gunbarrel tank

A form of gun barrel tank — A long slender cylindrical metal tank, especially one used to separate oil from water as it flows from a production well.

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noungunbarrel tank (plural gunbarrel tanks)

plural gunbarrel tanks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gun barrel tank

    The gunbarrel tank is a vertical flow treater in an atmospheric tank.

    2011, Maurice Stewart, Ken E. Arnold, Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, page 353
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    The gunbarrel tank, sometimes called a wash tank, is the oldest equipment used for multi-well onshore oil treating in a conventional gathering station or tank battery.

    2008, Maurice Stewart, Ken Arnold, Emulsions and Oil Treating Equipment, page 2

    The technique has been demonstrated for the production of gunbarrel tanks, water storage tanks, oil storage tanks, oil heaters, and production vessels.

    2011, Michael Vollmer, Klaus-Peter Möllmann, Infrared Thermal Imaging, page 511
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