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1 oil-cement slurry
Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > oil-cement slurry
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2 oil-cement slurry
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > oil-cement slurry
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3 oil-cement slurry
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > oil-cement slurry
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4 oil-cement slurry
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > oil-cement slurry
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5 oil-cement slurry
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6 diesel oil cement slurry
цементный раствор на основе дизельного топливаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > diesel oil cement slurry
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7 diesel-oil cement slurry
цементный раствор на основе дизельного топливаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > diesel-oil cement slurry
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8 diesel oil cement slurry
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > diesel oil cement slurry
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9 diesel-oil cement slurry
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > diesel-oil cement slurry
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10 diesel oil cement slurry
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > diesel oil cement slurry
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11 diesel-oil cement slurry
1) Техника: цементный раствор на дизельном топливеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > diesel-oil cement slurry
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12 slurry
1. суспензия, пульпа4. грязь; шлам5. жидкая глина
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цементный раствор; жидкая глина; шлам, пульпа; суспензия твёрдых частиц в жидкости
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2) жидкая глина3) шлам; пульпа•- aerated cement slurry
- brine cement slurry
- cement slurry
- clay slurry
- diatomaceous earth cement slurry
- diesel-oil cement slurry
- fine clay slurry
- fly ash-cement slurry
- fuel gas bubble slurry
- gel-cement slurry
- heat-resistant cement slurry
- kerosine-cement slurry
- latex-cement slurry
- light-weight cement slurry
- neat cement slurry
- nepheline-sand cement slurry
- oil-catalyst slurry
- oil-cement slurry
- perlite-gel cement slurry
- polymer-cement slurry
- sand-lime cement slurry
- slag-cement slurry
- solid phosphoric acid slurry
- thermostable cement slurry
- thin cement slurry* * *• грязь• шламовый -
13 slurry
1) суспензия, взвесь2) шлам3) пульпа5) жидкая глина; глинистый раствор6) метал. набивочный материал7) сил. шликер10) бтх кашица11) разжижать•-
abrasive slurry
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aerated cement slurry
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carbon slurry
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cement slurry
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ceramic slurry
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coal slurry
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coal-methanol slurry
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coal-water slurry
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conventional coal-water slurry
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diesel oil cement slurry
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fine clay slurry
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fly ash-cement slurry
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gel-cement slurry
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highly loaded coal-water slurry
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kerosine-cement slurry
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lapping slurry
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latex-cement slurry
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lime slurry
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nepheline-sand cement slurry
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oil-catalyst slurry
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oil-cement slurry
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perlite-gel slurry
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phosphor slurry
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polymer-cement slurry
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powder slurry
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pressure leach slurry
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saline slurry
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sand-lime cement slurry
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slag-cement slurry
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solid phosphoric acid slurry
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starch slurry
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ultraclean coal-water slurry
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washery slurry
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14 нефтецементный раствор
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > нефтецементный раствор
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15 нефтецементный раствор
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > нефтецементный раствор
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16 tank
1. резервуар, ёмкость, хранилище, чан, бак, цистерна2. водоём; водохранилище— air tank— day tank— gas tank— mud tank— oil tank
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1. бак; цистерна; танк2. резервуар || наливать в резервуар; хранить в резервуареtank on the line — резервуар с открытой задвижкой на выходе в трубопровод;
to roll a tank — перемешивать нефть в резервуаре (с каким-л. газом);
to strap a tank — измерять ёмкость резервуара;
— gas tank— oil tank
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цистерна; чан, бак; хранилище, ёмкость, резервуар
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1) резервуар, хранилище; сборник; чан; бак; цистерна || наливать в резервуар; хранить в резервуаре2) водоём; водохранилище•tank in use — эксплуатируемый резервуар;
tank on the line — резервуар с открытой задвижкой на выходе в трубопровод;
to bleed a tank — опорожнять резервуар;
to dismantle the tank — разбирать резервуар;
to empty a tank — опорожнять резервуар;
to erect the tank — сооружать резервуар;
to ground the tank — заземлять резервуар;
to run a tank — сливать нефть из резервуара в нефтепровод ;
to strap a tank — измерять вместимость резервуара;
- above-ground storage tankto thief a tank — отбирать пробы в резервуаре;
- accumulator tank
- acid measuring tank
- active drilling mud tank
- additive tank
- air tank
- airseparating tank
- antipitching tank
- antirolling tank
- atmospheric pressure storage tank
- automatic flow tank
- auxiliary tank
- bailing tank
- balance tank
- balancing tank
- ballast tank
- balloon roof tank
- batching tank
- blender tank
- blending tank
- blowdown tank
- bottomless offshore storage tank
- breathing tank
- bulk oil tank
- bullet tank
- buried tank
- canvas tank
- cargo tank
- cement slurry mixing tank
- cement surge tank
- cementing tank
- charging stock tank
- chemical treating tank
- collapsible tank
- compressed air tank
- compressor suction tank
- concrete tank
- concrete oil tank
- condensate tank
- condensate gathering tank
- conical bottom tank
- conical roof tank
- constant header tank
- crude oil storage tank
- cryogenic tank
- cuttings tank
- cylindrical tank
- daily tank
- daily bulk cement tank
- daily bulk mud tank
- deck tank
- degassed tank
- degassing tank
- depositing tank
- detachable tank
- diked tank
- discharge tank
- displacement tank
- dome-type tank
- drilling-mud tank
- drilling-mud mixing tank
- drilling-mud settling tank
- drilling-mud storage tank
- drilling-mud suction tank
- drip tank
- Dubai storage tank
- dump tank
- earth tank
- earthen tank
- elevated tank
- emergency head tank
