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XFMR
— Transformer
REQ'D
— Required
MBOE/D
— Thousand Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day
F'C
— Characteristic Concrete Strength
LAN
— Local Area Network
MMGAL
— one million gallons
TAPLI
— Tape Listing
YTD
— Year To Date
ETA
— Estimated Time of Arrival
MPQT
— Manufacturing Procedure Qualification Test
MMSCFD
— Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day
WIKA
— Definition Needed
MBBLS/D
— Thousand Barrels Per Day
LR
— Lloyd's Register
ABAN
— Abandonment
U-VALUE
— thermal transmittance (also called U-factor)
RFID
— Radio Frequency Identification
MMBBL
— Million Barrels
WC
— Water Closet (in building plans)
HAZID
— Hazard Identification
GRIDCO
— Any company running a transmission grid (electricity). Also known as a TransCo (US) (electricity)
XPT
— Formation Pressure Test log (Schlumberger)
PADPRT
— Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool
U.S.C.
— United States Code
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
RDF
— Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
MMBBL/D
— one million barrels of oil per day
SSL
— Structural Slab Level
OEM
— Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
K-VALUE
— thermal conductance
N2O
— nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
BBL/D
— Barrel per day
MMBOE
— Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent
FNOS
— Final Notice Of Sale
XMRI
— Extended Range Micro Imager (Halliburton)
AFFF
— Aqueous Film Forming Foam
PPM
— parts per million
IPCC
— Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
NTU
— Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
API
— American Petroleum Institute (oil)
PPE
— Personal Protective Equipment
CTRS
— Centers
GFCI, GFI
— Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GDT
— Gas Down To
TRM
— Transmission Reliability Margin (electricity)
DO
— Dissolved Oxygen
RTTS
— Retrievable Test-Treat-Squeeze (packer)
VDU
— Visual Display Unit
U3O8
— triuranium octaoxide (nuclear)
EPA
— Environmental Protection Agency (US)
R-VALUE
— thermal resistance
A
— Ampere
N0X
— Nitrogen Oxides
ZDENP
— Density Log
CO2
— Carbon Dioxide
KPI
— Key Performance Indicator
IWOCS
— Installation/Workover Control System
DA-RTP
— RTP Day ahead real time pricing (regarding Electricity metering)
BIORE
— biostratigraphy study report
TBOSIET
— Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training
TVDSS
— True Vertical Depth SubSea
FOBOT
— Fibre Optic Break Out Tray
WATAN
— Water Analysis
FFL
— Finished Floor Level
TAGOGR
— Thermally Assisted Gas/Oil Gravity Drainage
PM10
— Particulate Matter Less Than 10 Microns In Diameter
WAV3
— Amplitude (in Seismics)
CFW
— Continuous Fillet Weld
PBR
— Polished-Bore Receptacle
IP
— Internet Protocol
Ω
— Ohm
QC
— Quality Control
NORM
— Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
8RD
— eight round
ASTM
— American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
I:P
— Injector To Producer Ratio
UWILD
— Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Dry Docking
WAV5
— Compensate Amplitudes
WABAN
— Well Abandonment Report
UBIRE
— Ultrasonic Borehole Imager Report
Φ
— Phase
NB
— Nominal Bore
XMAC-E
— XMAC Elite (Next generation of XMAC)
PALYN
— Palynological Analysis Report
OBEVA
— OBDT Evaluation Report
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
SS
— Subsea, as in a datum of depth, e.g. TVDSS (True Vertical Depth Subsea)
M/V
— Mobile Vessel
UNCLOS
— United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
IRR
— Internal Rate of Return
WAV4
— Two Way Travel Time (in Seismics)
UBHO
— Universal Bottom Hole Orientation (sub)
NAECA
— National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987
WALKS
— Walkaway Seismic Profile
LITDE
— Litho Density Quicklook Log
RF
— Radio Frequency
IPO
— Initial Public Offering
OBDTL
— OBDT Log
BHA
— Bottom Hole Assembly
HAP'S
— Hazardous Air Pollutants
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
LCD
— Liquid Crystal Display
MSDS
— Material Safety Data Sheets
IGS
— Inert Gas System
AC
— Alternating Current
GM3
— Billion cubic metres (measurement – gas)
TQM
— Total Quality Management
HMAX
— Maximum Wave Height
OECD
— Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
MOU
— Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
BTU
— British Thermal Unit
FID
— Final Investment Decision
FACHV
— four-arm calliper log
MMSCF
— Million Standard Cubic Feet
BSDV
— Boarding Shutdown Valve
VO
— Variation Order
SUTU
— Subsea Umbilical Termination Unit
DLONG
— Difference in Longitude
PLET
— Pipeline End Termination
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
R&D
— Research & Development
MTBF
— Mean Time Before Failure
USIT
— Ultrasonic imaging tool (cement bond logging)
ARA
— (in shipping) ports of Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp (oil)
PPA
— Pounds Of Proppant Added
MM
— Million
TRCFR
— Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate
MMCF/D
— Million Cubic Feet per Day
DOA
— Delegation Of Authority
PHOL
— Photon Log
CPI
— Consumer Price Index
UTA
— Umbilical Termination Assembly
GIS
— Geographic Information System
GOSP
— Gas/Oil Separation Plant
CPI SEPARATOR
— corrugated plate interceptor
NTSB
— US National Transportation Safety Board
OS&D
— Over, Short & Damage (Report)
SALM
— Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
ICT
— Information and Communication Technology
YR
— Years old
A&G
— Administrative And General Expenses
SAAS
— Software as a Service
CITHP
— closed-in tubing head pressure
AHU
— Air Handling Unit
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
ASME
— American Society of Mechanical Engineers
PPE
— Preferred Pressure End
NPV
— Net Present Value {economics}
SAR
— Search And Rescue
NRI
— Net Revenue Interest
MMBOED
— million barrels of oil equivalent per day
ADR
— Alternative Dispute Resolution
RPM
— Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
ASV
— Annular Safety Valve
BLS
— Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor
LPWHH
— Low Pressure Well Head Housing
CAPEX
— Capital Expenditure
AAR
— After Action Review
GATT
— General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
OT
— Overtime
DOT
— Department of Transport
LOA
— Letter Of Agreement
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
SRD
— Seismic Reference Datum
AMP
— Ampere
JV
— Joint Venture
GNP
— gross national product (economics)
CTOD
— Crack Tip Opening Displacement
MOPU
— Mobile Offshore Production Unit
CITHP
— Closed in Tubing Head Pressure
SRD
— Seismic Reference Datum, an imaginary horizontal surface at which TWT is assumed to be zero
JSA
— Job Safety Analysis
QA/QC
— Quality Assurance/Quality Control
CTRL
— Control
VOR
— Variation Order Request
AVR
— Automatic Voltage Regulator (electricity)
CO
— Carbon Monoxide
ERP
— Emergency Response Plan
OMBO
— One-Man Bridge Operation
QTY
— Quantity
AGL
— Above Ground Level
MDF
— Main Distribution Frame
IMF
— International Monetary Fund
SITHP
— Shut In Tubing Hanger/Head Pressure (another term for CITHP)
FLET
— Flowline End Termination
IRC
— Inspection Release Certificate
BS&W
— Basic Sediment and Water
DSS
— Decision Support System
JIT
— Just in time
VIR
— Value-Investment Ratio
W
— Watt
COD
— Chemical Oxygen Demand
AGA
— American Gas Association
FIT
— Formation Integrity Test
CART
— cam-actuated running tool
EC
— European Commission
SAT
— Site Acceptance Test
LMRP
— Lower Marine Riser Package
WHSIP
— Wellhead Shut-In Pressure
ETA
— Event Tree Analysis
CBT
— Computer Based Training
FWKO
— Free Water Knock Out
LNG
— Liquefied Natural Gas
SRT
— Site Receival Test
FSRU
— Floating Storage and Regasification Unit
BLDG
— Building
LOC
— Letter Of Credit
IE
— Invert Elevation
MPS
— Manufacturing Procedure Specification
SSD
— Sliding Sleeve Door
STOP
— Safety Training Observation Program
WAN
— Wide Area Network
GRV
— Gross Rock Volume
CHOPS
— Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand
ITP
— Inspection And Test Plan
DB
— Decibel
BOP
— Bottom of Pipe
QA
— Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
LEL
— Lower Explosive Limit
BP
— Boiling Point
MSA
— Metropolitan Statistical Area
JOA
— joint operating agreement
CGR
— Condensate Gas Ratio
OCR
— Optical Character Recognition
RCRA
— Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
CFR
— Code of Federal Regulations
CH4
— Methane, Natural Gas
TCP
— Tubing Conveyed Perforating
ROI
— Return on Investment
HIPPS
— High Integrity Pressure Protection System
SQ
— Square
HVAC
— Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
STD
— Standard
LWD
— Logging While Drilling
CBL
— Cement Bond Log
CUP
— Conditional Use Permit
PCD
— Pitch Circle Diameter
D
— Day
LOLER
— Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
HAZMAT
— Hazardous Material
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
ACRS
— Accelerated Cost Recovery System (finance)
PSR
— Pipe Slip Ram
KWH
— Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
SIC
— Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
LIBOR
— London Interbank Offered Rate
PCB
— Polychlorinated Biphenyls
LPG
— Liquid Petroleum Gas
ROB
— Remain On Board
BOD
— Biological Oxygen Demand
RNR
— Romanian Maritime Register Of Shipping
EVARE
— Evaluation Report
YD
— Yard
MBD
— Million Barrels per Day
SSCSV
— Subsurface Controlled Safety Valve
ICCP
— Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol
EPIRB
— Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
SIMOPS
— SIMultaneous OPerationS
CAPM
— Capital Asset Pricing Model
STOIIP
— Stock Tank Oil Initially in Place
SWL
— Safe Working Load
NEC
— National Electrical Code
CCT
— Circuit
GOR
— Gas Oil Ratio
NO
— Number
WC(S)
— Water Closet With "S" Trap
MT
— Metric Ton
MSL
— Mean Sea Level
PPI
— Producer Price Index
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
DLS
— Dog-Leg Severity
DN
— Diameter Nominal
SCE
— Safety Critical Equipment
SCM(MB)
— Subsea Control Module (Mounting Base)
ERT
— Emergency Response Team
A
— Analog
LH
— Left Hand
UNEP
— United Nations Environment Program
SIDPP
— Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure
MMHG
— millimeters of mercury
DC
— Direct Current
VRU
— Vapor Recovery Unit
PU
— Pick Up
PLEM
— Pipeline End Manifold
ICP
— Intermediate Casing Point
PSE
— Pressure Safety Element
THRT
— Tubing Hanger Running Tool
MAWOP
— Maximum Allowable Wellhead Operating Pressure
AFE
— Authorization for Expenditure
CPI
— Corrugated Plate Interceptor
IMO
— International Maritime Organization
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
LED
— law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
UNO
— Unless Noted Otherwise
LOS
— Line Of Sight
AL
— Aluminium
OMB
— Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
MERSAR
— Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual
DAT
— wellhead housing drill-ahead tool
FTA
— Fault Tree Analysis
OCIMF
— Oil Companies International Marine Forum
LMT
— Local Mean Time
BTM
— Bottom
VRR
— Voidage Replacement Ratio
ALARP
— As Low as Reasonably Practicable
PGB
— Permanent Guide Base
DMR
— Discharge Monitoring Report
PSR
— Pre Startup Review
KOP
— Kick-Off Point Directional Drilling
NET
— Network
SCR
— Selective Catalytic Reduction
MAOP
— Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
LEO
— Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
O3
— Ozone
NIOSH
— National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
MASP
— Maximum Allowable Surface Pressure
CBI
— Confederation of British Industry
CSR
— Corporate Social Responsibility
SHOWL
— Show Log
SSIV
— Subsea Isolation Valve
GND
— Ground
PTDF
— Power Transfer Distribution Factor (electricity)
PSI
— Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
NMR
— Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
MSIP
— Modular Sonic Imaging Platform (Sonic Scanner)
FTC
— Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
BTO/C
— break to open/close (valve torque)
AAV
— Annulus access valve
BDV
— Blow Down Valve
MISC
— Miscellaneous
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
NAS
— United States National Academy of Sciences
NCR
— Nonconformance Report
THERP
— Technique For Human Error Rate Prediction
DCS
— Distributed Control System
CKT
— Circuit
DOL
— United States Department of Labor
NORDEL
— association of Nordic electric system operators, comprising Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
COC
— Certificate Of Conformance
CDU
— Crude Distillation Unit
UN
— United Narions
MTTF
— Mean Time To Failure
PVC
— Polyvinyl Chloride
PPMV
— Parts Per Million by Volume
C&K
— Choke And Kill
OSHA
— Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
OPT
— Options
BPS
— Bulk Power System (Electricity transmission)
NOR
— Notice of Readiness
TRSCSSV
— Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
STB
— Stock Tank Barrel
PWR
— Power
NM
— Nautical Mile
RH
— Right Hand
TBE
— Technical Bid Evaluation
ODT
— Oil Down To
EM
— Electromagnetic
GBS
— Gravity Based Structure
BLM
— Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
STP
— standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
PIC
— Person In Charge
ATM
— Atmosphere
PQR
— Procedure Qualification Record
PSM
— Process Safety Management (chemical industry)
GAO
— Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
COC
— Cost Of Capital
NEMA
— National Electric Manufacturer's Association
HISC
— Hydrogen Induced Stress Cracking
CT
— Current Transformer
ATC
— Automatic Temperature Control
LOLE
— Loss of Load Expectation (electricity)
COA
— Contract Of Affreightment
AWG
— American Wire Gauge
SMS
— Safety Management Systems
CSI
— Combinable Seismic Imager (VSP) log (Schlumberger)
MS
— Mass Spectrometer
ICAP
— Installed Capacity (electricity)
AMSL
— Above Mean Sea Level
CBM
— Conventional Buoy Mooring
CNG
— Compressed natural gas
AGRU
— Acid Gas Removal Unit
EPFS
— Electronic Position Fixing System
DWG
— Drawing
PPB
— parts per billion (109)
PM2.5
— Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Microns In Diameter
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
A/C
— Air Conditioning
SIWHP
— Shut-In Well-Head-Pressure
MBPD
— thousand barrels of oil per day
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
MIN
— Minimum
SEC
— Securities and Exchange Commission (US)
BOSIET
— Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training
TSE
— Temperature Safety Element
ROW
— Right-Of-Way
CAA
— Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
LAAR
— Load acting as a resource (ERCOT category) (electricity)
ROFR
— Right of First Refusal (finance)
OSRAM
— Oil Spill Risk Analysis Model
STFL
— Steel Tube Fly Lead
LAH
— Lookahead
RTE
— Rotary Table Elevation
DTI
— Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
AEC
— Architecture, Engineering, Construction
CAD
— Computer-Assisted Design
RCA
— Root Cause Analysis
BHP
— Bottom Hole Pressure
CPI
— Computer Processed Interpretation Log
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
LAT
— Latitude
SBT
— Segmented Bond Tool
MGD
— Million Gallons Per Day
PE
— Polyethylene
ESD
— Electrostatic Discharge
HDPE
— High Density Polyethylene Electrical
ALJ
— Administrative Law Judge
FWL
— Free Water Level
IN
— Inch
ROV
— Remotely Operated Vehicle
RNC
— Rigid Nonmetallic Conduit
SEC
— Second
VLP
— Vertical Lift Performance
FASB
— Financial Accounting Standards Board
VDL
— Variable Density Log
SOLAS
— Safety of Life at Sea
NO
— Nitric Oxide
FT
— Feet
EIS
— Environmental Impact Statement (US)
MCFPD
— One Thousand Cubic Feet Of Gas Per Day
TRSV
— Tubing Retrievable Safety Valve
SNG
— Synthetic Natural Gas
WSHT
— Well Shoot
DST
— Drill Stem Test
DANIDA
— Danish International Development Agency
ACA
— Annual Charge Adjustment (electricity)
AMDEA
— activated methyldiethanolamine
FCITC
— First Contingency Incremental Transfer Capability
RCU
— Remote Control Unit
NPS
— Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
MTR
— Mill Test Report
NFG
— No Fucking Good, A.k.a. Busted, Non Functional, Broken. Also "New Fucking Guy"
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
NAICS
— North American Industry Classification System
NO
— Normally Open
TCF
— Temporary Construction Facilities
P&ID
— Piping And Instrument Diagrams
NAFTA
— North American Free Trade Agreement
PM&E
— Protection, mitigation and enhancement
FTP
— Flowing Tubing Pressure
AMI
— Advanced Metering Infrastructure
BOTTO
— bottom hole pressure/temperature report
FSO
— floating storage offloading vessel
CCTV
— Closed Circuit Television
FERC
— Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
SOW
— Slip-On Wellhead
HPU
— Hydraulic Power Unit
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
AAGR
— Average Annual Growth Rate
EQUIP
— Equipment
MARPOL
— International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
COL
— Column
NTE
— Not-To-Exceed
SSCC
— Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking
GAL
— Gallon
MAX
— Maximum
2D
— Two-Dimensional
AICD
— autonomous inflow control device
MDT
— Modular formation Dynamic Tester
GFCI
— Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
SCSSV
— Surface controlled subsurface safety valves
ROV/WROV
— Remotely Operated Vehicle/WorkClass Remotely Operated Vehicle
SDV
— Shutdown Valve
FW
— Fillet Weld
R
— Radius
LP
— Low Pressure
CFS
— Cubic Feet per Second
ADR
— Asset Depreciation Range (finance)
CFD
— computational fluid dynamics
ADROC
— advanced rock properties report
M
— Million
USC
— United States Code (book of laws)
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
SDG&E
— San Diego Gas & Electric (US)
IPR
— Inflow Performance Relationship
#
— Number
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
CDP
— common depth point (geophysics)
LOTO
— Lock Out Tag Out
MJ
— Megajoule
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
ORICO
— Oriented Core Data Report
RTU
— Remote Terminal Unit
MAWP
— Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
ETD
— Estimated Time of Departure
C
— Centigrade
SDL
— Supplier Document List
TRIR
— Total Recordable Incident Rate
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
DMA
— Dead Man Anchor
DHSV
— Downhole Safety Valve
HAZOP
— Hazard and Operability
BSL
— Burner Safety Low
EMP
— Environmental Management Plan
CGT
— Capital Gains Tax
SUT(A/B)
— Subsea Umbilical Termination (Assembly/Box)
NBS
— National Bureau of Standards (US)
CATV
— Cable Television
DNV
— Det Norske Veritas
RCM
— Reliability Centred Maintenance
LODF
— Line Outage Distribution Factor (electricity)
AMV
— Annulus Master Valve
ENC
— Electronic Navigation Chart
GR
— Gamma Ray
KW
— Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
KVNR
— Dutch Register Of Shipping
FA
— Fire Alarm
COMMS
— Communications
DEXP
— D-exponent log
CIV
— Chemical Injection Valve
LAS
— Log ASCII Standard
ISIP
— Initial Shut in Pressure
TRSCSSSV
— Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve
RVP
— Reid Vapor Pressure (used For Gasoline Volatility)
S&P
— Standard & Poor's
AUV
— Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
DWT
— Deadweight Ton
ECC
— Emergency Control Center
ISO
— International Standard Organisation
SCAL
— Special Core Analysis Laboratory
CFTC
— Commodity Futures Trading Commission
EMW
— Equivalent Mud Weight
LINCO
— Liner and Completion Progress Report
EMT
— Electrical Metallic Tubing
MMBOEPD
— Millions Of Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day
AIC
— Ampere Interrupting Capacity
SWOT
— Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
DFIT
— Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test
PVSV
— Pressure Vacuum Safety Valve
SW
— Switch
EPT
— Electromagnetic Propagation Tool
NTS
— Not To Scale
LOR
— Letter of Readiness
CLR
— Clear
AFL
— Above Floor Level
EPO
— Emergency Power Off
AIS
— Automatic Identification System
INTERCARGO
— International Association Fo Dry Cargo Ship Owners
DTH
— Dekatherm (defined as 1 million British thermal units, also written "MMBtu") (measurement)
SEMS
— Safety and Environmental Management Systems
SSTT
— Subsea Test Tree
NEPA
— National Energy Policy Act of 1992
BSP
— British Standard Pipe
KH
— Permeability Thickness
2P
— proved and probable reserves
SHS
— Square Hollow Section
MMSTB
— million stock barrels
UNFCCC
— United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
SCADA
— Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
BCFD
— Billion Cubic Feet per Day
CG
— Coast Guard
BTEX
— Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene
LKO
— Lowest Known Oil
PR2
— Testing regime to API6A Annex F
DIM
— Dimension
MSW
— Municipal Solid Waste
CRP
— Conservation Reserve Program (US)
CRI
— Color Rendering Index
NRC
— National Response Center
CRT
— Casing Running Tool
FS
— Fail Safe
RI
— Royalty Interest
DNC
— Digital Nautical Chart
MCC
— Master Control Center
C&I
— Commercial and industrial customers (Electricity transmission)
CAODC
— Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
RCD
— Rotating Control Device
REQ
— Require
AQ
— Air Quality
LOS
— Law Of The Sea
BPD
— barrels per day
OA
— Overall
AB
— As Built
PCV
— Pressure Control Valve
CALOG
— circumferential acoustic log
HSC
— Health and Safety Commission
LOPA
— Layers of Protection Analysis
CCL
— Casing Collar Locator
TWA
— Time Weighted Averages
PSIG
— Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge
ITF
— International Transport Workers' Federation
RKB
— Rotary Kelly Bushing
ASE
— Alliance to Save Energy
WPI
— Wholesale Price Index
TEFRA
— Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1985
AVGMS
— Annulus Vent Gas Monitoring System
ELEC
— ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC, ELECTRICIAN
SCUBA
— self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
RFA
— Regulatory Flexibility Act (US)
CEMS
— Continuous Emission Monitoring System
PPG
— Pounds Per Gallon
ILO
— International Labor Organization (UN)
CDM
— Clean Development Mechanism
GAO
— Government Accounting Office
UNCCD
— United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
LIHEAP
— Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
NMFS
— National Marine Fisheries Services
ERA
— Environmental Risk Assessment
CL
— Center Line
CIBP
— Cast Iron Bridge Plug
ITC
— Investment tax credit (policy)
AICHE
— American Institute of Chemical Engineers
GRP
— Glass Reinforced Plastic
POOI
— Pacific Operators Offshore Incorporated
DW
— Dishwasher
SIWHP
— Shut-in Well Head Pressure
MOF
— Marine Offloading Facility
OML
— Oil Mining Lease (petroleum rights)
WMPI
— Wet Magnetic Particle Inspection
CVR
— Cover
P&I
— Protection and Indemnity insurance
CG
— Center of Gravity (DXS)
UHVDC
— Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (electricity)
ICS
— Incident command system
GEF
— Global Environmental Facility (environment)
RFT
— Repeat Formation Tester
CP
— Cathodic Protection
IMDG CODE
— International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
RP
— Recommended Practice
UFLS
— Under frequency load shedding (electricity)
GL
— Ground Level
VSI
— Versatile Seismic Imager (Schlumberger VSP tool)
TAML
— Technology Advancement For Multilaterals
ESP
— Electric Submersible Pump
RWQCB
— Regional Water Quality Control Board
CCS
— China Classification Society
PWD
— Pressure while Drilling
NPR
— Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
CEC
— Commission for Environmental Cooperation
WHFP
— Wellhead Flowing Pressure
AFCI
— Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter
ITT
— Invitation To Tender
MMCFD
— One Million Cubic Feet Per Day
WI
— Working Interest
BBL
— Barrel
MOC
— Management Of Change
BOP
— Blowout Preventer
COSWP
— Code Of Safe Working Practices For Merchant Seamen
SW
— South West
IMT
— Intermediate Metal Conduit
WRSCSSV
— Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
DEPAN
— deposit analysis report
PRIM
— Primary
SOBM
— Synthetic Oil Based Mud
KV
— Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)
TRT
— Tree Running Tool
ELEV
— Elevator
EOR
— Enhanced Oil Recovery
NIMBY
— Not In My Back Yard
CC
— Combined Cycle
UR
— Urinal
KJ
— Key Joint
FPIT
— Free-Point Indicator Tool
LTI(FR)
— Lost Time Incident (Frequency Rate)
PRESS
— Pressure
RTP
— Real-Time Pricing
1P
— Proven reserves
OG
— Oil And Gas Directorate
ONAN
— Oil Natural Air Natural (cooling method)
IHV
— Integrated Hole Volume (of Borehole) (in Cubic Metres)
PM
— Particulate Matter
ADIT
— Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes
FSBL
— Full Strength Butt Weld
MP
— Main Pass Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
INTERTANKO
— International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
FCO
— UK Foreign And Commonwealth Office
DSO
— Distribution System Operator
PLT
— Production Logging Tool
ISGOTT
— International Safety Guide For Oil Tankers And Terminals
HYROP
— Hydrophone Log
PHI
— Porosity
JRC
— Joint Research Centre
CHS
— Circular Hollow Section
ESA
— Endangered Species Act of 1973
POP
— Pump Out Plug
SCF
— Standard Cubic Foot
PDG
— Permanent Downhole Gauge
MPD
— Thousand Barrels Per Day
CTU
— Cargo Transport Unit
FMECA
— failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis
PDM
— Positive Displacement Motors
NG
— Natural Gas
RHS
— Rectangular Hollow Section
RQ
— Reportable Quantity
PROTE
— Production Test Report
UON
— Unless Otherwise Noted
EE
— Energy Efficiency
AOF
— Absolute Open Flow
LST
— Local Standard Time
LHV
— lower heating value
CHDTP
— calliper HDT playback log
LRA
— Lock Rotor Amps
SCF
— standard cubic feet (of natural gas)
GMDSS
— Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
FOSV
— Full-Opening Safety Valve
PA
— Polyamide
DSM
— Demand Side Management
R&D
— Records And Documentation
BIMCO
— Baltic and International Maritime Council
SIT
— (Casing) Shoe Integrity Test
ICD
— Inflow Control Device
ICV
— Interval Control Valve
IFO
— Intermediate Fuel Oil
WAG
— Water Alternating Gas
PI
— Pressure Indicator
N
— Newton
MBOD
— Thousand Barrels of Oil per Day
DEV
— Development
LCF
— Longitudinal Centre of Flotation
PFD
— Process Flow Diagrams
BA
— Biological Assessment
BIA
— Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
EER
— Energy Efficiency Ratio
TTRD
— Through Tubing Rotary Drilling
LBNL
— Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
CU
— Copper (Latin Cuprum)
SCOTUS
— Supreme Court of the United States
OVID
— Offshore Vessel Inspection Database
MSC
— Master Services Contract
HEP
— Habitat Evaluation Procedure
BFI
— Baltic Freight Index
TDH
— Total Dynamic Head
AFV
— Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
NC
— Normally Closed
VERT
— Vertical
PAGA
— Public Address General Alarm
NIHQ
— Nautical Institute Headquarters, London
B
— Bottom
OPRC
— International Convention On Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response And Co Operation
CBOB
— Conventional Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (Motor Gasoline Blending Component)
KVA
— Kilovolt-Ampere
3D
— three-dimensional (geophysics)
SCP
— Sustained Casing Pressure
PEM
— Proton Exchange Membrane
DWOP
— Drilling Well On Paper
POV
— Pressure Operated Valves
ECDIS
— Electronic Chart Display and Information System
OAPEC
— Organization Of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
MCD
— Mechanical Completion Dossier
MWA
— Military Warning Area
RPD
— Revised Application For Permit To Drill
GOC
— Gas Oil Contact
LSH
— Level Safety High
TVA
— Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
DTW
— dealer tank wagon (as in, "oil companies setting regional dealer tank wagon pricing") (Oil)
NMHC
— Non Methane Hydrocarbons CO
BTMG
— Behind The Meter Generation
AFUDC
— Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
MMBTU
— Million British Thermal Units
OPA
— US Oil Pollution Act Of 1990
DIA
— Diameter
EMI
— Electromagnetic Inspection
POBM
— Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud
PIP
— Pump Intake Pressure
SITP
— Shut In Tubing Pressure
COXY
— carbon/oxygen log
HVAC
— High voltage alternating current (electricity)
AIT
— Auto-Ignition Temperature
MRCC
— Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
MDM
— Meter Data Management
GTW
— Gas To Wire
MMBOD
— Million Barrels of Oil per Day
ECS
— Electronic Chart System
SU
— Submersible
PMU
— Phasor measurement unit (electricity)
FLT
— Fault
GT
— Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
GDE
— Gross Depositional Environment
GWP
— global warming potential (climate)
SCE
— Southern California Edison Company
ESCO
— Energy Service Company
SCBA
— Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
LOA
— Length Over All
EF
— Energy Factor
EW
— Each Way
RDF
— Radio Direction Finder
OPITO
— Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization
PEL
— Permissible Exposure Limit
LFMC
— Liquid-Tight Flexible Metal Conduit
VOC
— Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
AQMD
— Air Quality Management District
NPREP
— National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program
MMCF
— one million cubic feet (measurement of natural gas)
OCTG
— Oil Country Tubular Goods
B
— Billion
MEF
— Modified Energy Factor
SM
— South Marsh Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
OOT
— Out of Tolerance
SRL
— Self Retracting Lifelines/Div>
FACTS
— Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
NYMEX
— New York Mercantile Exchange
ITR
— Inspection Test Record
TAN
— Total Acid Number
AIME
— American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc.
