gas wells.
The first oil FPSO was owned by Shell and built by with help of SBM Offshore and Gusto [5] in 1977 on the Shell Castellon field, located in the Spanish Mediterranean. [6] Today, over 270 vessels are deployed worldwide as oil FPSOs. [7] On July 29, 2009, Shell and Samsung announced an agreement to build up to 10 LNG FPSOs, [8] at the same ...
RSPP – a publicly-traded oil and gas producer focused on horizontal drilling of multiple stacked pay zones in the oil-rich Permian basin [citation needed] [clarification needed] RSS – rig site survey; RSS – rotary steerable systems; RST – reservoir saturation tool (Schlumberger) log; RTMS – riser tension monitoring system
An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate. It consists of an open- topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid. The roof rises and falls with the liquid level in the tank. [1]