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• REQ'D — Required
• MBOE/D — Thousand Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day
• XFMR — Transformer
• LR — Lloyd's Register
• LAN — Local Area Network
• ABAN — Abandonment
• TAPLI — Tape Listing
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• RFID — Radio Frequency Identification
• MMGAL — one million gallons
• AFFF — Aqueous Film Forming Foam
• MMBBL — Million Barrels
• GRIDCO — Any company running a transmission grid (electricity). Also known as a TransCo (US) (electricity)
• CTRS — Centers
• MMSCFD — Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day
• MPQT — Manufacturing Procedure Qualification Test
• MMBOE — Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• XPT — Formation Pressure Test log (Schlumberger)
• YTD — Year To Date
• PM10 — Particulate Matter Less Than 10 Microns In Diameter
• SSL — Structural Slab Level
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• NTU — Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
• TVDSS — True Vertical Depth SubSea
• NORM — Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
• M/V — Mobile Vessel
• MMBBL/D — one million barrels of oil per day
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• IWOCS — Installation/Workover Control System
• FOBOT — Fibre Optic Break Out Tray
• BBL/D — Barrel per day
• SS — Subsea, as in a datum of depth, e.g. TVDSS (True Vertical Depth Subsea)
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• IPS/UPS — Integrated Power System/United Power System, consisting of Independent Power Systems of 12 countries bordering Russia and the Unified Power System of Russia
• IGS — Inert Gas System
• F'C — Characteristic Concrete Strength
• VDU — Visual Display Unit
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• BHA — Bottom Hole Assembly
• TBOSIET — Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• A — Ampere
• SUTU — Subsea Umbilical Termination Unit
• UTA — Umbilical Termination Assembly
• UBHO — Universal Bottom Hole Orientation (sub)
• RF — Radio Frequency
• FFL — Finished Floor Level
• NB — Nominal Bore

• OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
• PLET — Pipeline End Termination
• 8RD — eight round
• CFW — Continuous Fillet Weld
• QC — Quality Control
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• GDT — Gas Down To
• PBR — Polished-Bore Receptacle
• HAZID — Hazard Identification
• IP — Internet Protocol
• SRD — Seismic Reference Datum
• SALM — Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
• GDP — Gross Domestic Product
• AC — Alternating Current
• SAR — Search And Rescue
• W — Watt
• PADPRT — Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool
• U-VALUE — thermal transmittance (also called U-factor)
• AAR — After Action Review
• PPE — Personal Protective Equipment
• SRD — Seismic Reference Datum, an imaginary horizontal surface at which TWT is assumed to be zero
• GOSP — Gas/Oil Separation Plant
• KPI — Key Performance Indicator
• MOPU — Mobile Offshore Production Unit
• SAAS — Software as a Service
• CITHP — Closed in Tubing Head Pressure
• ARA — (in shipping) ports of Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp (oil)
• CPI — Consumer Price Index
• MMCF/D — Million Cubic Feet per Day
• CTOD — Crack Tip Opening Displacement
• PPM — parts per million
• IRR — Internal Rate of Return
• CPI SEPARATOR — corrugated plate interceptor
• FWKO — Free Water Knock Out
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• PPA — Pounds Of Proppant Added
• K-VALUE — thermal conductance
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• GM3 — Billion cubic metres (measurement – gas)
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• BIORE — biostratigraphy study report
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• FLET — Flowline End Termination
• ADR — Alternative Dispute Resolution
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• LPWHH — Low Pressure Well Head Housing
• LMRP — Lower Marine Riser Package
• CUP — Conditional Use Permit

• RNR — Romanian Maritime Register Of Shipping
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• U.S.C. — United States Code
• BLS — Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor
• FSRU — Floating Storage and Regasification Unit
• FID — Final Investment Decision
• MBBLS/D — Thousand Barrels Per Day
• DOT — Department of Transport
• CAPEX — Capital Expenditure
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• ETA — Event Tree Analysis
• PPE — Preferred Pressure End
• R&D — Research & Development
• TCP — Tubing Conveyed Perforating
• AGA — American Gas Association
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• PSR — Pipe Slip Ram
• WHSIP — Wellhead Shut-In Pressure
• GNP — gross national product (economics)
• MMSCF — Million Standard Cubic Feet
• USIT — Ultrasonic imaging tool (cement bond logging)
• SSD — Sliding Sleeve Door
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• AHU — Air Handling Unit
• ROB — Remain On Board
• WIKA — Definition Needed
• GFCI, GFI — Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
• XMRI — Extended Range Micro Imager (Halliburton)
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• VO — Variation Order
• OS&D — Over, Short & Damage (Report)
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• VRU — Vapor Recovery Unit
• PSR — Pre Startup Review
• BSDV — Boarding Shutdown Valve
• FIT — Formation Integrity Test
• ASV — Annular Safety Valve
• BS&W — Basic Sediment and Water
• D — Day
• MBD — Million Barrels per Day
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• ERP — Emergency Response Plan
• AMP — Ampere
• IPO — Initial Public Offering
• BP — Boiling Point
• WC — Water Closet (in building plans)
• SITHP — Shut In Tubing Hanger/Head Pressure (another term for CITHP)
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure

• C&K — Choke And Kill
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• EC — European Commission
• JV — Joint Venture
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• A — Analog
• LH — Left Hand
• UWILD — Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Dry Docking
• QTY — Quantity
• SIMOPS — SIMultaneous OPerationS
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• DB — Decibel
• LWD — Logging While Drilling
• OT — Overtime
• MMBOED — million barrels of oil equivalent per day
• LITDE — Litho Density Quicklook Log
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• LEL — Lower Explosive Limit
• MASP — Maximum Allowable Surface Pressure
• ICAP — Installed Capacity (electricity)
• AAV — Annulus access valve
• CBI — Confederation of British Industry
• SRT — Site Receival Test
• NPV — Net Present Value {economics}
• NET — Network
• YD — Yard
• SQ — Square
• SCR — Selective Catalytic Reduction
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• ICT — Information and Communication Technology
• SCM(MB) — Subsea Control Module (Mounting Base)
• N0X — Nitrogen Oxides
• HIPPS — High Integrity Pressure Protection System
• CBL — Cement Bond Log
• TRSCSSV — Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
• OCIMF — Oil Companies International Marine Forum
• MSA — Metropolitan Statistical Area
• SIWHP — Shut-In Well-Head-Pressure
• CDU — Crude Distillation Unit
• BOP — Bottom of Pipe
• AL — Aluminium
• BDV — Blow Down Valve
• SIDPP — Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure
• THRT — Tubing Hanger Running Tool
• DCS — Distributed Control System
• VOR — Variation Order Request
• LAH — Lookahead
• FNOS — Final Notice Of Sale

• U3O8 — triuranium octaoxide (nuclear)
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• STOIIP — Stock Tank Oil Initially in Place
• GBS — Gravity Based Structure
• VLP — Vertical Lift Performance
• O3 — Ozone
• THERP — Technique For Human Error Rate Prediction
• RH — Right Hand
• VIR — Value-Investment Ratio
• LOC — Letter Of Credit
• PCD — Pitch Circle Diameter
• EVARE — Evaluation Report
• EPIRB — Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
• COD — Chemical Oxygen Demand
• JSA — Job Safety Analysis
• CPI — Corrugated Plate Interceptor
• LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• TRSV — Tubing Retrievable Safety Valve
• FTA — Fault Tree Analysis
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• MS — Mass Spectrometer
• PM2.5 — Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Microns In Diameter
• ITP — Inspection And Test Plan
• STD — Standard
• ICP — Intermediate Casing Point
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• CTRL — Control
• MPS — Manufacturing Procedure Specification
• AVR — Automatic Voltage Regulator (electricity)
• HISC — Hydrogen Induced Stress Cracking
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• DC — Direct Current
• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
• DA-RTP — RTP Day ahead real time pricing (regarding Electricity metering)
• SSCSV — Subsurface Controlled Safety Valve
• TRIR — Total Recordable Incident Rate
• SSIV — Subsea Isolation Valve
• CAD — Computer-Assisted Design
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• ACRS — Accelerated Cost Recovery System (finance)
• CBT — Computer Based Training
• NO — Number
• WC(S) — Water Closet With "S" Trap
• SAT — Site Acceptance Test
• CSI — Combinable Seismic Imager (VSP) log (Schlumberger)
• PLEM — Pipeline End Manifold
• IMF — International Monetary Fund

• CT — Current Transformer
• MT — Metric Ton
• AFE — Authorization for Expenditure
• DOA — Delegation Of Authority
• GRV — Gross Rock Volume
• RCA — Root Cause Analysis
• Φ — Phase
• CBM — Conventional Buoy Mooring
• TSE — Temperature Safety Element
• PSE — Pressure Safety Element
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• PIC — Person In Charge
• ALARP — As Low as Reasonably Practicable
• CGR — Condensate Gas Ratio
• LOS — Line Of Sight
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• SCSSV — Surface controlled subsurface safety valves
• SUT(A/B) — Subsea Umbilical Termination (Assembly/Box)
• SEC — Second
• R-VALUE — thermal resistance
• P&ID — Piping And Instrument Diagrams
• HAZMAT — Hazardous Material
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• ROV — Remotely Operated Vehicle
• OSRAM — Oil Spill Risk Analysis Model
• MM — Million
• ATC — Automatic Temperature Control
• RCU — Remote Control Unit
• KWH — Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
• GOR — Gas Oil Ratio
• IRC — Inspection Release Certificate
• I:P — Injector To Producer Ratio
• PWR — Power
• WMPI — Wet Magnetic Particle Inspection
• Ω — Ohm
• LOLER — Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• CHOPS — Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand
• TRM — Transmission Reliability Margin (electricity)
• AGRU — Acid Gas Removal Unit
• SDV — Shutdown Valve
• NEC — National Electrical Code
• NO — Normally Open
• WAG — Water Alternating Gas
• DSS — Decision Support System
• SDG&E — San Diego Gas & Electric (US)
• DLS — Dog-Leg Severity
• FWL — Free Water Level
• OPT — Options
• NOR — Notice of Readiness
• BLDG — Building

• VRR — Voidage Replacement Ratio
• FT — Feet
• PE — Polyethylene
• SNG — Synthetic Natural Gas
• ATM — Atmosphere
• SMS — Safety Management Systems
• MAOP — Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
• AMDEA — activated methyldiethanolamine
• ERT — Emergency Response Team
• AMSL — Above Mean Sea Level
• R — Radius
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• DST — Drill Stem Test
• ISIP — Initial Shut in Pressure
• HMAX — Maximum Wave Height
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• MAWOP — Maximum Allowable Wellhead Operating Pressure
• PQR — Procedure Qualification Record
• KVNR — Dutch Register Of Shipping
• JIT — Just in time
• ROI — Return on Investment
• GND — Ground
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• RTE — Rotary Table Elevation
• RP — Recommended Practice
• ZDENP — Density Log
• CART — cam-actuated running tool
• BTM — Bottom
• FSO — floating storage offloading vessel
• MCC — Master Control Center
• MCFPD — One Thousand Cubic Feet Of Gas Per Day
• GFCI — Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
• LAT — Latitude
• COC — Certificate Of Conformance
• SOW — Slip-On Wellhead
• NM — Nautical Mile
• COL — Column
• BHP — Bottom Hole Pressure
• LOA — Letter Of Agreement
• PGB — Permanent Guide Base
• MMBOEPD — Millions Of Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day
• IN — Inch
• KOP — Kick-Off Point Directional Drilling
• TRSCSSSV — Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve
• EM — Electromagnetic
• LMT — Local Mean Time
• OMBO — One-Man Bridge Operation
• VDL — Variable Density Log
• UHVDC — Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (electricity)

• CSR — Corporate Social Responsibility
• AMI — Advanced Metering Infrastructure
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• LAS — Log ASCII Standard
• RNC — Rigid Nonmetallic Conduit
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• ICCP — Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol
• WABAN — Well Abandonment Report
• A/C — Air Conditioning
• SOLAS — Safety of Life at Sea
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• SCE — Safety Critical Equipment
• DMR — Discharge Monitoring Report
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• ITF — International Transport Workers' Federation
• RTTS — Retrievable Test-Treat-Squeeze (packer)
• AICD — autonomous inflow control device
• HAP'S — Hazardous Air Pollutants
• ERA — Environmental Risk Assessment
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• CAPM — Capital Asset Pricing Model
• GR — Gamma Ray
• FS — Fail Safe
• HAZOP — Hazard and Operability
• ECC — Emergency Control Center
• MISC — Miscellaneous
• LP — Low Pressure
• AEC — Architecture, Engineering, Construction
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• MMCFD — One Million Cubic Feet Per Day
• EPO — Emergency Power Off
• UIC — Underground Injection Control
• CDP — common depth point (geophysics)
• LIHEAP — Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
• MPD — Thousand Barrels Per Day
• CIBP — Cast Iron Bridge Plug
• STFL — Steel Tube Fly Lead
• SHOWL — Show Log
• AIS — Automatic Identification System
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• IE — Invert Elevation
• RQ — Reportable Quantity
• EMP — Environmental Management Plan
• WATAN — Water Analysis
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• AIC — Ampere Interrupting Capacity
• FA — Fire Alarm

