An independent company which owns and/or maintains energy transmission facilities. In the energy industry, the high-voltage energy corridors that carry large volumes of energy to towns, cities and industries are referred to as the transmission system; municipal and regional systems that directly serve residential and commercial customers are referred to as distribution companies, Distribution is considered a distinctly different service from transmission.
High pressure (transmission) and low pressure (distribution) pipelines
The gear or chain arrangement by which power is transmitted from the prime mover to the drawworks. The mud pump, or the rotary table of a drilling rig
An oil or gas field that extends over the border of more than one country. Each country thus has an interest in securing its rightful taxes and/or royalties. Example of such fields exist between the UK and Norway
An area in which water is too shallow for acquisition of offshore seismic data with towed streamers, such as near the shoreline
Oftentimes a pipeline transmitting gas from a producing state to a consumer state passes via a third country, known as the transit state. These states levy a transit fee on the rights of way on their land, which can be both financially onerous and provide political clout to the transit state
