autonomia

16:03 Jan 22, 2010
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Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
Catalan term or phrase: autonomia
This is for a list of items that must be included in the technical specifications for a liquid petroleum gas plant in order to obatin certification. Is it simply autonomy?

6. Justificació dels dipòsits seleccionats i de la seva autonomia.
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 07:48


Summary of answers provided
4endurance
margaret caulfield
4self-sufficiency
Julie Waddington
3capacity
Berni Armstrong


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capacity


Explanation:
Is autonomia being used in the sense of how long it lasts here, perhaps?

Berni Armstrong
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endurance


Explanation:
Es decir, el tiempo que pueden estar sin que se tengan que rellenar. (Véase I.A.T.E. en secciones sobre Química)

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self-sufficiency


Explanation:
Autonomy could be the word you're looking for but "self-sufficiency" also came to mind as an alternative. Its use in this context seems to be confirmed by the links below:

5 Jan 2010 ... OGDCL to Winning Oil, Gas Self-Sufficiency ... OGDCL has 35 oil and gas processing plants which include Dehydration, LPG, Sulphur Recovery, ... KARACHI: The operator of Tal Block has hit hydrocarbon deposits in the ...
www.cbnews1.info/...gas-self-sufficiency/54480.html - Estados Unidos - En caché -

VGladstorta. Brisbane. OIL AND GAS. 1986 fill. Gaa. Oil afid î. Deposit. TrEBImsnt plani Pjrj&line ... Self-sufficiency in natural gas is likely to continue well ... oil stabilisation plant. The ethane and liquefied petroleum gas {LPG) ...
www.ga.gov.au/servlet/BigObjFileManager?bigobjid=GA10431 -
he deposit was reworked in 1983 by the Oman Mining Company. .... At present LPG is produced at the Yibal Gas plant (25000 tonnes p.a.) and by the Oman Refinery (40000 tonnes .... The current self-sufficiency rates are encouraging. ...
www.omanet.om/english/oman2000/sec8/3.asp - En caché - Similares



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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-01-22 21:08:50 GMT)
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I'm no expert in this field, but could storage containers not be described as self-sufficient? Just a thought...

Julie Waddington
Spain
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: I know it is difficult/impossible to tell from my eample, but this is referring only to the tanks/storage containers.

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