• SHS — Square Hollow Section
• ROV/WROV — Remotely Operated Vehicle/WorkClass Remotely Operated Vehicle
• UFLS — Under frequency load shedding (electricity)
• WHFP — Wellhead Flowing Pressure
• SW — Switch
• AQ — Air Quality
• BOTTO — bottom hole pressure/temperature report
• SBT — Segmented Bond Tool
• MGD — Million Gallons Per Day
• TAGOGR — Thermally Assisted Gas/Oil Gravity Drainage
• AFCI — Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter
• AUV — Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
• PCV — Pressure Control Valve
• PTDF — Power Transfer Distribution Factor (electricity)
• CRI — Color Rendering Index
• RWQCB — Regional Water Quality Control Board
• BTEX — Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene
• OA — Overall
• MTTF — Mean Time To Failure
• PSM — Process Safety Management (chemical industry)
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• HPU — Hydraulic Power Unit
• LOLE — Loss of Load Expectation (electricity)
• NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Services
• NEPA — National Energy Policy Act of 1992
• KH — Permeability Thickness
• SIC — Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
• BTO/C — break to open/close (valve torque)
• BSP — British Standard Pipe
• TBE — Technical Bid Evaluation
• OPA — US Oil Pollution Act Of 1990
• GRP — Glass Reinforced Plastic
• SOBM — Synthetic Oil Based Mud
• PRESS — Pressure
• CG — Coast Guard
• DTH — Dekatherm (defined as 1 million British thermal units, also written "MMBtu") (measurement)
• IMO — International Maritime Organization
• FACHV — four-arm calliper log
• CATV — Cable Television
• COC — Cost Of Capital
• HSC — Health and Safety Commission
• PPI — Producer Price Index
• MTR — Mill Test Report
• NAECA — National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987
• TEMPSC — Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft
• MIN — Minimum
• PHI — Porosity
• PRIM — Primary
• BA — Biological Assessment
• UEL — Upper Explosive Limit

• HVAC — Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• AB — As Built
• DAT — wellhead housing drill-ahead tool
• RPD — Revised Application For Permit To Drill
• POBM — Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud
• AAGR — Average Annual Growth Rate
• XMAC-E — XMAC Elite (Next generation of XMAC)
• PSI — Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
• ASE — Alliance to Save Energy
• R&D — Records And Documentation
• BOP — Blowout Preventer
• POOI — Pacific Operators Offshore Incorporated
• TRCFR — Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate
• CL — Center Line
• DNC — Digital Nautical Chart
• JRC — Joint Research Centre
• UO2 — uranium dioxide (nuclear)
• MDF — Main Distribution Frame
• DTI — Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
• CVR — Cover
• CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
• TAN — Total Acid Number
• CHDTP — calliper HDT playback log
• UR — Urinal
• MARPOL — International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• CCS — China Classification Society
• OLF — Norwegian Oil Industry Association
• CRT — Casing Running Tool
• OOT — Out of Tolerance
• OBDTL — OBDT Log
• KJ — Key Joint
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• NSOP — Not Shown On Plan
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• TAML — Technology Advancement For Multilaterals
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States
• BPS — Bulk Power System (Electricity transmission)
• NRI — Net Revenue Interest
• WRSCSSV — Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• HDPE — High Density Polyethylene Electrical
• OPRC — International Convention On Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response And Co Operation
• AFL — Above Floor Level
• DWG — Drawing
• MUX — Make Up Crossover [Crossover X]

• SM — South Marsh Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• CAODC — Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
• DHSV — Downhole Safety Valve
• AVGMS — Annulus Vent Gas Monitoring System
• WL — Water Line
• POV — Pressure Operated Valves
• SDL — Supplier Document List
• NMHC — Non Methane Hydrocarbons CO
• C — Centigrade
• ESA — Endangered Species Act of 1973
• MMSTB — million stock barrels
• MSC — Master Services Contract
• WEG — Wireline Entry Guide
• CEC — Commission for Environmental Cooperation
• CC — Combined Cycle
• B — Bottom
• SPBM — Single Point Buoy Mooring System
• WHRU — Waste Heat Recovery Unit
• AQMD — Air Quality Management District
• STOOIP — Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place
• CKT — Circuit
• RENC — Regional Electronic Navigational Chart Coordinating Centre
• NRC — National Response Center
• MAX — Maximum
• WAV3 — Amplitude (in Seismics)
• MRCC — Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
• SJOFARTSVERKET — Swedish Register Of Shipping, Swedish Maritime Administration
• VOO — Vessels Of Opportunity
• SPF — Shots Per Foot
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• DN — Diameter Nominal
• VOSS — Vessels Of Opportunity Skimming Systems
• OVID — Offshore Vessel Inspection Database
• SSTT — Subsea Test Tree
• # — Number
• DWT — Deadweight Ton
• RPM — Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know
• PHOL — Photon Log
• OPS — US Office Of Pipeline Safety
• RKB — Rotary Kelly Bushing
• WAV5 — Compensate Amplitudes
• NC — Normally Closed
• SRL — Self Retracting Lifelines/Div>
• ESCO — Energy Service Company
• SCP — Sustained Casing Pressure
• RHS — Rectangular Hollow Section
• 1P — Proven reserves
• P — Pole
• WALKS — Walkaway Seismic Profile
• EPT — Electromagnetic Propagation Tool

• NBS — National Bureau of Standards (US)
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• MHA — Major Hazards Analysis
• EER — Energy Efficiency Ratio
• IFO — Intermediate Fuel Oil
• JOA — joint operating agreement
• UON — Unless Otherwise Noted
• FASB — Financial Accounting Standards Board
• OBO — Ore/Bulk/Oil Carrier
• N — Newton
• PSO — Protected Species Observer
• MDT — Modular formation Dynamic Tester
• MSP — Maximum Source Pressure
• CBOB — Conventional Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (Motor Gasoline Blending Component)
• DFIT — Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test
• EBITDA — Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization. One of a series of esoteric 'EB' (Earnings Before..) financial acronyms, eg, EBT = Earnings Before Taxes; EBIAT = Earnings Before Interest after Taxes; EBIT = Earnings Before Interest and Ta
• WAV4 — Two Way Travel Time (in Seismics)
• S — Wave Shear Wave
• XLPE — Crosslinked Polyethylene
• MU — Mustang Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• PALYN — Palynological Analysis Report
• ALJ — Administrative Law Judge
• FTP — Flowing Tubing Pressure
• ONAN — Oil Natural Air Natural (cooling method)
• COA — Contract Of Affreightment
• EFH — Essential Fish Habitat
• PAR — Pre Assembled Rack
• ENC — Electronic Navigation Chart
• LOTO — Lock Out Tag Out
• KB — Kelly Bushing
• PA — Polyamide
• CHS — Circular Hollow Section
• UBIRE — Ultrasonic Borehole Imager Report
• PDM — Positive Displacement Motors
• DSM — Demand Side Management
• EE — Energy Efficiency
• UN — United Narions
• ECS — Electronic Chart System
• MP — Main Pass Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• UFC — Uniform Fire Code
• SNIP — Scotland Northern Ireland Pipeline
• AMV — Annulus Master Valve
• MOF — Marine Offloading Facility
• MTSRU — Maritime Transportation System Recovery Unit
• MOC — Management Of Change
• SITP — Shut In Tubing Pressure
• WBS — Wellbore Schematic
• COSWP — Code Of Safe Working Practices For Merchant Seamen
• FW — Fillet Weld
• ROW — Right-Of-Way

• UNO — Unless Noted Otherwise
• SMI — South Marsh Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• EPA — Environmental Protection Act
• INTERCARGO — International Association Fo Dry Cargo Ship Owners
• LOA — Length Over All
• SGS — Steel Gravity Substructure
• SIRE — Ship'S Inspection Report
• CPI — Computer Processed Interpretation Log
• NTE — Not-To-Exceed
• SMART — Support For Maritime Training Scheme
• AHBDF — along hole below Derrick floor
• DMA — Dead Man Anchor
• EF — Exhaust Fan
• CLR — Clear
• NYMEX — New York Mercantile Exchange
• OGITF — Oil & Gas Industry Task Force
• FLT — Fault
• COMMS — Communications
• MAWP — Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
• MSC — Management System Coordinator
• TPIC — Terminal Person In Charge
• SIT — (Casing) Shoe Integrity Test
• OHGP — Openhole Gravel Pack
• CP — Cathodic Protection
• MCP — Manifold Compression Platform
• PFD — Process Flow Diagrams
• MWCC — Marine Well Containment Co.
• MSIP — Modular Sonic Imaging Platform (Sonic Scanner)
• SPCC — Spill Prevention Control And Countermeasures
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• RTU — Remote Terminal Unit
• BTMG — Behind The Meter Generation
• OAPEC — Organization Of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OH — Open Hole
• ESP — Electrostatic Precipitator
• ISGOTT — International Safety Guide For Oil Tankers And Terminals
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• PF — Platform
• MNI — Member Of The Nautical Institute
• B — Billion
• AICHE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• API — American Petroleum Institute (oil)
• VR — Vermillion Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• TRT — Tree Running Tool
• TSS'S — Traffic Separation Schemes
• WCST — Well Containment Screening Tool
• DLONG — Difference in Longitude
• OG — Oil And Gas Directorate
• ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System

• MQ — Marqesas Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• DIM — Dimension
• PS — South Padre Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• AWG — American Wire Gauge
• BSL — Burner Safety Low
• PSAC — Petroleum Services Association Of Canada
• SCE — Southern California Edison Company
• NK — Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
• CIV — Chemical Injection Valve
• SOSREP — Secretary Of State'S Representative For Marine Salvage And Intervention
• OB — Overbalanced
• BSR — Bottom-Simulating Reflector
• PHA — Process Hazards Analysis
• EF — Energy Factor
• CMP — Coastal Management Program
• MT — Magnetotellurics
• MPFM — Multiphase Flowmeter
• INTERTANKO — International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
• QUAD — Quadrillion Btus
• WDR'S — Waste Discharge Requirements
• RDF — Radio Direction Finder
• GTW — Gas To Wire
• NI — The Nautical Institute
• NPR — Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• UOT — Unscheduled Overtime
• NIHQ — Nautical Institute Headquarters, London
• ODT — Oil Down To
• PM — Particulate Matter
• ITR — Inspection Test Record
• OECD — Organization For Economic Co Operation And Development
• MH — Methane Hydrate
• RS — Russian Maritime Register Of Shipping
• BFI — Baltic Freight Index
• C — Conduit
• DEXP — D-exponent log
• AGC — Automatic Generation Control
• EIS — Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• LD — Lay Down
• MMCFD — Million Cubic Feet Day
• OSPR — Oil Spill Prevention And Response
• PAGA — Public Address General Alarm
• HS — Significant wave height
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• MWA — Military Warning Area
• FACTS — Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
• SEG — Society Of Exploration Geophysicists
• OCA — Offshore Contractors Association
• EMT — Electrical Metallic Tubing
• PEM — Proton Exchange Membrane
• ASCSSV — Annulus Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve

• RSFO — Regional Supervisor, Office Of Field Operations, For Bsee
• VTIS — Vessel Traffic Information System
• SHDT — Stratigraphic High-resolution Dipmeter Tool
• SPCP — Spill Prevention And Cleanup Plan
• OGML — Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• VSD — Variable Speed Drive
• ADIT — Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes
• VSI — Versatile Seismic Imager (Schlumberger VSP tool)
• WCID — Well Construction Interface Document
• M — Million
• OML — Oil Mining Lease (petroleum rights)
• PAH — Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons
• SPAR — Floating Production System
• PVSV — Pressure Vacuum Safety Valve
• RE — Reservoir Engineer
• ANP — Brazil'S National Petroleum Agency
• DANIDA — Danish International Development Agency
• NAVTEX — Navigational And Meteorological Warning Broadcast Service
• EQUIP — Equipment
• BO — Biological Opinion
• PINC — Potential Incident Of Non Compliance
• SWL — Safe Working Load
• NCP — US National Oil And Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan
• PESBG — Petroleum Exploration Society Of Great Britain
• PSHL — Pressure Safety High/Low
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• VPS — Velocity Seismic Profile
• OWR — Oil/Water Ratio
• RCD — Rotating Control Device
• COW — Crude Oil Washing
• USC — United States Code (book of laws)
• 2D — Two-Dimensional
• DWG(S) — Drawing/S
• MMBOD — Million Barrels of Oil per Day
• PT — Potential Transformer
• SHARP — Sustainable Hydrocarbons Additional Recovery Programme
• NPT — Nonproductive Time
• CTU — Cargo Transport Unit
• SSTMP — Subsea Templates
• RO — Ro Roll On/Roll Off
• ESP — Electric Submersible Pump
• REACH — Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, And Restriction Of Chemicals
• TD — Total Depth
• MMHG — millimeters of mercury
• NG — Natural Gas
• MDM — Meter Data Management
• SEMI — Semisubmersible
• SSCV — Subsea Control Valves
• OPR — Office Of Planning And Research

