- 行业: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The valve assembly at the top of tubing strings and casing of a gas well or an oil well to provide primary pressure reduction, production rate control, and shut-in service.
Industry:Energy
A device for determining the accuracy of a metre under test by comparing its reading against the reading obtained from a calibrated reference metre connected in series with the metre under test.
Industry:Energy
A method of pricing gas inventory for PGA purposes in which storage injections are priced at the month's jurisdictional system cost of purchased gas and storage withdrawals are priced by dividing the total purchase cost of the gas in storage by the quantity of gas in storage.
Industry:Energy
A system whereby a secondary fluid absorbs the refrigerant, and in doing so, gives up heat, subsequently releasing the refrigerant, during which heat is absorbed.
Industry:Energy
Any short term purchase covering a period of two years or less. Purchases from intrastate pipelines pursuant to Section 311(b) of the NGPA of 1978 are classified as short term sales regardless of the stated contract term.
Industry:Energy
In general, the term "pool" is synonymous with the term "reservoir". However, in certain situations a pool may consist of more than one reservoir; generally in the Appalachian Region where completion, gathering, and metering practises prevent segregating production from individual reservoirs.
Industry:Energy
See ACHIEVABLE POTENTIAL, ECONOMIC POTENTIAL, MARKET POTENTIAL and TECHNICAL POTENTIAL.
Industry:Energy
Switching from natural gas to alternate fuels such as residual or clarified oil by large industrial customers, primarily motivated by the relative fuel prices.
Industry:Energy
The internal pressure required to cause a pipe or fitting to fail. NOTE: This pressure will vary with the rate of buildup of the pressure and the time during which the pressure is held.
Industry:Energy
