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Sentences with hydrostatic head

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  • The hydrostatic head of an oil well is the height to which the oil rises in the well under its own pressure.Since saltwater is heavier than oil, its presence in the production stream increases the hydrostatic head of the fluid column, and reduces the production rate.The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
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