Dictionary of Energy
Covering all aspects of energy and its role in society, this unique text provides a comprehensive and organized body of knowledge on what is certain to become an increasingly vital area of scientific study in the 21st century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Dictionary of Energy
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jackup drilling
Oil & Gas. a process of offshore drilling using a self-contained combination drilling rig (jackup rig) and floating barge, fitted with long support legs that can be raised or lowered independently of each other.
Jahre Viking
Oil & Gas. T.T. Jahre Viking, the world s largest oil supertanker (in fact the largest floating object on earth), over 1500 feet long and able to carry more than 4 million barrels of crude oil.
Jessica
Environment. an Ecuadorean tanker that ran aground on rocks off the Galapagos Islands in 2001, releasing about two-thirds of its cargo of 240,000 gallons of oil. The accident occurred in the prophetically named Shipwreck Bay, outside the harbor of San Cristobal Island.
jet
Physics. 1. a continuous stream of concentrated and well-defined incompressible or compressible fluid (e.g., water, fuel), emitted by a nozzle or other such opening of a small size that compresses (and thus accelerates) the flow of the fluid. 2. any device that is powered by such a stream of fluid. 3. Transportation. specifically, a jet aircraft or jet engine (see below).
jet aircraft
Transportation. an aircraft, especially a fixed-wing airplane, that attains its thrust from one or more jet engines.
jet coal
Coal. another term for CANNEL COAL, from its black color (jet black).
jet engine
Transportation. any of...
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