05.07.2009

A liability in the balance sheet representing the additional income taxes that would have been due if a utility had not been allowed to compute tax expenses differently for income tax reporting purposes than for ratemaking purposes

A company share on which dividend payments can be deferred until a later date. If this happens, the deferred payments take priority over any dividends on lower ranked shares until they have been paid

An expenditure for fuel that is not recognized for bookkeeping practices as a cost in the operating period incurred, but carried forward to be written off in future periods

Drilling activities offshore Israel have to be carried out in coordination with the Israeli security establishment in general and the Israeli navy in particular

Equipment used to deethanize, namely to remove ethane and lighter components from rich oil in order to maintain a >maximum of 2% ethane in propane

Underground injection is the process by which disposal of waste byproducts of the oil and gas industry are injected or pumped into deep underground reservoirs through a wellbore.

An offshore port which is deep enough to accommodate large vessels such as VLCCs and tankers, connected to the shore by submerged pipelines. Deepwater port is one of the requirements for LNG tankers