Pressure regulator:

Terms Related to Pressure regulator

• Regulator

  A device that reduces the pressure or volume of a fluid flowing in a line and maintains the pressure or volume at a specified level.

• Pressure drop

  A loss of pressure that results from friction sustained by a fluid passing through a line, valve, fitting, or other device.

• Primary well control

  Prevention of formation fluid flow by maintaining a hydrostatic pressure equal to or greater than formation pressure

• Riser margin

  The slight increase in mud weight needed to offset the loss in hydrostatic pressure when the riser is disconnected from the ss bope and the ...

• Gas input well

  A well into which gas in injected for the purpose of maintaining or supplementing pressure in an oil reservoir. More commonly called a gas injection ...

• Valve

  A device used to control the rate of flow in a line to open or shut off a line completely, or to serve as an ...

• Pressure gauge

  An instrument that measures fluid pressure and usually registers the difference between atmospheric pressure and the pressure of the fluid by indicating the effect of ...