- equalizing tank
- expansion tank
- expiration-roof tank
- explosion-proof tank
- fabric tank
- fabric gasoline fuel tank
- feed tank
- field tank
- filling tank
- filter-bottom tank
- fixed roof tank
- flexible tank
- float tank
- floating roof tank
- flow tank
- free-water settling tank
- fuel tank
- fuel oil tank
- fuel supply tank
- gage tank
- gaging tank
- gas tank
- gas-gathering tank
- gasoline tank
- gasoline mobile tank
- gathering tank
- globe-bottom tank
- globe-roof tank
- gravitation tank
- gravity tank
- gravity service tank
- grounded tank
- gun-barrel tank
- head tank
- hemispherical tank
- high-pressure storage tank
- horizontal tank
- impurities receiving tank
- inflatable dome-roof tank
- initial oil storage tank
- interconnected tanks
- intermediate storage tank
- knocked-down tank
- land storage tank
- landing craft tank
- lease tank
- lifter-roof tank
- low-temperature tank
- main tank
- main storage tanks
- measuring tank
- metering tank
- mixing tank
- mobile tank
- molded plastic tank
- mud tank
- mud storage tank
- mud surge tank
- multiple tank
- multisphere tank
- multiple-chamber separating tank
- offshore storage tank
- oil tank
- oil settling tank
- oil storage tank
- oil-feed tank
- oil-field tank
- oil-gathering tank
- oil-storage tank
- oil-store tank
- orifice surge tank
- overflow tank
- overhead tank
- overland tank
- overload tank
- oxidation tank
- pipeline tank
- precipitation tank
- pressure tank
- pressure-relief tank
- priming tank
- prove tank
- pumping tank
- receiving tank
- rectangular tank
- refrigerated truck tank
- reinforced concrete storage tank
- rejection tank
- relay tank
- reserve drilling mud tank
- restricted orifice surge tank
- retention tank
- riveted tank
- roll-dampening tank
- rubber-lined tank
- rubberized fabric tank
- run tank
- run-down tank
- salt-settling tank
- sedimentation tank
- sedimentation tank of water treatment system
- separating tank
- service tank
- service mud storage tank
- service storage tank
- setting tank
- settlement tank
- settling tank
- shaker tank
- shotgun tank
- simple surge tank
- single chamber separating tank
- skimming tank
- slime tank
- slop tank
- sludge tank
- sludge acid separating tank
- slurry tank
- spherical tank
- spheroidal tank
- sprayed tank
- steel drilling mud tank
- stock tank
- stock oil tank
- storage tank
- streamlined pressure tank
- stringer ballast tank
- sturry tank
- submerged tank
- subsurface tank
- subsurface storage tank
- subterraneous tank
- suction tank
- sump tank
- supply tank
- surge tank
- test tank
- transit site tank
- trip tank
- truck tank
- twin compartment test tank
- underground storage tank
- underwater tank
- underwater storage tank
- ungrounded tank
- unlined tank
- upright tank
- vapor-tight tank
- variable vapor-space tank
- vented tank
- vertical tank
- volume tank
- waste tank
- water-sealed tank
- water-sprayed tank
- water-top tank
- wax-mixture-flow tank
- weathering tank
- weigh tank
- weir tank
- welded tank
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17 property
1. свойство, особенность, качество, характеристика; параметр2. общественность, владение; имущество; хозяйство
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1. характеристика, свойство, особенность2. собственность, владение
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1) свойство; качество; признак; характеристика2) имущество•- antiknock properties
- base exchange properties
- cement slurry properties
- cement slurry fluid properties
- chemical properties
- collecting properties
- colloidal properties
- creep-rupture properties
- crude oil properties
- deplastering properties
- directional strength properties
- downhole properties
- drilling mud properties
- drilling mud suspension property
- elastic properties of formation
- failure properties
- filtering properties
- filtration properties
- filtration drilling mud properties
- flow properties
- fluid properties
- fluid dynamic properties
- fluid loss properties
- gas-dynamic properties
- gelling property
- hydrodynamic properties
- insulating properties
- isolating properties
- lithological properties
- lubricating property
- molecular surface properties
- mud-making properties
- objectionable drilling mud properties
- oil properties
- oil-and-gas properties
- oil-driving properties
- oil-refining properties
- oil-sweeping properties
- operational properties
- petrophysical rock properties
- phase boundary properties
- physical-and-colloidal properties
- physical-oil properties
- plastering properties
- plugging properties
- proknock properties
- real gas properties
- refractor properties
- reservoir properties
- reservoir petrophysical properties
- rheological properties
- sedimentation properties
- service properties
- strength properties
- stress-strain properties
- thixotropic properties
- utilization properties
- velocity properties
- wall-building properties
- wall-plastering properties
- water-loss property* * *• параметр• признак• свойствоАнгло-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > property
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18 WOC
1) Общая лексика: wait-on-cement time, (Working Committee) рабочая комиссия, (Working Committee) рабочий комитет2) Компьютерная техника: wireless office system3) Военный термин: Waste Oil Collectors, Weapon Of Choice, wing operations center4) Техника: waiting-on-cement time, waits on cement5) Религия: Women Of The Church, Women's Ordination Conference6) Сокращение: Warrant Officer Candidate, Wing Operations Center (USA), waiting on cement (to cure)7) Физиология: Wonders Of Chiropractic, World Orthopaedic Concern, Wound Ostomy And Continence8) Электроника: IEEE Wireless and Optical Communications Conference9) Нефть: waiting on cement, время ожидания затвердевания цемента (waiting-on-cement time), the shut down time on a rig between the cement slurry is pumped down the casing and when the cement plug is drilled or the casing perforated (During WOC time the cement is setting), Перерыв в работе на буровой (между тем, как цементный раствора закачивается в обсадную колонну, и разбуриванием цементной пробки или перфорированием обсадной колонны. В течение этого времени цемент затвердевает), OWC, ВНК, водо-нефтяной контакт, водонефтяной контакт10) Фирменный знак: Whispering Owl Crafters, Wizards Of The Coast, World Of Chips, World Of Concrete11) Экология: World Oceanographic Center12) Бурение: wait on cement, ОЗЦ (waiting on cement), ожидание затвердения цемента (waiting on cement), waiting on cement (time spent waiting for cement to set)13) Нефтегазовая техника ожидание затвердевания цемента (ОЗЦ)14) Обогащение: водяной циклон, water only cyclone, water-only cyclone15) Макаров: waiting-on-cement16) Карачаганак: water-oil contact17) Цемент: сроки схватывания18) NYSE. Wilshire Oil Company of Texas19) НАСА: Waste Oil Collector -
19 tank
1) бак; цистерна; танк2) резервуар3) ванна, чан4) водохранилище; (искусственный) водоём; бассейн6) сил. шламбассейн12) кфт. ба(чо)к•to bleed [empty\] a tank — опорожнять резервуар;to fuel the tank — возд. заправлять бак топливом;to roll a tank — перемешивать нефть в резервуаре (каким-л. газом);to run a tank — сливать нефть из резервуара в трубопровод;to strap a tank — измерять ёмкость резервуара;to switch to the proper tank — возд. переключать выключателем на расход топлива из соответствующего бака;to thief a tank — отбирать пробы в резервуаре;to turn the proper tank on — переключать краном на расход топлива из соответствующего бака;-
accumulator tank
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acid dump tank
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activated tanks
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additive tank
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aeration tank
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aft fuel tank
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afterpeak tank
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agitator tank
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air blow tank
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air tank