• PPG — Pounds Per Gallon
• RN — Release Notes
• MKB — Meters Below Kelly Bushing
• PART — Program Assessment Rating Tool
• MCE — Maximum Credible Earthquakes
• PIANC — Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• DSO — Distribution System Operator
• SOUR — Oil/Gas With High Sulfur Content
• RFI — Requests For Inspection
• MBBLS — Thousand Barrels
• N/S — North/South
• RSTC — Rig Safety Training Coordinator
• SDM/U — Subsea Distribution Module/Unit
• TTRD — Through Tubing Rotary Drilling
• SONS — Spills Of National Significance
• ICD — Inflow Control Device
• ROSF — Rincon Onshore Separation Facility
• SWEET — Oil/Gas That Has Low Sulfur Content
• PA — Planning Authority
• SNAM — Societб Nazionale Metanodotti Now Snam S.P.A.
• VSP — Vertical Seismic Profiling
• NPFC — US National Pollution Funds Center
• SSMNF — Subsea Manifold
• OI — Oxygen Index
• EW — Each Way
• TBA — Tertiary Butyl Alcohol
• UB — Underbalanced
• F — Fuse
• TP — Tarpon Springs Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• SU — Submersible
• CERA — Cambridge Energy Research Associates
• SW — Salt Water
• SWDW — Salt Water Disposal Well
• CRP — Conservation Reserve Program (US)
• MTLP — Mini Tension Leg Platform
• LOS — Law Of The Sea
• SSRRC — System Safety And Reliability Review Committee
• OPITO — Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization
• SW — South West
• OBEVA — OBDT Evaluation Report
• ECITB — Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
• AIT — Auto-Ignition Temperature
• PBU — Pressure Build-Up
• WBS — Wellbore Seismic
• MMPA — Marine Mammals Protection Act
• LOPA — Layers of Protection Analysis
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• PB — Pull Box
• XYC — Xy Calliper Log)

• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• E — Young's Modulus
• APD — Application for Permit to Drill
• RK — Rankin Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• BBL — Barrel
• IPR — Inflow Performance Relationship
• NAICS — North American Industry Classification System
• G — Ground
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• NCOB — No Cargo On Board
• SCUBA — self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
• DR — Dead Reckoning
• RCM — Reliability Centred Maintenance
• MSA — Master Service Agreement
• ADROC — advanced rock properties report
• PSIG — Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge
• VIV — Vortex Induced Vibration
• TS — Tiger Shoal Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• NPS — Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
• HEP — Habitat Evaluation Procedure
• COMP — Composite
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• TTP — Through Tubing Perforating
• DLAT — Difference In Latitude
• OTC — Offshore Technology Conference
• ACA — Annual Charge Adjustment (electricity)
• PB — St. Petersburg Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• MMCRP — Mitigation Monitoring And Compliance Reporting Program
• IMT — Intermediate Metal Conduit
• NORDEL — association of Nordic electric system operators, comprising Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
• SS — Semisubmersible
• IRP — Integrated Resource Plan
• SAC — Special Area of Conservation
• NFG — No Fucking Good, A.k.a. Busted, Non Functional, Broken. Also "New Fucking Guy"
• EMI — Electromagnetic Inspection
• ELEC — ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC, ELECTRICIAN
• IECC — International Energy Conservation Code
• TF — Tropical Fresh Load Line
• EEM — Energy Efficient Mortgage
• RUS — Rural Utilities Service
• ISF — International Shipping Federation
• SCBA — Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• IMDG CODE — International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
• PE — Professional Engineer
• REQ — Require
• UKPIA — United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association Limited
• SEC — Securities and Exchange Commission (US)
• AADE — American Association of Drilling Engineers
• VT — Voltage Transformer
• GL — Ground Level

• SAGD — Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage
• PANAMAX — Ships Able To Transit, And Allowed Transit, Of The Panama Canal
• PL — Pipeline
• CFD — computational fluid dynamics
• VK — Viosca Knoll Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• SO — Oil Saturation
• PR — Pully Ridge Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• MW — Megawatt (one million watts)
• IHV — Integrated Hole Volume (of Borehole) (in Cubic Metres)
• KBE — Kelly Bushing Elevation
• SO3 — Oxides Of Sulfur
• AIME — American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc.
• SB — Sit Bo Log
• PU — Pick Up
• BPV — Back Pressure Valve
• BL — Barrel
• OVSP — Offset Vertical Seismic Profiling
• PWD — Pressure while Drilling
• PN — North Padre Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• SOW — Statements Of Work
• ID — Internal Diameter
• TAPS — Trans Alaska Pipeline System
• SX — Sabine Pass Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• TLV — Threshold Limit Value
• HO — Hydrographic Office
• GPRA — Government Performance and Results Act
• UKOCS — Uk Outer Continental Shelf
• WI — Working Interest
• XOV — Cross-Over Valve
• X — Over Crossover
• PSIG — Pounds Per Square Inch)
• WBS — Wellbore Stability
• DR — Demand Response
• GAL — Gallon
• 2P — proved and probable reserves
• EMW — Equivalent Mud Weight
• W/C — Water Cut
• NOD — Notice of Determination
• UBD — Underbalanced Drilling
• DMA — dead-man anchor
• LO — Lubricating Oil
• RFT — Repeat Formation Tester
• ISF — ISF Sonic Log
• XMAC — E Xmac Elite
• SSCC — Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking
• ILT — In-Line Tee
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• LOP — Line Of Position
• AFUDC — Allowance for Funds Used During Construction

• GT — Gross Tonnage
• UWT — Ultrasonic Welding Line
• FOSV — Full-Opening Safety Valve
• FCITC — First Contingency Incremental Transfer Capability
• RMT — National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
• ID — Inner Diameter
• BPD — barrels per day
• LFMC — Liquid-Tight Flexible Metal Conduit
• W/O — Workover
• GNOME — General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment
• IOR — Improved Oil Recovery
• REWL — Reservoir Evaluation Wireline
• LST — Local Standard Time
• USDOI — US Department Of Interior
• LW — Low Water
• NOW — Non Hazardous Oilfield Waste
• RESDV — Riser Emergency Shut Down Valve
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• BCD — Barrel Per Day, on Calendar Days
• TEFRA — Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1985
• RESNET — Residential Energy Services Network
• YP — Yield Point
• BOSIET — Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training
• OWC — Oil Water Contact
• WSCA — Well Services Contractors Association
• VSP — Vertical Seismic Profile
• GMDSS — Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
• WROV — Workclass Remotely Operated Vehicle
• SEER — Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
• NYSERDA — New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
• UT — Ultrasonic Testing
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• NRV — Non Return Valve
• RCI — Reservoir Characterization Instrument
• FSBL — Full Strength Butt Weld
• CIT — Chartered Institute of Transport
• MBOD — Thousand Barrels of Oil per Day
• SPM — Side Pocket Mandrel
• COP — Coefficient of Performance
• TDH — Total Dynamic Head
• GAO — Government Accounting Office
• HES — Health, Environment and Safety
• VLS — Vertical Lay System
• IMC — Intermediate Metal Conduit
• P&A — Plug and Abandon
• FERC — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
• UL — Underwriters Laboratory
• S&P — Standard & Poor's
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• AAPL — American Association of Professional Landmen

• EDC — Electric Distribution Company
• FCU — Fan Coil Unit
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• FMS — Formation Micro Scan Log
• PILOT — Ogitf Successor
• FB — footing beam
• CGT — Capital Gains Tax
• NDT — Nondestructive Test
• OP — Operating Procedure
• HA — Hazard Analysis
• DHC — Depositional History Curve
• TCF — Temporary Construction Facilities
• MEG — Mono-Ethylene Glycol
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• BU — Bottom Up
• WPI — Wholesale Price Index
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• UTA/B — Umbilical Termination Assembly/Box
• EIA — Environmental impact assessment (international)
• NRT — National Response Team
• ADR — Asset Depreciation Range (finance)
• ICS — Incident command system
• SAM — Subsea Accumulator Module
• FPS — Floating Production System
• STOP — Safety Training Observation Program
• GOC — Gas Oil Contact
• VN — Vernon Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• NCR — Nonconformance Report
• 3D — three-dimensional (geophysics)
• MSCF — One Thousand Standard Cubic Feet
• CT — Coiled Tubing
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• DWOP — Drilling Well On Paper
• GDE — Gross Depositional Environment
• PHA — Production Handling Agreement
• TGB — Telecommunications Grounding Busbar
• DGPS — Differential Global Positioning System
• HLO — Helicopter Landing Officer
• BCFE — Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas Equivalent
• CCT — Circuit
• EDF — Electricité de France
• CEMS — Continuous Emission Monitoring System
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• WAC — Weak Acid Cation
• BOEPD — Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day
• AAU — Assigned amount units (measurement)
• CU — Copper (Latin Cuprum)
• QI — Qualified Individual
• FDP — Field Development Plan
• KV — Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)

• ECP — External Casing Packer
• DART — Days Away, Restricted Work
• LHV — lower heating value
• SPMT — Self Propelled Modular Transporter
• LCF — Longitudinal Centre of Flotation
• BSML — below sea mean level
• MI — Mineral Insulated
• TQ — Training Qualifications
• DW — Dishwasher
• CPP — Critical Peak Pricing
• CHRT — casing hanger running tool
• RRT — Regional Response Team
• FMP — Facility Measurement Point
• MCF — Thousand Cubic Feet
• MSCT — Mechanical Sidewall Coring Tool
• WDP — Waste Discharge Permit
• LTI(FR) — Lost Time Incident (Frequency Rate)
• MARSEC — Maritime Security
• 3C — Proved, probable and possible Contingent Resources
• ACEEE — American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• FIR — Failure Investigation Reports
• SEM — Subsea Electronics Module
• ETO — Electro Technical Officer
• FCC — Fully Cellular Containership
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• PI — Pressure Indicator
• GL — Germanischer Lloyd
• VERT — Vertical
• DIA — Diameter
• COE — Creek Corps of Engineers
• APWD — Annular Pressure While Drilling
• BOEPD — barrel of oil equivalent per day
• LKO — Lowest Known Oil
• ISO — International Standard Organisation
• SEDIM — Sedimentology
• CAER — Community Awareness and Emergency Response
• DPS — Dynamic Positioning System
• IPF — Impact Producing Factors
• CAAA — Clean Air Act Amendments
• PLT — Production Logging Tool
• OSLTF — Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
• HSE — Health & Safety Executive Officer
• ASBA — Association of Ship Brokers and Agents
• WT — Wall Thickness
• OSRO — Oil Spill Response Organization
• PE — Petroleum Engineer
• GPIT — General Purpose Inclinometry Tool
• AAPG — American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• A&G — Administrative And General Expenses
• WEC — World Energy Council

• P&I — Protection and Indemnity insurance
• ERNS — Emergency Response Notification System
• EOR — Enhanced Oil Recovery
• CRS — Croatian Register of Shipping
• BPH — Barrels Per Hour
• NEFE — Non Emulsifying Iron Inhibitor
• PPB — Pounds Per Barrel
• HSWA — Health and Safety at Work Act
• SDU/M — Subsea Distribution Unit/Module
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• AOF — Absolute Open Flow
• ISM — IMO'S International Safety Management
• LODF — Line Outage Distribution Factor (electricity)
• LINCO — Liner and Completion Progress Report
• FCO — UK Foreign And Commonwealth Office
• LMV — Lower Master Valve
• THAI — Toe to Heel Air Injection
• FCV — Flow Control Valve
• IOC — International Oil Company
• HP/IP — High Pressure And/Or Intermediate Pressure
• COXY — carbon/oxygen log
• NPSH — Net Positive Suction Head
• CPT — Control Power Transformer
• BUR — Build-Up Rate
• ETD — Estimated Time of Departure
• FAA — Fire Alarm Annunciator
• DDM — Derrick Drilling Machine
• TWA — Time Weighted Averages
• SIWHP — Shut-in Well Head Pressure
• HFL — Hydraulic Flying Lead
• TEL — Telephone
• ROP — Rate of Penetration
• FLUT — Full Length Ultrasonic Inspection
• BCFD — Billion Cubic Feet per Day
• NL — Night Light
• APA — Alaska Power Administration
• LSH — Level Safety High
• RIK — Replacement in Kind
• AAODC — American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)
• POP — Pump Out Plug
• MJ — Megajoule
• BOD — Basis of Design
• ABSA — Alberta Boilers Safety Association
• FIV — Flow-Induced Vibration
• SWOT — Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
• IROL — Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (electricity)
• ARPA — Automatic Radar Plotting Aids
• CATS — Central Area Transmission System
• M — Milli
• MOU — Mobile Offshore Unit

• FIV — Formation Isolation Valve
• V — Volt (measurement)
• ERC — Emergency Response And Control
• UKCS — United Kingdom Continental Shelf
• LCV — Level Control Valve
• BGT — Borehole Geometry Tool
• EPCIP — European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
• TOC — Top of Cement
• VTS — Vessel Traffic Service
• OBC — Ocean Bottom Cable
• MSRC — Marine Spill Response Corporation
• GIIP — Gas Initially In Place
• PDG — Permanent Downhole Gauge
• NTS — Not To Scale
• FI — Final Inspection
• SSV — Surface Safety Valve
• BFPD — Barrels of Fluid Per Day
• BOPE — Barrels Of Oil Per Day Equivalent
• AAQS — Ambient Air Quality Standards (environment) (US)
• EERA — Escape, Evacuation, And Rescue Analysis
• NFPA — National Fire Protection Association
• LAAR — Load acting as a resource (ERCOT category) (electricity)
• ERO — Electric Reliability Organization. The US designated NERC as its ERO.
• EIB — European Investment Bank
• FBHP — Flowing Bottomhole Pressure
• CPICB — CPI coriband log
• SCAL — Special Core Analysis Laboratory
• SC — Shading Coefficient
• EPCI — Engineering, Procurement, Construction, And Installation
• RAS — Remedial Action Scheme
• MO — Mobile Originated
• POB — Personnel on Board
• IMPA — International Maritime Pilots' Association
• PSH — Pressure Safety High
• ACE — Area Control Error (electricity)
• SABA — Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
• PI — Productivity Index
• LIT — Lead Impression Tool
• SCO — Synthetic Crude Oil
• FLDF — Flying Lead Deployment Frame
• GT&C — General Terms And Conditions
• BARS — Borehole Acoustic Reflection Survey
• OSCP — Oil Spill Contingency Plan
• NTL — Notice to Lessees and Operators
• IG — Isolated Ground
• DAR — Dressed All Round
• PMU — Phasor measurement unit (electricity)
• EDP — Emergency Disconnect Package
• STB — Stock Tank Barrel
• MMBTU — Million British Thermal Units

