- 업종: 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 company that is primarily a distributor of natural gas to ultimate customers in a given geographic area.
Industry:Energy
A market or supply area pooling/delivery where gas supply transaction point occur that serve to facilitate the movement of gas between and among interstate pipelines. Transactions can include a change in title, a change in transporter, or other similar items.
Industry:Energy
A shut-off valve in a gas service line, usually between the curb and the customer's property line.
Industry:Energy
An external thread pipe fitting that is inserted into the open end of an internal thread pipe fitting to seal the end of a pipe. Also, sealing a hole in a vessel, such as a pipe or tank, by inserting material in the hole and then securing it. Also refers to the material used to plug the hole.
Industry:Energy
Gas use for which alternate fuels are not technically feasible, such as in applications requiring precise temperature controls and precise flame characteristics.
Industry:Energy
Providing the gas that an LDC or other customer needs to get though an unexpectedly high-demand period.
Industry:Energy
The estimated maximum tensile stress that can act in the wall of the pipe along the circumferential direction due to internal hydrostatic pressure, with a high degree of certainty that failure of the pipe will not occur. See PRESSURE RATING.
Industry:Energy
The regular, periodic interval used by a utility for reading the meters of customers for billing purposes. Usually billing cycles are monthly or bi-monthly.
Industry:Energy
A company which obtains a significant portion of its gas operating revenues from the operations of both a retail gas distribution system and gas transmission system.
Industry:Energy
