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• Production tank

  A tank used in the field to receive crude oil as it comes from the well. Also called a flow tank or lease tank.

• Shaker tank

  The mud tank adjacent to the shake shaker, usually the first tank in to which mud flows after returning from the hole. Also called a ...

• Trip tank

  A small mud tank with a capacity of 10 to 15 barrels, usually with 1-barrel or h-barrel divisions, used to ascertain the amount of mud ...

• Boot

  1. A tubular device placed in a vertical position, either inside or outside a larger vessel, and through which well fluids are conducted before they ...

• Stock tank oil

  Oil as it exists at atmospheric conditions in a stock tank. Stock tank oil lacks much of the dissolved gas present at reservoir pressure and ...

• Gaging nipple

  A small section of pipe in the top of a tank through which a tank may be gaged.

• Tank strapper

  The person who measures a tank to determine the volume it holds at 1/4" intervals of height.