• EA — Equal Angle
• AD — Article Continues Below
• MTBE — Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
• ABS — American Bureau of Shipping
• NIMBY — Not In My Back Yard
• DEV — Development
• DTW — dealer tank wagon (as in, "oil companies setting regional dealer tank wagon pricing") (Oil)
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• MVA — Megavolt Ampere
• SAS — Safety At Sea
• Z — Zulu (Greenwich mean time)
• WOR — Water-Oil Ratio
• CAP — Condition Assessment Program Survey
• ALAP — As Low As Possible
• FPIT — Free-Point Indicator Tool
• PTW — Permit to Work (UK)
• ACHE — Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger
• CIRM — International Radio Maritime Committee
• GEODY — GEO DYS Log
• NGT — Natural Gamma Ray Tool
• CTLF — coil tubing lift frame
• SICP — Shut-In Casing Pressure
• FTG — Footing
• OOD — Officer Of the Deck
• OCTG — Oil Country Tubular Goods
• OSRP — Oil Spill Response Plan
• PHMSA — Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• OASIS — Open Access Same-time Information System
• GRC — Galvanized Rigid Conduit
• FRS — Financial Reporting System
• SEMS — Safety and Environmental Management Systems
• CITHP — closed-in tubing head pressure
• GEF — Global Environmental Facility (environment)
• NFW — New Field Wildcat, Lahee classification
• FSA — Formal Safety Assessment
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• FT — foot (unit of length)
• MUSOL — Mutual Solvent
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
• PDC — Phasor Data Concentrator
• KBG — Kelly Bushing Height above Ground Level
• HGO — Heavy Gas Oil
• CTD — Coiled Tubing Drilling
• CCL — Casing Collar Locator
• BINXQ — bond index quicklook log
• SCF — standard cubic feet (of natural gas)
• AIV — Alternate Isolation Valve
• ILO — International Labor Organization (UN)
• TEU — Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit
• ICV — Interval Control Valve

• PSL — Product Specification Level
• BTI — British Trade International
• BOT — Bottom
• HWDP — Heavy Weight Drill Pipe
• PMA — Power Marketing Administration
• HVAC — High voltage alternating current (electricity)
• EDR — Electronic Drilling Recorder
• ABF — Aquatic Base Flow (Hydropower) (electricity)
• C&I — Commercial and industrial customers (Electricity transmission)
• EEHA — Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas
• POD — Point of Delivery
• DWH — Deepwater Horizon
• COTP — Captain Of The Port
• AF — Arctic Floater
• INGAA — Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
• AFV — Annular Flow Valve
• MBD — thousand barrels per day
• INDWE — Individual Well Record Report
• PDG/PDHG — Permanent Downhole Gauge
• AMBO — Armenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria Oil Pipeline
• CNCF — field-normalised compensated neutron porosity
• GPTG — Gallons Per Thousand Gallons
• ATS — Automatic Transfer Switch
• MWS — Marine Warranty Survey
• TAR — True Amplitude Recovery
• KPSI — Thousand Pounds per Square Inch
• SIP — Shut-In Pressure
• MASPCC — Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure For The Completion Case
• DIS — Draft International Standard
• COFR — Certificate of Financial Responsibility
• XC — Cross Connect
• DLS — Dogleg Severity
• HARP — Hydrocarbons Additional Recovery Program
• ACP — Annular Casing Pressure
• EOS — Equation Of State
• APCD — Air Pollution Control District
• COLREG — International Convention On Collision Regulations
• UAE — United Arab Emirates
• RNC — Raster Navigational Chart
• SOPEP — Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans
• FBR — Fast Breeder Reactor
• BML — Below Mud Line
• RFA — Regulatory Flexibility Act (US)
• ORICO — Oriented Core Data Report
• EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
• LBM — Pounds Mass
• H2S — Hydrogen Sulfide
• MEF — Modified Energy Factor
• TEMP — Temperature
• GL — Gas Lift

• BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
• NACE — National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• MBPD — thousand barrels of oil per day
• ODS — Oxygen Depletion Sensor
• CALOG — circumferential acoustic log
• UHVAC — Ultra High Voltage Alternating Current (electricity)
• NT — Net Tonnage
• CWOP — complete well on paper
• BGL — Borehole Geometry Log
• LOA — Letter of Authority
• CGBF — Concrete, Gravity Based Structure
• MMBD — Million Barrels Per Day
• WBM — Water Based Mud
• NEPOOL — New England Power Pool
• LWOL — Last Well on Lease
• FMI — formation micro imaging log (azimuthal microresistivity)
• COOGER — California Offshore Oil And Gas Energy Resources
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• NGL — Natural Gas Liquid (usually Ethane Or Propane)
• CIP — Critical Infrastructure Protection (US)
• SSSV — Sub-Surface Safety Valve
• NSA — Noise Sensitive Area
• TV/BIP — Ratio of Total Volume to Bitumen In Place
• BIMCO — Baltic and International Maritime Council
• EER — Emergency Escape And Refuge
• ER(D) — Extended Reach (Drilling)
• POE — power over ethernetinjector
• ICHCA — International Cargo Handling Coordination Association
• BDF — below Derrick floor
• DD — Directional Driller
• WD — Water Depth
• SES — Satellite Earth Stations and Systems
• PCCL — Perforation Casing Collar Locator Log
• MMCF — one million cubic feet (measurement of natural gas)
• TLP — Tension Leg Platform
• GAPP — Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• SURF — Subsea/Umbilicals/Risers/Flowlines
• MCS — Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
• ITT — Invitation To Tender
• CJ — control joint
• ROFR — Right of First Refusal (finance)
• NOP — Notice of Preparation
• DRB — Demonstrated Reserve Base
• GVW — gross vehicle weight (transportation)
• MRR — Material Receipt Report
• PPI — Post Production Inspection
• SNS — Southern North Sea
• CEQ — Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
• PM&E — Protection, mitigation and enhancement
• AMRA — Automatic Meter Reading Association

• FMECA — failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis
• PLSV — Pipelay Support Vessel
• CILD — Conduction Log
• MCD — Mechanical Completion Dossier
• LSFO — Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil
• 3P — proved, probable and possible reserves
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• FLMT — Flowline Manifold Termination
• GOC — General Operators' Certificate
• THK — Thick
• MDO — Marine Diesel Oil
• DME — Disturbance Monitoring Equipment
• MOTEMS — Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards
• FRU — Fast Response Units
• RIR — Recordable Incident Rate
• BRT — Below Rotary Table
• BWOW — By Weight Of Water
• GEOPN — Geological Well Prognosis Report
• PDC — Polycrystalline Diamond Compact
• FAC — Fuel Adjustment Clause
• FH — full-hole tool joint
• MSFL — Micro SFL Log
• IMARE — Institute of Marine Engineers
• KR — Korean Register of Shipping
• GE — Ground Elevation
• UKOOA — United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
• IPPC — Integrated Pollution Prevention And Control
• HGS — Highn Gravity Solids
• IAPH — International Association Of Ports And Harbors
• FLMPI — Full Length Magnetic Particle Inspection
• LMR — Load Modifying Resource
• LWR — Lazy Wave Catenary Riser
• AI — Artificial Island
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• 1C — Proved Contingent Resources
• TT — Treatment Technique
• HID — high intensity discharge (electricity)
• IBOP — Inside Blowout Preventer
• PBDMS — Playback DMSLS Log
• ITL — Industry Leadership Team
• PR2 — Testing regime to API6A Annex F
• MD — Millidarcy
• MPG — Miles Per Gallon
• NS — Near Side
• SPR — Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
• FWL — From West Line
• LTC — Long Thread and Coupled
• FL — floor level
• CSG — Casing

• LGO — Light Gas Oil
• FPSO — Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel
• O/B — On Board
• WI — Water Injection
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• EQ — Equal
• PBTD — Plug Back Total Department
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• EFL — Electrical Flying Lead
• HHI — Hirschman Herfindahl Index
• A/H — After Hours
• HVDC — high-voltage direct-current
• EUE — External-upset-end
• MERSAR — Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual
• WST — Well Seismic Tool (checkshot)
• WTP — Willingness To Pay
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• UTM — Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
• E&I — Electrical and Instrumentation
• ASCE — American Society of Chemical Engineers
• MSHA — Mine Safety and Health Administration (US)
• FG — Fracture Gradient
• MSC — Marine Safety Committee
• EVI — Equipment Verification Inspection
• NSA — Norwegian Shipowners’ Association
• CESMA — Confederation Of European Union Shipmasters Associations
• IOC — Independent Oil Company
• RAP — Regulatory Assistance Project
• NE — North-East
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• MEIC — Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Commission
• STAGR — Static Gradient Survey Report
• PLC — Power line communication (electricity)
• PMS — Planned Maintenance System
• IMPA — International Marine Purchasing Association
• ESD — Emergency Shut-Down
• MMBPD — million barrels per day
• FO — Fuel Oil
• DFT — Dry Film Thickness
• CHKSR — checkshot survey report
• XC — Cross-connection, cross correlation
• AG — Agricultural pipe drain
• CPS — Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
• LCL — Lethal Dose (Low)
• LOL — Limitation Of Owner'S Liability
• CST — Chronological Sample Taker log (Schlumberger)
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• ARR — Auction Revenue Rights)
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act

• BM — Bay Marchand Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• IALA — International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities
• LBP — Length Between Perpendiculars
• BCD — Barrels Per Calendar Day
• LBA — Local Balancing Authority
• CRP — common reference point
• GRI — Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• AOPL — Association of Oil Pipe Lines
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• CNL — Compensated Neutron Log
• KVA — Kilovolt-Ampere
• CF — Cubic Feet
• TFE — Totalfinaelf
• CEPII — Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales Economics think tank
• CCP — Controllable Pitch Propeller
• FM — Flowmeter
• ACOU — Acoustic
• ISU — International Salvage Union
• YR — Year
• BOSVA — British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• OSRV — Oil Spill Response Vessel
• FONSI — Finding of no significant impact. See Environmental impact statement (US)
• FRARE — fracture report
• PRT — Petroleum Revenue Tax
• 3C — three components seismic acquisition (x,y and z)
• IOPC — International Oil Pollution Fund
• MGY — Million Gallons per Year
• AQAP — Air Quality Attainment Plan
• EP — Exploration Plan
• BROA — British Rig Owners Association
• LQ — Living Quarters
• NPREP — National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• CES — Coast Earth Station
• HOR — Horizontal
• LFL — Lower Flammable Limit
• PX — Power Exchange
• PCA — Production Concession Agreement
• PGA — Purchased Gas Adjustment
• EPRI — Electric Power Research Institute (US)
• FWKO — free water knock-out
• PCPT — Piezo-Cone Penetration Test
• MBOED — thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day
• SF6 — Sulfur Hexafluoride
• MEA — Monoethanolamine
• BV — Bureau Veritas
• MIST — Minimum Industry Safety Training
• PSV — Pressure safety valve
• EI — Eugene Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area

• IEP — Initial Exploration Plan
• PAC — Pacific Region
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• WP — Working Pressure
• FMS — Formation Multi Scan Log
• BWR — Boiling water reactor (nuclear)
• CMR — Combinable Magnetic Resonance
• G/L — Gas/Liquid
• ACC — Accession countries
• HC — Hydrocarbon
• VDU — Vacuum Distillation Unit
• MASP — Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
• REV — Revision
• PLTQ — Production Logging Tool Quicklook Log
• EPFS — Electronic Position Fixing System
• NOPR — Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (US)
• EM — Emergency
• DEIS — Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• AL — Artificial Lift
• AMVER — US Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue
• DIPFT — dipmeter fast log
• SALM — Single Anchor Loading Mooring
• RVP — Reid Vapor Pressure (used For Gasoline Volatility)
• BOPM — Barrels of Oil per Month
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
• FEED — Front End Engineering And Design
• MLLW — Mean Lower Low Water (nautical Charts)
• EPU — Electrical Power Unit
• AHU — Air Handler Unit
• STEL — Short Term Exposure Limit
• JRP — Joint Review Panels
• WC(P) — Water Closet With "P" Trap
• MAWP — Maximum Actual Working Pressure
• PIP — Pump Intake Pressure
• DF — distribution factor
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• MAASP — Maximum Acceptable Annular Surface Pressure
• HYROP — Hydrophone Log
• ISO — Independent System Operator (US) (see also TSO) Responsible for grid management, but does not own assets. (electricity)
• AESO — Alberta Electric System Operator
• ARI — Azimuthal Resistivity Image
• SHR — Shower
• FEIS — Final Environmental impact statement (US)
• RI — Royalty Interest
• C/B — Circuit Breaker
• BTEX — Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene
• CDIS — CDI Synthetic Seismic Log
• NRIS — Network Resource Interconnection Service
• AOFP — absolute open-flow potential

