- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Two panes of glass, usually parallel, with an air space between, used to provide increased thermal and/or sound insulation.
Industry:Energy
A geological term applied to an underground rock stratum; in the gas industry, usually the one from which gas or oil is produced.
Industry:Energy
An accounting method under which Net Income includes charges or credits equal to the decreases or increases in current taxes on income, arising from the use of liberalized depreciation or accelerated amortization for tax purposes instead of the straight-line method. The contra entries for such charges to Net Income are suspended in Balance Sheet accounts. In future years, there is a feedback of these suspended amounts to Net Income when increases in the then current taxes on income occur because liberalized depreciation or accelerated amortization was used for tax purposes in prior years. See DEPRECIATION, FLOW-THROUGH; RESERVE FOR DEFERRED OR FUTURE INCOME TAXES.
Industry:Energy
Tying the commodity price in a contract to other published prices, such as spot prices for gas or alternate fuels, or general indexes like the Consumer Price Index or Producer Price Index.
Industry:Energy
A graph in which the load of a gas system or segment of a system is plotted against intervals of time.
Industry:Energy
Type III polyethylene with a density of 0.941 to 0.965 g/cubic centimeters.
Industry:Energy
A boiler furnishing hot water at pressures in excess of 160 pounds per square inch (psi) and at temperatures in excess of 250oF (121oC) or steam at pressures in excess of 15 psi.
Industry:Energy
A graph made by plotting data in order of magnitude against time intervals for a specified period. The ordinate may be an absolute quantity or percentage.
Industry:Energy
An accumulation of partially decayed vegetable matter. It is geologically less mature than lignite or coal and has a lower density since it has not been subjected to elevated temperatures and pressures. Btu content per unit volume is substantially less than for coal.
Industry:Energy
