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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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Top Kill
methyl cyclohexane. A high-octane gasoline-blending agent, solvent, and
chemical intermediate; base for TNT. (2) The non-systematic name for
methylbenzene, like so
CH
3
Tomography: The 3D display of seismic velocity in a well or area.
Ton (of Refrigeration): (1) Time rate of cooling equal to 12,000 Btu/h.
(2)Equals2000 lb in the United States; in the United Kingdom, a long ton
is 2240 lb; a metric ton equals 2000 kg. In most countries, oil and petroleum
products are sold by weight instead of liquid quantities, for example, a ton
of oil is the equivalent of 6.8–8.5 barrels of oil, depending on temperature, ...
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