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The reduction of risk by covering anticipated commitments at a fixed price in the future through a futures or options contract. Buyers and sellers can hedge.
Industry:Energy
The process of burning natural gas in conjunction with another fuel. Cofiring can reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, the precursors of acid rain.
Industry:Energy
This has become one of the most widely used and popular of technical indicators. It was invented by Welles-Wilder, and uses a simple equation comparing the average up moves in the market to the average downmoves to give a single RSI number for a certain period. The 14-day RSI is widely used. RSIs of 20-30% tend to indicate the market is oversold, while those of 70-80% indicate it is overbought.
Industry:Energy
Natural gas containing liquefiable hydrocarbons. Natural gasoline, butane, pentane and other light hydrocarbons can be removed by chailling and pressure or extraction. It also refers to gas that has water in excess of 7lb/mil cu ft (MMcf).
Industry:Energy
The mean of the high and low components of a Platts assessment for oil cargoes loading from the Persian Gulf (Arab Gulf). Often used as a component in floating price deals.
Industry:Energy
The opposition in an electrical circuit to the flow of alternating current (AC).
Industry:Energy
Measure of a liquid's resistance to flow. There are a number of viscosity scales in current use.
Industry:Energy
A 24-hour period of demand used as a basis for planning gas capacity requirements.
Industry:Energy
Cost, insurance and freight charges for shipping products. CIF prices include these charges.
Industry:Energy
The final saleable product of a gold mine, usually consisting of gold and silver.
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