SDM/U
— Subsea Distribution Module/Unit
COP
— Coefficient of Performance
ISF
— ISF Sonic Log
UO2
— uranium dioxide (nuclear)
AHBDF
— along hole below Derrick floor
PSC
— Public Service Commission
DOWRE
— downhole report
MSCF
— One Thousand Standard Cubic Feet
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
FCV
— Flow Control Valve
OLF
— Norwegian Oil Industry Association
BSR
— Bottom-Simulating Reflector
DDM
— Derrick Drilling Machine
DGPS
— Differential Global Positioning System
KB
— Kelly Bushing
TEL
— Telephone
NFW
— New Field Wildcat, Lahee classification
H2S
— Hydrogen Sulfide
MMCRP
— Mitigation Monitoring And Compliance Reporting Program
SF6
— Sulfur Hexafluoride
RENC
— Regional Electronic Navigational Chart Coordinating Centre
AGC
— Automatic Generation Control
EFH
— Essential Fish Habitat
GSR
— Gas Supply Realignment (natural gas)
WEG
— Wireline Entry Guide
RSTC
— Rig Safety Training Coordinator
MEO
— Medium-Earth Orbit
GT
— Gross Tonnage
EF
— Exhaust Fan
COE
— Creek Corps of Engineers
MMCFD
— Million Cubic Feet Day
MW
— Megawatt (one million watts)
BCD
— Barrel Per Day, on Calendar Days
GNOME
— General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment
GPRA
— Government Performance and Results Act
CPP
— Critical Peak Pricing
PSO
— Protected Species Observer
FBHP
— Flowing Bottomhole Pressure
ER(D)
— Extended Reach (Drilling)
EUE
— External-upset-end
LGO
— Light Gas Oil
SGS
— Steel Gravity Substructure
DR
— Dead Reckoning
ECITB
— Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
ESP
— Electrostatic Precipitator
BFPD
— Barrels of Fluid Per Day
SPF
— Shots Per Foot
AADE
— American Association of Drilling Engineers
APWD
— Annular Pressure While Drilling
RIK
— Replacement in Kind
ENGF
— Engineer Factual Report
SMC
— Safety Management Certificate
NOD
— Notice of Determination
OWC
— Oil Water Contact
NRV
— Non Return Valve
S
— Wave Shear Wave
BPV
— Back Pressure Valve
LIT
— Lead Impression Tool
IRP
— Integrated Resource Plan
NDT
— Nondestructive Test
FRU
— Fast Response Units
FCU
— Fan Coil Unit
ASCSSV
— Annulus Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
MSP
— Maximum Source Pressure
ELT
— Economic Limit Test
RESDV
— Riser Emergency Shut Down Valve
AAPL
— American Association of Professional Landmen
PBU
— Pressure Build-Up
USCG
— United States Coast Guard
UIC
— Underground Injection Control
APD
— Application for Permit to Drill
MNI
— Member Of The Nautical Institute
C
— Conduit
G
— Ground
IMC
— Intermediate Metal Conduit
OPS
— US Office Of Pipeline Safety
BL
— Barrel
F
— Fuse
MUX
— Make Up Crossover [Crossover X]
OBO
— Ore/Bulk/Oil Carrier
INDWE
— Individual Well Record Report
NOPR
— Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (US)
PE
— Professional Engineer
NSOP
— Not Shown On Plan
KBE
— Kelly Bushing Elevation
LBM
— Pounds Mass
XLPE
— Crosslinked Polyethylene
EPA
— Environmental Protection Act
KPSI
— Thousand Pounds per Square Inch
BGL
— Borehole Geometry Log
RE
— Reservoir Engineer
BO
— Biological Opinion
MHA
— Major Hazards Analysis
WMU
— World Maritime University
IEA
— International Energy Agency (Paris)
ISF
— International Shipping Federation
SIRE
— Ship'S Inspection Report
CERA
— Cambridge Energy Research Associates
3C
— Proved, probable and possible Contingent Resources
MSC
— Management System Coordinator
SMART
— Support For Maritime Training Scheme
LD
— Lay Down
RCI
— Reservoir Characterization Instrument
SO3
— Oxides Of Sulfur
AQCR
— Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
FB
— footing beam
MCP
— Manifold Compression Platform
MBBLS
— Thousand Barrels
RS
— Russian Maritime Register Of Shipping
SPBM
— Single Point Buoy Mooring System
ERO
— Electric Reliability Organization. The US designated NERC as its ERO.
HLO
— Helicopter Landing Officer
POB
— Personnel on Board
DAR
— Dressed All Round
IPP
— Independent Power Producer (electricity)
HS
— Significant wave height
SJOFARTSVERKET
— Swedish Register Of Shipping, Swedish Maritime Administration
DR
— Demand Response
NAAQS
— National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
BOEPD
— Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day
DMA
— dead-man anchor
SVC
— Static VAR compensator (electricity)
CPS
— Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
ANP
— Brazil'S National Petroleum Agency
SPP
— Small power producer (electricity)
EEM
— Energy Efficient Mortgage
ASBA
— Association of Ship Brokers and Agents
NK
— Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
MTEF
— Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
LOP
— Line Of Position
MOTEMS
— Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards
P
— Pole
OVSP
— Offset Vertical Seismic Profiling
CA
— Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
PF
— Platform
NFPA
— National Fire Protection Association
BOT
— Bottom
EUR
— Estimated Ultimate Recovery
SMI
— South Marsh Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
SO2
— Sulfur Dioxide
MVA
— Megavolt Ampere
GPTG
— Gallons Per Thousand Gallons
WHRU
— Waste Heat Recovery Unit
EIB
— European Investment Bank
ECP
— External Casing Packer
SABA
— Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
MU
— Mustang Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
CIT
— Chartered Institute of Transport
LMV
— Lower Master Valve
OHGP
— Openhole Gravel Pack
NRT
— National Response Team
CTLF
— coil tubing lift frame
MT
— Magnetotellurics
DLAT
— Difference In Latitude
SPCC
— Spill Prevention Control And Countermeasures
NTP
— National Toxicology Program
SOSREP
— Secretary Of State'S Representative For Marine Salvage And Intervention
RRT
— Regional Response Team
COW
— Crude Oil Washing
PT
— Potential Transformer
IECC
— International Energy Conservation Code
UEL
— Upper Explosive Limit
FBE
— fusion-bonded epoxy
PAR
— Pre Assembled Rack
AAODC
— American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)
NCP
— US National Oil And Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan
IPC
— Installed Production Capacity
HSWA
— Health and Safety at Work Act
E
— Young's Modulus
UFC
— Uniform Fire Code
CMP
— Coastal Management Program
MKB
— Meters Below Kelly Bushing
OI
— Oxygen Index
PDKR
— PDK 100 Report
NPT
— Nonproductive Time
FBR
— Fast Breeder Reactor
FRARE
— fracture report
LO
— Lubricating Oil
NI
— The Nautical Institute
FLMT
— Flowline Manifold Termination
MEG
— Mono-Ethylene Glycol
SEG
— Society Of Exploration Geophysicists
EDF
— Electricité de France
PHA
— Process Hazards Analysis
TBA
— Tertiary Butyl Alcohol
SNIP
— Scotland Northern Ireland Pipeline
SEM
— Subsea Electronics Module
MQ
— Marqesas Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
MTSRU
— Maritime Transportation System Recovery Unit
PS
— South Padre Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
SSTMP
— Subsea Templates
TD
— Total Depth
CEQ
— Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
PSAC
— Petroleum Services Association Of Canada
PCM
— Project Cycle Management
STOOIP
— Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place
HIRA
— Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
CIRM
— International Radio Maritime Committee
MUSOL
— Mutual Solvent
OCA
— Offshore Contractors Association
FINST
— final stratigraphic report
PIANC
— Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses
OH
— Open Hole
WC(P)
— Water Closet With "P" Trap
PSHL
— Pressure Safety High/Low
OB
— Overbalanced
ID
— Internal Diameter
YR
— Year
MWCC
— Marine Well Containment Co.
XOM
— Exxon Mobil Corporation
FPS
— Floating Production System
FTG
— Footing
PART
— Program Assessment Rating Tool
HES
— Health, Environment and Safety
OGITF
— Oil & Gas Industry Task Force
CERCLA
— Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
VMT
— vehicle miles traveled (transportation)
MCE
— Maximum Credible Earthquakes
REACH
— Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, And Restriction Of Chemicals
PMS
— Planned Maintenance System
ORNL
— Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
ETO
— Electro Technical Officer
CSG
— Casing
SHDT
— Stratigraphic High-resolution Dipmeter Tool
MH
— Methane Hydrate
COTP
— Captain Of The Port
MPFM
— Multiphase Flowmeter
DWG(S)
— Drawing/S
BOEPD
— barrel of oil equivalent per day
HSE
— Health & Safety Executive Officer
SICP
— Shut-In Casing Pressure
GC
— gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
PESBG
— Petroleum Exploration Society Of Great Britain
PSL
— Product Specification Level
PB
— Pull Box
EDC
— Electric Distribution Company
WL
— Water Line
OWR
— Oil/Water Ratio
TGB
— Telecommunications Grounding Busbar
MMTPA
— Millions of Metric Tonnes per Annum
INGAA
— Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
QUAD
— Quadrillion Btus
GRMC
— Galvanized Rigid Metal Conduit
FONSI
— Finding of no significant impact. See Environmental impact statement (US)
OGML
— Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease
FIR
— Failure Investigation Reports
EQ
— Equal
BU
— Bottom Up
DPS
— Dynamic Positioning System
LDT
— Light Displacement Tonnage
IOR
— Improved Oil Recovery
NOX
— Nitrogen Oxide
ILT
— In-Line Tee
ISO
— Independent System Operator (US) (see also TSO) Responsible for grid management, but does not own assets. (electricity)
M
— Milli
GEODY
— GEO DYS Log
BUR
— Build-Up Rate
PAH
— Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons
OECD
— Organization For Economic Co Operation And Development
LCV
— Level Control Valve
NPFC
— US National Pollution Funds Center
AAU
— Assigned amount units (measurement)
ATS
— Automatic Transfer Switch
RUS
— Rural Utilities Service
IG
— Isolated Ground
HA
— Hazard Analysis
PINC
— Potential Incident Of Non Compliance
CEN
— The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
MMPA
— Marine Mammals Protection Act
EPCIP
— European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
CET
— Cement Evaluation Tool
COMP
— Composite
HPHT
— high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
RNC
— Raster Navigational Chart
FIV
— Formation Isolation Valve
OSPR
— Oil Spill Prevention And Response
FT
— foot (unit of length)
EDP
— Emergency Disconnect Package
HVI
— High Viscosity Index
TEMPSC
— Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft
RFI
— Requests For Inspection
N/S
— North/South
COFR
— Certificate of Financial Responsibility
RMT
— National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
OPR
— Office Of Planning And Research
RN
— Release Notes
HO
— Hydrographic Office
NAVTEX
— Navigational And Meteorological Warning Broadcast Service
DLT
— Digital Linear Tape
SSSV
— Sub-Surface Safety Valve
RO
— Ro Roll On/Roll Off
COMAN
— compositional analysis
NE
— North-East
LW
— Low Water
SWDW
— Salt Water Disposal Well
POE
— power over ethernetinjector
SPP
— Stand Pipe Pressure
MSA
— Master Service Agreement
VIV
— Vortex Induced Vibration
SIT
— System Integration Test (software/hardware Integration)
PDG/PDHG
— Permanent Downhole Gauge
SAC
— Special Area of Conservation
DEFG
— Distributed Energy Financial Group (US)
SEMI
— Semisubmersible
SPAR
— Floating Production System
APPRE
— appraisal report
AEP
— American Electric Power Company, Inc.
