مكمن

English translation: reservoir

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Arabic term or phrase:	مكمن
English translation:	reservoir
Entered by:	Iman Khaireddine

01:38 Feb 24, 2006

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / Oil Fields

Arabic term or phrase: مكمن

As in:

Inna al-makamin al-raeesiya fi haza al-hakl maa zaalat ghayr mootatawirat...

My question is: what is the meaning of "makman" ("makamin" plural) in the oil fields context? Thanks.

Jacques Saleh KudoZ activity Questions: 344 (2 open) (4 without valid answers) (56 closed without grading) Answers: 997 United States
Local time: 23:07

reservoir

Explanation:
Check it up in Al-Khatib's Dictionary.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-02-24 08:33:02 GMT)
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http://www.hiscairo.com/038 his-cairo 2005 (E)/Petroleum.htm

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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-02-24 08:36:48 GMT)
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http://www.hiscairo.com/038 his-cairo 2005 (E)/Petroleum.htm

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Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:07

Grading comment

Thanks Imane for your help; "reservoir" seems to make the most sense in the context of the document, as they also talk about "idarat makmaniat" which would translate into "reservoir management"...
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4 +4

reservoir

Iman Khaireddine

5 +2

Deposit (Fr 'Gisement')

Colin Smith

oil well

Alexander Yeltsov

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6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

reservoir

Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:07
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Imane for your help; "reservoir" seems to make the most sense in the context of the document, as they also talk about "idarat makmaniat" which would translate into "reservoir management"...

10 hrs confidence:

oil well

Explanation:
Best regards!

Alexander Yeltsov
Local time: 07:07
Native speaker of: Russian

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Deposit (Fr 'Gisement')

Explanation:
This is the commonly used term used in documents/petroleum codes etc relating to oil & gas prospecting, exploration & exploitation for identified exploitable hydrocarbons. Reservoirs may refer to extracted hydrocarbons awaiting transport away from the drilling site, so is ambiguous. Your context refers to deposits yet to be exploited.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2006-02-24 12:28:53 GMT)
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sorry, I meant 'depositS' (plural)

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Note added at 3 days15 hrs (2006-02-27 16:44:18 GMT)
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...having said that, 'reservoirs' appears to be the slightly more popular term with UK oil companies, whereas 'deposits' seems to be the preferred US term...

Reference: http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs005.htm

Colin Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

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