• HLO — Heavy Load Out
• RF — Recovery Factor
• CTM — Coil Tubing Measurement
• APPA — American Public Power Association (electricity)
• MGO — Marine Gas Oil
• ABT — Availability based tariff (electricity)
• JU — Jackup
• CERTS — Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions sposored by the United States Department of Energy and California Energy Commission (US)
• TEFC — Totally Enclosed Fan-Cooled
• PW — Produced Water
• BS — Breton Sound Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• I3P — Independent Third Party
• MSIPC — Multi Stage inflatable Packer Collar
• PAU — Pre-Assembled Unit
• OGP — International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
• WMU — World Maritime University
• HIRA — Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
• YR — Years old
• DSTR — drill-stem test report
• DPO — Dynamic Positioning Operator
• PTP — Point to Point Transmission Service (electricity)
• FOIP — Freedom Of Information And Protection Of Privacy Act
• GCAT — Government Compliance Action Team
• CRA — Corrosion-Resistant Alloy
• TYP — Typical
• SVC — Static VAR compensator (electricity)
• GISB — Gas Industry Standards Board (now NAESB) (US) (natural gas)
• E&D — Exploration and Development
• B — Basin
• PNL — Panel
• CIMV — Chemical Injection Metering Valve
• CAFE — Corporationrate Average Fuel Economy
• LDT — Lost During Trans Shipment
• DG — Distributed generation (electricity)
• TIMS — Technical Information Management System
• AGD — Associated Gas Distributors (US)
• CD — Candela
• GSM — Groupe Speciale Mobile
• FLRA — field-level risk assessment
• CNJ — Construction Joint
• FWV — Flow Wing Valve
• DLL — Dual LateroLog
• BAST — Best Available and Safest Technology
• ZOI — Zone of Influence
• FR — front-engine, rear drive
• LBF — Pounds Force
• BMP'S — Best Management Practices
• BFOE — Brent, Forties, Oseberg, And Ekofisk
• HNGS — flasked Hostile Natural Gamma-ray Spectrometry tool
• CS — Chandeleur Sound Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area

• DIPAR — dipole acoustic report
• CHCNC — CHCNC Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator
• AHD — along hole depth
• UO3 — uranium trioxide (nuclear)
• PG — Pressure Gauge (Report)
• CLC — International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage
• ANPR — Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• SPP — Small power producer (electricity)
• XMAC — Cross-Multipole Array Acoustic log
• AVO — Amplitude Variation with Offset
• CWI — Certified Welding Inspector
• TDS — Total Dissolved Solids
• DILL — dual-induction laterolog
• CEN — The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
• EF — Each Face
• DHPTT — downhole pressure/temperature transducer
• AMR — Automated meter reading also known as Automatic Meter Reading
• SPP — Stand Pipe Pressure
• ECGD — Exports Credits Guarantee Department
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• GVEP — Global Village Energy Partnership (organization)
• SYM — Symmetric
• MTEF — Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
• BSR — Bend Strength Ratio
• WOC — Water Oil Contact
• A — Appraisal (well)
• M&R — Measurement And Regulation
• DEFG — Distributed Energy Financial Group (US)
• ESP — Expected Surface Pressure
• DILL — Dual Induction Laterolog
• HT — High Temperature
• BHCP — Bottomhole Circulating Pressure
• ADITC — Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit (policy)
• BOPE — Blowout Preventer Equipment
• IMB — International Maritime Bureau
• DELTA — Difference Between Plan And Performance
• RER — Renewable Energy Rider
• G&T — Generation and transmission utility cooperative (electricity)
• GT — Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
• LWR — Light Water Reactor
• CECAN — CEC analysis
• CIR — Circuit
• NMDC — Non Magnetic Drill Collar
• AWB/V — annulus wing block/valve (XT)
• GALV — Galvanized
• AOS — Authorized Overrun Service
• EOW — End Of Well Report
• XLPE — Cross Linked Polyethylene
• NMVOC — Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds
• HCA — High Consequence Areas

• CNGR — compensated neutron gamma-ray log
• ASCC — Alaskan System Coordination Council
• PHPA — Partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (mud)
• LOT — Leak-Off Test
• PMI — Positive Material Identification
• EPV — Early Production Vessel
• LP — Liquid petroleum
• IPC — Installed Production Capacity
• DEPAN — deposit analysis report
• ADT — Applied Drilling Technology, ADT log
• BBL/SD — Barrel per day, on stream days
• EUEI — European Union Energy Initiative
• SPCU — Subsea Power and Control Unit
• MPFM — Multi-Phase Flow Meter
• ICSS — Integrated Controls and Safety System
• ESPCC — Expected Surface Pressure For The Completion Case
• INMARSAT — International Marine Satellite Organization
• POBM — Pseudo Oil Based Mud
• DSL — digital spectralog (Western Atlas)
• DP — Drill Pipe
• MAAC — Mid Atlantic Area Council (US- geographically within PJM)
• CPI — Chemical Process Industries
• EEI — Edison Electric Institute
• LEEA — Lifting Equipment Engineers Association
• AIMA — Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (US)
• SHPO — State Historic Preservation Office (US)
• HUD — Hold-Up Depth
• TABS — Texas Automated Buoy System
• CYDIP — cyberdip log
• NAP — National Action Plan
• BQ — Bendable Quality
• MQC — Multi Quick Connection Plate
• MWH — Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
• SI — International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
• FLRA — Field Level Risk Assessment
• OBM — Oil-Based Mud
• LSFO — Loss Sulfur Fuel Oil
• CONN — Connection
• TUTB — Topside Umbilical Termination Box
• IHO — International Hydrographic Organization
• FONSI — Findings Of No Significant Impact
• IASST — International Association For Sea Survival Training
• EROEI — Energy Returned On Energy Invested
• SUPSALV — Supervisor Of Salvage (U.S. Navy)
• PHB — Pre-Hydrated Bentonite
• SDW — Summer Dead Weight
• CWOR — Completion Work Over Riser
• AFL — Above Finished Level
• INC — Incident Of Non Compliance
• ELT — Economic Limit Test

• BTX — from BTX process, a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylene (oil)
• GSR — Gas Supply Realignment (natural gas)
• EWC — Electric Water Cooler
• FOC — Fibre Optic Cable
• LDT — Light Displacement Tonnage
• BHFP — Bottomhole Flowing Pressure
• FTP — Flowing Tubing Plug
• BNS — Business Network Services
• MSI — Mechanical and Structural Inspection
• DIL — dual-induction log
• EUR — Estimated Ultimate Recovery
• MIPAL — Micropalaeo Log
• BFP — Bureau Fédéral du Plan (Belgium). (Has responsibilities over economic, social and environmental policy
• DILB — dual-induction BHC log
• IEP/DOCD — IEP and Development Operations Coordination Documents
• DST — drill-stem test
• NASA — Non-Active Side Arm
• DT — Day Tortugas Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• RFSU — Ready For Start-Up
• SG — Static Gradient
• BBL — Barrel Of Oil
• RFSU — Ready for Start Up
• CGTL — compact gas to liquids
• GP — Gravel Pack
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• GLM — Gas Lift Mandrel
• OSFR — Oil Spill Financial Responsibility
• IGO — Inter-Governmental Organization
• FTP — First Tranche Petroleum
• OTL — Operations Team Leader
• FWHP — flowing well-head pressure
• ECHA — European Chemicals Agency
• RSS — Rig Site Survey
• ASR — Atmosphere Supplying Respirator
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• D — Development
• LOGGS — Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System
• PCM — Project Cycle Management
• AFUE — Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
• APE — Area of potential effect (electricity)
• P&ID — Process and Instruments Diagram
• HLID — Hydrocarbon Leak And Ignition Database
• DMT — Down hole Monitoring Tool
• SPWLA — Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts[14]
• PMV — Production Master Valve
• EQR — Electric Quarterly Report
• MEG — Mono Ethylene Glycol
• SONRE — Sonic Calibration Report
• SOL — System Operating Limit
• CRP — Central Reference Point

• WGR — Water Gas Ratio
• ADIOS — Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills
• VIN — vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)
• MMTPA — Millions of Metric Tonnes per Annum
• CSPG — Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
• MCFD — Thousand Cubic Feet per Day
• JHA — Job Hazard Analysis
• ESS — Energy Storage System, as in grid energy storage (electricity)
• BROWN FIELDS — Fields Beyond Their Production Plateau But Still Producing
• HEXT — Hex Diplog
• BOPD — barrel of oil per day
• BSL — Below Sea-Level
• OIP — Oil-In-Place
• IHMA — International Harbor Masters' Association
• HCRF — Hydrographic Chart Raster Format
• VRP — Vessel Response Plan
• SART — Search and Rescue Radar Transponder
• IADC — International Association of Drilling Contractors
• ACQU — Acquisition log
• MAPP — Mid Continent Area Power Pool (US)
• PAR — Pre-Assembled Rack
• TRANSCO — Transmission Company (US) (electricity)
• LWOP — Logging Well on Paper
• IIRT — Initial Incident Response Team
• CAP — Capacity Market Programs
• FLIV — Flowline Isolation Valve
• ORRI — Overriding Royalty Interest
• MBR — Minimum Bend Radius
• CONDE — condensate analysis report
• ASPO — Asociation For The Study Of Peak Oil & Gas
• BSEE — Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
• CHESM — contractor, health, environment and safety management
• UC — Universal Column
• DWSS — dig-well seismic surface log
• OOIP — Original Oil In Place
• TZ — Transition Zone
• DW — Deep Water
• NUMAST — National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers
• MISO — Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc
• ELEV — Elevator
• CCS — Carbon Capture and Storage
• CCPP — Combined Cycle Power Plant
• BGL — Below Ground Level
• DOO — Designation Of Operator
• CARB — California Air Resources Board
• KS — Kitchen Sink
• MEPC — Marine Environment Protection Committee
• AMS — Auxiliary Measurement Service Log
• OTAG — Ozone Transport Assessment Group
• ENG — Engineering Log

• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• ERGEG — European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas
• JIS — Japanese Industry Standard
• CTU — Coiled Tubing Unit
• RGS — Renewable Generating System
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• ARCS — Admiralty Raster Chart Service
• NCSL — National Conference of State Legislatures (US)
• BPI — Baltic Panamax Index
• SAN — Sanitary
• GHG — Green House Gas
• TOC — Total Organic Content
• BOED — barrel of oil equivalent per day
• PESGB — Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
• CMU — Cement Masonry Unit
• ADEP — Awaiting Development with Exploration Potential, referring to an asset
• ACC. — Accession countries (to the European Union) (government)
• ASP — array sonic processing report
• HAZ — Heat-Affected Zone
• SP — Spontaneous Potential (Well Log)
• C7 — heavy hydrocarbon components
• FSI — Flawless Start Up Initiative
• EIM — Energy Imbalance Market
• FP — Frac Pack
• LRA — Lock Rotor Amps
• MMCFE — million cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
• RDMO — Rig Down Move Out
• RST — Reservoir Saturation Tool Log
• DSV — Diving Support Vessel
• ACP — Area Contingency Plan
• BCFE — billion cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
• UBI — Ultrasonic Borehole Imager
• CCN — Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
• SHL — Surface Hole Location
• DEAL — Digital Energy Atlas & Library
• DIPBH — dipmeter borehole log
• HTHP — High Temperature High Pressure
• 2C — Proved and probable Contingent Resources
• SWF — Shallow Water Flow
• ENI — Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Italy)
• CDU — Control Distribution Unit
• HTM — Heideck Team Member
• EGMBE — Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether
• TMCB — Thermal Magnetic Circuit Breaker
• VMT — vehicle miles traveled (transportation)
• LDL — Litho Density Log
• DSTL — drill-stem test log
• PDNP — Proved Developed Not Producing
• ALC — aertical seismic profile acoustic log calibration report
• SFL — Steel Flying Lead

• OSV — Offshore Support Vessel
• LPH — Litres per Hour
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• BOE — Barrel of oil equivalent (international)
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• DOI — United States Department of Interior
• HGE — Harmonization Group on ECDIS
• SIT — System Integration Test (software/hardware Integration)
• FMS — formation multi-scan log; formation micro-scan log
• URR — Ultimately Recoverable Resources
• PRS — Polish Register of Shipping
• GTL — Gas To Liquid
• RMS — Ratcheting Mule Shoe
• AIT — Array Induction Tool
• BPL — Broadband over power line
• LBS — Lifeboat Stations
• LSD — Land Surface Datum
• BHSS — Borehole Seismic Survey
• IGT — Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
• UCS — Unconfined Compressive Strength
• BOREH — borehole seismic analysis
• ETD — External Turret Disconnectable
• CSS — Code Of Ship Management Standards
• BOEM — Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• PIP — Pipe-In-Pipe
• EA — Environmental Assessment, EIAP
• ICE — Intercontinental Exchange
• HTGR — high temperature gas cooled reactor (nuclear)
• PSC — Public Service Commission
• BUL — bottom up lag
• HORIZ — Horizontal
• HPHT — High Pressure High Temperature
• AMNI — Associate Member of the Nautical Institute
• FEED — front-end engineering design
• HARP — Hot Spots Analysis And Reporting Program
• MTOE — One million tons of oil equivalent(EU)
• EHV — Extra High Voltage
• BHST — Bottomhole Static Temperature
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• BOE — barrel(s) of oil equivalent
• DMDO — Distillate Marine Diesel Oil
• EPIDORIS — Exploration and Production Integrated Drilling Operations and Reservoir Information System
• BPA — Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• NOGEPA — Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association
• ETSI — European Telecommunications Standard Institute
• HKSR — Hong Kong Shipping Register
• RFG — reformulated gasoline (oil)
• CTCO — coiled tubing clean-out
• NOI — Notice of Intent
• MODU — Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

