• The Gas Council was a UK government body that provided strategic oversight of the gas industry in England, Wales and Scotland between 1949 and 1972. The...
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  • the Gas Act 1965 by empowering the Gas Council to acquire and supply gas to the twelve area gas boards. Then, the Gas Act 1972 formed the British Gas Corporation...
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  • the "gas board", a term still sometimes used when referring to British Gas.[citation needed] In addition, the Gas Act established the Gas Council, its...
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  • The Act nationalised the British gas industry and also created the Gas Council. From the early 19th century the gas supply industry in the United Kingdom...
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  • Gas Plant Stadium is a planned indoor ballpark in St. Petersburg, Florida. When constructed, it will serve as the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major...
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  • The Council for Registered Gas Installers (CORGI) operates a voluntary registration scheme for gas installers in the United Kingdom. From 1991 to 2009...
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    Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas, or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane...
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    ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). The first oceangoing liquified natural gas tanker in the world was Methane Pioneer, which entered...
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    The Gas and Electricity Act 1968 (c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which extended the powers of the Gas Council, the area gas boards...
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    12 area gas boards to own and operate all public gas-making, distribution and sales facilities and created a central authority: the Gas Council. It vested...
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    The Gas Act 1965 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which extended the powers of the Gas Council to buy, make or supply gas; it...
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    Throughout her television career, the Cradocks also worked for the Gas Council, appearing at trade shows such as the Ideal Home Exhibition and making...
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    Shale gas is an unconventional natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations. Since the 1990s a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic...
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  • The Dolphin Gas Project is the natural gas project of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. It is the Gulf Cooperation Council's first cross-border...
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    Gas Council and Home Oil/Gas Council Exploration provision was to have been made to use the Lockton gas field for the seasonal storage of natural gas...
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    compromise the draft law proposed that a new body called the Federal Oil and Gas Council would be created that could, in some circumstances, prevent execution...
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    Gas Act 1963 (c. 59) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased the amounts that could be borrowed by the Electricity Council,...
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    Thinks” (2016) Columnist to Thisday Style “Watchers of Times” 2017 Oil & Gas Council Lifetime Achievement and Executive of The Year Award. 2014 Wharton Club...
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    & Gas Conference". www.giievent.kr. Retrieved 16 September 2020. Oil & Gas Council. "H.E. Gabriel M. Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea – Oil and Gas Council...
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  • pipeline had 150 miles (240 km) of spur lines, supplying gas to area boards. The Gas Council was responsible for this £10 million co-operative scheme...
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    A gas turbine or gas turbine engine is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the...
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    joint Amoco-Gas Council) began production in October 1971. Construction of the £5 million Phillips-Arpet plant began in April 1968. Gas from the Shell-Esso...
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  • Acid gas is a particular typology of natural gas or any other gas mixture containing significant quantities of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbon dioxide (CO2)...
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  • Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA), Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Natural Gas Council (NGC)...
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    A gas holder or gasholder, also known as a gasometer, is a large container in which natural gas or town gas (coal gas or formerly also water gas) is stored...
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    Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon...
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    www.canadianpetroleumhalloffame.ca. "Oil & Gas Council - Home". www.oilandgascouncil.com. "Oil & Gas Council Gala Dinner (May 26th): Brett Wilson & Jim...
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  • controversies. The Gas Council had formed a consortium to search for, and produce, offshore gas. At the same time, it was responsible for buying gas produced by...
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    and install street lamps to light the city with "brilliant gas". The council specified that gas should be supplied to households "at such rates as will make...
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    The Gas Council Engineering Research Station (ERS) was a former engineering research institute on Tyneside, situated in a distinctively-shaped and listed...
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