Definitions of words and terms used in the gas processing industry.
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The structure that is built for the convenience of loading and/or unloading product via a vehicle designed for the application.
A timeline usually related to a project that will impact the ordinary process or workflow.
A term referring to the flow of a vapor phase and a liquid phase in the same pipeline.
A geological formation designed or capable so that product can be added and removed at a desired time.
Hydrocarbon compounds having one or more unsaturated carbon valence bonds. These compounds are not found in natural gas streams or gas liquids (NGL) because of their relatively high chemical activity. Unsaturates are produced by a thermal cracking or chemical reaction and can be found in synthetic gas (SG) or light refinery gases (LRG).
A gas phase of product that was somehow derived from liquids or solids.
The pressure exerted by a fluid at vapor-liquid equilibrium.
A descriptive phrase for natural gasoline meeting a specified vapor pressure.
Vapor pressure as specified by GPA procedures.
Equipment or process for the recovery of the desired components from stock tank vapors or vapors from some other source.
Vaporization has ceased to occur in a two-phased fluid, so the ratio of liquds and vapor have become constant over time.
The conversion of liquid or solid to vapor.
The loss of liquid as vapor during processing or storage.