CNL
— Compensated Neutron Log
BGL
— Below Ground Level
CONN
— Connection
MPG
— Miles Per Gallon
NPSH
— Net Positive Suction Head
BSML
— below sea mean level
O/B
— On Board
TSS'S
— Traffic Separation Schemes
HP/IP
— High Pressure And/Or Intermediate Pressure
FDP
— Field Development Plan
AMBO
— Armenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria Oil Pipeline
RSFO
— Regional Supervisor, Office Of Field Operations, For Bsee
CHRT
— casing hanger running tool
BUREC
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
RESNET
— Residential Energy Services Network
SPCP
— Spill Prevention And Cleanup Plan
NEFE
— Non Emulsifying Iron Inhibitor
DART
— Days Away, Restricted Work
SSV
— Surface Safety Valve
CYDIP
— cyberdip log
MTBE
— Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
CIP
— Critical Infrastructure Protection (US)
OASIS
— Open Access Same-time Information System
AD
— Article Continues Below
IWCF
— International Well Control Federation
HID
— high intensity discharge (electricity)
C7
— heavy hydrocarbon components
CWOR
— Completion Work Over Riser
PL
— Pipeline
HUD
— Hold-Up Depth
IALA
— International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities
TDS
— Total Dissolved Solids
LWOL
— Last Well on Lease
MWS
— Marine Warranty Survey
CPT
— Control Power Transformer
IMPA
— International Marine Purchasing Association
OP
— Operating Procedure
FAA
— Fire Alarm Annunciator
SW
— Salt Water
APA
— Alaska Power Administration
ROSF
— Rincon Onshore Separation Facility
BGT
— Borehole Geometry Tool
PN
— North Padre Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
GT&C
— General Terms And Conditions
AAPG
— American Association of Petroleum Geologists
EEHA
— Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas
EPU
— Electrical Power Unit
MTLP
— Mini Tension Leg Platform
SPMT
— Self Propelled Modular Transporter
NCOB
— No Cargo On Board
HFL
— Hydraulic Flying Lead
DIS
— Draft International Standard
EIR
— Environmental Impact Report
E&I
— Electrical and Instrumentation
DME
— Disturbance Monitoring Equipment
SOUR
— Oil/Gas With High Sulfur Content
PA
— Planning Authority
ACE
— Area Control Error (electricity)
KBG
— Kelly Bushing Height above Ground Level
PBDMS
— Playback DMSLS Log
CAFE
— Corporationrate Average Fuel Economy
GEOPN
— Geological Well Prognosis Report
SHARP
— Sustainable Hydrocarbons Additional Recovery Programme
VLS
— Vertical Lay System
ESS
— Energy Storage System, as in grid energy storage (electricity)
CAAA
— Clean Air Act Amendments
EPCI
— Engineering, Procurement, Construction, And Installation
CHP
— Combined heat and power
PHPA
— Partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (mud)
CT
— Coiled Tubing
SOW
— Statements Of Work
SNAM
— Societб Nazionale Metanodotti Now Snam S.P.A.
CRS
— Croatian Register of Shipping
CAER
— Community Awareness and Emergency Response
NACE
— National Association of Corrosion Engineers
AAQS
— Ambient Air Quality Standards (environment) (US)
CORE
— Core Report
BOSVA
— British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association
KR
— Korean Register of Shipping
SSRRC
— System Safety And Reliability Review Committee
GIIP
— Gas Initially In Place
BFP
— Bureau Fédéral du Plan (Belgium). (Has responsibilities over economic, social and environmental policy
IPF
— Impact Producing Factors
PB
— St. Petersburg Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
BCFE
— Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas Equivalent
IROL
— Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (electricity)
ACEEE
— American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
GPIT
— General Purpose Inclinometry Tool
CJ
— control joint
PSIG
— Pounds Per Square Inch)
HCAL
— HRCC Calliper (in Logs)(in Inches)
FEIS
— Final Environmental impact statement (US)
EERA
— Escape, Evacuation, And Rescue Analysis
BWOW
— By Weight Of Water
ID
— Inner Diameter
SSCV
— Subsea Control Valves
DOI
— Department of the Interior (US)
PSV
— Pressure safety valve
CATS
— Central Area Transmission System
FCC
— Fully Cellular Containership
CERTS
— Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions sposored by the United States Department of Energy and California Energy Commission (US)
MWE
— Megawatt Electric
NYSERDA
— New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
IOC
— International Oil Company
TAPS
— Trans Alaska Pipeline System
DHC
— Depositional History Curve
EM
— Emergency
BOD
— Basis of Design
SSMNF
— Subsea Manifold
FWV
— Flow Wing Valve
DST
— drill-stem test
SALM
— Single Anchor Loading Mooring
ROP
— Rate of Penetration
ISU
— International Salvage Union
SAGD
— Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage
MCF
— Thousand Cubic Feet
ERNS
— Emergency Response Notification System
SWEET
— Oil/Gas That Has Low Sulfur Content
MBOED
— thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day
FMP
— Facility Measurement Point
ABS
— American Bureau of Shipping
SO
— Oil Saturation
EOS
— Equation Of State
JIS
— Japanese Industry Standard
MIPAL
— Micropalaeo Log
CES
— Coast Earth Station
EEZ
— Exclusive Economic Zone
CST
— Chronological Sample Taker log (Schlumberger)
SONS
— Spills Of National Significance
GGRG
— Gauge Ring
BMP'S
— Best Management Practices
LBA
— Local Balancing Authority
LSFO
— Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil
GVW
— gross vehicle weight (transportation)
IDLH
— Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health
CTD
— Coiled Tubing Drilling
BPH
— Barrels Per Hour
IHR
— Incremental Heat Rate
QI
— Qualified Individual
CU
— Dental Cuspidor
SPM
— Side Pocket Mandrel
PANAMAX
— Ships Able To Transit, And Allowed Transit, Of The Panama Canal
OBC
— Ocean Bottom Cable
COLREG
— International Convention On Collision Regulations
OTC
— Offshore Technology Conference
BPLUG
— baker plug
AMR
— Automated meter reading also known as Automatic Meter Reading
MEA
— Monoethanolamine
BPA
— Bonneville Power Administration (US)
TQ
— Training Qualifications
PHMSA
— Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
3P
— proved, probable and possible reserves
SHR
— Shower
PTW
— Permit to Work (UK)
CF
— Cubic Feet
ICSS
— Integrated Controls and Safety System
BDF
— below Derrick floor
FMS
— Formation Micro Scan Log
CWI
— Certified Welding Inspector
PILOT
— Ogitf Successor
CGBF
— Concrete, Gravity Based Structure
EA
— Equal Angle
VSP
— Vertical Seismic Profile
PBTD
— Plug Back Total Department
FI
— Final Inspection
RIR
— Recordable Incident Rate
EWC
— Electric Water Cooler
HOR
— Horizontal
RK
— Rankin Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
FLDF
— Flying Lead Deployment Frame
MSHA
— Mine Safety and Health Administration (US)
HC
— Hydrocarbon
OGP
— International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
STU
— Steel Tube Umbilical
SEDIM
— Sedimentology
ALAP
— As Low As Possible
EFL
— Electrical Flying Lead
ABSA
— Alberta Boilers Safety Association
VOO
— Vessels Of Opportunity
BQ
— Bendable Quality
SAN
— Sanitary
SEER
— Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
RMP
— Reservoir Management Plan
OBM
— Oil-Based Mud
SCVF
— Surface Casing Vent Flow
SS
— Semisubmersible
FG
— Fracture Gradient
REWL
— Reservoir Evaluation Wireline
DD
— Directional Driller
EPRI
— Electric Power Research Institute (US)
MRR
— Material Receipt Report
HVDC
— high-voltage direct-current
AMRA
— Automatic Meter Reading Association
LOA
— Letter of Authority
PHA
— Production Handling Agreement
FSA
— Formal Safety Assessment
PR
— Pully Ridge Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
SAM
— Subsea Accumulator Module
LTC
— Long Thread and Coupled
ARPA
— Automatic Radar Plotting Aids
UAE
— United Arab Emirates
FPSO
— Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel
GL
— Germanischer Lloyd
P&A
— Plug and Abandon
NMVOC
— Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds
FMI
— formation micro imaging log (azimuthal microresistivity)
CCS
— Carbon Capture and Storage
GL
— Gas Lift
ESI
— Environmental Sustainability Index
OOD
— Officer Of the Deck
ISM
— IMO'S International Safety Management
BOPE
— Barrels Of Oil Per Day Equivalent
MBD
— thousand barrels per day
CHESM
— contractor, health, environment and safety management
CLC
— International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage
AVO
— Amplitude Variation with Offset
BACT
— Best Available Control Technology
FIV
— Flow-Induced Vibration
NEPOOL
— New England Power Pool
AVO
— amplitude versus offset (geophysics)
CZMA
— US Coastal Zone Management Act
IMPA
— International Maritime Pilots' Association
PSH
— Pressure Safety High
CRA
— Corrosion-Resistant Alloy
PLC
— Power line communication (electricity)
ABF
— Aquatic Base Flow (Hydropower) (electricity)
DFT
— Dry Film Thickness
QAE
— Quality Assurance Engineer
POD
— Point of Delivery
ACHE
— Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger
TLV
— Threshold Limit Value
NS
— Near Side
EDR
— Electronic Drilling Recorder
PPI
— Post Production Inspection
MDO
— Marine Diesel Oil
BROA
— British Rig Owners Association
NTL
— Notice to Lessees and Operators
STEL
— Short Term Exposure Limit
MAAC
— Mid Atlantic Area Council (US- geographically within PJM)
APPA
— American Public Power Association (electricity)
SPR
— Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
EGMBE
— Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether
GAPP
— Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
XOV
— Cross-Over Valve
MEIC
— Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Commission
SB
— Sit Bo Log
OSRO
— Oil Spill Response Organization
BML
— Below Mud Line
HGO
— Heavy Gas Oil
FO
— Fuel Oil
MLLW
— Mean Lower Low Water (nautical Charts)
NOI
— Notice of Intent
NL
— Night Light
REV
— Revision
APA
— Administrative Procedure Act
BTL
— building tightness limit (building tightness)
GRC
— Galvanized Rigid Conduit
CIR
— Circuit
CARB
— California Air Resources Board
DEIS
— Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
DWH
— Deepwater Horizon
APCD
— Air Pollution Control District
WBS
— Wellbore Schematic
PTP
— Point to Point Transmission Service (electricity)
DP
— Drill Pipe
KS
— Kitchen Sink
NGT
— Natural Gamma Ray Tool
FRS
— Financial Reporting System
1C
— Proved Contingent Resources
NOW
— Non Hazardous Oilfield Waste
LIC
— License
B
— Basin
FL
— floor level
VTIS
— Vessel Traffic Information System
IMARE
— Institute of Marine Engineers
OOW
— Officer of the Watch
DLS
— Dogleg Severity
LBP
— Length Between Perpendiculars
CWOP
— complete well on paper
CD
— Candela
FR
— front-engine, rear drive
IPPC
— Integrated Pollution Prevention And Control
C/B
— Circuit Breaker
TT
— Treatment Technique
SI
— International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
BOE
— Barrel of oil equivalent (international)
PE
— Petroleum Engineer
UNDP
— United Nations Development Program
BBSM
— behaviour-based safety management
NGL
— Natural Gas Liquid (usually Ethane Or Propane)
EER
— Emergency Escape And Refuge
A/H
— After Hours
AL
— Artificial Lift
BINXQ
— bond index quicklook log
PPB
— Pounds Per Barrel
MARSEC
— Maritime Security
BRT
— Below Rotary Table
OATT
— Open Access Transmission Tariff (US)
CECAN
— CEC analysis
LOT
— Leak-Off Test
XRD
— X-Ray Diffraction
IHB
— International Hydrographic Bureau
MI
— Mineral Insulated
CAP
— Condition Assessment Program Survey
AFV
— Annular Flow Valve
DILL
— Dual Induction Laterolog
PCOLL
— Perforation and Collar
FLIV
— Flowline Isolation Valve
MEPC
— Marine Environment Protection Committee
AIV
— Alternate Isolation Valve
FLUT
— Full Length Ultrasonic Inspection
MSCT
— Mechanical Sidewall Coring Tool
LWR
— Light Water Reactor
GSF
— Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
BCF
— billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
BBL/SD
— Barrel per day, on stream days
ALR
— Acoustic Log Report
WCST
— Well Containment Screening Tool
BARS
— Borehole Acoustic Reflection Survey
SX
— Sabine Pass Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
CNCF
— field-normalised compensated neutron porosity
LD50
— Median Lethal Dose
MCC
— Motor Control Center (JSC)
NRC
— Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
BCD
— Barrels Per Calendar Day
BWR
— Boiling water reactor (nuclear)
NOP
— Notice of Preparation
AF
— Arctic Floater
RSE
