- Branche: 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.
A legal representative of buyers, sellers or shippers of natural gas in negotiation or operations of contractual agreements.
Industry:Energy
A self-contained device which provides cooling by direct application of heat.
Industry:Energy
An employee who inspects a pipeline right-of-way for leaks or potential hazards. At one time, he walked or rode horseback; today, he uses an automobile or a light aircraft.
Industry:Energy
Gas produced from wells as a result of well workover or stimulation of existing production wells on leases acquired prior to February 19, 1977.
Industry:Energy
Practice of charging one customer class with rates that are higher than the cost of service for that class, thus allowing another class to be charged rates that are lower than the respective cost of service for that class.
Industry:Energy
The dimensional change with time of a plastic under load, following the instantaneous elastic or rapid deformation. (Also referred to as Creep.)
Industry:Energy
A closed vessel in which a liquid is heated and/or vaporized. Often classified as to steam or hot water, low pressure or high pressure, capable of burning one fuel or a number of fuels.
Industry:Energy
A length of pipe used for encasing a smaller diameter carrier pipe for installation in a well or under a road, etc.
Industry:Energy
A self-contained, free-standing, nonrecessed (except as noted below), gas-burning, air heating appliance intended for installation in the space being heated and not intended for duct connection. This shall not include heating appliances covered by other American Standard Approval or Listing Requirements. It may be of either the gravity or mechanical air circulation type, vented, or unvented. (In some areas, this is referred to as a space heater).
Industry:Energy
