- Settore: 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.
The rate of flow of gas required by a consumer or a group of consumers, often an average over a specified short time interval (cf/hr or Mcf/hr). Demand is the cause; load is the effect.
Industry:Energy
When expressed with reference to pipe, the force per unit area exerted by the medium in the pipe.
Industry:Energy
A chemical compound of carbon and hydrogen in which all the valence bonds of the carbon atoms are taken up with hydrogen atoms.
Industry:Energy
A heavy residual fuel oil used by ships, industry, and for large scale heating installations. The United States Navy calls it "Navy heavy"; in industry, it is often referred to as No. 6 fuel oil.
Industry:Energy
An arrangement whereby the owner of a lease assigns the lease, or some portion of it, to another party for drilling.
Industry:Energy
From a reference point, any point located nearer the origin of flow, that is, before the reference point is reached.
Industry:Energy
