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давление; пластовое давление; усилие; напор; напряжение; сжатиеpressure above the atmospheric — давление выше атмосферного; манометрическое [избыточное] давление, сверхдавление
pressure applied at the surface — давление, создаваемое на устье скважины
pressure at the economic level — давление, определяемое экономичностью разработки
pressure on the bit — давление на долото, нагрузка на долото
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давление; пластовое давление
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1) давление2) интенсивная эксплуатация, переэксплуатация ( природных ресурсов) скважины•pressure applied at surface — давление, создаваемое на устье скважины;
pressure at economic level — давление, определяемое экономичностью обработки;
pressure at well bore — забойное давление;
pressure in place — давление в залежи;
pressure in reservoir — давление в залежи;
pressure on bit — давление на долото, нагрузка на долото;
pressure on intake side of pump — давление на входе в насос;
pressure per diamond — удельное давление на один алмаз;
to keep up pressure — поддерживать давление;
to maintain pressure — поддерживать давление;
to offset formation pressure — создавать противодавление на пласт;
- abandonment pressureto pressure up — проверять плотность соединений перед кислотной обработкой; опрессовывать
- abnormal formation pressure
- abnormal gas pressure
- abnormal pore pressure
- abnormal reservoir pressure
- abnormal rock pressure
- abnormal well pressure
- abnormally high pressure
- above bubble point pressure
- absolute formation pressure
- absolute reservoir pressure
- absolute wellhead pressure
- annular friction pressure
- annulus pressure
- anomalously high pore pressure
- applied pressure
- areal average pressure
- atmospheric pressure
- available pressure
- average flowing pressure
- average reservoir pressure
- average unit pressure
- back pressure
- barometric pressure
- bit pressure
- boost pressure
- borehole pressure
- bottom-loading pressure
- bottomhole pressure
- bottomhole circulating pressure
- bottomhole differential pressure
- bottomhole flowing pressure
- bottomhole shut-in pressure
- breakdown pressure
- bubble-point pressure
- bubble-point pressure of reservoir oil
- bursting pressure
- casing pressure
- casing-burst pressure
- casing-head pressure
- charging pressure
- chip hold-down pressure
- circulating pressure
- circulating fluid pressure
- circulation pressure
- closed pressure
- closed-in pressure
- closed-in bottomhole pressure
- collapse pressure
- collapsing pressure
- compression pressure
- compressor discharge pressure
- compressor outlet pressure
- contact pressure
- critical pressure
- current pressure
- delivery pressure
- detonation pressure
- diamond pressure
- differential pressure
- discharge pressure
- discharge pressure at pump
- discharge line pressure
- displacement pressure
- down pressure
- drilling pressure
- drilling agent pressure
- drilling bit-nozzle pressure
- drilling mud pressure
- drilling mud bottomhole pressure
- drilling mud column pressure
- drilling mud head pressure
- driving pressure
- edge water pressure
- effective pressure
- equilibrium formation pressure
- equilibrium reservoir pressure
- excess pressure
- explosion pressure
- external boundary pressure
- feed pressure
- field pressure
- final bottomhole pressure
- final flowing pressure
- final formation pressure
- final hydrostatic pressure
- final hydrostatic drilling mud pressure
- final inflow pressure
- final reservoir pressure
- final residual reservoir pressure
- final shut-in pressure
- final shut-in bottomhole pressure
- final squeeze cementing pressure
- final tubing pressure
- flooding pressure
- flow pressure
- flow line pressure
- flowing pressure
- flowing bottomhole pressure
- flowing casing pressure
- flowing reservoir pressure
- flowing surface pressure
- flowing tubing pressure
- flowing tubing head pressure
- flowing wellhead pressure
- flowing wellhead annulus pressure
- fluid pressure
- fluid-displacement pressure
- formation pressure
- formation breakdown pressure
- formation fracture pressure
- forward pressure
- fractional pressure
- fracture pressure
- fracture opening pressure
- fracture widening pressure
- fracturing pressure
- full well pressure
- gage pressure
- gas pressure
- gas cap pressure
- gas inrush pressure
- gas pipeline pressure
- gas reservoir pressure
- gaslift differential pressure
- geostatic pressure
- ground pressure
- high pressure
- hydraulic pressure
- hydraulic fracturing pressure
- hydrofracturing pressure
- hydrostatic pressure
