One of the US leading independent energy companies engaged in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. Noble is the US partner within the Yam Tethys consortium that is the operator of the Mari field and of Tamar offshore Israel. Noble: established in 1932, Traded on the NYSE, number of …
The process by which the buyer informs the seller of how much LNG it intends to take in a coming Contract Year under a long term supply contract. Typically, in LNG, nomination schedules work as follows: At least 90 days before a new Contract Year, both parties will seek to agree a program containing (a) …
A GSA contract will normally lay down a procedure for the time when the daily or weekly nomination of gas volumes should be made by the buyer. It will also specify the buyer’s rights to vary the nomination at short notice and the speed with which the seller must respond to such changes
All nuclear energy generated today is produced from a process called fission, which involves the splitting of the nucleus of a heavy atom (a uranium atom, for example) into two or more lighter nuclei. The fission process isn’t what produces electricity. Instead, this process produces massive amounts of heat which is used to create steam. …
75% of France’s electricity is from nuclear power stations. This came about gradually after President De Gaulle decided to take France out of Algeria and render France energy independent. In the UK, the first country to use nuclear energy for the generation of electricity about 19% of electricity comes from nuclear reactors but most of …
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Nuclear power plants provide about 16 percent of the world’s electricity with approximately 440 nuclear power reactors operating in 30 countries. In France 75% of electricity is nuclear generated. Nuclear power is generated using uranium and is capable of producing energy from small amounts of fuel without causing pollution such as in the process of …
Petrol’s octane rating is a measurement of the fuel’s ability to resist engine knocking in spark-ignition internal combustion engines. Knocking is what happens when parts or all of the air-fuel mixture prematurely ignites before the flame from the spark plug can reach it. Knock occurs when the fuel-air mix in the cylinder explodes instead of …
Found naturally in fossil fuels like coal and oil, naphthalene looks like a white solid. It is produced when these fuels are burned and when tobacco or wood is burned. It has a strong odor that smells like tar or mothballs. Naphthalene is used to make products like moth balls that repel and keep moths …
Subsidiary of IEC. The company has been operating since 1981 and deals in the import of coal to Israel, especially to IEC’s coal generated power stations and additional consumers. The company imports coal from around the world, transports it to Israel’s coal power stations and raises the necessary funds to carry out these activities
International non profit organization that advocates fire protection. The NFPA has an LNG safety standard which was the first internationally recognized LNG standard and is still widely used throughout the world.
