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Natural Gas Glossary Crossword Puzzle

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A review of a customer's energy usage, often including recommendations to alter the customer's demand or reduce energy usage. An audit normally involves a visit to the customer's facility.
An instrument for measuring and indicating or recording the volume of gas that has passed through it.
A naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon gases found in porous geologic formations beneath the earth's surface, often in association with petroleum.
Geographic areas of the Company's operations established to facilitate a design of rates to properly reflect the cost of serving customers in different parts of the company's system.
The maximum average rate of gas use by a group of appliances or customers over a specified short time period, usually 15 to 30 minutes.
Natural gas which has been liquefied by reducing its temperature to minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit at atmospheric pressure. It remains a liquid at -116 degrees Fahrenheit and 673 psig. In volume, it occupies 1/600 of that of the vapor at standard conditions.
The utilization of subsurface facilities for storing gas which has been transferred from its original location for the primary purposes of load balancing.
Gas sold and consumed in the state where it is produced and not transported in interstate pipelines.
The stress at which a material exceeds its elastic limit. Below this stress, the material will recover its original size on removal of the stress. Above this stress, it will not.
Any material added to natural or LP gas in small concentrations to impart a distinctive odor. Odorants in common use include various mercaptans, organic sulfides, and blends of these.
The process during which liquified natural gas is returned to its vapor or gaseous state through an increase in temperature and a decrease in pressure.
A proceeding before a regulatory commission involving the rates to be charged for a public utility service.
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The quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit from 58.5 to 59.5 degrees Fahrenheit under standard pressure of 30 inches of mercury at or near its point of maximum density. One Btu equals 252 calories, (gram), 778 foot-pounds, 1,055 joules or 0.293 watt hours.
A unit of measurement applied to petroleum and natural gas reservoirs. It is equivalent to an acre of producing formation one foot thick.
The reduction of air infiltration by methods such as caulking and weatherstripping.
Furnaces which recirculate the products of combustion and extract available heat to a point that causes condensation to occur. Some of this latent heat of vaporization is recovered as usable energy and results in higher operating efficiencies.
A unit of electrical work equivalent to 1,000 watts, 1.3414 horsepower, or .9478 Btu/sec.
A chemical compound composed solely of carbon and hydrogen. The compounds having a small number of carbon and hydrogen atoms in their molecules are usually gaseous; those with a larger number of atoms are liquid, and the compounds with the largest number of atoms are solid.
The one day (24 hours) of maximum system deliveries of gas during a year.
A mechanical device for controlling the flow of fluids and gases; types such as gate, ball, globe, needle, and plug valves are used.
An energy quantity of one quadrillion Btu, which is approximately the energy equivalent contained in one trillion cubic feet of natural gas.