Expensive Trees

A tale told me. A manager reminiscing about the past describes how during a discussion, he wondered why christmas trees were sooo expensive. Was the company getting a bum deal?

Hah, talk about confusing terminology. To the layman, a christmas tree is:

Children\'s tree

To oil and gas engineers, a christmas tree is:

Notice the lack of leaves, needles and decorations.

 

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3 Responses to “Expensive Trees”

  1. zidni Says:
    July 16, 2008 at 8:00 am | Reply

    christmas tree engrs get more highlight because their work related to barrels. reservoir/production engrs too.

    unlike system engrs.

  2. emma Says:
    October 30, 2009 at 8:30 am | Reply

    d only x-mas tree on the sea :P

  3. kerang Says:
    December 11, 2009 at 2:37 am | Reply

    Talking about X’Mas tree…
    Normally Gas field got single string & Oil field got dual strings (Short/Long) of x’mas tree.
    Imagine CITHP=800psi…

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