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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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Estuaries
Erosion Corrosion: Corrosion acceleration by passage of a high-velocity ow
or impingement of solids. May remove the thin, protective oxide lm that
protects exposed metal surface.
Erosion/Scour: The removal or dissolution of parts of the seabed by bot-
tom currents, particularly those by storms. Transportation by currents of the
removed material can result in signicant movement of masses of sand, silt,
and mud on the seaoor. This migration of sediment can “strand” drilling
platform supports or wellhead plumbing by erosion of the surrounding sup-
port sediments.
ERW: See Extended reach well.
Escalator Clause: A clause in ...
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