— Relative Standard Error
DRB
— Demonstrated Reserve Base
IGO
— Inter-Governmental Organization
AWB/V
— annulus wing block/valve (XT)
ERC
— Emergency Response And Control
EF
— Each Face
CPICB
— CPI coriband log
OTDF
— Outage Transfer Distribution Factor
DOI
— United States Department of Interior
EEI
— Edison Electric Institute
ITL
— Industry Leadership Team
ICHCA
— International Cargo Handling Coordination Association
EI
— Eugene Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
MSI
— Mechanical and Structural Inspection
RAS
— Remedial Action Scheme
LGR
— Liquid Gas Ratio
GWI
— Gross Working Interest
LTG
— Lighting
STAGR
— Static Gradient Survey Report
PGA
— Purchased Gas Adjustment
COMPU
— computest report
MSFL
— Micro SFL Log
AHU
— Air Handler Unit
BFOE
— Brent, Forties, Oseberg, And Ekofisk
GRI
— Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
DF
— distribution factor
PIT
— Pressure Integrity Test
PIP
— Pipe-In-Pipe
OTL
— Operations Team Leader
RL
— Relative Level
MASPCC
— Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure For The Completion Case
VSP
— Vertical Seismic Profiling
CFD
— Contract for Difference
MSRC
— Marine Spill Response Corporation
PNL
— Panel
GADS
— Generating Availability Data System
MOU
— Mobile Offshore Unit
AWO
— Approval for Well Operation
PCCL
— Perforation Casing Collar Locator Log
DW
— Deep Water
OOIP
— Original Oil In Place
SURF
— Subsea/Umbilicals/Risers/Flowlines
CILD
— Conduction Log
CNJ
— Construction Joint
TPIC
— Terminal Person In Charge
THK
— Thick
TEMP
— Temperature
MCS
— Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
PLTQ
— Production Logging Tool Quicklook Log
UOT
— Unscheduled Overtime
BPL
— Broadband over power line
SDU/M
— Subsea Distribution Unit/Module
BTI
— British Trade International
BOPD
— barrel(s) of oil per day
GISB
— Gas Industry Standards Board (now NAESB) (US) (natural gas)
BOPM
— Barrels of Oil per Month
PW
— Produced Water
EA
— Environmental Assessment, EIAP
DG
— Distributed generation (electricity)
TAR
— True Amplitude Recovery
GE
— Ground Elevation
GC/MS
— SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
HWDP
— Heavy Weight Drill Pipe
BLP
— Bridge Linked Platform
ESD
— Emergency Shut-Down
JRP
— Joint Review Panels
EPIDORIS
— Exploration and Production Integrated Drilling Operations and Reservoir Information System
EOW
— End Of Well Report
V
— Volt (measurement)
GOC
— General Operators' Certificate
PDC
— Phasor Data Concentrator
FSI
— Flawless Start Up Initiative
HP
— hydrostatic pressure
APE
— Area of potential effect (electricity)
FAC
— Fuel Adjustment Clause
CEPII
— Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales Economics think tank
BNS
— Business Network Services
MO
— Mobile Originated
BAST
— Best Available and Safest Technology
DILB
— dual-induction BHC log
AGD
— Associated Gas Distributors (US)
EHV
— Extra High Voltage
FOIP
— Freedom Of Information And Protection Of Privacy Act
ARR
— Auction Revenue Rights)
HT
— High Temperature
SCO
— Synthetic Crude Oil
VSD
— Variable Speed Drive
BV
— Bureau Veritas
EPACT
— Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
GHG
— Green House Gas
MMGAL/D
— one million gallons per day
ISO-NE
— Independent System Operator of New England, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) (electricity)
SYM
— Symmetric
Ø
— Diameter
ETSI
— European Telecommunications Standard Institute
STIMU
— Stimulation Report
POOH
— Pull Out of Hole
ETSF
— Electronic Trading Standard Format
RFG
— reformulated gasoline (oil)
AG
— Agricultural pipe drain
LEEA
— Lifting Equipment Engineers Association
PG
— Pressure Gauge (Report)
FOC
— Fibre Optic Cable
CMU
— Cement Masonry Unit
PSD
— Prevention of Significant Deterioration
BM
— Bay Marchand Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
AOPL
— Association of Oil Pipe Lines
PI
— Productivity Index
QRA
— Quantitative Risk Assessment
CWA
— Clean Water Act (1977)
PMV
— Production Master Valve
VOSS
— Vessels Of Opportunity Skimming Systems
HHI
— Hirschman Herfindahl Index
ACC.
— Accession countries (to the European Union) (government)
IBC
— Intermediate Bulk Container
LCL
— Lethal Dose (Low)
D
— Development
OSCP
— Oil Spill Contingency Plan
FEWD
— Formation Evaluation While Drilling
DSL
— digital spectralog (Western Atlas)
OTSG
— One-time Through Steam Generator
2C
— Proved and probable Contingent Resources
OSLTF
— Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
HGS
— High Gravity Solids
HGS
— Highn Gravity Solids
MASP
— Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure
HSPF
— Heating Seasonal Performance Factor
DSV
— Diving Support Vessel
UKPIA
— United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association Limited
LWR
— Lazy Wave Catenary Riser
ASCE
— American Society of Chemical Engineers
MD
— Millidarcy
IMB
— International Maritime Bureau
PNNL
— Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
GLM
— Gas Lift Mandrel
NT
— Net Tonnage
VR
— Vermillion Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
QCR
— Quality Control Report
DELTA
— Difference Between Plan And Performance
PRT
— Petroleum Revenue Tax
SAS
— Safety At Sea
FI(M)
— free issue (materials)
FELCC
— Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability
PAC
— Pacific Region
ASCC
— Alaskan System Coordination Council
HARP
— Hydrocarbons Additional Recovery Program
ACP
— Annular Casing Pressure
IACS
— International Association of Classification Societies
FLMPI
— Full Length Magnetic Particle Inspection
FLRA
— field-level risk assessment
CSEM
— Center for the Study of Energy Markets (US)
MWH
— Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
DLL
— Dual LateroLog
IBOP
— Inside Blowout Preventer
INC
— Incident Of Non Compliance
CIMV
— Chemical Injection Metering Valve
SP
— Spontaneous Potential (Well Log)
LMR
— Load Modifying Resource
MMBPD
— million barrels per day
PMA
— Power Marketing Administration
SES
— Satellite Earth Stations and Systems
KWE
— kilowatt electric (measurement)
PJ
— Petajoule
CCN
— Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
SPCU
— Subsea Power and Control Unit
ACOU
— Acoustic
SFV
— Straight-Fixed-Variable
WDR'S
— Waste Discharge Requirements
MAWP
— Maximum Actual Working Pressure
KOE
— One kilogram oil equivalent (EU) (measurement)
LFL
— Lower Flammable Limit
FH
— full-hole tool joint
LWOP
— Logging Well on Paper
DHPTT
— downhole pressure/temperature transducer
CCPP
— Combined Cycle Power Plant
POSWE
— Post Well Summary Report
ODS
— Oxygen Depletion Sensor
ANPR
— Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
MDAS
— Meter Data Acquisition System
CPI
— Chemical Process Industries
CCP
— Controllable Pitch Propeller
CBM
— choke bridge module – XT choke
CHKSR
— checkshot survey report
RAP
— Regulatory Assistance Project
BTX
— from BTX process, a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylene (oil)
MMBD
— Million Barrels Per Day
IOC
— Independent Oil Company
HTGR
— high temperature gas cooled reactor (nuclear)
G&T
— Generation and transmission utility cooperative (electricity)
BBL
— Barrel Of Oil
COOGER
— California Offshore Oil And Gas Energy Resources
AIMA
— Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (US)
LDL
— Litho Density Log
3C
— three components seismic acquisition (x,y and z)
SEFI
— Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative
GSM
— Groupe Speciale Mobile
ACQU
— Acquisition log
ELCON
— Electricity Consumers Resources Council
SPROF
— Seismic Profile
OSRP
— Oil Spill Response Plan
E&D
— Exploration and Development
EQR
— Electric Quarterly Report
BDL
— Bit Data Log
MAASP
— Maximum Acceptable Annular Surface Pressure
CRP
— common reference point
SCDES
— Sidewall Core Description
HORIZ
— Horizontal
GALV
— Galvanized
UL
— Underwriters Laboratory
CESMA
— Confederation Of European Union Shipmasters Associations
UB
— Underbalanced
AOFP
— absolute open flow potential
ABT
— Availability based tariff (electricity)
BGWP
— base of ground-water protection
BW
— Both Ways
NOGEPA
— Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association
IHO
— International Hydrographic Organization
FVF
— Formation Volume Factor
IAPH
— International Association Of Ports And Harbors
MGL
— MagneLog
BOE
— barrel(s) of oil equivalent
AI
— Artificial Island
CAP
— Capacity Market Programs
FLRA
— Field Level Risk Assessment
FM
— Flowmeter
EPS
— Early Production System
FUA
— The Fuel Use Act (US)
BSL
— Below Sea-Level
HP
— Horsepower (measurement)
BPI
— Baltic Panamax Index
IPE
— International Petroleum Exchange
AMS
— Auxiliary Measurement Service Log
PCDM
— Power and Control Distribution Module
ATF
— Along Top Flange
KRP
— kill rate pressure
NSA
— Noise Sensitive Area
HCA
— High Consequence Areas
AESO
— Alberta Electric System Operator
LBF
— Pounds Force
ECGD
— Exports Credits Guarantee Department
IF
— Internal Flush tool joint
X
— Over Crossover
GVEP
— Global Village Energy Partnership (organization)
BHA
— Bottomhole Assembly
WBS
— Wellbore Stability
FWHP
— flowing well-head pressure
RMS
— Ratcheting Mule Shoe
DMT
— Down hole Monitoring Tool
LRG
— Liquefied Refinery Gases
EVI
— Equipment Verification Inspection
AHD
— along hole depth
ADITC
— Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit (policy)
CTU
— Coiled Tubing Unit
JU
— Jackup
PAU
— Pre-Assembled Unit
MFV
— Modified Fixed Variable
OFO
— Operational Flow Order
ENG
— Engineering Log
ACC
— Accession countries
PLSV
— Pipelay Support Vessel
DSTR
— drill-stem test report
MAPP
— Mid Continent Area Power Pool (US)
BTEX
— Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene
ARI
— Azimuthal Resistivity Image
BOPE
— Blowout Preventer Equipment
MISO
— Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc
AOS
— Authorized Overrun Service
CMR
— Combinable Magnetic Resonance
IEP
— Initial Exploration Plan
ISMA
— International Ship Managers Association
UTM
— Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
SC
— Shading Coefficient
EP
— Exploration Plan
IJC
— International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
TF
— Tropical Fresh Load Line
PBR
— Performance-Based Regulation
CSPG
— Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
BSEE
— Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
BC
— Code Of Safe Practice For Solid Bulk Cargoes
DOC
— Document of Compliance
PPFG
— Pore Pressure/Fracture Gradient
UCS
— Unconfined Compressive Strength
WBS
— Wellbore Seismic
SOPEP
— Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans
BOED
— barrel of oil equivalent per day
IRC
— ISO RTO Council
CLF
— Current-Limiting Fuse
VPS
— Velocity Seismic Profile
SIP
— Shut-In Pressure
GTL
— Gas To Liquid
PDC
— Polycrystalline Diamond Compact
HPHT
— High Pressure High Temperature
AFL
— Above Finished Level
CTM
— Coil Tubing Measurement
UT
— Ultrasonic Testing
AOFP
— absolute open-flow potential
TTP
— Through Tubing Perforating
FWL
— From West Line
BDI
— Baltic Dry Index
NGPSA
— Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (US)
IO
— Inspection Opening
BES
— Bulk electric system (Electricity transmission)
WOB
— Weight On Bit
EPCU
— Electrical Power Conditioning Unit
MQC
— Multi Quick Connection Plate
CGTL
— compact gas to liquids
MEG
— Mono Ethylene Glycol
EUEI
— European Union Energy Initiative
DPO
— Dynamic Positioning Operator
LBS
— Lifeboat Stations
CAEM
— Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (US)
WCID
— Well Construction Interface Document
GW
— Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
LSD
— Land Surface Datum
FTR
— Financial Transmission Rights
AQAP
— Air Quality Attainment Plan
IADC
— International Association of Drilling Contractors
UHVAC
— Ultra High Voltage Alternating Current (electricity)
BOTHL
— bottom hole locator log
RER
— Renewable Energy Rider
BWOC
— By Weight of Cement
FEED
— Front End Engineering And Design
GMO
— Genetically modified organism
PX
— Power Exchange
SHPO
— State Historic Preservation Office (US)
DIPLP
— dip lithology pressure log
GWE
— Gigawatt of electric energy)
PWR
— pressurized water reactor (nuclear)
GCAT
— Government Compliance Action Team
CEC
— California Energy Commission
FPSO
— Floating Production, Storage and Offloading System
MODU
— Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
CONDE
— condensate analysis report
DOE/FE
