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• Heater-treater

  A vessel that heats an emulsion and removes water and gas from the oil to raise it to a quality acceptable for a pipeline or ...

• Flow treater

  A single unit which acts as an oil and gas separator, an oil heater, and an oil and water treater.

• Conductivity

  1. The ability to transmit or convey (as heat or electricity). 2. An electrical logging measurement obtained from an induction survey, in which eddy currents ...

• Chemical barrel

  A container in which various chemicals are mixed prior to addition to drilling fluid.

• Buffer

  Any substance or combination of substances that, when dissolved in water, produces a solution that resists a change in its hydrogen ion concentration on the ...

• Peptization

  An increased dispersion of solids in a liquid caused by the addition of electrolytes or other chemical substances. See deflocculation, dispersion.

• Surfactant

  A soluble compound that concentrates on the surface boundary between two substances such as oil and water and reduces the surface tension between the substances. ...