PART 10

Question 1

Oil recovered from a knockout or scrubber device

Answer 1

scrubber oil

Question 2

The pressure required to force fluids to enter a separator

Answer 2

separator backpressure

Question 3

The gas that remains after its separation from condensate

Answer 3

separator gas

Question 4

The mixture of liquid samples taken from the upper, middle and lower sections of a storage tank

Answer 4

single tank composite sample

Question 5

A substance added at slow rate to the production fluid stream to prevent corrosion

Answer 5

slow release inhibitor

Question 6

A type of flow in which surface equipment may be damaged by the sudden impact of a liquid slug in a phenomenon called water hammer

Answer 6

slug flow

Question 7

Accumulation of a water, oil or condensate in a gas pipeline

Answer 7

slugging

Question 8

A chemical used to break emulsions to determine the total amount of sediment and water in the samples

Answer 8

slugging compound

Question 9

an acoustic device that measures the time required for an explosive sound to echo from the annular liquid level in nonflowing wells

Answer 9

sonolog

Question 10

A crude oil containing hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide or mercaptans

Answer 10

sour crude oil

Question 11

A gas containing hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide or mercaptans, all of which are extremely harmful

Answer 11

sour gas

Question 12

A production logging method that uses a small propeller turned by fluid movement

Answer 12

spin flowmeter

Question 13

A term describing a flowing well when its rate of production through a given choke size remains constant, or in the case of a pumping well, when the fluid column within the well remains constant in height

Answer 13

stabilized

Question 14

In a subsurface sucker-rod pump, a valve that permits flow up the tubing to fill the pump-barrel chamber while preventing downward flow

Answer 14

standing valve

Question 15

The level to which fluid rises in a well when the well is shut in

Answer 15

static fluid level