Abstract: An improved system and method of gas and petroleum production from locations such as offshore facilities in which oily water and/or wet oil or an oil/water mixture is fed to a Podbielniak type centrifugal liquid/liquid contactor for separation and purification of the oil and water phases.

Abstract: A method for using a carousel system is disclosed. The carousel bins are filled with selected parts in a stockroom, the carousels are stacked together such that each carousel closes the open top bins of the carousel therebelow, storing the group of carousels as work-in-process, moving the carousel system to an assembly station, separating the carousels at the assembly station to expose the parts in the bins, successively removing parts from the bins to produce assemblies; on completion of assemblies, to restack the carousels and return the carousel system to the stockroom for refilling. The carousel system is a plurality of carousels each having parts bins therein.

Abstract: Kitting parts carousel system (10) as a plurality of carousels (12, 14) each having parts bins (50) therein. Each of the carousels is made of static safe injection moldable synthetic polymer composition material with the bins having a sloping bottom to self-feed parts toward the outer wall (26) and the tops of the bin walls (42, 44) are configured to closely adjoin the bottom of the next above adjacent carousel so that when the carousels are stacked the bins in the lower carousels are closed.