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British Thermal Unit: - Unit of heat energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit at sea level. [Environmental Protection Agency]
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NTPC wants to fast-track its gas case against RIL - 04 Aug 2008 Economic Times,...per day (mmscmd) of gas to NTPC’s power projects in Kawas and Gandhar in Gujarat at a price of $2.34 per million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu).
Green Seeds: Establishing an energy 'base-line' - Jul 31, 2008 Lincoln Journal,The definition of a British Thermal Unit [BTU] is “the heat required to raise the temperature of one pound (pint) of water by one degree Fahrenheit� and is
Heating a home with wood can be cost-saver - Jul 27, 2008 Nashua Telegraph,...(A BTU, or British Thermal Unit, is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a gallon of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
RIL may lose USD 1 billion on gas sales to RNRL - Jul 31, 2008 Myiris.com,USD 1 billion a year if it sells gas to the Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL) at the agreed price of USD 2.34 a million British thermal unit (mBtu).
Ethanol-gasoline blends should not cause undue worry - Aug 1, 2008 High Plains Journal,Time to do the math: The British thermal unit or "Btu" refers to a unit of energy. One horsepower is approximately 2544 Btu per hour.
Now, BPCL & IOC in a spot for Dabhol mess - Aug 2, 2008 Financial Express,...were able to minimise their cost as they could procure gas at $6.1 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) against naphtha which costs $14 per mmBtu.
Ambanis seek day-to-day hearing of KG gas row - Jul 22, 2008 Business Standard,After the government of India set a higher benchmark price of $4.2 mmbtu or one million British thermal unit for the gas from KG basin, RIL has refused to
Natural gas falls to 4-month low - Jul 30, 2008 Chicago Daily Herald,Natural gas for September delivery fell 10.5 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $9.025 per million British thermal unit at 11:32 am on the New York Mercantile
The Intertwined Tale of Energy and Water - Jul 31, 2008 Mother Earth News,...in a consistent unit, the chart at right shows water usage in gallons of water used per British thermal unit (Btu), which indicates pure energy as heat.
LPG-using industries want govt rebate - Jul 17, 2008 Malaysia Star,...“Natural gas is priced at RM23.8 per mmmbtu (million British thermal unit) compared with LPG’s RM82 mmmbtu,� he said during a dialogue with International
Kogas to buy Tangguh LNG at record price - Aug 1, 2008 EnergyCurrent,JAKARTA: Korea Gas Corp (Kogas) will pay a record US$20 per million British thermal unit (MMBtu) for gas supplies from BP's Tangguh LNG project.
Gas Price: Gradual Hike for Industry Users - Jul 13, 2008 istockAnalyst.com,..."Natural gas is sold at around RM79 per million metric British thermal unit in the global market. The new rate is actually a 70 per cent discount of that,
BP Indonesia resumes gas supply to state power firm - Jul 25, 2008 ReutersHamzah said supplies to PLN has reached 150 billion British thermal unit per day of natural gas and supply to state-owned gas firm, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara
UPDATE 1-Malaysia cuts gas prices for heavy industrial users - Jul 11, 2008 Reuters UK,The natural gas price will fall to 23.88 ringgit ($7.35) per million btu (British thermal unit) from 32.56 ringgit previously. The new price, effective July
Entergy CEO discusses rate hike reasons - Jul 31, 2008 Brookhaven Daily Leader,Natural gas is currently $9 per MMBTU (metric million British thermal unit), Fisackerly said, down from $13 per MMBTU earlier this month.
KOREAN GAS TO BUY PAPUAN TANGGUH LNG AT RECORD PRICE - Jul 24, 2008 Trading Markets (press release),...(Kogas) has agreed to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Tangguh, Papua, at a record price of US$20 per million British thermal unit (mmbtu).
Utilities stress efficiency, conservation this winter - Jul 30, 2008 Rocky Mountain News,Last month, the price of natural gas was hovering above $12 per million Btu (British thermal unit) on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
RNRL may sell KG gas to third parties, fears RIL - Jul 25, 2008 Business Standard,...the sale price of $2.34 a million British thermal unit for 28 million cubic metres of gas is not viable and RIL cannot sell it cheap to an ADAG company.
Rebound in oil and gas could be short-lived - Jul 29, 2008 Financial Times,Crude oil traded above $124 a barrel and natural gas again breached $9 per million British thermal unit, though analysts warned any recovery could be
Shale gas can meet US needs for 100 years - study - Jul 30, 2008 ICIS (subscription),...sectors have seen gas prices rise five-fold from the long-time range of $2/m British thermal unit (Btu) in the 1990s to $12/m within the last year.
