دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: 1. a pipe connction around a valve or other control mechanism that is installed to permit passage of fluid through the line while adjustments or repairs are being made on the control. 2. a delivery of gas to a customer by means of a pipeline other than that customers traditional supplier. For example, delivery of gas to an end user directly off a transmission pipeline without moving the gas through the end users traditional local distribution company supplier.

n: a natural gas sales transaction in which at least one of the intermediary parties in the natural gas delivery system (i.e., pipeline transmission company or local distributing company) does not take title to the natural gas but only transports it. Historically, a sale of natural gas to an end user, as opposed to a sale for resale." More recently, the term has also been applied to a sale by a producer directly to a local distribution company.

n: defined by the FERC as any sale of natural gas to any interstate pipeline or intrastate pipeline, to any local distribution company, or to any per- son for use by such person.

abbr: local distribution company. leaching n: in geology, the removal of minerals from rock by solution in water or another solvent.

n: (LDC) a company that sells natural gas to homes, offices, and businesses in towns, cities, or relatively small rural areas.