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  • noun initialism thousand cubic feet
  • noun initialism trillion cubic feet

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Examples

  • "Storage is heading towards an inventory-testing 3.93 tcf, which is at the edge of what is physically possible, potentially forcing curtailments of flowing gas that has no home in storage," analysts with Barclays Capital in New York wrote in a note to clients Friday, using an abbreviation for trillion cubic feet.

    Natural Gas Falls 1.8% as Glut Persists 2009

  • India has 50 trillion cubic feet tcf of proven natural gas reserves and 300-1200 tcf of shale gas, according to exploration firm Schlumberger's initial estimates in December.

    A Greater Game for India's Energy Abheek Bhattacharya 2011

  • Rising output from newly profitable shale-rock formations across the U.S. has surpassed many industry observers' expectations, and the U.S. produced 21.57 trillion cubic feet of consumer-grade natural gas during the year, just short of the 1973 record of 21.73 tcf.

    Record U.S. Natural-Gas Output Likely To Continue In 2011 Matt Day 2011

  • The EIA said this month that it expects domestic natural-gas stockpiles to reach 3.9 tcf at the end of injection season in October, surpassing the record high of 3.84 tcf reached last year.

    Natural Gas Slides On Largest Storage Build This Year Matt Day 2011

  • If other areas are equally prolific, it can be as large as RIL's D6 off Eastern India where 14 tcf of gas has been found.

    Bharat Petroleum Goes Global 2010

  • If other areas are equally prolific, it can be as large as RIL's D6 off Eastern India where 14 tcf of gas has been found.

    Bharat Petroleum Goes Global 2010

  • In the Marcellus basin in Pennsylvania for instance, reserves grew from 15 tcf (trillion cubic feet) five years ago to 270 tcf now.

    Reliance Drills Shale--at Home and Abroad 2010

  • Data from the two wells drilled suggest 4-5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas.

    Bharat Petroleum Goes Global 2010

  • In the Marcellus basin in Pennsylvania for instance, reserves grew from 15 tcf (trillion cubic feet) five years ago to 270 tcf now.

    Reliance Drills Shale--at Home and Abroad 2010

  • Data from the two wells drilled suggest 4-5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas.

    Bharat Petroleum Goes Global 2010

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