— United States Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (government)
DCP
— Driller'S Control Panel
CT
— Controller
EN PI
— Enhanced Productivity Index Log
FWKO
— free water knock-out
PCPT
— Piezo-Cone Penetration Test
ARCS
— Admiralty Raster Chart Service
VTS
— Vessel Traffic Service
DIPAR
— dipole acoustic report
IGT
— Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
LMP
— Locational Marginal Price
CDIS
— CDI Synthetic Seismic Log
BROWN FIELDS
— Fields Beyond Their Production Plateau But Still Producing
LOL
— Limitation Of Owner'S Liability
CRP
— Central Reference Point
ORRI
— Overriding Royalty Interest
YP
— Yield Point
CHKSS
— Checkshot Survey Log
EWB
— Electric Water Boiler
MTOE
— One million tons of oil equivalent(EU)
SBM
— Synthetic Based Mud
DILL
— dual-induction laterolog
PCKR
— Packer
TP
— Tarpon Springs Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
FLNG
— Floating Liquefied Natural Gas
E&P
— Exploration and Production
ILI
— Inline Inspection
MDDQ
— Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity
BSR
— Bend Strength Ratio
SNS
— Southern North Sea
BOEM
— Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
CNFDP
— CNFD true vertical-depth playback log
CRP
— control riser platform
BHCP
— Bottomhole Circulating Pressure
TYP
— Typical
BHCT
— Bottomhole Circulating Temperature
ACP
— Area Contingency Plan
FMS
— Formation Multi Scan Log
EOT
— End of Tubing
NAP
— National Action Plan
GCI
— Galvanized Corrugated Iron
SARA
— Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
VK
— Viosca Knoll Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
IOPC
— International Oil Pollution Fund
OPS
— Operations Report
PTA/S
— Pipeline Termination Assembly/Structure
RACI
— Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed
APR
— Actual peak reduction (e.g. in demand response systems) (electricity)
CSD
— Commission for Sustainable Development (UN)
MPN
— Most Probable Number
E95
— like E85 fuel but with less gasoline. A fuel containing a mixture of 95 percent ethanol and 5 percent gasoline
NNR
— National Nature Reserve
ERCOT
— Electric Reliability Council Of Texas
FMS
— formation multi-scan log; formation micro-scan log
FTP
— First Tranche Petroleum
EPV
— Early Production Vessel
ICE
— Internal combustion engine (transportation)
WEC
— World Energy Council
DOO
— Designation Of Operator
INMARSAT
— International Marine Satellite Organization
EIM
— Energy Imbalance Market
HNGS
— flasked Hostile Natural Gamma-ray Spectrometry tool
AMVER
— US Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue
MGY
— Million Gallons per Year
ST&C
— Short Thread and Coupled
OMRL
— Oriented Micro-Resistivity Log
BS
— Breton Sound Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
DT
— Day Tortugas Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
I3P
— Independent Third Party
DIPFT
— dipmeter fast log
REA
— Rural Electrification Administration (US)
BGS
— British Geological Survey
UBD
— Underbalanced Drilling
LQ
— Living Quarters
IIRT
— Initial Incident Response Team
MLP
— Maximum Lawful Price
Z
— Zulu (Greenwich mean time)
CDD
— Cooling degree day, a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to cool a business
PVDF
— Polyvinylidene Fluoride
CAPP
— Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
UKOCS
— Uk Outer Continental Shelf
GENCO
— Any company doing electricity generation (US) (electricity)
ETAP
— Eastern Trough Area Project
EROEI
— Energy Returned On Energy Invested
ADEP
— Awaiting Development with Exploration Potential, referring to an asset
MARA
— MaraLog
MIST
— Minimum Industry Safety Training
ESP
— Expected Surface Pressure
HAZ
— Heat-Affected Zone
JHA
— Job Hazard Analysis
TS
— Tiger Shoal Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
ERGEG
— European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas
ESPCC
— Expected Surface Pressure For The Completion Case
A
— Appraisal (well)
LP
— Liquid petroleum
CTCO
— coiled tubing clean-out
LDT
— Lost During Trans Shipment
ERA
— Economic Regulatory Administration (part of United States Department of Energy
MLH
— Mud Liner Hanger
SENC
— System Electronic Navigational Chart
MMC
— Market Monitoring Center
HEXT
— Hex Diplog
HEC
— hydroxyethylcellulose
GLR
— Gas-Liquid Ratio
TOC
— Top of Cement
RUE
— Right of Use and Easement
HTHP
— High Temperature High Pressure
MBOE
— thousand barrels of oil equivalent
PPT
— Parts Per Thousand
XYC
— Xy Calliper Log)
MIYP
— Maximum Internal Yield Pressure
MODFLOW
— model of groundwater flow
ANACO
— analysis of core logs report
FMC
— Flexible Metal Conduit
ETD
— External Turret Disconnectable
GWE
— Gigawatt of electric energy (measurement- elect)
BBL
— Balgzand Bacton Line (BBL Pipeline)
CDP
— Comprehensive Drilling Plan
FPU
— floating processing unit
G/L
— Gas/Liquid
EAR
— Estimated Additional Resources
IHMA
— International Harbor Masters' Association
GTCC
— Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
OTEC
— ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
NMHC
— Non-Methane Hydrocarbons
NREPA
— National Resource and Environmental Protection Act (US)
PRS
— Polish Register of Shipping
PCA
— Production Concession Agreement
D&C
— drilling and completions
GIC
— Gas Inventory Charge (natural gas)
NOM
— Nominal
OSRV
— Oil Spill Response Vessel
RST
— Reservoir Saturation Tool Log
ADT
— Applied Drilling Technology, ADT log
PCP
— Progressive Cavity Pump
IL
— Induction Log
RINA
— Royal Institution of Naval Architects
DEN
— Density Log
GTOE
— One billion tons of oil equivalent(EU) (measurement- oil)
ALC
— aertical seismic profile acoustic log calibration report
DSTPB
— drill-stem test true vertical depth playback log
CNGR
— compensated neutron gamma-ray log
IASST
— International Association For Sea Survival Training
CEEC
— Central and Eastern European Countries
CSS
— Cyclic Steam Stimulation
FLA
— Full Load Amperes
M&R
— Measurement And Regulation
STL
— Submerged Turret Loading
CS
— Chandeleur Sound Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
CGL
— Core Gamma Log
LIPA
— Long Island Power Authority (US) (electricity)
FGD
— Flue-gas desulfurization
CSS
— Code Of Ship Management Standards
DEAL
— Digital Energy Atlas & Library
REL
— Recommended Exposure Limit
MGO
— Marine Gas Oil
MWD
— Measurement While Drilling
FFM
— Full Field Model
CEPS
— Centre for European Policy Studies
SDW
— Summer Dead Weight
BHFP
— Bottomhole Flowing Pressure
HQI
— Habitat Quality Index
CHCNC
— CHCNC Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator
ISFSL
— ISF SLS MSFL Log
LRDP
— Long Range Development Plan
GDAT
— Geodetic Datum
NUMAR
— Magnetic Resonance Image Log
BHST
— Bottomhole Static Temperature
NMDC
— Non Magnetic Drill Collar
LTG
— Lighting Technology Group
BOPD
— barrel of oil per day
W/O
— Workover
BO
— back-off log
EOFL
— End of Field Life
RCC
— Rescue Coordination Centre
OCS
— Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
EEP
— Emergency Evacuation Plan
AFUE
— Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
KVA
— One thousand volt Ampere (measurement)
BHSS
— Borehole Seismic Survey
DCLM
— Direct Control Load Management
WAC
— Weak Acid Cation
PUD
— Proved Undeveloped Reserves
SSSV
— Sub Surface Safety Valves
ASP
— array sonic processing report
HLO
— Heavy Load Out
NSA
— Norwegian Shipowners’ Association
FDS
— Functional Design Specification
GOP
— Geological Operations Report
FPF
— Floating Production Facility
CLUP
— Coastal Land Use Plan
XC
— Cross Connect
SFL
— Steel Flying Lead
IEP/DOCD
— IEP and Development Operations Coordination Documents
FBE
— Fusion Bonded Epoxy
CBM
— Certified Ballast Manufacturer
DIL
— dual-induction log
DRRC
— Demand Response Research Center
CCLIP
— Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects
CCLP
— Casing Collar Locator Perforation
TJ
— TeraJoule
ISDP
— Integrated Ship Design and Production
NCSL
— National Conference of State Legislatures (US)
MAIN
— Mid America Interconnected Network (US)
SDFD
— Shut Down For Day
C/C
— Cross Centres
ESMAP
— Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
ETBE
— Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
LPH
— Litres per Hour
HCRF
— Hydrographic Chart Raster Format
LSF
— Load Shift Factor
ECHA
— European Chemicals Agency
DSV
— Drilling SuperVisor
RF
— Recovery Factor
MSC
— Marine Safety Committee
AIT
— Array Induction Tool
EPACT
— Energy Policy Act of 2005 (US)
DIRSU
— directional survey report
AMNI
— Associate Member of the Nautical Institute
VT
— Voltage Transformer
USDOI
— US Department Of Interior
PLB
— Personal Locator Beacon
CAISO
— California Independent System Operator Corporation, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US)
SUPSALV
— Supervisor Of Salvage (U.S. Navy)
DIM
— Directional Inertia Mechanism
P&ID
— Process and Instruments Diagram
EPSA
— Electric Power Supply Association
ETTD
— Electromagnetic Thickness Test
UTA/B
— Umbilical Termination Assembly/Box
WH
— Water Heater
FDP
— Field Development Planning
OTAG
— Ozone Transport Assessment Group
DIPBH
— dipmeter borehole log
EWR
— End Of Well Report
IPAA
— Independent Petroleum Association of America (oil)
ANGTS
— Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System
JIB
— Joint Interest Billing
ETSO
— European Transmission System Operators association
LEED
— Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, standard for Green Building design
NUMAST
— National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers
LSFO
— Loss Sulfur Fuel Oil
GOM
— Gulf Of Mexico
DDNL
— dual det. neutron life log
DIPRM
— dip removal log
CREF
— Caribbean Renewable Energy Facility
TV/BIP
— Ratio of Total Volume to Bitumen In Place
MVG
— minimum ventilation guideline (building tightness)
ECAR
— East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (US)
CART
— Cap Replacement Tool
LRP
— Lower Riser Package
DOCD
— Development Operations Coordination Documents
HLID
— Hydrocarbon Leak And Ignition Database
DIF
— Drill-In Fluids
WROV
— Workclass Remotely Operated Vehicle
FWF
— From Web Face)
MOX
— mixed oxide fuel (nuclear)
AL
— Appraisal Licence
CDU
— Control Distribution Unit
CCPG
— Colorado Coordinated Planning Group
MCFD
— Thousand Cubic Feet per Day
CNLFD
— CNL/FDC log
FLS
— Fluid Sample
SONRE
— Sonic Calibration Report
BS&W
— basic sediments and water
NRIS
— Network Resource Interconnection Service
DCS
— Disturbance Control Standard
ENI
— Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Italy)
ERRA
— Energy Regulators Regional Association
BLI
— bottom of logging interval
CORG
— Corgun Log
PPP
— Purchasing Power Parity
RFSU
— Ready For Start-Up
FPS
— Firm Peaking Service
SG
— Static Gradient
DSTL
— drill-stem test log
HOA
— Hand-Off-Automatic Switch
BT
— Boundary Trap
MSIPC
— Multi Stage inflatable Packer Collar
DXC
— DXC pressure pilot report
ASPO
— Asociation For The Study Of Peak Oil & Gas
DILLS
— dual-induction log-LSS
NEB
— National Energy Board (Canada)
FLIV
— FlowLine Injection Valve
ILTA
— International Liquid Terminals Association
PPTF
— Pounds Per Thousand Feet
FSI
— flawless start-up initiative
ANGTA
— Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1977 to build the Alaska gas pipeline
EDRP
— Emergency Demand Response Program
EMF
— Electro Magnetic Field
SOL
— System Operating Limit
OCL
— Quality Control Log
DWSS
— dig-well seismic surface log
CBM
— Capacity Benefit Margin
DILSL
— dual-induction log-SLS
NASA
— Non-Active Side Arm
DR
— dummy-run log
BOREH
— borehole seismic analysis
PFC
— Perfluorocarbon
IOU
— Investor owned utility (electricity)
WDP
— Waste Discharge Permit
IOM
— Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual
CEC
— Council of The European Communities
DADRP
— Day-Ahead Demand Response Program
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization
FEED
— front-end engineering design
BUL
— bottom up lag
VN
— Vernon Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
PDNP
— Proved Developed Not Producing
LDC
— Local distribution company (electricity)
PHB
— Pre-Hydrated Bentonite
LOGGS
— Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System
CIL
— chemical injection line
FPC
— Federal Power Commission (US)
FONSI
— Findings Of No Significant Impact
ASR
— Atmosphere Supplying Respirator
TAME
— Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether
