Coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. Coal is composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.

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Regular gasoline

Energy; Coal

Gasoline having an antiknock index, i.e., octane rating, greater than or equal to 85 and less than 88. Note Octane requirements may vary by altitude.

Gasoline motor, (leaded)

Energy; Coal

Contains more than 0.05 grammes of lead per gallon or more than 0.005 grammes of phosphorus per gallon. The actual lead content of any given gallon may vary. Premium and regular grades are included, ...

Gasoline treated as blendstock (GTAB)

Energy; Coal

Non-certified Foreign Refinery gasoline classified by an importer as blendstock to be either blended or reclassified with respect to reformulated or conventional gasoline. GTAB is classified as ...

Gate station

Energy; Coal

Location where the pressure of natural gas being transferred from the transmission system to the distribution system is lowered for transport through small diameter, low pressure pipelines.

Gatherer

Energy; Coal

A company primarily engaged in the gathering of natural gas from well or field lines for delivery, for a fee, to a natural gas processing plant or central point. Gathering companies may also provide ...

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

Energy; Coal

Defined by the FASB as the conventions, rules, and procedures necessary to define accepted accounting practise at a particular time, includes both broad guidelines and relatively detailed practises ...