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American Gas Association
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.
Every constituent of a mass of gas enclosed within a vessel contributes to the pressure against the sides of the vessel the same amount that it would have exerted by itself had no other gas been present. the total pressure within a vessel is the sum of the partial pressures of each of the constituent gases.
Industry:Energy
One who drills wells in the hope of finding gas or oil in territory not known to be a gas or oil field.
Industry:Energy
See PIPING.
Industry:Energy
The continuation of a former rule, clause, or policy (usually in a contractual agreement) where a change to a new rule or policy would be patently unfair to those covered by the former.
Industry:Energy
The process of reducing gas pressures by means of releasing such pressures to atmosphere.
Industry:Energy
Typical non-hydrocarbon gases which may be present in natural gas are carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and helium.
Industry:Energy
A boiler furnishing hot water at pressures not exceeding 160 pounds per square inch (psi) and at temperatures not more than 250oF (121oC) or steam at pressures not more than 15 psi.
Industry:Energy
A graph showing the quantity of energy savings of individual efficiency measures on the x-axis and the total cost per unit of energy saved on the y-axis.
Industry:Energy
A provision in a gas purchase contract between a purchaser and a producer which increases the price to be paid for natural gas if any producer in the same field receives a higher price for natural gas than the price stipulated in the contract.
Industry:Energy
An acquired privilege or right, distinct from ownership of the soil, to use a specified area for certain specified uses.
Industry:Energy