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After often a lengthy period (several months) of acquisition and processing, the data may be loaded onto a seismic workstation for interpretation. These workstations are UNIX based, dual screen systems (sections on one side, maps on the other, typically) where all the trace data is stored on fast access disk, and where the picked horizons and faults can be digitised from the screen Into a database. Of vital Importance is access to all existing well data in the area for establishing the well - seismic tie. 2D data will be interpreted line by intersecting line, and 3D as a volume. 

The time taken to complete a base line study and EIA should not be underestimated. The baseline study describes and inventorises the natural initial flora, fauna, the aquatic life, land and seabed conditions prior to any activity. In seasonal climates, the baseline study may need to cover the whole year. The duration of an EIA depends upon the size and type of area under study, and the previous work done in the area, but may typically take six months. The EIA is often an essential step in project development and should not be omitted from the planning schedule. 

The main cost factor ot coring is usually the rig time spent on the total operation and the follow up investigations in the laboratory. Core analysis is complex and may involve different laboratories. It may therefore take months before final results are available. As a result of the relatively high costs and a long lead time of core evaluations the technique is only used in selected intervals in a number of wells drilled. 

Routine production tests are performed, approximately once per month on each producing well, by diverting the production through the test separator on surface to measure the liquid flowrate, water cut, and gas production rate. The wellhead pressure (also called the flowing tubing head pressure, FTHP) is recorded at the time of the production test, and a plot of production rate against FTHP is made. The FTHP is also recorded continuously and used to estimate the well s production rate on a daily basis by reference to the FTHP vs production rate plot for the well. 

To ensure disposal water quality is in line with regulatory requirements (usually 40 ppm), the oil content in water is monitored by solvent extraction and infrared spectroscopy. The specification of 40 ppm refers to an oil in water content typically averaged over a one month period. 

Preventive maintenance includes inspection, servicing and adjustment with the objective of preventing breakdown of equipment. This is appropriate for highly critical equipment where the cost of failure is high, or where failure implies a significant negative impact on safety or the environment. This form of maintenance can be scheduled on a calendar basis (e.g. every six months) or on a service hour basis (e.g. every 5,000 running hours). 

Servicing of items is a routinely scheduled activity which is managed in the same way as inspection, and the periods between services will depend on the design of fhe equipment. The periods may be set on a calendar basis (e.g. every 24 months) or on a service hours basis (e.g. every 10,000 operating hours). 

For a few months, results obtained on a pre-industrial version of this new photothermal camera allow this technology to enter into the industrial step of its development. 

The changes described above also allowed much easier access to the high voltage cable for routine (6-month) owner directed, service operations, and provided better upper and lower x-ray cabinet and control cabinet ventilation. With the exception of the x-ray tubes, all the individual manufactured components, on all four systems are identical. There are very subtle differences in the warm-up/start-up sequence on the x-ray controllers on the newer systems due to model/year and x-ray tube differences. The last three systems were supplied with environmental type key-boards for the image processors and base-mounted , rather than conduit-mounted exterior warning indicators. The first system was subsequently upgraded to include the better keyboard and the external warning appliances/features. 

Redaction of the draft was finished during the meeting of September 1997, and it has been sent for two-month enquiry in December 1997. The ad hoc group is now expecting the comments drawn by this enquiry to proceed to the revision of the document and to get it ready for six-month enquiry. 

The first full text NDT Journal on www.ndt.net, the Online Journal of Nondestructive Testing Ultrasonics, is on the Internet and each month provides new information as well as a comprehensive overall reference - access is free since it is sponsored by the NDT online exhibition. 

On NDTnet both retrieval methods are optimally combined, however that is only successfully because the content on the server is extensive and valuable (Table 2). A full text search with all advanced search features is available and the site also provides a table of contents for each month and archives are organized in subjects together with an alphabetical index. 

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The Internet advertising mechanism works much the same way as its "real world" counterpart. Company Homepages are electronic brochures and are disseminated by using new methods. But the methods are actually not new, they are basically the same as those used in printed journals This is efficiently done on an online Journal like NDTnet where advertising is concentrated in a virtual NDT Exhibition that attracts many readers to the site. The exhibitors have had good experiences with their presentations In contrast to individual Homepages which may often experience minimal traffic, NDTnet is visited by more than 6000 readers each month. Links to its exhibitors Homepages increase the audience and the information available. 

Tjrpically Level 1 can be completed in 9 months with Levels 2 and 3 taking 18 and 6 months respectively. 

One of us, ACA, also wishes to thank Dr David King for his provision of space, time, and a fine scientific atmosphere during a two month sabbatical leave at Imperial College, which aimed out to involve considerable work on tliis... 

For some experiments, the solar neutrino flux and the rate of decay of the proton being extreme examples, tire count rate is so small that observation times of months or even years are required to yield rates of sufficiently small relative uncertainty to be significant. For high count rate experiments, the limitation is the speed with which the electronics can process and record the incoming infomiation. 

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The term enumeration when applied to a combinatorial library refers to the process by which the cormection tables for the product structures in a real or virtual library are produced. It should be noted that a single compound can be considered as a library of one and so enumeration can equally well be applied in this case. However, whereas it is considered reasonable for a chemist to draw the structure of a single compoimd manually (which may have taken days, if not months or years, to synthesise), it is clearly not practical to do so even for small combinatorial libraries. Hence the need for automated tools to perform this procedure. 

Method D. Dissolve 25 g. of colourless phenylhydrazine hydrochloride (recrystal-lise, if necessary) in 250 ml. of water warming may be required. Add 45 g. of crystallised sodium acetate to the cold solution and shake until dissolved. Add 0-6 g. of decolourising carbon, shake, and filter into a dark bottle. The reagent should not be kept for longer than 1 month. 

The above test will detect 1 part of acetone in 500-1000 parts of isopropyl alcohol. The reagent should not be kept for more than 1-2 months since it deteriorates upon keeping. 

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