- hydrostatic bottomhole pressure
- hydrostatic kill pressure
- inflation pressure
- initial bottomhole pressure
- initial closed-in bottomhole pressure
- initial flowing pressure
- initial flowing wellhead pressure
- initial formation pressure
- initial hydrofracturing pressure
- initial hydrostatic drilling mud pressure
- initial inflow pressure
- initial reservoir pressure
- initial shut-in pressure
- initial shut-in bottomhole pressure
- initial vapor pressure
- injection pressure
- injection gas pressure at surface
- inlet pressure
- instantaneous shut-in pressure
- intake pressure
- intake well head pressure
- interstitial fluid pressure
- jack pressure
- jacking pressure
- kickoff pressure
- lateral pressure
- leak-off pressure
- line pressure
- liquid pressure
- live pressure
- log-derived pore pressure
- low pressure
- low-frequency pressure
- low-injection pressure
- manifold pressure
- maximum allowable pressure
- maximum allowable casing pressure
- maximum allowable surface pressure
- maximum allowable working pressure
- maximum flowing pressure
- maximum initial field pressure
- maximum initial reservoir pressure
- maximum surface pressure
- maximum top pressure
- maximum tubing pressure
- maximum wellhead pressure
- mean reservoir pressure
- medium pressure
- middle pressure
- mixing pressure
- mud pump pressure
- mud pump shock pressure
- negative pressure
- normal pressure
- normal pore pressure
- nozzle pressure
- oil pressure
- oil column pressure
- oil displacement pressure
- oil vapor pressure
- omnidirectional pressure
- open-flow pressure
- open-hole pressure
- original average reservoir pressure
- original bubble-point pressure
- original reservoir pressure
- original reservoir gas pressure
- oscillatory pressure
- outlet pressure
- overburden pressure
- pipe collapsing pressure
- pipeline pressure
- pipeline admission pressure
- piping pressure
- pore pressure
- pore fluid pressure
- priming pressure
- producing pressure
- producing bottomhole pressure
- propping pressure
- pump pressure
- pump discharge pressure
- pump inlet pressure
- pump intake pressure
- pump-in pressure
- pumping-out pressure
- Reid vapor pressure
- relief pressure
- replacement pressure
- reservoir pressure
- reservoir pressure as of date of appraisal
- reservoir pressure reduced to a plane
- reservoir back pressure
- return pressure
- rock pressure
- roof pressure
- sampling pressure
- sand pressure
- sand-face injection pressure
- saturation pressure
- saturation pressure of reservoir fluid
- seam pressure
- separation pressure
- separator pressure
- shut-in pressure
- shut-in bottomhole pressure
- shut-in casing pressure
- shut-in drill pipe pressure
- shut-in formation pressure
- shut-in reservoir pressure
- shut-in tubing pressure
- shut-in wellhead pressure
- shut-in wellhead annulus pressure
- side pressure
- slush pump pressure
- squeeze pressure
- standard pressure
- standpipe pressure
- static pressure
- static bottomhole pressure
- static reservoir pressure
- static wellhead annulus pressure
- steady-state reservoir pressure
- stone pressure
- stream pressure
- subsurface pressure
- suction pressure
- suction end pressure
- surface pressure
- surface mud pressure
- surface squeeze pressure
- surplus pressure
- terminal pressure
- terminal pipeline pressure
- test pressure
- top-hole pressure
- top-hole flow pressure
- top-hole gaslift pressure
- total pressure
- total bit pressure
- total critical pressure
- tubing pressure
- unbalanced pressure
- underground pressure
- undisturbed formation pressure
- unit pressure
- unit ground pressure
- unsteady-state reservoir pressure
- uplift pressure
- uplift pressure on bottom
- velocity pressure
- virgin pressure
- virgin formation pressure
- water pressure
- water hammer pressure
- water inrush pressure
- weighted average reservoir pressure
- well pressure
- well flowing pressure
- wellbore pressure
- wellhead pressure
- wellhead annulus casing pressure
- wellhead back pressure
- wellhead flowing pressure
- wind pressure
- working pressure* * *• усилиеАнгло-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > pressure
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3 ratio
1. отношение, соотношение, пропорция2. степень; коэффициент— in ratio
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1. отношение; соотношение; пропорция2. степень; коэффициент; показатель
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1. коэффициент, пропорция, отношение2. передаточное число;передача ( зубчатых колес)
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(со)отношение, пропорция; степень; коэффициент; множитель
