horizontal separator

horizontal separator

[‚här·ə′zänt·əl ′sep·ə‚rād·ər]
(petroleum engineering)
Horizontal tank used to separate free oil well gas from liquid hydrocarbons.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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