HGE
— Harmonization Group on ECDIS
SSG
— Sidewall Sample Gun
FRCC
— Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (US)
ADIOS
— Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills
FIT
— formation interval tester
POLR
— Provider of last resort (electricity)
MDD
— Maximum Daily Delivery Obligations
D&I
— direction and inclinitation
FTP
— Flowing Tubing Plug
CFL
— Compact Fluorescent Light
PUHCA
— Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (US) (electricity)
BCFE
— billion cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
SART
— Search and Rescue Radar Transponder
CPI
— Computer-Processed Interpretation
PMA
— Power Marketing Agency
BBBL
— Billion Barrels
RBP
— Retrievable Bridge Plug
PCDC
— Pressure Cased Directional
RBOB
— reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending
DIL
— Dual Induction Log
SIM
— Similar
ICSU
— Integrated Commissioning and Start Up
W/C
— Water Cut
GP
— Gravel Pack
DISO
— Dual Induction Sonic Log
WSCA
— Well Services Contractors Association
PCMS
— Polymer Coupon Monitoring System
RBS
— Riser Base Spool
PAR
— Pre-Assembled Rack
NERC
— North American Electric Reliability Council
MUDT
— Mud Temperature Log
NTHF
— Non-Toxic High Flash
ECD
— Equivalent Circulating Density
DLIST
— dip-list log
BWPD
— barrels of water per day
IGCC
— Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle
AIRG
— Airgun
MVB
— Master Valve Block on Xmas Tree
DDET
— Depth Determination Log
CSHN
— cased-hole neutron log
DBB
— Double Block & Bleed
CTR(S)
— Centre/S
GSM
— Global System of Moblie
EMOP
— EMOP Well Site Processing Log
GNSED
— Global Network for Sustainable Energy Development
ISSA
— International Ship Supplies Association
NASUCA
— National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates(US)
BHCS
— BHC Sonic Log
NPCC
— Northeast Power Coordinating Council (US)
HAZWOPER
— Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard
DPDV
— Dynamically-Positioned Drilling Vessel
HARP
— Hot Spots Analysis And Reporting Program
XLPE
— Cross Linked Polyethylene
DRLPR
— drilling progress report
CND
— Compensated Neutron Density
FCVE
— F-curve log
MBR
— Minimum Bend Radius
NGV
— Natural Gas Vehicle
CSG
— Coal Seam Gas
SPEAN
— Spectral Analysis
RGS
— Renewable Generating System
DWRRA
— US Deep Water Royalty Relief Act
WT
— Wall Thickness
MBWH
— Multi Bowl Wellhead
DGP
— dynamic geohistory plot (3D technique)
EXL
— Exploration Licence (United Kingdom)
HFE
— Human Factors Engineering
EHU
— Electro-Hydraulic Unit
RL
— Reduced Level
OSV
— Offshore Support Vessel
GWREP
— Geo Well Report
OCSLA
— Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (oil)
THAI
— Toe to Heel Air Injection
DIBHC
— DIS BHC log
GLE
— Ground Level Elevation
KCMIL
— Thousand Circular Mils
CRT
— capacity reservation tariff
EMG
— Equivalent Mud Gradient
ICE
— Intercontinental Exchange
FP
— Frac Pack
ASRO
— Australian Shipping Registration Office
MECS
— Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (DOE)
DEFSU
— definitive survey report
MST
— MST EXP Resistivity Log
BPFL
— Borehole Profile Log
FULDI
— full diameter study report
GA
— General Arrangement
MMCFE
— million cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
DP
— Dewpoint Temperatue
IMR
— Inspection, Maintenance and Repair
OIP
— Oil-In-Place
CDR
— Chemical Data Reporting Rule
PDM
— Positive Displacement Motor
DWSS
— Dig Well Seismic Surface Log
TEU
— Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit
MPFM
— Multi-Phase Flow Meter
EDS
— Emergency Disconnect Sequence
ORM
— Other Regulated Materials
BHL
— Bottomhole Location
RFSU
— Ready for Start Up
HTM
— Heideck Team Member
DILB
— Dual Induction BHC Log
POBM
— Pseudo Oil Based Mud
LPN
— Lender Participation Notes
HPWBM
— High Performance Water Base Mud
EPCM
— Engineering Procurement Construction Management
DR
— Dryer
FOET
— Further Offshore Emergency Training
ATC
— Available Transfer Capability
DMDO
— Distillate Marine Diesel Oil
OSFR
— Oil Spill Financial Responsibility
LT&C
— Long Thread and Coupled
CCLTP
— Casing Collar Locator Through Tubing Plug
DO
— Division Order
SHL
— Surface Hole Location
NWI
— Net Working Interest
CMC
— crown mounted compensators
DSTW
— drill-stem test job report/works
FER
— field equipment room
NASPI
— North American Synchrophasor Initiative
CCC
— Carrier Container Council
ECPA
— Electric Consumers Protection Act (US)
CEP
— Clean Energy Partnership, a joint hydrogen-project in Europe.
CSUG
— Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas
FNL
— From North Line
IH
— Gamma Ray Log
RIH
— Run In Hole
DTT
— Depth To Time
ISFPB
— ISF True Vertical Depth Playback Log
IAT
— Internal Active Turret
IC
— Institutional Controls
MLRA
— Major Land Resource Area
FDC
— Formation Density Log
AUV
— authonomus underwater vehicle
IDC
— Interchange Distribution Calculator (electricity)
IFSMA
— International Federation of Ship Masters Associations
EDR
— Exploration Drilling Report
WOR
— Water-Oil Ratio
DSC
— Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes And Containers
APM
— Application for Permit to Modify
ETU
— Electrical Test Unit
HWB
— Hair Wash Basin
COROR
— core orientation report
HDT
— High Resolution Dipmeter Log
IEB
— Induction Electro BHC Log
LCM
— Lost Circulation Material
SEMP
— Safety and Environmental Management Plan
MBT
— Methylene Blue Test
ONNR
— Office of Natural Resources Revenue (formerly MMS)
RTU
— Roof Top Unit
E85
— E85 fuel: A fuel containing a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline
CHP
— Casing Hanger Pressure
BA
— Balancing Authority
FEL
— From East Line
CPU
— Cavern Point Unit
NPDES
— National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
ERT
— Emergency Response Training
DAZD
— Dip and Azimuth Display
CDA
— Common Data Access
HKSR
— Hong Kong Shipping Register
CH
— Charlotte Harbor Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
BWD
— barrels of water per day
CP
— Coincident Peak
ICAB
— International Cargo Advisory Bureau
LACT
— Lease Automatic Custody Transfer
LGS
— Low-Gravity Solids
RRC
— Rail Road Commission
BHSRE
— bottom hole sampling report
PUWER
— Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
CLASS
— Category In Classification Register
XMAC
— E Xmac Elite
OSC
— On-Scene Coordinator
C3
— Propane
REEEP
— Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
R&R
— Roles & Responsibilities
CRET
— Cement Retainer Setting Log
BHT
— bottomhole temperature
OD
— outer diameter
SLS
— SLS GR Log
RDMO
— Rig Down Move Out
H
— Prewash Hose Reel
CMP
— Common Midpoint
HDA
— Helideck Assistant
GLDF
— Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
TABS
— Texas Automated Buoy System
SPB
— Simple Payback (energy conservation investments)
CHECK
— Checkshot and Acoustic Calibration Report
MDEA
— Methyl Diethanolamine (aMDEA)
KT
— Kill Truck
BRS
— Bulgarian Register of Shipping
GMP
— Green Mountain Power)
BTHL
— Bottom Hole Log
DG
— Directorate-General (EU) (government)
ERIS
— Energy Resource Interconnection Service
AV
— Apparent Viscosity
DWQL
— dual-water quicklook log
EN
— European Standard
DIIS
— Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark)
LWL
— Length on Water Line
COS
— Center for Offshore Safety
DPP
— Development and Production Plan
LARS
— Launch and Recovery System
MMST
— One Million Short Tons
SGUN
— Squeeze Gun
CEA
— Country Environmental Analysis
ONRR
— Office of Natural Resources Revenue
EC
— Electrical Contractor
CZMP
— Coastal Zone Management Program
FCP
— Final Circulating Pressure
QHSE
— Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental
C&S
— Cased and Suspended
BHC
— BHC Gamma Ray Log
OIM
— Offshore Installation Manager
BLPD
— Barrels of Liquid Per Day
EP
— Emergency Power
ARRC
— Array Acoustic Report
CORIB
— coriband log
EHT
— Electric Heat Trace
DSU
— drill spacing unit
IC
— Information Collection
LVOT
— Linear Valve Override Tool
IMLA
— International Maritime Lecturers Association
EMP
— Electromagnetic Propagation Log
CTLF
— compensated tension lift frame
VIN
— vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)
G&G
— Geology & Geophysics
ANARE
— Analysis Report
AIRRE
— airgun report
DPRES
— dual propagation resistivity log
DPL
— Dual Propagation Log
RIMS
— Riser Integrity Monitoring System
JREC
— Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition
PMI
— Positive Material Identification
ART
— actuator running tool
LOE
— Lease Operating Expenses
PADD
— Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (US)
BCP
— Blackstart Capability Plan
AFP
— Active fire protection
GLONASS
— Global Navigation Satellite System (Russia)
COML
— Compaction Log
CSTAK
— core sample taken log
WTP
— Willingness To Pay
CCA
— Clean Carribbean & Americas
KD
— Kelly Down
GEOCH
— Geochemical Evaluation
FV
— Funnel Viscosity
SWP
— Safe Work Practices
KVAR
— one thousand vars (measurement)
PB
— Push-button
DWOP
— Deepwater Operations Plan
PUC
— Public Utility Commission (electricity)
ECRD
— Electrically Controlled Release Device
BA
— Bridging Agreement
GEOEV
— Geochemical Evaluation Report
BR
— Barge
PBD
— Pason Billing System
INSUR
— Inrun Survey Report
PPA
— Power Purchase Agreement (electricity)
MMS
— Minerals Management Service, (United States)
CSF
— Caesium Formate
NOC
— National Oil Company
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)
AV
— Annular Velocity
BHTV
— Borehole Television Report
NITC
— Normal Incremental Transfer Capability
IGU
— International Gas Union
C/P
— Consumption/Production
PESGB
— Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
FOSC
— Federal on Scene Coordinator
COA
— Conditions of Approval
LGX
— Line Group Cross
MADRI
— Mid Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative (US)
FPL
— Flow Analysis Log
XMAC
— Cross-Multipole Array Acoustic log
BVO
— ball valve operator
FINESSE
— Financing Energy Services for Small Scale Users
EAGE
— European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
LEVP
— Low Emissions Vehicle Program
PEX
— Platform Express toolstring (resistivity, porosity, imaging)
CTCO
— Coiled Tubing Clean Out
CERE
— Cement Remedial Log
NEDRI
— New England Distributed Resources Initiative (US)
SLCO
— Saudi Light Crude Oil
NAESB
— North American Energy Standards Board (formerly GISB)
RSS
— Rig Site Survey
LT
— lag time
PSIA
— Pounds per Square Inch Atmospheric
DRCC
— Demand Response Coordinating Council (coalition)
DRR
— Demand Response resources
PUR
— Plant Upset Report
T
— Top
MERC
— Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) (US)
SSPLR
— Subsea Pig Launcher/Receiver
NHPV
— Net Hydrocarbon Pore Volume
DEPT
— depth
ERD
— Extended Reach Drilling
MCB
— Main Circuit Breaker
MBRO
— Multi-Bore Restriction Orifices
GDIP
— Geodip Log
CERCLIS
— Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US)
LAT
— Lowest Astronomical Tide
MGN
— Marine Guidance Note
NYISO
— New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (US)
ROG
— Reactive Organic Gases
CYBD
— Cyberbond Log
CER
— Certified Emission Reduction
PWV
— Production Wing Valve
ECRD
— Electrically Controlled Release Tool
CNGR
— Compensated Neutron Gamma Ray Log
CEME
— Cement Evaluation
AL
— appraisal license (United Kingdom)
DIRS
— Directional Survey Log
FPA
— Federal Power Act (US)
EDRC
— Effective Daily Recovery Capacity
HYPJ
— Hyperjet
NGPL
— Natural Gas Plant Liquids
SP
— Shot point (geophysics)
FCF
— Fishermen's Contingency Fund
CT
— Combustion turbine (electricity)
MD
— Measured Department
DIEGR
— dielectric gamma ray log
CPP-F
— Critical peak variable
CSP
— Curtailment Service Provider
BCPD
— barrels condensate per day
SSE
— Short Service Employee
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)
SPWLA
— Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts[14]
HEA
— Habitat Equivalency Analysis
DS
— Drillship
UO3
— uranium trioxide (nuclear)
CBIL
— CBIL Log
ARB
— Air Resources Board (California)
UWT
— Ultrasonic Welding Line
GWH
— Gigawatt hour (one billion watt hours) (measurement- elect)
NZS
— New Zealand Standard
PTO
— Permit to Operate
SWU
— Separative Work Unit
OTDR
— Optical Time Domain Reflectometry
GEOPR
— Geological Operations Progress Report
NGSA
— Natural Gas Supply Association (US)
CPA
— California Power Authority
CH
— Cased Hole
JIP
— Joint Industry Project
GTI
— Gas Technology Institute (US)
