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n: a national trade association whose members are US and Canadian distributors of natural, manufactured, and mixed gases. AGA provides information on sales, finances, utilisation, and all phases of gas transmission and distribution. Its official publications are AGA Monthly and Operating Section Proceedings. Address: 1515 Wilson Boulevard;Arlington, VA 22209;(703) 841-8400;fax (703) 841- 8406.

n: an arrangement of piping and burners used to dispose (by burning) of surplus combustible vapours, usually situated near a gasoline plant, refinery, or producing well. v: to dispose of surplus combustible vapours by igniting them in the atmosphere. Raring is rarely used, because of the high value of gas and the stringent air pollution controls.

n: An open discharge of fluid or gas to the atmosphere. The flare is often ignited to dispose of unwanted gas around a completed well.

a burner on a remote line used for disposal of hydrocarbons during clean-up, emergency shut downs and for disposal of small volume waste streams of mixed gasses that cannot easily or safely be separated.

n: in diving, oxygen and one or more inert gases.