05.07.2009

Increase in prices due to instability, nervous market conditions

Measure of maximum capacity used mainly for intermittent renewables generation such as solar and wind

A quantitative measure of electric current flow equivalent to one thousand watts (1,000 watts) being used continuously for a period on one hour; the unit most commonly used to measure electrical energy, as opposed to kilowatt, which is simply a measure of available power. As a unit of energy used by the natural gas industry it approximately equals to 0.0341 therms

A measure of available power. One thousand watts

To stop a well from flowing or having the ability to flow into the wellbore. Kill procedures typically involve circulating reservoir fluids out of the wellbore or pumping higher density mud into the wellbore, or both. To overcome downhole pressure by adding weighting elements to the drilling mud