Glossary

Midstream is an Oil & Gas industry term used to describe the ‘gathering’ of the raw oil or gas from thousands of different wells into a central hub, and the eventual transportation of the raw materials to the refinery for processing.

Both MMBTU and MMBtu are abbreviations for ‘Million British Thermal Units’. One British Thermal Unit (BTU and Btu) is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.

The BTU and the MMBTU are recognized as units of energy in the United States system of customary units. The BTU is often used to quantify the cooling capacity of an air conditioning system.  A wooden kitchen match produces approximately 1 BTU, and the cooling capacity of household air conditioners is typically  between 5,000 and 15,000 BTU per hour.

Mixed Mode Manufacturing describes a manufacturing facility which combines more than one type of manufacturing. The types can be discrete and process, but the term also applies to multiple types within discrete (for example, engineer to order and continuous flow); and to multiple types within a process environment (continuous and batch).

Production scheduling, product traceability, and labelling may need specialist software in a mixed mode manufacturing environment.