Davenport Upgrades International Coal Group (ICO) to Buy - Jul 25, 2008 StreetInsider.com (subscription),Inc. (ICG), incorporated in March 2005, is a producer of coal in Northern and Central Appalachia with a range of mid to high British thermal unit (Btu),
Sabic's Q2 profit rise by 17% - Jul 21, 2008 plastemart.com,Sabic pays Saudi Aramco, the world's largest government- owned oil supplier, 75 cents per mln British thermal unit for natural gas, compared with current
Modi pegs GSPC gas find at $100 billion - Jul 17, 2008 Times of India,The value is based on the price at which ONGC and Reliance sell gas in India, $4.5 metric million British thermal unit (MMBTU), the accepted unit for
India awaits Iran offer for talks on IPI - Jul 24, 2008 Business Standard,India has more or less agreed to give Pakistan a transit fee of $200 million per year, which is equivalent to $0.60 per million British thermal unit for
North America has a turnaround in land drilling - Jul 22, 2008 Houston Chronicle,In early July, natural gas reached $13.58 per British thermal unit, more than double its price in late August 2007, he said. On Tuesday, the price fell
Panna, Mukta drill resumes - Jul 8, 2008 Calcutta Telegraph,According to the deal, GAIL will buy the gas at $5.73 per million British thermal unit from the Panna field and $5.57 per million British thermal unit of
Sunil Jain: Amar Singh`s right, mostly - Jul 20, 2008 Business Standard,...at $2.34 per million British thermal unit — since Mukesh had bid this amount in an international bid to supply gas to the government-owned NTPC in 2004,
Perwaja appeals for reduction of natural gas price - Jul 21, 2008 New Straits Times,Perwaja Holdings Bhd has appealed to the government to revert the natural gas price to RM11.32 per mmBtu (million metric British thermal unit) from RM23.88
Energy Future Holdings CEO illuminates priorities - Jul 20, 2008 Dallas Morning News,...[Natural gas] has gone as high as $13 per British thermal unit recently; it could go down to $9, $7, and that has a dramatic impact on your readers' bills.
Oil's wild ride hits bump - Jul 18, 2008 Toronto Star,Natural gas peaked at $13.58 per British thermal unit on July 3, up 81 per cent since the beginning of 2008. It's since fallen 21 per cent to $10.54,
Weekly News Round Up - Jul 5, 2008 Hindu Business Line,Supplied primarily by Shell through its Hazira terminal in Gujarat, spot LNG prices have shot up to from $15 million British thermal unit (mmBtu) to $20 per
Top wholesale power rates lead to jolts - Jul 12, 2008 Houston Chronicle,More than half of the state's power plants now run on gas, which has gone from as low as $4.25 per British thermal unit in 2006 to more than $13.50 earlier
FMM: Gas price hike will hurt nation - Jul 7, 2008 Malaysia Star,...our members raised concerns that the gas price would go up to RM32.56 per million btu (British thermal unit) from the current RM11.32 per million btu an
Crisis looms as global gas supplies dry up - Jul 6, 2008 Business Standard,Prices at the New York Merchantile Exchange have more than doubled to 13.50 per mBtu (million British thermal unit) from $5.89 per mBtu in August 2007.
Saving energy on campus could keep tuition costs low - Jul 16, 2008 TheJambar.com (subscription),One way to compare energy efficiency is the British thermal unit performance. That's the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of
South Korea plans to buy gas from Indonesia - Jul 25, 2008 RedOrbit,Purnomo said that the price of the gas was 20 US dollars per million btu (British thermal unit), but the volume of the gas has yet been determined.
Spinning wheels - Jul 20, 2008 Gillette News Record,...in January was about $7.88 per decatherm (unit of heat equal to 1 million British thermal unit), and that in July the utility paid $12.81 per decatherm.
Promoters sew up gas deal for Bengal terminal - Jul 13, 2008 Calcutta Telegraph,Spot LNG price is now hovering at $13 per mmbtu (million British thermal unit). The other challenge the project may face is the shipment of LNG to the
CleanTech Biofuels to acquire Biomass North America Licensing - Jul 24, 2008 Biomass Magazine,Initial tests on the feasibility of the project indicated that the British Thermal Unit ( Btu) value was approximately 75 percent that of coal in accordance
Infrastructures Ministry urges higher private power pay - Jul 24, 2008 Globes,Public Utilities Authority of $4 per British Thermal Unit, is based on past contracts signed with suppliers Yam Tethys LP and East Mediterranean Gas Co.
24-07-2008: Petronas: No renegotiation on LNG contracts yet - Jul 24, 2008 The Edge Daily,On June 4, 2008, the government said it would raise gas prices for Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) by 128% to RM14.31 per mmbtu (per million British thermal unit)
New packaging pastures - Jul 17, 2008 Freshinfo,...“For example, our plastic packaging materials contain high British thermal unit (BTU) fuel content, making the material an efficient source in
Higher heating bills on the way - Jul 22, 2008 Farmington Daily Times,The American Gas Association says the price of natural gas this heating season will be about $13 per British thermal unit, the industry's measurem of the
City, electric utility consider gas deal - Jul 21, 2008 Farmington Daily Times,The city locked in a price of $4.67 per million British Thermal Unit when it signed the agreement with BP. The current rate is approximately $11.50 per
Rising cost of construction materials props property prices - Jul 17, 2008 Daily News Egypt,...“In 2006, the industry used subsidized gas at roughly $1 per million British thermal unit (mBtu)…. That is why; the government pressured cement producers to
Kolkata to get piped natural gas in early ’09 - Jul 13, 2008 Livemint,ONGC will sell the gas to CCL at $5.1 per mbtu (or Million British Thermal Unit), which translates to around Rs8.10 per cubic metre.
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