Petroleum in any form including crude oil, sludge, oil refuse and refined products.

Oil and gas reserves are defined as volumes that will be commercially recovered in the future.

An operation of removing oil from the water surface.

The OCIMF is a voluntary association of oil companies interested in shipment and storage of crude oil and oil products. 27 Queen Anne’ s Gate, London SW1H 9BU, homepage:www.ocimf.com

It is a hollow propulsion shaft with the bore and radial holes used for distribution of hydraulic oil in controllable pitch propeller installations.

An oil field is a pool of oil under the surface of the earth, trapped in a sealed hollow of impermeable rock.

Engine crankcases are vented to atmosphere to prevent the build up of pressure due to piston blow-by. The oil-mist separator cleans the gases of oil droplets before being vented to atmosphere.

An oil platform, offshore platform, or offshore drilling rig is a large structure with facilities for well drilling to explore, extract, store, and process petroleum and natural gas that lies in rock formations beneath the seabed.

The American rules on the safety of transport of hydrocarbons by sea. Provisions apply to tanker structure, with the requirement that new tankers should be built with a double hull or other similar design.

The document required to be carried on board ships by MARPOL 73/78, Annex I, reg. 20.

A system designed to handle sludge from oil treatment systems in diesel engine installations. The system separates the sludge into its three main components: oil, sludge and water.

Halmatic Ltd delivered a multi-role oil spill recovery vessel HAVEN HORNBILL for Harwich Haven Authority in July 2002.

An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is transformed and refined into useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel and fuel oils.

Oil sands, tar sands, crude bitumen, or bituminous sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit.

A synthetic non-condensable gas mixture (syngas) produced by oil shale thermal processing (pyrolysis).

A layer of oil floating on the surface of the sea, generally caused by accident or spillage.

An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.

Built by Damen Shipyards, The Netherlands, the ARCA is multifunctional vessel with oil recovery as the main function, but she is also able of carrying out hydrographic survey and research work.

A ship designed to support oil spill clean-up operations by oil recovery, boom deployment and/or dispersant application.

With the Spill Response Vessel for the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing the German shipyard Peene-Werft GmbH delivered another highly- sophisticated ship.