- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18450
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An individual, a corporation, a partnership ,an association, a joint-stock company, a business trust, or an unincorporated organization.
Industry:Energy
The rate of flow past a given point during a specified period that is controlled by reservoir water release operation.
Industry:Energy
A geologically directed drilling effort to obtain information pertaining to a specific geological condition that might lead toward the discovery of an accumulation of hydrocarbons. Such wells are customarily drilled without the intention of being completed for hydrocarbon production. This classification also includes tests identified as core tests and all types of expendable holes related to hydrocarbon exploration.
Industry:Energy
Petroleum-based materials that are worthless for any purpose other than fuel use.
Industry:Energy
One whole year, or fraction thereof, worked by an employee, including contracted man power. Expressed as a quotient (to two decimal places) of the time units worked during a year (hours, weeks, or months) divided by the like total time units in a year. For example: 80 hours worked is 0.04 (rounded) of a person-year; 8 weeks worked is 0.15 (rounded) of a person-year; 12 months worked is 1 person-year. Contracted manpower includes survey crews, drilling crews,consultants, and other persons who worked under contract to support a firm's ongoing operations.
Industry:Energy
The governmental function of controlling or directing economic entities through the process of rulemaking and adjudication.
Industry:Energy
The region of the upper atmosphere extending from the tropopause (8 to 15 kilometers altitude) to about 50 kilometers. Its thermal structure, which is determined by its radiation balance, is generally very stable with low humidity.
Industry:Energy
Wastewater (sewage) produced by domestic and commercial establishments.
Industry:Energy
A microcomputer for producing written, programmed, or coded material; playing games; or doing calculations. Laptop and notebook computers are excluded for the purposes of EIA surveys.
Industry:Energy
A utility commission carries out its regulatory functions through rulemaking and adjudication. Under rulemaking, the utility commission may propose a general rule of regulation change. By law, it must issue a notice of the proposed rule and a request for comments is also made; the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission publishes this in the Federal Register. The final decision must be published. A utility commission may also work on a case-by-case basis from submissions from regulated companies or others. Objections to a proposal may come from the commission or intervenors, in which case the proposal must be presented to a hearing presided over by an administrative law judge. The judge's decision may be adopted, modified, or reversed by the utility commissioners, in which case those involved can petition for a rehearing and may appeal a decision through the courts system to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Industry:Energy
