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This glossary more specifically relates to oil and gas exploration and production terms.

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Jacket:

Steel structure placed on the seabed with a deck supporting drilling and/or production facilities.

Jet fuel:

A fuel used in aircraft. Jet fuel is obtained by distillation and sweetening. The latter removes all trace of mercaptans (very light molecules containing sulfur atoms). Jet fuel is a white product, so-called because it is transparent.