- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
That state of matter which has neither independent shape nor volume. It expands to fill the entire container in which it is held. It is one of the three forms of matter, the other two being solid and liquid.
Industry:Energy
The trade name of an instrument used to determine whether or not the well bore is proceeding in a vertical orientation at any point. In most drilling operations, either government bodies or contract stipulations or both, provide a maximum deviation of the well bore from the vertical; commonly, this maximum is three degrees. When deviation is in excess of the allowable, it is necessary to modify drilling procedures to bring it back in line.
Industry:Energy
In a rate case, interested parties are the pipeline company, its customers, the FERC Staff, and "others". The "others" are commonly known as intervenors, and they include such groups as state regulatory agencies, consumer groups, competing pipeline companies, and customers of customers.
Industry:Energy
That temperature above which a gas cannot be liquefied by pressure alone. The pressure under which a substance may exist as a gas in equilibrium with the liquid at the critical temperature is the critical pressure.
Industry:Energy
The transmission of energy by means of electromagnetic waves. Radiant energy of any wave length may, when absorbed, become thermal energy and result in an increase in the temperature of the absorbing body.
Industry:Energy
A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a plastic.
Industry:Energy
A unit consisting of a burner together with associated thermostat and safety controls, which can be used to convert heating equipment from one fuel to another.
Industry:Energy
The maximum quantity of gas that can be moved through a pipeline system at any given time based on existing service conditions such as available horsepower, pipeline diameter(s), maintenance schedules, regional demand for natural gas, etc.
Industry:Energy
