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Three-phase separator

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003827

A pressure vessel designed to separate an incoming well stream into three distinct components: oil, gas, and water. It uses gravity, baffles, and sometimes coalescing plates to facilitate the density-driven separation of these immiscible fluids. These separators are common in production facilities to process the raw effluent from oil and gas wells.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003827
FieldOil and gas
SubjectProduction Facilities
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003827",
  "term": "Three-phase separator",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A pressure vessel designed to separate an incoming well stream into three distinct components: oil, gas, and water. It uses gravity, baffles, and sometimes coalescing plates to facilitate the density-driven separation of these immiscible fluids. These separators are common in production facilities to process the raw effluent from oil and gas wells.",
  "subject": "Production Facilities",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/three-phase-separator/"
}

Record 4,061 of 4,469 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.