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1) отношение; соотношение; пропорция2) степень; коэффициент; показатель•- ratio of expansion
- ratio of good product accepted
- ratio of mixture
- ratio of stroke to diameter
- adsorption portion ratio
- air-oil ratio
- amplitude ratio
- associated gas-oil ratio
- atmospheric gas-oil ratio
- availability ratio
- average gas-oil ratio
- best power mixture ratio
- bevel gear ratio
- calculated gas-oil ratio
- catalyst-oil ratio
- catalyst-to-charge ratio
- cetane ratio
- circulated gas oil ratio
- close ratio
- closing ratio
- composite water-oil ratio
- compression ratio
- condensate recovery ratio
- core-to-sludge ratio
- cost-reliability ratio
- critical compression ratio
- cubical elasticity ratio
- cumulative gas-oil ratio
- cumulative gas-water ratio
- current gas-oil ratio
- damage ratio
- dependability ratio
- drum-to-rope ratio
- equipment maintenance ratio
- expansion ratio
- extraction ratio
- failure ratio
- failure mode frequency ratio
- flowing fluid ratio
- flowing gas-oil ratio
- formation gas-oil ratio
- formation-to-mud resistivity ratio
- free-fluid ratio
- fuel ratio
- fuel-air ratio
- fuel-oil consumption ratio
- gas-condensate ratio
- gas-liquid ratio
- gas-oil ratio
- gasoline-oil consumption ratio
- gas-recovery ratio
- gas-water ratio
- gear ratio
- gross gas-oil ratio
- highest useful compression ratio
- initial producing gas-oil ratio
- injected gas-oil ratio
- injecting gas-oil ratio
- injection gas-oil ratio
- input gas-oil ratio
- instantaneous gas-oil ratio
- instantaneous producing water-oil ratio
- interfacial viscosity ratio
- invariable gas-oil ratio
- jack ratio
- life ratio
- maintenance ratio
- maintenance cost ratio
- mean-life ratio
- Mills ratio
- mixture ratio
- mobility ratio
- mortality ratio
- net cumulative produced gas-oil ratio
- oil-steam ratio
- oil-water ratio
- open ratio
- operating gas-oil ratio
- output gas ratio
- output gas-oil ratio
- pressure ratio
- producing gas-oil ratio
- producing water-oil ratio
- propane-oil ratio
- ram ratio
- recovered gas-oil ratio
- recovery ratio
- recycle ratio
- reflux-to-product ratio
- reliability-cost ratio
- reserves-production ratio
- reservoir gas-oil ratio
- reservoir volume ratio
- saturation ratio
- serviceability ratio
- signal-to-noise ratio
- slenderness ratio
- solution gas-oil ratio
- spectral ratio
- spread ratio
- standardized mortality ratio
- stock tank gas-oil ratio
- stratification ratio
- stress-strength ratio
- summer-winter offtake ratio
- thickness-to-depth ratio
- thickness-to-wavelength ratio
- thickness ratio
- throughput ratio
- total gas-oil ratio
- vapor-liquid ratio
- void ratio
- water ratio
- water-cement ratio
- water-oil ratio
- water-oil ratio in flooding
- water-to-cement ratio* * *• 1) коэффициент; 2) передаточное число -
4 temperature
1) температура
2) температурный
– above-zero temperature
– absolute temperature
– air-blast temperature
– ambient temperature
– annealing temperature
– apparent temperature
– at temperature
– background temperature
– be temperature dependent
– brightness temperature
– brittle temperature
– bulk temperature
– calendering temperature
– casting temperature
– Celsius temperature
– charging temperature
– cloud temperature
– coagulation temperature
– color temperature
– combustion temperature
– constant temperature
– control temperature
– cryogenic temperature
– Curie temperature
– Debye temperature
– degeneracy temperature
– dimensionless temperature
– dry-bulb temperature
– dyeing temperature
– elevated temperature
– equilibrium temperature
– eutectic temperature
– final temperature
– finishing temperature
– flame temperature
– flow temperature
– forging temperature
– free-flowing temperature
– freezing temperature
– fusion temperature
– gelatinization temperature
– glass-transition temperature
– hardening temperature
– hold temperature
– ignition temperature
– intake temperature
– ion temperature
– Kelvin temperature
– lethal temperature
– limiting temperature
– lining temperature
– liquefaction temperature
– liquid-nitrogen temperature
– liquidus temperature
– melting temperature
– molding temperature
– Neel temperature
– noise temperature
– note temperature
– outlet temperature
– point temperature
– polymerization temperature
– pressing temperature
– radiation temperature
– radio temperature
– reaction temperature
– recrystallization temperature
– reduced temperature
– reduction temperature
– reference temperature
– reheat temperature
– representative temperature
– rolling temperature
– room temperature
– saturation temperature
– setting temperature
