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Industry: Energy
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A shallow artificial pond used for the treatment of wastewater. Treatment includes removal of solid material through sedimentation, the decomposition of organic material by bacteria, and the removal of nutrients by algae.
Industry:Energy
Uranium in addition to EAR that is thought to exist, mostly on the basis of indirect evidence and geological extrapolations, in deposits discoverable with existing exploration techniques. The location of deposits in this category can generally be specified only as being somewhere within given regions or geological trends. The estimates in this category are less reliable than estimates of RAR and EAR. Note: SR corresponds to the combination of DOE's possible potential resources and speculative potential resources categories.
Industry:Energy
A royalty interest, in addition to the basic royalty, created out of the working interest; itis, therefore, limited in its duration to the life of the lease under which it is created.
Industry:Energy
The proved reserves of natural gas as of December 31 of any given year are the estimated quantities of natural gas which geological and engineering data demonstrates with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in the future from known natural oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions.
Industry:Energy
A tall, vertical structure containing one or more flues used to discharge products of combustion to the atmosphere.
Industry:Energy
Contracts held by enrichment customers that allow feed material to be stored at the enrichment plant site in advance of need.
Industry:Energy
Any reserve of natural gas that the reporting company owns as a result of oil and gas leases, fee-mineral ownership, royalty reservations, or lease or royalty reservations and assignments committed to services under certificate authorizations by FERC. Company-owned recoverable natural gas in underground storage is classified as owned reserves.
Industry:Energy
The amount of coal that can be recovered (mined) from the coal deposits at active producing mines as of the end of the year.
Industry:Energy
A power source/generator that operates independently of or is not connected to an electric transmission and distribution network; used to meet a load(s) physically close to the generator.
Industry:Energy
A concept used by regulators to determine whether an asset should be included in the utility's rate base. This concept requires that an asset currently provide or be capable of providing a needed service to customers.
Industry:Energy