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Search Engine: This glossary is the fruit of labor, compilation, experience and research carried out solely by Gina Cohen and done at her own expense. It has been donated by her on this website for everyone to use freely for their own translation and comprehension needs. However, the author wishes to stress that neither she nor the websites that have put a link to this glossary take any responsibility for the topicality, correctness, completeness, accuracy, quality or usefulness of any of the information provided either in English or in Hebrew. Indeed, she is the first to admit, that although she has included in this glossary about 7,000 terms and concepts and has worked on it for thousands of hours, it is a work in process which needs constant updating, amendments, improvements, additions, adjustments and corrections in order to upgrade it to the next level . This is the reason that she has chosen the internet as the medium to share this piece of work with all. Her objective was indeed to provide an initial tool to be adopted by the Israeli market-place, with the hope that all those interested in the field of energy will take on the challenge from here onwards to establish a definite database


Created by Gina Cohen

How to use

  1. Search for a specific word or term
    If you know the term you are looking for in English or Hebrew, enter the term into the search box to see the relevant results (translation, definition, explanation)
  2. Browse the categories of terms
    If you do not know the term to use, or wish to increase your understanding or knowledge of the energy industry, then browse through the terms in the glossary by the following categories:
All TermsAll the entries in the glossary appear under this category. This is especially important as it is not always easy to categorize (e.g. electricity tariffs - could be classified under electricity, financial, volumetric)
Oil and Gas BusinessIncludes all sectors of the oil and gas industry: upstream, midstream and downstream. It thus includes everything from oil and gas exploration and development to gas sales contracts.
ElectricityIncludes terms related to electricity, state utilities, independent power production, nuclear power, wind turbines, etc.
Financial / Legal / Administrative / PoliticalIncludes terms from the financial, legal, administrative, political, tender processes, and insurance fields in so far as they relate to the energy economy.
VolumetricIncludes quantities, measurements, pricing, time scales
GeneralIncludes environmental terms, energy conservation, primary fuels besides O&G, HSSE issues, renewable energy and everything else that does not fit into one of the other categories.
TranslationIncludes phases taken from legal energy related documents with their relevant English-Hebrew translation.