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ARTICULATED FLARE PLATFORM [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
OBS

Articulated flare platform.

OBS

articulated platform: An offshore platform, sometimes called on oscillating platform, which combines the advantages of fixed and floating structures ... its main applications are in tanker mooring and loading, and flaring unwanted gas from offshore field.

OBS

flaring: The practice of burning unwanted gas or oil. Flaring was once a common sight on oil-fields, but nowadays it most often occurs on an offshore platform when a well is being tested and small quantities of hydrocarbons must be dispersed, or when unwanted refinery gases are burned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Installation d'une colonne oscillante porte-torchère sur le gisement de Frigg. [...] La fonction de la colonne torche de Frigg est avant tout la fonction sécurité : évacuation du gaz à distance suffisante des installations d'exploitation en cas de déclenchement des sécurités de surpression ou en cas de décompression d'urgence de ces installations.

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