05.07.2009

Any party in a Joint Operating Agreement that is not the operator

The spot market for products from refineries clustered around Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, called ARA in the oil trade

Noise thresholds in pipeline are relevant in so far as acoustic sensors for pinpointing the location of a gas leak from an underground gas pipeline or in the need to limit the noise of the transmission of the molecules through the pipeline – such as has been required at times by the Israeli navy – in order not to interfere with the navy’s ability to detect an offshore incident

Such as offloading gas from a tanker

Method for demarcating sea boundaries such as sovereign rights in territorial waters or in exclusive economic zones. The Norwegian practice which is regarded as controversial is based on using straight baselines

A Nodding Donkey provides the up/down motion (stroke) that powers a submersible pump in a borehole. The submersible pumps oil in a similar way to which a bicycle pump pumps air into a tyre

Such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen sulfide, and nitrogen which are also sometimes found in small quantities in natural gas

If there are two bumps close to each other and one is connected to the other but nevertheless still separate from it, it can result in a nose play. This means that the nose has three sides closing (not 4) as in a bump which would have 4 slides closing. There is the need to close the 4th side to prove structural closure