– sintering temperature
– skin-friction temperature
– softening temperature
– soldering temperature
– solidification temperature
– stagnation temperature
– storage temperature
– stratification of temperature
– subfreezing temperature
– sublimation temperature
– subzero temperature
– superheat temperature
– surface temperature
– take temperature
– tap temperature
– temperature altitude
– temperature coefficient
– temperature colors
– temperature condition
– temperature conductivity
– temperature control
– temperature derating
– temperature drop
– temperature falls
– temperature gradient
– temperature indicator
– temperature inversion
– temperature profile
– temperature range
– temperature rises
– temperature saturation
– temperature span
– temperature stress
– temperature tracking
– temperature triggering
– tempering temperature
– thermo-nuclear temperature
– total temperature
– transition temperature
– vaporization temperature
– wet-bulb temperature
– working temperature
– zero temperature
adiabatic wet-bulb temperature — <meteor.> температура смоченного термометра адиабатическая
automatic temperature regulator — <comput.> регулятор температуры автоматический
ductile-to-brittle transition temperature — температура вязко-хрупкого перехода
international temperature scale — <math.> шкала температур международная
piesoelectric temperature transducer — пьезокварцевый преобразователь
range of cyrogenic temperature — диапазон криогенных температур
resistance-type temperature detector — <tech.> термощуп
temperature independent core — температурно-независимый сердечник
thermostatic temperature control — ключевое термостатирование
valley on temperature curve — <phys.> сброс температуры
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1. температураbottom hole circulating temperature — динамическая температура на забое, температура на забое при циркуляции жидкости
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температура; степень нагрева
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- actual oil temperature
- borehole temperature
- bottomhole temperature
- bottomhole circulating temperature
- chilling temperature
- circulating temperature of drilling mud stream
- crude oil temperature
- decomposition temperature
- downhole temperature
- flow line temperature
- flowing bottomhole temperature
- formation temperature
- gas temperature
- hardening temperature
- high temperature
- ignition temperature
- induration temperature
- inlet temperature
- liquefaction temperature
- lubricating oil chilling temperature
- lubricating oil congelation temperature
- melting temperature
- normal temperature
- oil temperature
- oil chilling temperature
- oil congelation temperature
- oil in-situ temperature
- original temperature
- original reservoir temperature
- pouring temperature
- pseudocritical temperature
- reservoir temperature
- reservoir oil temperature
- rock temperature
- saturation temperature
- separation temperature
- shut-in bottomhole temperature
- sintering temperature
- static temperature of drilling mud
- subsurface temperature
- surface oil temperature
- wellhead temperature
- wellhead annulus temperatureАнгло-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > temperature
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6 temperature
температура; температурная граница; температурный temperature of inflammation температурное воспламенение temperature ablation - температура абляции temperature absolute - абсолютная температура в Кельвинах temperature actual - истинная температура temperature ag(e)ing - температура старения temperature ambient - температура окружающей среды temperature ash-fusion - температура плавления золы temperature atmospheric - атмосферная температура, температура воздуха в атмосфере temperature autoignition - температура самовоспламенения temperature background - фоновая температура temperature "black(ness)" - «черная» температура, температура абсолютно черного тела temperature boiling - температура (точка) кипения temperature breakdown - температура разложения temperature breathing line - температура на уровне головы temperature bulk - средняя температура массы (вещества); объемная температура temperature burning - температура горения temperature ceiling - температура у потолка; предельная температура (использования) temperature centigrade - температура в градусах Цельсия temperature chamber - температура в камере сгорания temperature chamber-wall - температура стенок камеры сгорания temperature combustion - температура горения temperature combustion gas - температура газообразных продуктов сгорания temperature comfort - эффективная температура temperature compression - температура (в конце) сжатия temperature condensing - температура сжижения (конденсации) temperature consolidation - температура спекания temperature coolant - температура охлаждающей среды temperature critical - критическая температура temperature cryogenic - криогенная температура temperature crystallization - температура кристаллизации temperature curing - температура выдержки или отверждения temperature cycle - температура цикла temperature decomposition - температура разложения temperature deformation - температура деформации temperature degassing - температура обезгаживания (дегазации) temperature dew-point - температура точки росы (конденсации), точка росы temperature discharge - температура выхлопных газов temperature dissociation - температура диссоциации (разложения) temperature effective - эффективная температура temperature elevated - повышенная температура temperature emitter - температура излучения temperature environment(al) - температура окружающей среды temperature equilibrium - установившаяся (равновесная) температура temperature exhaust - температура выхлопных газов temperature extraordinarily high - сверхвысокая температура temperature Fahrenheit - температура по шкале Фаренгейта temperature fail - температура разрушения temperature firing - температура воспламенения temperature flame - температура воспламенения или пламени temperature flash - температура вспышки temperature floor - температура у пола temperature flowing - температура оплавления (покрытий) temperature free-air - температура наружного воздуха temperature freezing - температура затвердевания (замерзания) temperature fuel element - температура топливного элемента temperature fusion - температура (точка) плавления temperature gas absorption - температура газоноглощения temperature gas-inlet - входная (начальная) температура газа temperature gelatinization - температура желатинизации temperature hardening - температура закалки или твердения temperature heating - температура нагрева temperature heat-rejection - температура отвода тепла temperature heat-treatment - температура термической обработки temperature holding - температура выдержки temperature ignition - температура воспламенения temperature impact - температура при ударе temperature indoor - комнатная температура temperature infiltration - температура пропитки temperature initial - начальная температура temperature inlet - начальная температура, температура на входе temperature inlet - of air - температура поступающего воздуха temperature intake - начальная температура, температура на входе temperature ionization - температура ионизации temperature irradiation - температура облучения temperature isothermal - изотермическая температура temperature Kelvin - температура в Кельвинах temperature kindling - температура воспламенение temperature limiting - критическая температура temperature liquefaction - температура сжижения; температура размягчения (аморфного тела) temperature maximum -cycle - максимальная температура цикла temperature melt(ing) - температура (точка) плавления temperature moderate - средняя (умеренная) температура temperature normal - нормальная температура temperature normal running - нормальная эксплуатационная температура; нормальный режим температур temperature normal storage - нормальная температура хранения temperature operating - рабочая температура; температурный порог (пожарного извещателя) temperature ordinary room - нормальная комнатная температура outdoor - температура наружного воздуха. temperature outgassing - температура обезгаживания (дегазации) temperature outlet - температура на выходе; конечная температура temperature outside air - температура наружного воздуха temperature peak flame - высшая температура пламени temperature prepyrolysis - предпиролизная температура temperature probe - температура по прибору temperature propellant - (начальная) температура ракетного топлива temperature pyrolysis - температура пиролиза temperature pyrometric - пирометрическая температура temperature radiant (radiation) - температура радиации (излучения) temperature recombination - температура рекомбинации temperature recovery - температура восстановления temperature reduced - приведенная температура temperature refrigerant - температура хладагента temperature representative - характерная температура temperature resulting radiation - результирующая температура излучения temperature return - of water температура обратной воды temperature room - комнатная температура temperature running - рабочая (эксплуатационная) температура temperature salt - температура соляной