Dow Chemical says its green investments have saved 1.8 quadrillion British thermal units of energy since 1994& enough to power every home in California for 20 months. 陶氏化学表示,绿色投资1994年以来已为其节约能源达1.8千万亿英热单位&足以为美国加州所有家庭供电20个月。
Natural gas for April delivery rose 1.8% to$ 4.244 per million British thermal units in the first four days of trading this week in New York. 上周前4个交易日,纽约4月份交货的天然气价格已上涨1.8%,至4.244美元/百万英热单位。
The same production techniques have also unlocked abundant supplies of gas, driving us prices down to just$ 3.40 per million British thermal units, compared to a peak in 2008 of over$ 13. 同样的生产技术还给美国带来了充足的天然气供应,使美国天然气价格降低至每百万英制热量单位(mbtu)3.40美元,远低于2008年逾13美元的峰值。
A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units. 热量单位等于,英制热单位。
Benchmark natural gas prices, now around$ 3.70 per million British thermal units, are not only a fraction of those in Asia or Europe but far too low for some shale projects to be economical. 目前大约是3.70美元/百万英制热量单位的基准天然气价格,不仅只相当于亚洲或欧洲天然气价格的一个零头,而且低得使某些页岩气项目不具有经济可行性。