• ONRR — Office of Natural Resources Revenue
• TAME — Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether
• IBC — Intermediate Bulk Container
• CET — Cement Evaluation Tool
• TWTT — Two-Way Travel Time
• APM — Application for Permit to Modify
• MCC — Motor Control Center (JSC)
• KRP — kill rate pressure
• PPT — Parts Per Thousand
• DEN — Density Log
• LGR — Liquid Gas Ratio
• IDLH — Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health
• PTA/S — Pipeline Termination Assembly/Structure
• SPEAN — Spectral Analysis
• APR — Actual peak reduction (e.g. in demand response systems) (electricity)
• FDP — Field Development Planning
• BBBL — Billion Barrels
• RCC — Rescue Coordination Centre
• FEWD — Formation Evaluation While Drilling
• GWE — Gigawatt of electric energy)
• PWR — pressurized water reactor (nuclear)
• BDI — Baltic Dry Index
• WH — Water Heater
• DSTPB — drill-stem test true vertical depth playback log
• ILTA — International Liquid Terminals Association
• ETAP — Eastern Trough Area Project
• COMPU — computest report
• FPSO — Floating Production, Storage and Offloading System
• DILLS — dual-induction log-LSS
• PWV — Production Wing Valve
• OTDF — Outage Transfer Distribution Factor
• FRCC — Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (US)
• RMP — Reservoir Management Plan
• DLIST — dip-list log
• AL — Appraisal Licence
• T&D — Transmission and Distribution
• Ø — Diameter
• FGD — Flue-gas desulfurization
• GIC — Gas Inventory Charge (natural gas)
• MBOE — thousand barrels of oil equivalent
• ISO-NE — Independent System Operator of New England, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) (electricity)
• IHB — International Hydrographic Bureau
• ANACO — analysis of core logs report
• E&P — Exploration and Production
• ILI — Inline Inspection
• BCF — billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
• QRA — Quantitative Risk Assessment
• MODFLOW — model of groundwater flow
• BHA — Bottomhole Assembly
• CCC — Carrier Container Council

• ASRO — Australian Shipping Registration Office
• CMP — Common Midpoint
• NNR — National Nature Reserve
• ITC — Investment tax credit (policy)
• IO — Inspection Opening
• CBM — Certified Ballast Manufacturer
• G&G — Geology & Geophysics
• LD50 — Median Lethal Dose
• FLA — Full Load Amperes
• NGPSA — Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (US)
• CLUP — Coastal Land Use Plan
• DRLPR — drilling progress report
• BGWP — base of ground-water protection
• OPS — Operations Report
• OTDR — Optical Time Domain Reflectometry
• AWO — Approval for Well Operation
• BHL — Bottomhole Location
• DSC — Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes And Containers
• EPCM — Engineering Procurement Construction Management
• CAPP — Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• ISMA — International Ship Managers Association
• ANGTS — Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System
• MLP — Maximum Lawful Price
• RTBM — Real-Time Balancing Market
• FELCC — Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability
• DOC — Document of Compliance
• PMA — Power Marketing Agency
• DDNL — dual det. neutron life log
• RBP — Retrievable Bridge Plug
• UVLS — Under voltage load shedding (electricity)
• UMV — Upper Master Valve (from a Xmas tree)
• VERLI — Verification Listing
• CSEM — Center for the Study of Energy Markets (US)
• DWRRA — US Deep Water Royalty Relief Act
• RMS — Riser Monitoring System
• ZDL — Compensated Z-Densilog
• AOFP — absolute open flow potential
• LOR — Letter of Readiness
• CEEC — Central and Eastern European Countries
• MVG — minimum ventilation guideline (building tightness)
• BPFL — Borehole Profile Log
• RSE — Relative Standard Error
• DO — Division Order
• CSHN — cased-hole neutron log
• CAEM — Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (US)
• GNSED — Global Network for Sustainable Energy Development
• EEP — Emergency Evacuation Plan
• MDDQ — Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity
• OD — outer diameter
• BOPD — barrel(s) of oil per day

• FLNG — Floating Liquefied Natural Gas
• DOCD — Development Operations Coordination Documents
• FUA — The Fuel Use Act (US)
• DP — Dewpoint Temperatue
• GSF — Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
• TVBDF — True Vertical Depth Below Derrick Floor
• BS&W — basic sediments and water
• APPRE — appraisal report
• NHPV — Net Hydrocarbon Pore Volume
• EMP — Electromagnetic Propagation Log
• BA — Bridging Agreement
• FCVE — F-curve log
• RBOB — reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending
• DS — Drillship
• CDR — Chemical Data Reporting Rule
• PCDC — Pressure Cased Directional
• DISO — Dual Induction Sonic Log
• EWB — Electric Water Boiler
• CCLP — Casing Collar Locator Perforation
• ERIS — Energy Resource Interconnection Service
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization
• DXC — DXC pressure pilot report
• FPS — Firm Peaking Service
• BHCT — Bottomhole Circulating Temperature
• CDD — Cooling degree day, a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to cool a business
• CSD — Commission for Sustainable Development (UN)
• C/C — Cross Centres
• MBWH — Multi Bowl Wellhead
• IPE — International Petroleum Exchange
• FLIV — FlowLine Injection Valve
• FBE — Fusion Bonded Epoxy
• TWH — terawatt-hour (one trillion watt hours)
• E95 — like E85 fuel but with less gasoline. A fuel containing a mixture of 95 percent ethanol and 5 percent gasoline
• BC — Code Of Safe Practice For Solid Bulk Cargoes
• ERCOT — Electric Reliability Council Of Texas
• BBSM — behaviour-based safety management
• AIRG — Airgun
• NWI — Net Working Interest
• DSTW — drill-stem test job report/works
• CRP — control riser platform
• FVF — Formation Volume Factor
• CNFDP — CNFD true vertical-depth playback log
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 2005 (US)
• RL — Relative Level
• PUD — Proved Undeveloped Reserves
• GOP — Geological Operations Report
• EMOP — EMOP Well Site Processing Log
• DCP — Driller'S Control Panel
• LMP — Locational Marginal Price
• IFSMA — International Federation of Ship Masters Associations

• FBE — fusion-bonded epoxy
• IJC — International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
• STL — Submerged Turret Loading
• GCI — Galvanized Corrugated Iron
• BOTHL — bottom hole locator log
• PIT — Pressure Integrity Test
• BR — Barge
• OTSG — One-time Through Steam Generator
• NOM — Nominal
• GA — General Arrangement
• ETSF — Electronic Trading Standard Format
• WOC — Wait on Cement
• GRMC — Galvanized Rigid Metal Conduit
• OATT — Open Access Transmission Tariff (US)
• MLRA — Major Land Resource Area
• CCLTP — Casing Collar Locator Through Tubing Plug
• BO — back-off log
• PDM — Positive Displacement Motor
• LT&C — Long Thread and Coupled
• PADD — Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (US)
• UV — Ultra Violet
• HSPF — Heating Seasonal Performance Factor
• SMC — Safety Management Certificate
• GWREP — Geo Well Report
• SPI — Ship/Port Interface
• EAR — Estimated Additional Resources
• UA — Unequal Angle
• IGCC — Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle
• ERRA — Energy Regulators Regional Association
• GLE — Ground Level Elevation
• FSI — flawless start-up initiative
• CH — Charlotte Harbor Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
• MDAS — Meter Data Acquisition System
• CSUG — Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas
• TJ — TeraJoule
• VER — Vertical
• BLP — Bridge Linked Platform
• FOET — Further Offshore Emergency Training
• QHSE — Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental
• BGS — British Geological Survey
• ICE — Internal combustion engine (transportation)
• CT — Controller
• SPMT — Self-Propelled Modular Transporter
• IWCF — International Well Control Federation
• TFC — Taper Flange Channel
• LARS — Launch and Recovery System
• SEFI — Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative
• LACT — Lease Automatic Custody Transfer
• HAZWOPER — Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard
• ESI — Environmental Sustainability Index

• FMC — Flexible Metal Conduit
• SSPLR — Subsea Pig Launcher/Receiver
• DWOP — Deepwater Operations Plan
• IEB — Induction Electro BHC Log
• GADS — Generating Availability Data System
• KT — Kill Truck
• IPAA — Independent Petroleum Association of America (oil)
• STU — Steel Tube Umbilical
• MMC — Market Monitoring Center
• BTHL — Bottom Hole Log
• CCPG — Colorado Coordinated Planning Group
• PLB — Personal Locator Beacon
• BLI — bottom of logging interval
• CHKSS — Checkshot Survey Log
• ATF — Along Top Flange
• GC/MS — SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
• CCLIP — Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects
• VLCC — very large crude carrier (oil)
• RACI — Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed
• REA — Rural Electrification Administration (US)
• IPP — Independent Power Producer (electricity)
• EOFL — End of Field Life
• OPEX — Operating Expenditure
• LRG — Liquefied Refinery Gases
• HQI — Habitat Quality Index
• LTG — Lighting
• ETSO — European Transmission System Operators association
• RCDS — Raster Chart Display Systems
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• CDP — Comprehensive Drilling Plan
• IEPE — Institute of Energy Policy and Economics
• AFP — Active fire protection
• OCSLA — Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (oil)
• SGUN — Squeeze Gun
• CH — Cased Hole
• GGRG — Gauge Ring
• VOCS — Volatile Organic Compounds
• ECD — Equivalent Circulating Density
• WFT — Wet Film Thickness
• UPB — Unmanned Production Buoy
• TGT — Tank Gross Test
• PCOLL — Perforation and Collar
• SBM — Synthetic Based Mud
• DIRSU — directional survey report
• SSSV — Sub Surface Safety Valves
• HVI — High Viscosity Index
• CCA — Clean Carribbean & Americas
• DIM — Directional Inertia Mechanism
• WSSD — World Summit on Sustainable Development
• CBM — choke bridge module – XT choke

• FPF — Floating Production Facility
• FFM — Full Field Model
• ARRC — Array Acoustic Report
• SLS — SLS GR Log
• ISFPB — ISF True Vertical Depth Playback Log
• GW — Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
• CTR(S) — Centre/S
• CLASS — Category In Classification Register
• CTLF — compensated tension lift frame
• T — Top
• PIT — Pump Intake Temperature
• DEPT — depth
• GLDF — Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
• CZMP — Coastal Zone Management Program
• EWR — End Of Well Report
• OSC — On-Scene Coordinator
• ST&C — Short Thread and Coupled
• POOH — Pull Out of Hole
• MWE — Megawatt Electric
• OIM — Offshore Installation Manager
• AV — Apparent Viscosity
• EP — Emergency Power
• ANARE — Analysis Report
• AIRRE — airgun report
• GMP — Green Mountain Power)
• BW — Both Ways
• EPSA — Electric Power Supply Association
• IHR — Incremental Heat Rate
• SI — Structural Integrity
• IC — Information Collection
• DAZD — Dip and Azimuth Display
• C/P — Consumption/Production
• OFO — Operational Flow Order
• NTHF — Non-Toxic High Flash
• MGL — MagneLog
• MMST — One Million Short Tons
• GENCO — Any company doing electricity generation (US) (electricity)
• KVA — One thousand volt Ampere (measurement)
• GTOE — One billion tons of oil equivalent(EU) (measurement- oil)
• BWPD — barrels of water per day
• CART — Cap Replacement Tool
• SCVF — Surface Casing Vent Flow
• IRC — ISO RTO Council
• DIBHC — DIS BHC log
• ANGTA — Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1977 to build the Alaska gas pipeline
• MMGAL/D — one million gallons per day
• RRC — Rail Road Commission
• DBA — Decibles
• ECRD — Electrically Controlled Release Device
• FULDI — full diameter study report

• STIMU — Stimulation Report
• CORIB — coriband log
• FLS — Fluid Sample
• NGS — NGS Log
• EAGE — European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
• DWSS — Dig Well Seismic Surface Log
• SSCP — Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline
• DR — dummy-run log
• PDKR — PDK 100 Report
• WHO — World Health Organisation
• LVEL — Linear Velocity Log
• NITC — Normal Incremental Transfer Capability
• SLCO — Saudi Light Crude Oil
• GDIP — Geodip Log
• DILB — Dual Induction BHC Log
• SFEIS — Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• CNGR — Compensated Neutron Gamma Ray Log
• LTG — Lighting Technology Group
• REL — Recommended Exposure Limit
• AVO — amplitude versus offset (geophysics)
• DWQL — dual-water quicklook log
• WACOG — Weighted Average Cost of Gas
• TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
• MBT — Methylene Blue Test
• AL — appraisal license (United Kingdom)
• UWI — Unique Well Identifier
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• EHU — Electro-Hydraulic Unit
• MFV — Modified Fixed Variable
• CREF — Caribbean Renewable Energy Facility
• CPI — Computer-Processed Interpretation
• GLONASS — Global Navigation Satellite System (Russia)
• TRANSCO — Transcontinental Pipeline
• DSV — Drilling SuperVisor
• LITHR — Lithological Description Report
• NASPI — North American Synchrophasor Initiative
• SFV — Straight-Fixed-Variable
• EMF — Electro Magnetic Field
• SWU — Separative Work Unit
• IGU — International Gas Union
• SP — Shot point (geophysics)
• DOE/FE — United States Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (government)
• SIPES — Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States
• C&S — Cased and Suspended
• BHC — BHC Gamma Ray Log
• REEEP — Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
• ISDP — Integrated Ship Design and Production
• IACS — International Association of Classification Societies
• CGL — Core Gamma Log
• BTL — building tightness limit (building tightness)

