05.07.2009

A process during which an energy company, such as a pipeline company seeks customers to make long term firm transportation commitments to the project, prior to making the main investment decision

Used to maneuver – by towing or pushing – other vessels, such as an LNG vessel.

Any wellbore in which casing has not been set. 2. open or cased hole in which no drill pipe or tubing is suspended. 3. the portion of the wellbore that has no casing

A method of preparing a well for production in which no production casing or liner is set opposite the producing formation. Reservoir fluids flow unrestricted into the open wellbore.

A petroleum-bearing rock with good porosity and permeability

The calculated maximum flow rate that a system may provide in the absence of restrictions

Unlimited flow rate for testing and maintenance purposes

Fresh air at ambient conditions is drawn into the compressor, where the temperature and pressure are raised. The high-pressure air proceeds into the combustion chamber, where the fuel is burned at constant pressure. The resulting high-pressure gases then enter the turbine where they expand to the atmospheric pressure through a row of nozzle vanes. The expansion causes the turbine blade to spin, which then turns a shaft inside a magnetic coil. When the shaft is rotating inside the magnetic coil, electrical current is produced. The exhaust gases leaving the turbine in the open cycle are not re-circulated