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Showing definitions 1 to 10 of 133 for the letter 'p'
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- Packed columns
- A distillation or absorption tower which is filled with small objects, called packing, to effect an intimate contact between rising vapours.
- Packer
- A mechanical device containing a rubber packing element which can be expanded against the well bore or casing to isolate the annular sections above and below the element.
- Packer fluid
- Any tough, pliable material -rubber or fibre -used to fill a chamber or "gland" around a moving rod or valve stem to prevent the escape of gas or liquid; any yielding material used to effect a pressure-tight joint. Packing is held in place and compressed against a moving part by a "follower", an adjustable element of the packing gland.
- Palaeozoic era
- The era of geological time (comprising the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian Periods) which began roughly 600 million years ago and ended roughly 230 million years ago.
- Paper barrels
- Crude oil or products traded on the forward or similar markets which are closed out by subsequent sale or settlement without physical or 'wet' delivery.
- Paraffin
- A name given in the UK to the premium grade of kerosene burned in lamps and fueless space heaters; a member of the paraffin (alkane) series of hydrocarbons. A white, odourless. tasteless and chemically inert waxy substance derived from distilling petroleum.
- Paraffins
- The simplest homologous series of hydrocarbons containing no unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds; also known as the alkanes.
- Paraxylene
- An aromatic compound used in the manufacture of polyester fibres.
- Party chief
- The industry expression for the manager of a survey team.
- Pay sand
- The producing formation, often one that is not even sandstone. It is also called pay zone, and production zone.
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