• MVB — Master Valve Block on Xmas Tree
• MPN — Most Probable Number
• EHT — Electric Heat Trace
• RL — Reduced Level
• VAR — Volt-ampere reactive (measurement)
• STKPT — Stuck Point
• EN PI — Enhanced Productivity Index Log
• PPFG — Pore Pressure/Fracture Gradient
• ARB — Air Resources Board (California)
• OOC — Offshore Operators Committee
• TAC — Tubing Anchor
• CU — Dental Cuspidor
• IOLT — Institute of Logistics and Transport
• HPWBM — High Performance Water Base Mud
• SENC — System Electronic Navigational Chart
• SIM — Similar
• CEC — Council of The European Communities
• BIVDL — BI/DK/WF/Casing collar locator/gamma ray log
• CHECK — Checkshot and Acoustic Calibration Report
• MDEA — Methyl Diethanolamine (aMDEA)
• FINST — final stratigraphic report
• MLH — Mud Liner Hanger
• SC — Seismic Calibration
• ETU — Electrical Test Unit
• GMO — Genetically modified organism
• PVDF — Polyvinylidene Fluoride
• TOL — Top of Liner
• NPDES — National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
• NMEA — National Marine Electronic Association
• COMAN — compositional analysis
• RESFL — Reservoir Fluid
• DIPRM — dip removal log
• COML — Compaction Log
• LIOG — Lithography Log
• SEIS — Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
• BWD — barrels of water per day
• NOC — National Oil Company
• ORM — Other Regulated Materials
• BPLUG — baker plug
• MUDT — Mud Temperature Log
• GE — Condensate gas equivalent
• SMPC — Subsea Multiphase Pump
• CSG — Coal Seam Gas
• CRT — capacity reservation tariff
• NZS — New Zealand Standard
• WOB — Weight On Bit
• PTO — Permit to Operate
• DCLM — Direct Control Load Management
• CMC — crown mounted compensators
• KCMIL — Thousand Circular Mils

• UCAP — Unforced Capacity
• ECAR — East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (US)
• MST — MST EXP Resistivity Log
• DDET — Depth Determination Log
• DEFSU — definitive survey report
• RTU — Roof Top Unit
• ATC — Available Transfer Capability
• LIPA — Long Island Power Authority (US) (electricity)
• HCAL — HRCC Calliper (in Logs)(in Inches)
• MIYP — Maximum Internal Yield Pressure
• MOT — Materials Offloading Terminal
• POLR — Provider of last resort (electricity)
• BHCS — BHC Sonic Log
• AUV — authonomus underwater vehicle
• DPDV — Dynamically-Positioned Drilling Vessel
• FI(M) — free issue (materials)
• BBL — Balgzand Bacton Line (BBL Pipeline)
• INSUR — Inrun Survey Report
• RUE — Right of Use and Easement
• COROR — core orientation report
• MGN — Marine Guidance Note
• SEIR — Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
• DIL — Dual Induction Log
• CYBD — Cyberbond Log
• CLF — Current-Limiting Fuse
• UO4 — uranyl peroxide (nuclear)
• OOW — Officer of the Watch
• HWB — Hair Wash Basin
• CBM — Capacity Benefit Margin
• NCD — Non Coincidental Demand
• MWD — Measurement While Drilling
• FOSC — Federal on Scene Coordinator
• MT — Motor Temperature
• RIMS — Riser Integrity Monitoring System
• KOE — One kilogram oil equivalent (EU) (measurement)
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• LWL — Length on Water Line
• LVOT — Linear Valve Override Tool
• CFD — Contract for Difference
• LIC — License
• OPPR — Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response
• HOA — Hand-Off-Automatic Switch
• LDC — Local distribution company (electricity)
• EDRC — Effective Daily Recovery Capacity
• GOMR — Gulf of Mexico Regional
• DP — Delta Pressure
• PBR — Performance-Based Regulation
• DIPSK — dipmeter stick log
• OES — Office of Emergency Services
• NGV — Natural Gas Vehicle

• PESA — Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
• RINA — Royal Institution of Naval Architects
• LCM — Lost Circulation Material
• SHGC — Solar Heat Gain Coefficient
• BDL — Bit Data Log
• TCA — Total Corrosion Allowance
• TDU — Transmission Dependent Utility (electricity)
• EMG — Equivalent Mud Gradient
• POSWE — Post Well Summary Report
• KVAR — one thousand vars (measurement)
• OIAC — Oil Industry Advisory Committee
• GLR — Gas-Liquid Ratio
• DRAM — Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition
• MCHE — Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger
• HP — hydrostatic pressure
• PJ — Petajoule
• TGB — Temporary Guide Base
• UMS — Universal Measurement System
• CNLFD — CNL/FDC log
• MD — Measured Department
• IAT — Internal Active Turret
• GSM — Global System of Moblie
• NGPL — Natural Gas Plant Liquids
• DCS — Disturbance Control Standard
• CBIL — CBIL Log
• TGOR — Total Gas Oil Ratio
• IAIN — International Association of Institutes of Navigation
• GASAN — Gas Analysis Report
• FTR — Financial Transmission Rights
• ERA — Economic Regulatory Administration (part of United States Department of Energy
• NPCC — Northeast Power Coordinating Council (US)
• LAOT — Linear Activation Override Tool
• MMS — Minerals Management Service, (United States)
• SI — Shut In well
• PIDX — Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (oil)
• NASUCA — National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates(US)
• CND — Compensated Neutron Density
• ARACL — array acoustic log
• FCP — Final Circulating Pressure
• SMB — Santa Maria Basin
• PLES — Pipeline End Structure
• BES — Bulk electric system (Electricity transmission)
• ICSU — Integrated Commissioning and Start Up
• DILLS — Dual Induction Log-LSS
• POSVCM — Pipeline Oil Spill Volume Computer Model
• DPRES — dual propagation resistivity log
• CORG — Corgun Log
• CNS — Central North Sea
• SEMP — Safety and Environmental Management Plan
• PP — Pump Pressure

• PRSRE — Pressure Gauge Report
• DIRS — Directional Survey Log
• BVO — ball valve operator
• BT — Boundary Trap
• DPP — Development and Production Plan
• FTRE — Formation Testing Report
• DGP — dynamic geohistory plot (3D technique)
• BA — Balancing Authority
• TVDSS — True Vertical Department Sub Sea
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• MPSP — Maximum Predicted Surface Pressure
• E85 — E85 fuel: A fuel containing a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline
• PCKR — Packer
• TWTTL — Two-Way Travel Time Log
• ICAB — International Cargo Advisory Bureau
• CTCO — Coiled Tubing Clean Out
• CIL — chemical injection line
• RET/EE — IAF Renewable Energy Technology & Energy Efficiency Investment Advisory Facility
• HYPJ — Hyperjet
• TNDTG — Thermal Neutron Decay Time/Gamma Ray Log
• PCMS — Polymer Coupon Monitoring System
• BRS — Bulgarian Register of Shipping
• CSTRE — CST report
• IICL — Institute of International Container Lessors
• IBCS — Integrated Bridge Control System
• EDRP — Emergency Demand Response Program
• DRRC — Demand Response Research Center
• CERE — Cement Remedial Log
• APS — Active Pipe Support
• FER — field equipment room
• MRBP — Magna Range Bridge Plug
• DIPSA — Dipmeter Soda Log
• NATC — Non-recallable Available Transfer Capability
• LT — lag time
• PPP — Purchasing Power Parity
• IH — Gamma Ray Log
• MECS — Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (DOE)
• IR — Interpretation Report
• CPP-F — Critical peak variable
• MOX — mixed oxide fuel (nuclear)
• ECPA — Electric Consumers Protection Act (US)
• FWF — From Web Face)
• BCP — Blackstart Capability Plan
• EPS — Early Production System
• PCP — Progressive Cavity Pump
• ETBE — Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
• CDA — Common Data Access
• WEND — World Electronic Navigation Database
• ISSA — International Ship Supplies Association
• FDS — Functional Design Specification

• WO/O — Waiting on Orders
• ONTARIO — IESO Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (Canada)
• LGS — Low-Gravity Solids
• IL — Induction Log
• VRS — Vapor Recovery System
• ISFSL — ISF SLS MSFL Log
• GWE — Gigawatt of electric energy (measurement- elect)
• HDA — Helideck Assistant
• IDC — Interchange Distribution Calculator (electricity)
• H — Prewash Hose Reel
• DIP — Dipmeter Log
• HCCS — Horizontal Clamp Connection System
• DIF — Drill-In Fluids
• RMR — Reliability Must Run (electricity)
• SPB — Simple Payback (energy conservation investments)
• PDP — Proved Developed Reserves
• MRCV — Multi Reverse Circulating Valve
• GWI — Gross Working Interest
• GWC — Gas-Water Contact
• SMES — Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
• BLPD — Barrels of Liquid Per Day
• DCAL — dual caliper log
• ECRD — Electrically Controlled Release Tool
• LCNLG — LDT CNL Gamma Ray Log
• MPP — Multiphase Pump
• MUNI — Municipal
• IMLA — International Maritime Lecturers Association
• HGS — High Gravity Solids
• CEME — Cement Evaluation
• HDU — Horizontal Drive Unit
• HFE — Human Factors Engineering
• RECS — Residential Energy Consumption Survey (US)
• WTG — Wind turbine generator (wind)
• SPWLA — Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
• PPTF — Pounds Per Thousand Feet
• ART — Alternate Response Technologies
• IMCA — International Marine Contractors Association
• EPLG — EpiLog
• C2 — Ethane
• FCF — Fishermen's Contingency Fund
• PB — Push-button
• BWOC — By Weight of Cement
• MARA — MaraLog
• PG&E — Pacific Gas & Electric
• CRET — Cement Retainer Setting Log
• VA — Volt-ampere (measurement)
• ESMAP — Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
• CRT — Clamp Replacement tool
• ATD — application to drill
• GOM — Gulf Of Mexico

• UFL — Upper Flammable Limit
• DILSL — dual-induction log-SLS
• CAISO — California Independent System Operator Corporation, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US)
• CHROM — chromatolog
• FTS — Firm Transportation Service
• CFL — Compact Fluorescent Light
• PUHCA — Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (US) (electricity)
• RFTRE — Repeat Formation Tester Report
• PPA — Power Purchase Agreement (electricity)
• PUWER — Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• CEPA — Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
• DOWRE — downhole report
• PROX — Proximity
• ROG — Reactive Organic Gases
• OPEC — Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• AV — Annular Velocity
• IC — Institutional Controls
• HDT — High Resolution Dipmeter Log
• NYISO — New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (US)
• TFL — Through Flow Line
• HEC — hydroxyethylcellulose
• DMRP — Density Magnetic Resonance Porosity
• FPL — Flow Analysis Log
• WH — White
• RTP — Real-Time Pricing
• COA — Conditions of Approval
• DBB — Double Block & Bleed
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• SUMRE — Summary Report
• DR — Dryer
• CPU — Cavern Point Unit
• ART — actuator running tool
• IMR — Inspection, Maintenance and Repair
• RFTS — Repeat Formation Tester Sample
• IEL — Induction Electrical Log
• NNS — Northern North Sea
• STP — Submerged Turret Production
• NRECA — National Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (US)
• MIRU — Move In and Rig Up
• WPQ/S — Weld Procedure Qualification/Specification
• URT — Universal Running Tool
• C1 — Methane
• CSTAK — core sample taken log
• CCIP — Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection
• NERC — North American Electric Reliability Council
• DSTG — DSTG Log
• ULBC — Ultra Large Bulk Carrier
• GEOL — Geological Surveillance Log
• ELCON — Electricity Consumers Resources Council
• SANDA — Sandstone Analysis Log

