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Natural Gas Dictionary and Terms used in the Comgas Consulting Training Manuals All terms are listed below alphabetically. 2-PSIG Gas Piping System A gas piping system that utilizes 2-psig pressure downstream of the point of delivery. This type of gas piping system allows greater versatility in the design of branch systems and in a multi-family building that could reduce the cost of installing the piping system when compared to the traditional 1/4 psig system. Abandoned Well A well not in use because it was a dry hole originally, or because it has ceased to produce. Statutes and regulations in many states require the plugging of abandoned wells to prevent the seepage of oil, gas, or water from one stratum to another. Abandonment Regulatory authorization for a utility to cease provision of a particular service and/or to shut down a particular facility. Abandonment Costs Costs associated with the abandonment of facilities or services, including costs for the removal of facilities and restoration of the land. Abbreviated Application An abbreviated application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity that may be filed under Section 7 of the NGA whenever the proposed action does not require all of the data and information normally filed in a certificate application in order to disclose fully the nature and extent of the proposed undertaking. Above the Line See BELOW THE LINE. Absolute Open Flow (AOF) The number of cubic feet of gas per 24 hours that would be produced by a well if the only pressure against the face of the producing sand in the well bore were atmospheric pressure. Absolute Pressure Gauge pressure plus barometric pressure. Absolute pressure can be zero only in a perfect vacuum. Absolute Viscosity The measure of a fluids tendency to resist flow, without regard to its density. By definition, the product of a fluids kinematic viscosity times its density. Absolute Zero The zero point on the absolute temperature scale. It is equal to -273.