ванны temperature saturation - температура насыщения (точки росы) temperature selfheating - температура самонагревания temperature selfignition - температура самовоспламенения temperature setting - температура схватывания или отверждения; экзотермия temperature shield - температура теплозащитной оболочки temperature skin - температура поверхностного слоя, поверхностная температура temperature smo(u)ldering - температура тления temperature softening - температура (точка) размягчения temperature spontaneous-ignition - температура самовоспламенения temperature stagnation - температура заторможенного потока temperature standard - температура воздуха в стандартной атмосфере; нормальная температура temperature steady-state - установившаяся температура temperature stream - температура потока temperature subambient - низкая (пониженная) температура (ниже комнатной) temperature sublimation - температура сублимации (возгонки) temperature substrate - температура подложки temperature subzero - температура ниже нуля, отрицательная температура temperature surface - температура поверхности temperature thermodynamic - термодинамическая температура temperature total - суммарная температура; полная температура (параметр торможения) temperature transient - нестационарная (неустановившаяся) температура temperature treatment - температура обработки temperature turbine-exit - температура газа на выходе из турбины temperature ultimate service - предельная эксплуатационная температура temperature vulcanization - температура вулканизации temperature wall - температура стенки temperature welding - температура сварки temperature wet-bulb - температура по смоченному термометру (психрометра) temperature working - рабочая температура temperature yield - температура текучести; температура растекаемости (пластмассы) temperature zero - нулевая температура, абсолютный нуль -
7 deformation
- deformation of swelling - deformation per unit of length - abutment deformation - active deformation - angular deformation - axial deformation - bearing deformation - bedding deformation - bending deformation - bulk deformation - compressive deformation - creep deformation - critical deformation - cubic deformation - cyclic deformation - elastic deformation - fatigue deformation - flexural deformation - flowing deformation - foundation deformation - homogeneous deformation - hyperelastic deformation - image deformation - inelastic deformation - inextentional deformation - instantaneous deformation - lateral deformation - linear deformation - local deformation - non-equilibrium deformation - passive deformation - permanent deformation - plane deformation - plastic deformation - plastic deformation of concrete - plasto-elastic deformation - ponding deformation - relative deformation - residual deformation - reversible deformation - shear deformation - short-term deformation - shrinking deformation - specific deformation - static deformation - structural deformation - surface deformation - tectonic deformation - tensil deformation - thermal deformation - time deformation - total deformation - unit deformation - virtual deformation - viscous deformation - volumetric deformation - wave deformation* * *деформация- absolute deformationdeformation per unit of length — линейная деформация на единицу длины, относительная линейная деформация
- angular deformation
- axial deformation
- bearing deformation
- bending deformation
- bulk deformation
- centerline deformation
- completely recoverable deformation
- compressive deformation
- creep deformation
- cyclic deformation
- elastic deformation
- elastic-plastic deformation
- excessive elastic deformation
- fatigue deformation
- finite deformation
- flexural deformation
- immediate deformation
- inelastic deformation
- infinitesimal deformation
- instantaneous deformation
- lateral deformation
- linear deformation
- local deformation
- longitudinal deformation
- nonelastic deformation
- permanent deformation
- plane deformation
- plastic deformation
- plastoelastic deformation
- ponding deformation
- recoverable deformation
- residual deformation
- reversible deformation
- shearing deformation
- shear deformation
- short term deformation
- shrinkage deformation
- small deformation
- specific deformation
- surface deformation
- tensile deformation
- thermal deformation
- thermoelastic deformation
- thermomechanical deformation
- time-dependent deformation
- time-varying deformation
- torsional deformation
- transverse deformation
- uniaxial deformation
- virtual deformation
- viscoelastic deformation
- volume deformation -
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