Glossary
3-D seismic: Seismic data that is acquired and processed to yield a
three-dimensional picture of the subsurface.
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Abandonment costs: Costs associated with abandoning a well or
production facility. Such costs are specified in the authority for
expenditure and typically cover the plugging of wells; removal
of well equipment, production tanks and associated installations; and surface remediation.
Absorber: See Absorption tower.
Absorption gasoline: Gasoline extracted from natural gas or refinery gas by contacting the absorbed gas with oil and subsequently
distilling the gasoline from the higher-boiling components.
Absorption oil: Oil used to separate the heavier components from
a vapor mixture by absorption of the heavier components during intimate contacting of the oil and vapor; used to recover
natural gasoline from wet gas.
Absorption plant: A plant for recovering the condensable portion of natural or refinery gas, by absorbing the higher boiling
hydrocarbons in an absorption oil, followed by separation and
fractionation of the absorbed material.
Absorption tower: A tower or column, which promotes contact
between a rising gas and a falling liquid so that part of the gas
may be dissolved in the liquid.
Acid catalyst: A catalyst having acidic character; the aluminas are
examples of such catalysts.
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3-D seismic: Seismic data that is acquired and processed to yield a
three-dimensional picture of the subsurface.
A
Abandonment costs: Costs associated with abandoning a well or
production facility. Such costs are specified in the authority for
expenditure and typically cover the plugging of wells; removal
of well equipment, production tanks and associated installations; and surface remediation.
Absorber: See Absorption tower.
Absorption gasoline: Gasoline extracted from natural gas or refinery gas by contacting the absorbed gas with oil and subsequently
distilling the gasoline from the higher-boiling components.
Absorption oil: Oil used to separate the heavier components from
a vapor mixture by absorption of the heavier components during intimate contacting of the oil and vapor; used to recover
natural gasoline from wet gas.
Absorption plant: A plant for recovering the condensable portion of natural or refinery gas, by absorbing the higher boiling
hydrocarbons in an absorption oil, followed by separation and
fractionation of the absorbed material.
Absorption tower: A tower or column, which promotes contact
between a rising gas and a falling liquid so that part of the gas
may be dissolved in the liquid.
Acid catalyst: A catalyst having acidic character; the aluminas are
examples of such catalysts.
283
An Introduction to Petroleum Technology, Economics, and Politics
by James G. Speight
Copyright © 2011 Scrivener Publishing LLC.