- Industria: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Pipelines (mains) installed for the purpose of transmitting gas from a source or sources of supply to one or more distribution centers, to one or more large volume customers, or a pipeline installed to interconnect sources of supply. in typical cases, transmission lines differ from gas mains in that they operate at higher pressures, are longer, and the distance between connections is greater.
Industry:Energy
The customer who purchases gas for consumption and not for resale purposes. See CONSUMER, GAS.
Industry:Energy
An arbitrary index which combines into a single value the effect of temperature, humidity, and air movement on the sensation of warmth or cold felt by the human body. The numerical value is that of the temperature of still, saturated air which would induce an identical sensation. See CHILL FACTOR.
Industry:Energy
Pipes transporting gas within service areas to the point of connection with the service pipe.
Industry:Energy
The daily quantity of gas which the supplier agrees to furnish and for which the buyer agrees to pay, under a specific contract.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the average requirement to the maximum requirements for the same time period, as one day, one hour, etc.
Industry:Energy
A legal entity which processes or treats natural gas in a gas plant of any type.
Industry:Energy
Gas previously contracted and dedicated between producers/brokers and a pipeline company which, through mutual agreement between the parties, was thereafter "released" from contract and ultimately made available for purchase by third parties.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the capacity of a condenser with given dielectric and the capacity of the same condenser with a vacuum as a dielectric.
Industry:Energy
