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gas-oil separator

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gas-oil separator [¦gas ¦ȯil ′sep·ə‚rād·ər]
(petroleum engineering)
An oil-field stock tank or series of tanks in which wellhead pressure is reduced so that the dissolved gas associated with reservoir oil is flashed off or separated as a separate phase. Also known as gas separator; oil-field separator; oil-gas separator; oil separator; separator.


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