golfada

English translation: slug

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Portuguese term or phrase:golfada
English translation:slug
Entered by: T o b i a s

13:01 Jun 15, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / hydrocarbon lines
Portuguese term or phrase: golfada
Entretanto, estudos posteriores mostraram que a linha de 8 polegadas era superestimada para as vazões previstas, indicando a possibilidade de golfadas hidrodinâmicas e assim eliminando a alternativa de Gás Lift Contínuo com linha de 8 polegadas.

Thanks in advance. T.
T o b i a s
slug
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in Dicionário do Petróleo: em referência a um tipo de escoamento multifásico intermitente...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 01:54
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3 +2slug
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3indicating the possibility of hydrodynamic bursts . . .
David Drysdale (X)


  

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slug


Explanation:
in Dicionário do Petróleo: em referência a um tipo de escoamento multifásico intermitente...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 01:54
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Gilmar Fernandes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slugcatcher
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  -> Obrigada, Gilmar

agree  Marlene Curtis
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  -> Obrigada, Marlene!
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indicating the possibility of hydrodynamic bursts . . .


Explanation:
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I understand "golfada" to mean a huge eruption, spewing, burst or surge of this or that . . . petroleum?

David Drysdale (X)
United States
Local time: 18:54
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