Oil industry

The strict definition of a phase is any homogeneous and physically distinct region that is separated from another such region by a distinct boundary . For example a glass of water with some ice in it contains one component (the water) exhibiting three phases liquid, solid, and gaseous (the water vapour). The most relevant phases in the oil industry are liquids (water and oil), gases (or vapours), and to a lesser extent, solids. 

Contracts made between the oil company and supply or service companies are a factor which affects the cost and efficiency of development and production. This the reason why oil companies are revising the types of contract which they agree. Types of contract commonly used in the oil industry are summarised in Section 11.0. 

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The principal uses of PCTFE plastics remain in the areas of aeronautical and space, electrical/electronics, cryogenic, chemical, and medical instmmentation industries. AppHcations include chemically resistant electrical insulation and components cryogenic seals, gaskets, valve seats (56,57) and liners instmment parts for medical and chemical equipment (58), and medical packaging fiber optic appHcations (see Fiber optics) seals for the petrochemical /oil industry and electrodes, sample containers, and column packing in analytical chemistry and equipment (59). 

Gasoline composition may also be regulated in Europe. A tripartite initiative is being carried out among the European Commission, the oil industry, and the automotive industry. Based on an analysis of the required improvements in air quaUty, new regulations are to be written that control vehicle emissions and fuel composition into the twenty-first century. 

The oil industry uses microencapsulated oil-field chemicals. For example, microencapsulated breaker is deHvered into a subterranean formation where it breaks the fracturing Hquid used to stimulate the recovery of fluids such as cmde oil or natural gas. Examples of breakers encapsulated include oxidi2ers, en2ymes, and various mineral or organic acids. 

Various patents (22—24) have been issued claiming the use of tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate in, for example, water treating, pharmaceuticals (qv), and in the oil industry where this compound shows exceptional activity toward the sulfate-reducing bacteria that are a primary cause of hydrogen sulfide formation and consequent problems associated with souring and corrosion (25). 

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Distillation. Separation of rosin from fatty acids is an essential step in utilizing CTO. The basic patent for tall oil distillation was granted in 1911 and the first commercial plant was constmcted in Kotka in 1913 (21), making Finland the birth place of the tall oil industry. In the United States,... 

In the instant reprographic field, Copycolor materials are used extensively in Europe but are not distributed in the United States. Principal markets are in seismological charts and maps for the oil industry, mapmaking, and reproduction of large graphs, charts, and engineering drawings. The films are also used for small color stats and for position proofs in layout work. 

Today, the plastics industry is heavily integrated with the oil industry. In fact a popular view is that it would not be able to produce plastics if oil were not available. This is very different from the situation 40-50 years ago when the plastics industry was being described as a scavenger of raw materials . 

Oil Industry Advisory Committee (1996) Management of Occupational Health Risks in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry, HSE, Bootle. 

Two rather distinct types of vacuum distillation equipment have evolved in the oil industry. The differences lie in their functions and in details of construction,... 

The analyses of gases in the oil industry comprises the determination of the inert gases (He, Hj, O2, Ar and N2), low-boiling compounds (CO, CO2, H2S, COS) and the lower hydrocarbons, saturated and unsaturated, up to hexane. Some special samples. Such as natural gas, have to be analysed for low concentrations of higher-boiling compounds (up to CiqS) since such compounds have an important influence on the calorific value and dew point. 

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