- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Steel pipe generally used to construct pipelines to transport petroleum and natural gas.
Industry:Energy
The act of moving gas from a designated receipt point to a designated delivery point pursuant to the terms of a contract between the transporter and the shipper. Generally it is the shipper's own gas which is being moved.
Industry:Energy
The unit used by a utility to measure participation in its DSM programs; usually customers or households in the case of residential programs.
Industry:Energy
Any of 5 isomeric, volatile, liquid, paraffin hydrocarbons C6H14 found in petroleum.
Industry:Energy
In DSM, an estimate of energy savings based on the assumption that all energy-efficient options will be adopted to the extent that they are cost-effective and possible through utility DSM programs. Compare ECONOMIC POTENTIAL, MARKET POTENTIAL and TECHNICAL POTENTIAL.
Industry:Energy
Searching and mapping of the subsurface structure of the earth's crust by use of geophysical methods, to locate probable reservoir structures capable of containing gas or oil.
Industry:Energy
The act of moving gas from a receipt point to a delivery point pursuant to a contract between the shipper and the transporter. To the extent the shipper has paid for guaranteed, high-priority capacity in the pipeline, that shipper is entitled to firm service. Less expensive, lower-priority transportation
Industry:Energy
In DSM, an estimate of energy savings based on the assumption that all existing equipment or measures will be replaced with the most efficient equipment or measure that is technically feasible, without regard to cost or market acceptance. Compare ACHIEVABLE POTENTIAL, MARKET POTENTIAL and ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
Industry:Energy
Step in producing carbureted water gas in which a fraction of the carburetion oil is cracked to useful gas in the water gas carburetor and superheater.
Industry:Energy
The temperature at which a substance, such as gas, will ignite and continue burning with adequate air supply.
Industry:Energy
