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A domical arch (anticline) of sedimentary rock beneath the earth's surface in which the layers bend downward in opposite directions from the crest and that has a mass of rock salt as its core.
Industry:Energy
Types of glass or a shading film applied to glass that, when installed on the exterior of a building, reduces the rates of solar penetration into the building. Includes Low E Glass.
Industry:Energy
oil
A mixture of hydrocarbons usually existing in the liquid state in natural underground pools or reservoirs. Gas is often found in association with oil. Also see Petroleum.
Industry:Energy
Reserves or resources for which tonnage is computed from dimensions revealed in outcrops, trenches, workings, and drill holes and for which the grade is computed from the results of detailed sampling. The sites for inspection, sampling, and measurement are spaced so closely and the geologic character is so well defined that size, shape, and mineral content are well established. The computed tonnage and grade are judged to be accurate within limits that are stated, and no such limit is judged to be different from the computed tonnage or grade by more than 20 percent.
Industry:Energy
Any short-term purchase covering a time period of 2 years or less. Purchases from intrastate pipelines pursuant to Section 311(b) of the NGPA of 1978 are classified as short-term sales, regardless of the stated contract term.
Industry:Energy
Equivalent to 1,000,000,000,000 or 10 to the 12th power Btu.
Industry:Energy
Fuels that cannot be easily made or "renewed," such as oil, natural gas, and coal.
Industry:Energy
Uranium-recovery operations whether at a mill, an in situ leach, byproduct plant, or other type of recovery operation.
Industry:Energy
A representative fraction of a coalbed collected by approved methods, guarded against contamination or adulteration, and analyzed to determine the nature; chemical, mineralogic, and (or) petrographic composition; percentage or parts-per-million content of specified constituents; heat value; and possibly the reactivity of the coal or its constituents.
Industry:Energy
Price charged to deliver municipal solid waste to a landfill, waste-to-energy facility, or recycling facility.
Industry:Energy