Which of the following properties is seen in a buy-sell transaction arranged by a pipeline?

a. Pipelines offer to resell gas to consumers even at a loss.
b. Gas producers offer to sell gas to the pipelines at a discounted prices.
c. Gas producers ration the amounts they supply to the pipelines.
d. Pipelines evade the legal ceiling on their transportation charge by bundling the gas with transportation service.


D

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