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saltwater and sediment content 5
separator 15,45,55,64
sample
horizontal 15
agitated 37
oil and gas 55
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all-level 66, 67
primary 55
bomb 37
production 61
bottle, methods of obtaining 66-67
second-stage 55
clearance 67
test 61
cock 36, 67
three-phase 61
composite 37, 65
two-phase 61
emulsion 37, 38
settling 18,20
freshness of 36
rate 18
order of obtaining 66, 68
section 60
receivers, API-recommended designs for
space 55
69-70
tank 1~19
representative 36, 37, 71
time 17,36,58
running 67
ways to speed up 17
size of 37
shear 7, 10,37
tank 67
silica 7
treated 37
siphon box 56
untreated 37
skim pit 19
sampler, automatic 68--69
slugging compound 37, 40
sampling
soap powder 35
API standard for 65
solution 38
automatic 68-70
I-percent 38, 40,42,43
basic principles of 65
ID-percent38, 39-40, 41, 42
bottle 66-67
2-percent 38
devices 74
use in sampling 38
beaker 74
solvents 37, 38, 39, 71-72, 74
bottle 74
alcohols 38, 42
LACf sample container 74
API-recommended 71-72
manua165
health risks associated with 38, 72
methods of 65
avoiding 72
tank 65
kerosene 38, 42, 71
tap67~ Stoddard 38, 71
ttuef37, 59, 65-66
to combine with chemicals 38
use of solution in 38
toluene 38, 71
sand 17
water saturation of, API-recommended
S&W. See sediment and water.
procedure for 71-72
scale 6, 25, 58, 60
water 38
sediment 17
xylene 38, 42, 71
primary 37
specific gravity 8, 9, 18, 20
secondary 37, 40
specifications, pipeline 4, 37, 71
sediment and water (S&W) 37, 38, 39, 41, 58, 71,
spreader 19, 20
75,76,77
stabilizing section 55
determining percentage of 71
steam, injection of, into reservoir 3, 40
in a sample, API-recommended procedure
stock tank 14,36,60
for determining 74-77
Stoddard solvent 38, 71
separation 15, 23, 39, 40, 62
surface-active agent 8, 9, 35
of gas from oil 12
surface choke 11-12
of oil and water 17
surfactant 8, 9, 35