was water cut

17:08 Oct 22, 2018 

Thanks. I sent an e-mail to the client stating that the expression wasn't clear. I'll let you know as soon as he answers

09:54 Oct 22, 2018 

As Pablo says, the English is poorly formulated and its interpretation involves guesswork.
However, as pma states, it appears they are using it as a verb (an invented phrasal verb), but on the other hand, the text opens with "Once the water phase was removed from the tank...", so why 'cut' what has already been removed?
Maybe the water supply was necessary to stop any pyrophoric material from coming into contact with air and igniting; therefore, as "no hot spots were detected", the text could refer to cutting the water supply as Pablo suggests.
En fin, lots of guesswork and no real answers - I think you may need to ask the client for clarification.

01:52 Oct 22, 2018 

Water cut se refiere normalmente a la proporción de agua en una mezcla de crudo y agua. Sin embargo aquí está usado como verbo. Posiblemente se refiera en este caso a separar el agua del slop remanente que quedó en el tanque. Habría que leer bien todo el contexto.

19:33 Oct 19, 2018 

se cortó el suministro de agua al tanque ? (no sé si está muy bien el original, a ver si Neil nos comenta) Saludos y buen finde,

19:08 Oct 19, 2018 

"Once the water phase was removed from the tank the remaining oil and solids were tested for LEL and H2S with acceptable results (H2S <10ppm). Since [company name] assumed that pyrophoric material would be present from a chemistry standpoint, tank shell surveys were performed with no hot spots detected. At that time the tank **was water cut** for final cleaning."

19:06 Oct 19, 2018 

Thanks for letting me know. I copied the wrong segment

17:14 Oct 19, 2018 

The context you've provided doesn't include the actual phrase you need help with...

17:09 Oct 19, 2018 

¿Puedes proporcionar la frase en la que aparece por favor?

17:08 Oct 19, 2018 

Se trata de un verbo