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U.S. Energy Information Administration
Settore: Energy
Number of terms: 18450
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A means of operation whereby energy, transmission, and distribution services, as well as ancillary and retail services, are provided by one entity.
Industry:Energy
Fuel supplied to ships and aircraft, both domestic and foreign, consisting primarily of residual and distillate fuel oil for ships and kerosene-based jet fuel for aircraft. The term "international bunker fuels" is used to denote the consumption of fuel for international transport activities. Note: For the purposes of greenhouse gas emissions inventories, data on emissions from combustion of international bunker fuels are subtracted from national emissions totals. Historically, bunker fuels have meant only ship fuel.
Industry:Energy
The number of days the station could continue to operate by burning coal already on hand assuming no additional deliveries of coal and an average consumption rate.
Industry:Energy
Amount of thermal energy generated per unit mass of fuel, expressed as Gigawatt-Days Thermal per Metric Ton of Initial Heavy Metal (GWDT/MTIHM), rounded to the nearest gigawatt day.
Industry:Energy
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An electrical conductor that serves as a common connection for two or more electrical circuits.
Industry:Energy
A normally gaseous straight-chain or branch-chain hydrocarbon extracted from hydrocarbon extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams. It includes isobutane and normal butane and is designated in ASTM Specification D1835 and Gas Processors Association Specifications for commercial butane.
Industry:Energy
An olefinic hydrocarbon recovered from refinery processes.
Industry:Energy
Crude oil acquired from a host government whereby a portion of the government's ownership interest in the crude oil produced in that country may or should be purchased by the producing firm.
Industry:Energy
Bypassed footage is the footage in that section of hole that is abandoned as the result of remedial sidetrack drilling operations.
Industry:Energy
A secondary or additional product resulting from the feedstock use of energy or the processing of nonenergy materials. For example, the more common byproducts of coke ovens are coal gas, tar, and a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX).
Industry:Energy