| 单词 | manifold centre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmanifold centre b. Oil Industry. More fully manifold centre. Esp. in offshore drilling: an area on which oil pipes from several wells converge, and where testing, segregation, and re-routing of oil can take place. ΚΠ 1975 Oil & Gas Industry Gloss. Terms (Bank of Scotland) 16/2 Manifold centre, an arrangement whereby production from several wells may be combined in any way desired for forwarding through one or more pipelines. 1991 Independent 28 Jan. 1/1 The bombing raid..destroyed two manifolds, or oil terminal pressure controls, in an attempt to cut off the flow of oil. 1992 Marine Engineers Rev. Nov. 56/3 (caption) An engineer rides a two-mile pipeline bundle as it is pulled out for towing underwater to the Shell/Esso manifold centre in the Cormorant field in the UK sector of the North Sea. < as lemmas |
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