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air-buoyancy tank
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air-oil tank
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alternate fuel tank
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anodizing tank
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antipitching tanks
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antirolling tanks
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aseptic tank
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asphalt-lined tank
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auxiliary fuel tank
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auxiliary tank
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backwater tank
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bag fuel tank
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balance tank
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balancing tank
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ballast tank
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balloon roof tank
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bath tank
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bioaeration tank
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blanching tank
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bleaching tank
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blending tank
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blend tank
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blow-off tank
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boat tank
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boil tank
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bottomless offshore storage tank
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bottomless offshore tank
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breathing tank
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brine tank
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bulk oil tank
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bullet tank
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buoyancy tank
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burial tank
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buried tank
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cantilever tank
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canvas tank
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cargo tank
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catch tank
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cathode tank
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cement slurry mixing tank
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cement mixing tank
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charging stock tank
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charging tank
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chill tank
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chromatographic tank
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clarification tank
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clean ballast tank
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coagulation tank
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cold water tank
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collapsible tank
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collecting tank
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compound surge tank
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compressed-air surge tank
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concentrate holding tank
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concentration tank
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concentrator tank
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condensate gathering tank
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condensate tank
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conservator tank
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constant header tank
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constricted tank
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continuous tank
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controlled passive tanks
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coolant bleed holdup tank
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core flooding tank
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core flood tank
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corner tank
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crude oil storage tank
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crude storage tank
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cryogenic tank
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culture tank
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culture-holding tank
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curing tank
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cuttings tank
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daily service tank
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daily tank
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day tank
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deaerator storage tank
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decanting tank
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decay tank
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deck tank
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deep tank
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defecation tank
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degassing tank
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depositing tank
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detritus tank
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developing tank
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differential surge tank
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digestion tank
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dip tank
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discharge tank
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dishwasher tank
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distilling tank
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domestic water tank
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dome-type tank
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double-bottom tank
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drain tank
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drilling mud mixing tank
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drilling mud settling tank
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drilling mud storage tank
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drilling mud suction tank
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drilling mud tank
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drinking water tank
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drip tank
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Dubai storage tank
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dump tank
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earth tank
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earthen tank
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electrolytic tank
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elevated tank
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emergency head tank
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emergency tank
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equalizing tank
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etching tank
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etch tank
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evacuated tank
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evaporation tank
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expansion tank
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expansion-roof tank
