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  • 21st Century Security Strategy
  • γ
  • Zone 2
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A

  • Atmosphere, Explosive
  • AFCI
  • Arc-fault circuit interrupter
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B

  • Bus, Cable
  • Butt-welded joint
  • Butt-and-strap joint
View all 406 articles

C

  • Conditions, Normal
  • Circuit, Intrinsically Safe
  • Cable, TC-ER
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D

  • Device, Sealed
  • Device, High-Temperature
  • Device, Hermetically Sealed
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E

  • Enclosure, Purged and Pressurized
  • Enclosure, NEMA Type
  • Enclosure, Explosionproof
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F

  • Flameproof
  • Facility, Manned
  • Fiber Finish
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G

  • GWT
  • Grounding Clamp
  • ground, v, US
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H

  • Hydrotest
  • Hydrocarbon Pool Fire
  • Heat-distortion temperature
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I

  • Intermittent Service
  • Injection Point
  • Industry-qualified UT angle beam examiner
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J

  • Jointer
  • Joystick System
  • JIP
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K

  • Key Management
  • Keel Joint
  • Ks
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L

  • Line of Demarcation
  • Lining
  • Level Bridle
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M

  • Maintenance, Operational
  • Maintenance,Corrective
  • Minimum Bending Radius
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N

  • Nonpressure Boundary
  • Nominal Diameter
  • NORSOK Standards
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O

  • Qwner/user Inspector
  • Overwater Piping
  • On-stream Piping
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P

  • Protection, Type of
  • Protection, Special
  • Pressurization, Type Z
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Q

  • Quema
  • Q&T
  • Qv
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R

  • Rope Modulus
  • RTP
  • Retired from service
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S

  • Seal, Explosionproof Conduit
  • Seal, Explosionproof Cable
  • Subrope Splicing
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T

  • Temperature, Autoignition (AIT)
  • TML
  • Tank Farm Piping
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U

  • Utility Piping
  • UV Radiation
  • Ultraviolet Radiation
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V

  • Vessel Material(s)
  • Vinyl Ester
  • VLAN
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W

  • Well Control (Choke) Manifold
  • Winding Angle
  • WR
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X

  • XLOT
  • XT
  • XOV
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Y

  • YS
  • Yield Capacity
  • Yarn-on-yarn Abrasion Property
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Z

  • Zombie Computer
  • Zone 22
  • Zone 21
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