Definition FLNG is the acronym of Floating Liquefied Natural Gas and refers to floating production unit of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Floating Liquefied Natural Gas is not the chemical derivative of any form of natural gas, this wording was invented to describe the manufacturing process to produce LNG. Comments At the wellhead, the natural gas is in fact a […]
ReadDefinition Conventional oil and gas refers to petroleum, or crude oil, and raw natural gas extracted from the ground by conventional means and methods. Comments In practice conventional oil and gas, or the term of conventional resources, applies to oil and gas which can be extracted, after the drilling operations, just by the natural pressure […]
ReadDefinition Oil shale refers to solid hydrocarbon (kerogen) rock resulting from a decomposed organic matter still at solid state, in a sedimentary rock unit. The oil shale may also be called black shale. Oil shale and shale oil must not be confused as they do not mean the same thing since shale oil designates tight oil or tight shale […]
ReadDefinition Acrylic acid is an unsaturated carboxylic acid extracted from propylene Acryclic acid is a colorless pungent and corrosive liquid in polymerized form. The formal name for acrylic acid is propenoic acid. Acrylic acid is miscible with water, alcohols and esters. Comments Acrylic acid is produced from propylene as an ethylene by-product of ethane or naphtha […]
ReadDefinition Polyester is a generic name referring to polymers made of repeated units of an ester molecule under the COO form. Polyester is produced by reaction of carbonated acids (Terephthalic acids) with alcohols (dihydric alcohols) and elimination of water. Comments These polymeric groups of repeated ester units can form long chains of molecules very stable […]
ReadDefinition E&P is the acronym of Exploration and Production in the oil and gas industry. E&P is also the synonymous of Upstream E&P or Exploration and Production or Upstream refer in the same way to all the oil and gas activities from the search of potential reserves to the first transformation of the crude oil or […]
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