天然气处理行业使用各种词语来描述和定义其活动。这些交易与天然气有关，从天然气从油井或气井、炼油工艺或合成气厂的废水中分离出来，直到可销售的气体残渣被输送到管道系统。天然气处理行业是更大的能源行业的一部分。虽然许多单词和短语在整个行业中普遍使用，但在石油行业的各个部门，含义的深浅可能有所不同。 本文中的定义代表了气体处理行业中的常见用法，主要由技术委员会C节制定。

The Gas Processing Industry employs various words and phrases to describe and define its activities. These transactions are concerned with gas from the time it is separated from the effluent of an oil or gas well, a petroleum refining process, or a synthetic gas plant until the salable gaseous residue is delivered to a pipeline system.The Gas Processing Industry is a segment of the larger Energy Industry. While many words and phrases are in common use throughout the industry, shades of meaning may differ in various sections of the Petroleum Industry. The definitions herein represent common usage in the Gas Processing Industry and were developed principally by Technical Committee, Section C.