- 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.
The first pipeline to transport natural gas en route to an inter-connect point for delivery to another pipeline. See DOWNSTREAM PIPELINE.
Industry:Energy
The sales volume being applied to the cost of service to develop rates. See TRANSPORTION LEVEL, THROUGHPUT LEVEL.
Industry:Energy
A connection between two utility systems permitting the transfer of gas in either direction.
Industry:Energy
A measure of market concentration. The index is frequently used by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to analyze mergers and acquisitions.
Industry:Energy
A spark ignition device designed to electrically initiate the combustion process.
Industry:Energy
An instrument used to analyze the make-up of various substances, and often used to determine the Btu content of natural gas. CI=Certificate (Independent Producer), CP=Certificate (Pipeline), CS=Certificate (Small Producer), FA=Financial Audits, GP=General Proceeding, GT=General Tariff Change, IN=Investigation, PL=General Policy, RI=Rates (Independent Producer), RM=Rulemaking, RP=Rates (Pipeline), SA=Staff Adjustments (NGPA), ST=Sales under 311(b), transportation under 311(a), assignments under 312 of NGPA, TA=Annual tracking filing, TC=Curtailment Tariff, TF=Tariff Filing, TM=Monthly tracking filing, TQ=Quarterly tracking filing
Industry:Energy
Generally, interest on debt and the profit the company is allowed over and above the recovery of its operating expenses, depreciation and taxes.
Industry:Energy
Rather than receiving a specified price for raw gas delivered to a gas processing plant, a producer may instead receive a specified price for residue gas and a percentage of the plant proceeds from the sale of the extracted natural gas liquids.
Industry:Energy
The first string of casing to be set in a well. The length will vary in different areas from a few hundred feet to three or four thousand feet. Some states require a minimum length to protect fresh-water sands. On some wells, it is necessary to set a temporary conductor pipe which should not be confused with surface pipe as described here.
Industry:Energy
