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Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
Industry: Energy
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Any form of uranium with a uranium-235 concentration of 20% or higher. The 20% enrichment level has been established as a threshold above which material assumes particular importance from a non-proliferation standpoint and is subject to special legislation with regard to export licenses, physical protection and safeguarding.
Industry:Energy
A group of five geographic areas in the US used in reference to petroleum distribution.
Industry:Energy
The calculated quantity of hydrocarbons or minerals which can be extracted profitably from a deposit, classified according to the level of confidence that can be placed in the data. Standard classifications are: proven reserves, recoverable reserves, probable reserves, possible reserves.
Industry:Energy
Schemes put in place by national governments to ensure that the proceeds from selling “hot air” under the Kyoto Protocol are used for environmental benefit.
Industry:Energy
The lowest temperature under very specific conditions at which a combustible liquid will give off sufficient vapor to form a flammable mixture with air in a standardized vessel. Denotes the volatility of the product.
Industry:Energy
The process by which organic materials, such as wood waste or garbage, are burned for direct energy or electrical generation, or by which these materials are converted to synthetic natural gas.
Industry:Energy
The UNFCCC’s ITL tracks and verifies transactions of GHG allowances and offsets via national registries to ensure they are consistent with the Kyoto Protocol.
Industry:Energy
UK regulatory body which oversees electricity and gas trade, pipelines and the power grid. Located in London. Combines the former Offer and Ofgas regulators.
Industry:Energy
The procedure by which an option holder takes up the rights to the contract and is delivered a long (call) or short (put) futures position by the grantor at a fixed price.
Industry:Energy
A bullish reversal pattern characterized by three highs at roughly equal value.
Industry:Energy