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  • Naptha

    a range of distillates lighter than kerosene, used as feedstock for motor gasoline production and the chemical industry (e.g. ethylene manufacture).

    Natural gas

    a mixture of light hydrocarbons (mainly methane) found naturally in the Earth’s crust, often in association with oil (when it is known as associated gas).

    Natural gas liquids (NGL)

    liquid hydrocarbons found in association with natural gas.

    Net Production

    production that is owned by a company less royalties and production due others

    Nippling up

    (1) connecting or hooking up a blowout preventer stack. The operation is usually done from the nippling-up platform on a jack-up drilling unit, and the name probably stems from the cone-shaped mating flanges. (2) any act of connecting two components together.




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