• PEX — Platform Express toolstring (resistivity, porosity, imaging)
• IGIC — Interim gas inventory charge (natural gas)
• ISFBG — ISF BHC GR Log
• PREP — Pacific Regional Energy Programme
• SSG — Sidewall Sample Gun
• CTRAC — Cement Tracer Log
• DADRP — Day-Ahead Demand Response Program
• RTTS — Retrievable Test Treat Squeeze
• FV — Funnel Viscosity
• SWP — Safe Work Practices
• NWR — National Wildlife Refuge
• PSA — Production Sharing Agreement
• C3 — Propane
• NGR — Natural Gamma Ray
• D&C — drilling and completions
• OCL — Quality Control Log
• PENL — Penetration Log
• SCDES — Sidewall Core Description
• MVL — minimum ventilation level (building tightness)
• HAZCOM — Hazard Communications Program
• TA — Top Assembly
• ALR — Acoustic Log Report
• DDPT — Drill Data Plot Log
• CEPS — Centre for European Policy Studies
• DRCC — Demand Response Coordinating Council (coalition)
• XPOR — Crossplot Porosity
• VCG — Vertical Centre of Gravity
• SPS — Subsea Production Systems
• PUR — Plant Upset Report
• EDR — Exploration Drilling Report
• GEOFO — Geological & Formation Evaluation Report
• NGPA — Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (US)
• PBHL — Proposed Bottom-Hole Location
• DF — Derrick Floor
• CSI — CSI Log
• DELTA — Delta-T Log
• OMRL — Oriented Micro-Resistivity Log
• SSCS — Subsea Control System
• SI/TA — Shut In/Temporarily Abandoned
• TTC — Total Transfer Capability (electricity)
• GDAT — Geodetic Datum
• TSH — Temperature Safety High
• GPSL — Geo Pressure Log
• STEP — Southwest Transmission Expansion Plan
• LCB — Longitudinal Centre of Buoyancy
• NRCS — National Resource Conservation Service (US)
• ONNR — Office of Natural Resources Revenue (formerly MMS)
• LSSON — Long Spacing Sonic Log
• PCDM — Power and Control Distribution Module
• SD — Sonic Density

• PDPM — Power Distribution Protection Module
• GRAD — Gradiometer Log
• HBL — Hydrostatic Balanced Loading
• RCIS — Reliability Coordinator Information System
• XRF — X-Ray Fluorescence
• ERT — Emergency Response Training
• NMHC — Non-Methane Hydrocarbons
• MAIN — Mid America Interconnected Network (US)
• EPCU — Electrical Power Conditioning Unit
• CP — Coincident Peak
• LSF — Load Shift Factor
• SWA — Stop Work Authority
• DQLC — Dipmeter Quality Control Log
• FLOT — Flying Lead Orientation Tool
• IF — Internal Flush tool joint
• SUBC — Self Unloading Bulk Carrier
• CEC — California Energy Commission
• LEVP — Low Emissions Vehicle Program
• ICT — Independent Coordinator of Transmission)
• WQ — A textural parameter used for CBVWE computations (Halliburton)
• SI — Scale Inhibitor
• PSA — Production Service Agreement
• PRCI — Pipeline Research Council International, Inc.
• BHSRE — bottom hole sampling report
• HLO — Heavy Load-out (Facility)
• TDT GR — TDT Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator Log
• GEOCH — Geochemical Evaluation
• M — mega-
• PEA — Palaeo Environment Study Report
• DRREP — drilling report
• BCPD — barrels condensate per day
• DSTSM — drill-stem test summary report
• SCRS — Sidewall Cores
• JREC — Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition
• PHYFM — Physical Formation Log
• NGA — Natural Gas Act (US)
• MER — Maximum Efficient Rate
• CSHN — Cased Hole Neutron Log
• O&G — Oil And Gas
• DSU — drill spacing unit
• IUA — International Underwriting Association
• PUN — Puncher Log
• SF — Strip Footing
• ICT — Independent Coordinator of Transmission (US) (electricity)
• KWE — kilowatt electric (measurement)
• GPLT — Geol Plot Log
• ETTD — Electromagnetic Thickness Test
• MEM — Mechanical Earth Model
• STL — STL Gamma Ray Log
• FDC — Formation Density Log

• E — Exploration
• FRSB — Fast Response Spill Boat
• CMVE — Competitive Market Value Estimate
• DESFL — deep induction SFL log
• EC — Electrical Contractor
• MERC — Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) (US)
• PBD — Pason Billing System
• BHTV — Borehole Television Report
• LPN — Lender Participation Notes
• W — Wire
• CBM — Coalbed Methane
• MBRO — Multi-Bore Restriction Orifices
• ITS — "Interruptible Transportation Service" is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas)
• CPA — California Power Authority
• ARESV — analysis of reservoir
• DPL — Dual Propagation Log
• QCR — Quality Control Report
• CIDL — chemical injection downhole lower
• WCC — Work Control Certificate
• SMPS — Special Marketing Programs
• LGX — Line Group Cross
• STC — Short Thread and Coupled
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• FEL — From East Line
• DIPLP — dip lithology pressure log
• FANAL — Formation Analysis Sheet Log
• DRLCT — drilling chart
• COS — Center for Offshore Safety
• DSTND — dual-space thermal neutron density log
• CIDU — chemical injection downhole upper
• BBS — Behavioral-Based Safety
• LEED — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, standard for Green Building design
• SREC — Seismic Record Log
• BA — Bottom Assembly (of a riser)
• BHPRP — borehole pressure report
• LOW-E — Low Emissivity
• CIAC — Contributions in Aid of Construction
• LDTEP — LDT EPT Gamma Ray Log
• DRI — Drift Log
• ITOPF — International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
• E95 — E95 fuel
• CT — Combustion turbine (electricity)
• LL — Laterolog
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• VTMS — Vessel Traffic Management Services
• EN — European Standard
• MNP — Merge and Playback Log
• MEST — Micro-electrical scanning tool (a dipmeter, aka. MST or FMS).
• MDSS — Measured Department Sub-Sea
• LOGSM — Log Sample

• UCTE — Union for the Coordination of the Transport of Electricity, the power transmission system of continental Europe
• BHCA — BHC Acoustic Log
• PSIA — Pounds per Square Inch Atmospheric
• C6 — Hexanes
• LOGIC — Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness
• LOT — Linear Override Tool
• ROT — Remote Operated Tool
• SERC — Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (US)
• CEA — Country Environmental Analysis
• SDU — Sanitary Disposal Unit
• ISFP — ISF Sonic True Vertical Depth Playback Log
• HP — Horsepower (measurement)
• PWB — Production Wing Block (XT)
• NFTZ — Non Free Trade Zone
• OTIP — Operational Testing Implementation Plan
• ENGF — Engineer Factual Report
• VDR — Voyage Data Recorder
• LRP — Lower Riser Package
• STRAT — Stratigraphy
• IIMS — International Institute of Marine Surveyors
• CERCLIS — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US)
• LAT — Lowest Astronomical Tide
• PCB — Poly-chlorinated biphenyl
• HUET — Helicopter Underwater Escape Training
• SONWV — Sonic Waveform Log
• BIOR — Biostratigraphic Range Log
• MUD — Mud Log
• IBIA — International Bunker Industry Association
• FINESSE — Financing Energy Services for Small Scale Users
• PA — Programmatic Agreement (USACE)
• INCR — Incline Report
• DIIS — Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark)
• EDP — Exploration Drilling Program Report
• PVT — Pressure Volume Temperature diagram
• SWHE — Spiral Wound Heat Exchanger
• SDFD — Shut Down For Day
• RAM — Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
• LOE — Lease Operating Expenses
• P — Producing well
• GRN — Gamma Ray Neutron Log
• CCHT — Core Chart Log
• NREPA — National Resource and Environmental Protection Act (US)
• RBS — Riser Base Spool
• POSTW — Post Well Appraisal Report
• SPS — Special Protection System
• KMW — kill mud weight
• SHO — Stab and Hinge Over
• MBOED — One million barrels of oil equivalent(EU)
• NEDRI — New England Distributed Resources Initiative (US)
• BS — Bend Stiffener

• QSE — Qualifying Scheduling Entity
• CAT — Connector Actuating Tool
• VLBC — Very Large Bulk Carrier
• BHT — bottomhole temperature
• SNG — Substitute Natural Gas
• SOSC — State On-Scene Coordinator
• FGEOL — final geological report
• KVAR — Kilovolt-Amperes Reactive
• UPR — Upper Pipe Ram
• FIT — formation interval tester
• JT — Joule-Thomson
• SNP — Sidewall Neutron Porosity
• GAS — Gas Log
• NURE — national uranium resource evaluation (US)
• SEA — Strategic Environmental Assessment (United Kingdom)
• NGTLD — NGT LDT QL Log
• SONCB — Sonic Calibration Log
• JLT — J-Lay Tower
• SPFM — Single Phase Flow Meter
• CONDR — Continuous Directional Log
• EDS — Emergency Disconnect Sequence
• NARUC — National Association of Regulatory Commissioners
• FPLAN — field plan log
• SV — Sleeve Valve
• LIC — License Internal Code
• FT — Formation Tester Log
• RTCM — Radio Technical Commission For Maritime
• PAL — Palaeo Chart
• NUMAR — Magnetic Resonance Image Log
• WORKO — Workover
• PGOR — Produced Gas Oil Ratio
• PROTE — Production Test Report
• E/W — East/West
• STSH — String Shot
• FH — Full Hole tool joint
• DP — Dynamic Positioning
• MACL — Multiarm Caliper Log
• RIH — Run In Hole
• XOM — Exxon Mobil Corporation
• ENJ — Enerjet Log
• PETPM — Petrography Permeametry Report
• U/S — Under Side
• GTCC — Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
• TPERF — Tool Performance
• SEIA — Sustainable Energy Industry Association
• SQL — Siesmic Quicklook Log
• HL — Hook Load
• CYBLK — cyberlook log
• SDIC — Sonic Dual Induction
• JITF — Joint Industry Task Force

• THP — Tubing Hanger Pressure
• GLV — Gas Lift Valve
• PTSET — Production Test Setter
• I/C — Interruptible /Curtailable (electricity)
• FPA — Federal Power Act (US)
• FSB — flowline support base
• RITT — Riser Insertion Tube (Tool)
• GMP — Green Mountain Power (US) (electricity)
• GTI — Gas Technology Institute (US)
• AS — array sonic processing log
• LVI — Low Viscosity Index
• DLIST — Dip List Log
• NFI — No Further Investment
• EOT — End of Tubing
• DARCI — Darci Log
• WCMC — World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• INT — Interlock
• MEPRL — Mechanical Properties Log
• FPC — Federal Power Commission (US)
• QL — Quicklook Log
• DIPRE — Dipmeter Report
• NSDG — North Sea Decommissioning Group
• CER — Certified Emission Reduction
• DSTRE — drill-stem test report
• CDATA — Core Data
• NRDA — National Resource Damage Assessment
• HAZOP — Hazardous Operation
• IFTPA — International Forest Product Transport Association
• FTM — fire-team member
• INDRS — IND RES Sonic Log
• CBI — Computer Based Information
• DSTW — Drill Stem Test Job Report/Works
• EFR — Engineering Factual Report
• DIEGR — dielectric gamma ray log
• ISFGR — ISF GR Casing Collar Locator Log
• SSM — Synchronized system measurement-a WAMS with synchronous sensors in addition to PMUs. See Phasor networks.
• LEPRE — Litho-Elastic Property Report
• RCR — Remote Component Replacement (Tool)
• SURRE — Survey Report
• FCVE — F Curve Log
• EB — Equipment Branch
• CB — Core Barrel
• MDD — Maximum Daily Delivery Obligations
• CGPH — Core Graph Log
• FLAP — fluid level above pump
• MWDRE — Measurement While Drilling Report
• IT — Interruptible Transportation is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas)
• GEOEV — Geochemical Evaluation Report
• NGAA — Natural Gasoline Association of America (US)
• CBL — Customer Baseline Load

• DSCAN — DSC analysis report
• SLT — SLT GR Log
• RBMK — Russian: Реактор Большой Мощности Канальный = "High Power Channel Type Reactor" (RU)
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (oil)
• TDS — Top Drive System
• WM — Washing Machine
• WRI — World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
• SAFE — Safety Analysis Function Evaluation
• TH — Tubing Hanger
• GWH — Gigawatt hour (one billion watt hours) (measurement- elect)
• PURPA — Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (US) (electricity)
• TUN — Tundish
• SSU — Subsea Umbilicals
• °C — Degrees Celsius
• NAVIG — Navigational Log
• SWC — Side Wall Core
• SDPBH — SDP Bottom Hole Pressure Report
• SPT — Shallower Pool Test
• FAC — Factual Report
• RATC — Recallable Available Transmission Capability
• CALVE — calibrated velocity log data
• SSE — Short Service Employee
• DSPT — cross-plots log
• PPR — Potential Peak Reduction
• HVI — Home Ventilating Institute (AMCA)
• THERM — Thermometer Log
• FUCO — Foreign Utility Company
• SITT — Single TT Log
• HRLA — High Resolution Laterolog Array
• COL — Collar Log
• LSE — Load Serving Entity
• UFJ — Upper Flex Joint
• QF — Qualifying Facility
• DDBHC — DDBHC waveform log
• DEPC — Depth Control Log
• CHP — Casing Hanger Pressure
• GEOP — Geophone Data Log
• GBT — Gravity Base Tank
• PT — Pressure Tapping
• TAPVE — Tape Verification
• IET — International emission trading (policy)
• TMD — Total Measured Depth in a wellbore
• RCL — Retainer Correlation Log
• RCCD — Reverse Circulation Centre Discharge
• FSL — from south line
• MCB — Main Circuit Breaker
• MINHERS — Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Systems Standards
• MOP — Mobile Offshore Production
• DSTL — Drill Stem Test Log
• BOEM — Bureau Ocean Energy Management

• PEDL — Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (United Kingdom)
• FIT — fluid identification test
• SSTV — Subsea Test Valve