- Industria: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The physical quantity of gas requested, typically in MMBtu/day, for a specific contract or for all contracts at a specific point.
Industry:Energy
This refers to certain approved methods of computing depreciation allowance for federal and/or state income tax purposes. These methods permit relatively larger depreciation charges during the earlier years, in contrast to the straight-line method, under which the annual charges are the same for each year. This is sometimes referred to as accelerated depreciation.
Industry:Energy
A device which indicates or records the instantaneous, maximum or integrated (over a specified period) demand.
Industry:Energy
A naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon gases found in porous geologic formations beneath the earth's surface, often in association with petroleum. The principal constituent is methane. 1. Dry. Gas whose water content has been reduced by a dehydration process. Gas containing little or no hydrocarbons commercially recoverable as liquid product. Specified small quantities of liquids are permitted by varying statutory definitions in certain states. 2.Liquefied (LNG). See LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS. 3. Sour. Gas found in its natural state, containing such amounts of compounds of sulfur as to make it impractical to use, without purifying, because of its corrosive effect on piping and equipment. 4.Sweet. Gas found in its natural state, containing such small amounts of compounds of sulfur that it can be used without purifying, with no deleterious effect on piping and equipment. 5. Wet. Wet natural gas is unprocessed natural gas or partially processed natural gas produced from strata containing condensable hydrocarbons. The term is subject to varying legal definitions as specified by certain state statutes. (The usual maximum allowable is 7lbs./MMcf water content and .02 gallons/Mcf of Natural Gasoline.)
Industry:Energy
A transporter that voluntarily provides its services on a contractual basis for other parties.
Industry:Energy
Book in which successive readings of utility customers' meters are recorded by gas utility meter readers. The difference between successive readings is the gas consumption for the period.
Industry:Energy
That portion of an appliance designed for the attachment of the draft hood or vent connector.
Industry:Energy
