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Energy trade
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differential
Energy; Energy trade
The difference between two prices. A large and increasing percentage of all oil transactions are effected on the basis of differentials, also known as spreads, rather than outright flat prices.
irradiated fuel
Energy; Energy trade
Nuclear fuel which has been loaded into a reactor and has undergone a sustained chain reaction.
contango
Energy; Energy trade
Market situation where prices are higher for forward delivery dates than for nearer delivery dates.
offset
Energy; Energy trade
An offset deal is, normally, one in which a vendor government "offsets" the cost of an arms sale to a purchaser government by undertaking to invest in the purchaser country (or to persuade vendor ...
nitrous oxide (N2O)
Energy; Energy trade
A powerful greenhouse gas, also once known as ‘laughing gas’ due to its euphoric effect when inhaled.
domestic/retail competition
Energy; Energy trade
The competitive sale of gas to residential or small commercial customers, allowing those customers a choice of supplier other than the local distribution company. In Europe and the UK the term is ...
