- Btu
means British thermal unit.
- certificated natural gas
means natural gas transported by any interstate pipeline in a facility for which there is in effect a certificate issued under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717f(c)].
- Commission
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
- completion location
means any subsurface location from which natural gas is being or has been produced in commercial quantities.
- electric utility
means any person to the extent such person is engaged in the business of the generation of electricity and sale, directly or indirectly, of electricity to the public.
- essential industrial process or feedstock use
means any use of natural gas in an industrial process or as a feedstock which the Secretary determines is essential.
- existing contract
means any contract for the first sale of natural gas in effect on November 8, 1978.
- Federal agency
has the same meaning as given such term in section 105 of title 5.
- Federal antitrust laws
means the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12, 13, 14–19, 20, 21, 22–27), the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), sections 73 and 74 of the Wilson Tariff Act (15 U.S.C. 8–9), and the Act of June 19, 1936, chapter 592 (15 U.S.C. 13, 13a, 13b, and 21a).
- first sale
means any sale of any volume of natural gas—
- high-priority use
means any—
- high-priority user
has the same meaning as given such term in section 3391(f)(2) of this title.
- interstate pipeline
means any person engaged in natural gas transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.].
- intrastate pipeline
means any person engaged in natural gas transportation (not including gathering) which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.] (other than any such pipeline which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission solely by reason of section 1(c) of the Natural Gas Act [15 U.S.C. 717(c)]).
- knowing
means the having of—
- local distribution company
means any person, other than any interstate pipeline or any intrastate pipeline, engaged in the transportation, or local distribution, of natural gas and the sale of natural gas for ultimate consumption.
- marker well
means any well from which natural gas was produced in commercial quantities at any time after January 1, 1970, and before April 20, 1977.
- mile
means a statute mile of 5,280 feet.
- month
means a calendar month.
- natural gas
means either natural gas unmixed, or any mixture of natural and artificial gas.
- natural gas covered by this chapter
means—
- new contract
means any contract, entered into on or after November 9, 1978, for the first sale of natural gas which was not previously subject to an existing contract.
- new well
means any well—
- old well
means any well other than a new well.
- Outer Continental Shelf
has the same meaning as such term has under section 1331(a) of title 43.
- person
includes the United States, any State, and any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the foregoing.
- proration unit
means—
- Prudhoe Bay Unit of Alaska
means the geographic area subject to the voluntary unit agreement approved by the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Alaska on June 2, 1977, and referred to as the “affected area” in Conservation Order No. 145 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee, Division of Oil and Gas Conservation, Department of Natural Resources of the State of Alaska, as such order was in effect on June 1, 1977, and determined without regard to any adjustments in the description of the affected area permitted to be made under such order.
- reservoir
means any producible natural accumulation of natural gas, crude oil, or both, confined—
- rollover contract
means any contract, entered into on or after November 9, 1978, for the first sale of natural gas that was previously subject to an existing contract which expired at the end of a fixed term (not including any extension thereof taking effect on or after November 9, 1978) specified by the provisions of such existing contract, as such contract was in effect on November 9, 1978, whether or not there is an identity of parties or terms with those of such existing contract.
- sale
means any sale, exchange, or other transfer for value.
- State
means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.
- successor to an existing contract
means any contract, other than a rollover contract, entered into on or after November 9, 1978, for the first sale of natural gas which was previously subject to an existing contract, whether or not there is an identity of parties or terms with those of such existing contract.
- surplus natural gas
means any natural gas which is determined, by the State agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the intrastate pipeline which would be entitled to receive such natural gas in the absence of any assignment to exceed the then current demands on such pipeline for natural gas.
- United States
means the several States and includes the Outer Continental Shelf.
- well
means any well for the discovery or production of natural gas, crude oil, or both.