- Industry: Oil & gas
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A unit of measurement established by the American Petroleum Institute (API) that indicates the density of a liquid. Fresh water has an API density of 10.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of valve that incorporates a sliding gate to block fluid flow. The design of the valve operating and sealing systems typically requires that gate valves should be operated either fully open or fully closed.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of valve, typically found on small-diameter pipework, that incorporates an orifice or flow-restriction device to control fluid flow.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of tubing connection in which the internal or external surfaces are the same diameter throughout the tubing joint. Internal flush joints are most common, offering no restriction to fluid flow. Externally flush joints are typically used in more specialized applications, such as washover pipe for fishing operations, to allow adequate outer diameter (OD) clearance.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of tubing connection in which the external diameter of the tubing joint is larger adjacent to the tubing connection to provide the necessary strength. The internal tubing surface is flush to enable good fluid-flow characteristics.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of tool-string centralizer, generally used in through-tubing applications, that employs hydraulic force to energize the centralizer arms or bows. Through-tubing operations sometimes require the tool string to be centralized within the casing or liner below the tubing. The relatively large expansion required for this is not generally within the operating range of conventional centralizer models.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of subsurface safety valve that is run and retrieved as part of the production tubing string. The TRSV body is integral part of the completion that enables the internal components to be configured to provide near fullbore access through the valve. An external control line is secured to the running string for connection to a surface-control system.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of streamlined flow for single-phase fluids in which the fluid moves in parallel layers, or laminae. The layers flow smoothly over each other with instabilities being dampened by the viscosity. Laminar flow occurs in straight pipes when the Reynolds number is below a critical value, corresponding to a low production rate. Above this value, the flow is turbulent. For laminar flow in straight pipes, the velocity profile across the pipe is parabolic, increasing from zero at the wall of the pipe to a maximum at the center equal to twice the mean velocity.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of spontaneous brittle failure in steels and other high-strength alloys when they are in contact with moist hydrogen sulfide and other sulfidic environments. <br><br>Sulfide stress cracking is also called hydrogen sulfide cracking, sulfide cracking, sulfide corrosion cracking and sulfide stress-corrosion cracking. The variation of the name is due to the lack of agreement in the mechanism of failure. Some researchers consider sulfide-stress cracking a type of stress-corrosion cracking, while others consider it a type of hydrogen embrittlement.
Industry:Oil & gas
A type of screen used in sand control applications to support the gravel pack. The profiled wire is wrapped and welded in place on a perforated liner. Screen is available in a range of sizes and specifications, including outside diameter, material type and the geometry and dimension of the screen slots. The space between each wire wrap must be small enough to retain the gravel placed behind the screen, yet minimize any restriction to production.
Industry:Oil & gas