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external fuel tank
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ex-vessel storage tank
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fabric tank
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feed tank
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feedwater tank
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ferry fuel tank
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field tank
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filling tank
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filter tank
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filter-bottom tank
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first fuel consumed tank
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fixed-roof tank
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fixing tank
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flexible fuel tank
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flexible tank
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float tank
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floating roof tank
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flocculating tank
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flotation tank
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flow tank
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flushing tank
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flush tank
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forepeak tank
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formula mixing tank
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free-water settling tank
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fuel consumed tank
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fuel expansion tank
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fuel oil tank
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fuel tank
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gage tank
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gas tank
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gas-decay tank
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gasoline tank
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glass-melting tank
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globe-bottom tank
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globe-roof tank
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gravitation tank
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grease skimming tank
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grounded tank
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gunbarrel tank
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gunwale tank
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head tank
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header tank
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heated digestion tank
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heat-exchange tank
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heeling tank
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hemispheroid tank
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hide brining tank
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hip tank
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holding tank
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holdup tank
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hot tank
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hot-water tank
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hydraulic tank
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ice-storage tank
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inflatable dome-roof tank
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inground tank
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injection tank
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ink tank
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integral tank
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interconnected tanks
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intermittent tank
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lagering tank
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lager tank
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land storage tank
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lead-lined tank
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lease tank
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liberator tank
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lifter-roof tank
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lime coating tank
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lower wing tank
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low-temperature tank
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lubrication tank
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massecuite tank
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maturing and deaeration tank
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measuring tank
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melting tank
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melting-out tank
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mixing tank
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model tank
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molten spelter tank
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monitoring tank
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multiple tank
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multisphere tank
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neutralization tank
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neutron-shield tank
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oil tank
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oil-gathering tank
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oil-storage tank
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orifice surge tank
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overflow tank
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overhead storage water tank
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overhead tank
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oxidation tank
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paraffin tank
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parboiling tank
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passive stabilizing tanks
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pickle tank
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pillow tank
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pipeline tank
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precipitation tank
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preconditioning tank
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premixing tank
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presettling tank
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pressure tank
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pressurized tank
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priming tank
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processing tank
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quench tank
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quenching tank
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radiator top tank
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rating tank
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reactivation tank
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receiving tank
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refining tank
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refrigerated truck tank
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regenerant tank
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rejection tank
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rendering tank
