Key Terms |
Definition |
Base (cushion) gas |
The volume of gas needed as a permanent inventory to maintain adequate reservoir
pressures and deliverability rates throughout the withdrawal season. All native gas is
included in the base gas volume.
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Gas in storage |
The sum of base gas plus working gas.
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Injections |
The volume of gas injected into storage reservoirs.
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Natural Gas |
A gaseous mixture of hydrocarbon compounds, the primary one being methane.
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Net Withdrawals |
The amount by which storage withdrawals exceed storage injections.
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Salt Cavern Storage Field |
A storage facility that is a cavern hollowed out in either a salt "bed" or "dome" formation.
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Withdrawals |
The volume of gas withdrawn from storage reservoirs.
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Working (top storage) gas |
The volume of total natural gas storage capacity that contains natural gas available for withdrawal.
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