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The delivery by a pipeline of gas upstream from its point of receipt.  While all of the gas traditionally physically flows downstream, the effect of the transaction is to bring the downstream producer [..]

A natural gas liquid, the chemical formula of which is C4H10, used primarily in crude oil and gasoline blending or in the production of iso-octane, an octane enhancer.

An analytical instrument which separates mixtures of substances into identifiable components.

Coalbed methane, coalbed gas, coal seam gas (CSG), or coal-mine methane (CMM) is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds.

A hydrocarbon liquid separated from natural gas consisting mostly of pentanes plus.

A major natural gas liquids trading and operating center in the US Midwest.

A gas processing plant that is capable of producing natural gas liquid products including ethane, at a very low operating temperature.

A fractionating column in a gas plant in which butane and lighter components are removed.

A unit of equipment for separating ethane, with or without lighter components.