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restricted orifice surge tank
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retention tank
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rinse tank
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rising tank
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rotating-arm tank
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roughing tank
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rubberized tank
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rubber-lined tank
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run tank
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run-down tank
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salt-settling tank
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scale settling tank
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scrubbing tank
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seamless tank
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second fuel consumed tanks
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sedimentation tank
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seed tank
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self-priming tank
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self-sealing fuel tank
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separating tank
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septic tank
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service mud storage tank
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service tank
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settling tank
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sewage tank
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sewage treatment tank
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shaker tank
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shotgun tank
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simple surge tank
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single-chamber tank
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skimming tank
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slipper fuel tank
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slop tank
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sludge digestion tank
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sludge tank
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slurry tank
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solvent catch tank
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solvent tank
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spiral flow tank
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stabilizing tanks
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steeping tank
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stock tank
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storage tank
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submerged tank
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subsidence tank
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subsurface tank
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suction tank
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sulfitation tank
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sump tank
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supply tank
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surge tank
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swarf-settling tank
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switch tank
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tank of oil circuit-breaker
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tempering tank
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test tank
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throat-type tank
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throat tank
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tongs cooling tank
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topside tank
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towing tank
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transformer tank
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transit site tank
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trimming tank
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trim tank
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trip tank
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truck tank
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ungrounded tank
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unlined tank
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vacuum tank
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vacuum-degassing tank
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vapor-tight tank
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vent tank
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vented tank
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ventral fuel tank
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volume tank
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wash tank
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washing tank
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washwater tank
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waste tank
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water-scaled tank
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water-sprayed tank
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water-supply tank
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water-top tank
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wave tank
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weathering tank
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wet-oil tank
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window tank
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wingtip fuel tank
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working tank
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20 injection
1. нагнетание, закачка; инжекция; вдувание; впрыскивание2. инъекция; внедрение горных породcumulative injection in pore volumes — суммарный нагнетенный объем, выраженный в отношении к объёму пор (пласта или керна)
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впрыскивание, нагнетание
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нагнетание, закачка
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впрыскивание; нагнетание; закачиваниеinjection into aquifier — нагнетание ( воды) в законтурную часть ( коллектора нефти);
injection into bed — нагнетание ( воды) в пласт;
- acid injectioninjection into oil zone — нагнетание ( воды) в нефтяную часть залежи
- acid sewage water injection into bed
- agent injection
- air injection
- carbon dioxide injection
- carbon dioxide water injection
- carbonized water injection
- cement injection
- cement grout injection
- cement slurry injection
- circulation steam injection
- continuous inhibitor injection
- continuous steam injection
- control fluid injection
- cumulative injection in pore volumes
- cyclic inhibitor injection
- cyclic steam injection
- dispersed gas injection
- dispersed pattern-type injection
- downdip gas injection
- enriched-gas injection
- external gas injection
- gas injection
- gas injection into gas cap
- gas injection into upper zone of formation
- gravity injection
- grease injection
- grout injection
- heat injection
- heat carrier injection
- heat transfer agent injection
- high pressure gas injection
- hot-fluid injection
- hot-water injection
- huff-and-puff injection
- immiscible fluid injection
- inert gas injection
- inhibitor injection
- intermittent steam injection
- liquid solvent injection
- marginal gas injection
- matrix injection
- oil injection
- pilot gas injection
- scraper pig injection
- selective water injection
- sewage water injection
- steam injection
- test injection
- uniform dispersed gas injection
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