Ingegneria meccanica: Industria petrolifera
| English |
| christmas tree |
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| Part of speech |
Noun phrase
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| Grammatical label |
Countable
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| Definition |
Surface completion equipment over a well that flows to the surface under its own pressure and is used to control the flow from the well. It consists of a casinghead housing, casing and tubinghead spools, and production valves and chokes.
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| Definition source |
Sh91
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| Context |
All Christmas trees have a master valve on the lower part to turn the well off during an emergency. The plumbing going off the side of the Christmas tree to the flowline is called the wing. If there is only one producing zone in the well, it is a single wing tree.
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| Context source |
Sh91
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| Synonym |
production tree
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| Subject field |
Petroleum Engineering
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| Partitive concept |
master valve, tubing head, tubing, surface casing, tubing valve, pipeline, choke, preassure gauge.
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| it |
albero di natale
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| Reliability code |
3
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