oil trap
11oil separator — [1] A wire mesh filter used to trap oil in the fumes drawn out of the engine by the crankcase ventilation system [2] Device to separate refrigerant oil from refrigerant gas and return the oil to compressor crankcase …
12petroleum trap — Subsurface reservoir of petroleum. The oil is always accompanied by water and often by natural gas; all are confined in porous rock. The natural gas, being lightest, occupies the top of the trap and is underlain by the oil and then the water. A… …
13Cold trap — For the atmospheric phenomenon, see Cold trap (astronomy). Cold trap immersed in cold medium in Dewar flask. Some workers prefer the opposite arrangement, where vapors flow down the wall of the trap, and are sucked up the inner tube; this reduces …
14Ecological trap — Ecological traps are scenarios in which rapid environmental change leads organisms to prefer to settle in poor quality habitats. The concept stems from the idea that organisms that are actively selecting habitat must rely on environmental cues to …
15Progress trap — A progress trap is the condition societies experience when, in pursuing progress, human ingenuity inadvertently introduces problems that the society does not have the resources to solve, preventing further progress. Social collapse is often the… …
16White Tiger oil field — The White Tiger oilfield (also Bach Ho) is a major oilfield in the Cuu Long basin of the South China Sea located offshore due east of the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The field contains major reserves hosted within highly fractured granitic basement… …
17Motor oil — For the TV documentary focused on the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, see Oil Change (TV Series). Motor oil sample Motor oil or engine oil is an oil used for lubrication of various internal combustion engines. The main function is… …
18East Texas Oil Field — The East Texas Oil Field is an enormous oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering convert|140000|acre|km2 and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the largest oil field in the United States outside of… …
19Giant oil and gas fields — The world s 932 giant oil and gas fields are considered those with 500 million barrels of ultimately recoverable oil or gas equivalent. [Halbouty, M (2001). [http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/halbouty03/index.htm Giant Oil and Gas… …
20Elk Hills Oil Field — The Elk Hills Oil Field in California, (purple). Other oil fields are shown in gray. Th …