PVT
— Pressure Volume Temperature diagram
GRAD
— Gradiometer Log
HBL
— Hydrostatic Balanced Loading
CYBLK
— cyberlook log
MER
— Maximum Efficient Rate
LOGIC
— Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness
GE
— Condensate gas equivalent
VRP
— Vessel Response Plan
FMA
— Finnish Maritime Administration
ITB
— Invitation To Bid
MOP
— Mobile Offshore Production
IBCS
— Integrated Bridge Control System
DRI
— Drift Log
WGR
— Water Gas Ratio
SWF
— Shallow Water Flow
MCHE
— Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger
CNS
— Central North Sea
LCB
— Longitudinal Centre of Buoyancy
SERC
— Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (US)
BHCA
— BHC Acoustic Log
MOT
— Materials Offloading Terminal
ICT
— Independent Coordinator of Transmission (US) (electricity)
WST
— Well Seismic Tool (checkshot)
GLV
— Gas Lift Valve
SDU
— Sanitary Disposal Unit
GASAN
— Gas Analysis Report
GPLT
— Geol Plot Log
SSCP
— Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline
CCIP
— Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection
IEPE
— Institute of Energy Policy and Economics
BIVDL
— BI/DK/WF/Casing collar locator/gamma ray log
DELTA
— Delta-T Log
ARACL
— array acoustic log
DIP
— Dipmeter Log
HCCS
— Horizontal Clamp Connection System
LIC
— License Internal Code
WFT
— Wet Film Thickness
NSDG
— North Sea Decommissioning Group
DCAL
— dual caliper log
STEP
— Southwest Transmission Expansion Plan
DILLS
— Dual Induction Log-LSS
FH
— Full Hole tool joint
DP
— Dynamic Positioning
T&D
— Transmission and Distribution
INCR
— Incline Report
NMEA
— National Marine Electronic Association
GBT
— Gravity Base Tank
FIP
— flow-induced pulsation
RTBM
— Real-Time Balancing Market
MPSP
— Maximum Predicted Surface Pressure
DLC
— Direct load control (regarding Load management)
ISFBG
— ISF BHC GR Log
HDD
— Heating degree days a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to heat a business (conservation)
DSTG
— DSTG Log
DBA
— Decibles
INDRS
— IND RES Sonic Log
QL
— Quicklook Log
CTRAC
— Cement Tracer Log
CEPA
— Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
IOLT
— Institute of Logistics and Transport
SV
— Sleeve Valve
EFR
— Engineering Factual Report
KVAR
— Kilovolt-Amperes Reactive
HHI
— Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (markets)
DR
— Drilling Report
CUT
— Cutter
CRT
— Clamp Replacement tool
C6
— Hexanes
DRYRE
— drying report
CB
— Core Barrel
SI
— Structural Integrity
OOC
— Offshore Operators Committee
GEOFO
— Geological & Formation Evaluation Report
NGPA
— Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (US)
LAOT
— Linear Activation Override Tool
DP
— Delta Pressure
PRA
— Probabilistic Risk Assessment
CO
— change out
SBF
— Synthetic Base Fluid
GCT
— GCT Log
LCNLG
— LDT CNL Gamma Ray Log
NCD
— Non Coincidental Demand
UKCS
— United Kingdom Continental Shelf
PSANA
— Pressure Analysis
BBS
— Behavioral-Based Safety
IBIA
— International Bunker Industry Association
IEL
— Induction Electrical Log
RCDS
— Raster Chart Display Systems
DSI
— Dipole Shear Imager
IMCA
— International Marine Contractors Association
SMPC
— Subsea Multiphase Pump
GFN
— Global Footprint Network
LIOG
— Lithography Log
MDSS
— Measured Department Sub-Sea
HHP
— Hydraulic Horsepower
C2
— Ethane
TCA
— Total Corrosion Allowance
IGSC
— Interim gas supply charge (natural gas)
DSTW
— Drill Stem Test Job Report/Works
MNP
— Merge and Playback Log
RAB
— Regional Advisory Body (US)
DRREP
— drilling report
RCR
— Remote Component Replacement (Tool)
CD
— Contract Demand
DRAM
— Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition
FTR
— Firm Transmission Rights
ATD
— application to drill
TZ
— Transition Zone
EB
— Equipment Branch
LOT
— Linear Override Tool
PIDX
— Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (oil)
ISFP
— ISF Sonic True Vertical Depth Playback Log
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (oil)
RSE
— Revenue Stream Estimate (finance)
TLP
— Tension Leg Platform
WBM
— Water Based Mud
GOMR
— Gulf of Mexico Regional
DF
— Derrick Floor
PGOR
— Produced Gas Oil Ratio
PRSRE
— Pressure Gauge Report
BHL
— Borehole Log
NNS
— Northern North Sea
GMP
— Green Mountain Power (US) (electricity)
FANAL
— Formation Analysis Sheet Log
MUNI
— Municipal
RESFL
— Reservoir Fluid
FSB
— flowline support base
RMS
— Riser Monitoring System
GEOL
— Geological Surveillance Log
INT
— Interlock
FIT
— fairing intervention tool
CIAC
— Contributions in Aid of Construction
SREC
— Seismic Record Log
TRANSCO
— Transmission Company (US) (electricity)
IAIN
— International Association of Institutes of Navigation
CMVE
— Competitive Market Value Estimate
NRDA
— National Resource Damage Assessment
KMW
— kill mud weight
APS
— Active Pipe Support
DIPSK
— dipmeter stick log
HLO
— Heavy Load-out (Facility)
IR
— Interpretation Report
FCO
— Financed Constructed and Operated
DDPT
— Drill Data Plot Log
GAS
— Gas Log
HAZCOM
— Hazard Communications Program
STAB
— Stabiliser
CDH
— cooling degree hours (climate)
HDU
— Horizontal Drive Unit
LSL
— Level Safety Low
GPM
— Gallons per Mcf
SPFM
— Single Phase Flow Meter
MEM
— Mechanical Earth Model
NYDER
— New York Department of Environmental Resources
ART
— Alternate Response Technologies
OPEC
— Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
FFAC
— Formation Factor Log
NWR
— National Wildlife Refuge
OES
— Office of Emergency Services
FMEA
— failure modes, & effects analysis
DMRP
— Density Magnetic Resonance Porosity
CIDU
— chemical injection downhole upper
BIOR
— Biostratigraphic Range Log
LSE
— Load Serving Entity
HL
— Hook Load
C1
— Methane
SWA
— Stop Work Authority
NFI
— No Further Investment
JLT
— J-Lay Tower
M
— mega-
EPLG
— EpiLog
LITHR
— Lithological Description Report
SSG
— WI PWG Seams Steering Group of Western Interconnection PlanningWork Group (US) (electricity)
HAZOP
— Hazardous Operation
CSTRE
— CST report
E&A
— Exploration and Appraisal
MRBP
— Magna Range Bridge Plug
NGA
— Natural Gas Act (US)
PG&E
— Pacific Gas & Electric
CAT
— Connector Actuating Tool
LOT
— Lock Open Tool
CLG
— Core Log and Graph
PUD
— Public Utility District (electricity)
CP
— Certificate Proceeding
ONTARIO
— IESO Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (Canada)
TSCA
— Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
RMC
— Rigid Metal Conduit
SI
— Shut In well
EIM
— Energy Improvement Mortgage
RFTRE
— Repeat Formation Tester Report
LVI
— Low Viscosity Index
°C
— Degrees Celsius
SSCS
— Subsea Control System
CSI
— CSI Log
LVEL
— Linear Velocity Log
IICL
— Institute of International Container Lessors
UKOOA
— United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
PSD
— Planned Shut-Down
MPP
— Multiphase Pump
DSPT
— cross-plots log
EDP
— Exploration Drilling Program Report
WTG
— Wind turbine generator (wind)
CEP
— Country Environmental Profile
FSL
— from south line
EUEF
— European Union Energy Facility
CA
— Core Analysis Log
DQLC
— Dipmeter Quality Control Log
IGIC
— Interim gas inventory charge (natural gas)
NARUC
— National Association of Regulatory Commissioners
ISFCD
— ISF Conductivity Log
MBOED
— One million barrels of oil equivalent(EU)
CPS
— Control Performance Standard
PBHL
— Proposed Bottom-Hole Location
SEIR
— Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
SPMT
— Self-Propelled Modular Transporter
ISFGR
— ISF GR Casing Collar Locator Log
GLT
— GLT Log
BS
— Bend Stiffener
NATC
— Non-recallable Available Transfer Capability
LOGSM
— Log Sample
GWC
— Gas-Water Contact
CGPH
— Core Graph Log
HCM
— Horizontal Connection Module.
MPV
— Multi Purpose Vessel
IER
— Incremental Energy Rate
QF
— Qualifying Facility
CHROM
— chromatolog
FTS
— Firm Transportation Service
CONDR
— Continuous Directional Log
CBL
— Customer Baseline Load
PIT
— Pump Intake Temperature
FRSB
— Fast Response Spill Boat
SEIS
— Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
SFEIS
— Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (US)
RWD
— Reaming While Drilling
CPUC
— California Public Utilities Commission
DPT
— Deeper Pool Test
RMR
— Reliability Must Run (electricity)
HVI
— Home Ventilating Institute (AMCA)
IPT
— Internal Passive Turret
PDPM
— Power Distribution Protection Module
GPSL
— Geo Pressure Log
IEM
— Internal electricity market (electricity)
MEDREP
— Mediterranean Renewables Energy Partnership
JITF
— Joint Industry Task Force
FTRE
— Formation Testing Report
GEOP
— Geophone Data Log
NRECA
— National Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (US)
I/C
— Interruptible /Curtailable (electricity)
PA
— Programmatic Agreement (USACE)
DARCI
— Darci Log
SANDA
— Sandstone Analysis Log
ICT
— Independent Coordinator of Transmission)
DLIST
— Dip List Log
RCCD
— Reverse Circulation Centre Discharge
BHPRP
— borehole pressure report
SHO
— Stab and Hinge Over
UNECE
— United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
PREP
— Pacific Regional Energy Programme
SDT
— Step Draw-down Test (sometimes SDDT)
DSTRE
— drill-stem test report
SCRS
— Sidewall Cores
PENL
— Penetration Log
DIPSA
— Dipmeter Soda Log
FC
— Float Collar
EC
— Electrical Code
STKPT
— Stuck Point
FID
— flame ionisation detection
CSHN
— Cased Hole Neutron Log
FPDM
— fracture potential and domain modelling/mapping]
NGS
— NGS Log
DESFL
— deep induction SFL log
MCS
— Manifold & Connection System
RBMK
— Russian: Реактор Большой Мощности Канальный = "High Power Channel Type Reactor" (RU)
FPLAN
— field plan log
E
— Exploration
PDP
— Proved Developed Reserves
SAFE
— Safety Analysis Function Evaluation
SPI
— Ship/Port Interface
PESA
— Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
FUCO
— Foreign Utility Company
EIPP
— Eastern Interconnection Phasor Project
POSVCM
— Pipeline Oil Spill Volume Computer Model
NRCS
— National Resource Conservation Service (US)
WPLAN
— Well Course Plan
STP
— Submerged Turret Production
OPEX
— Operating Expenditure
DRLCT
— drilling chart
RECS
— Residential Energy Consumption Survey (US)
WOC
— Water Oil Contact
LOW-E
— Low Emissivity
MMO
— Marine Mammal Observers
FLOT
— Flying Lead Orientation Tool
CCHT
— Core Chart Log
SIPES
— Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States
ITOPF
— International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
GIA
— Generator Interconnection Agreements
E95
— E95 fuel
IFTPA
— International Forest Product Transport Association
CDATA
— Core Data
CBM
— Coalbed Methane
CORAN
— core analysis report
QSE
— Qualifying Scheduling Entity
DSTSM
— drill-stem test summary report
C4
— Butane
COMRE
— Completion Record Log
GHC
— Gross Inland Consumption
DNHO
— Downhole Logging
SEA
— Strategic Environmental Assessment (United Kingdom)
SEIA
— Sustainable Energy Industry Association
ERV
— energy-recovery ventilator
VDU
— Vacuum Distillation Unit
DEVLG
— deviation log
ITD
— Internal Turret Disconnectable
MISO
— Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. A Regional Transmission Organization. (US)
PLES
— Pipeline End Structure
FMP
— Formation Microscan Report
CIDL
— chemical injection downhole lower
SUMRE
— Summary Report
SGR
— State game refuge (US)
SMPS
— Special Marketing Programs
MDL
— Methane Drainage Licence (United Kingdom)
CALVE
— calibrated velocity log data
RMU
— Removal Units
DAC
— Dipole Acoustic Log
CBI
— Computer Based Information
OIAC
— Oil Industry Advisory Committee
DDBHC
— DDBHC waveform log
RCIS
— Reliability Coordinator Information System
MIRU
— Move In and Rig Up
MAC
— Multipole Acoustic Log
JT
— Joule-Thomson
IUA
— International Underwriting Association
NPW
— New Pool Wildcat
GRN
— Gamma Ray Neutron Log
LDTEP
— LDT EPT Gamma Ray Log
BA
— Bottom Assembly (of a riser)
DSTL
— Drill Stem Test Log
BOEM
— Bureau Ocean Energy Management
TDT GR
— TDT Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator Log
FTM
— fire-team member
MVL
— minimum ventilation level (building tightness)
NTO
— National Training Organization
FWR
— Final Well Report
FGEOL
— final geological report
HHP
— High Holding Power
MBR
— Market based Rates
OMP
— Operation and Maintenance Plan
WP
— Working Pressure
HUET
— Helicopter Underwater Escape Training
SF
— Strip Footing
MDQ
— Maximum Daily Quantities
FCVE
— F Curve Log
WEND
— World Electronic Navigation Database
MRO
— Midwest Reliability Organization (US)
UWI
— Unique Well Identifier
STL
— STL Gamma Ray Log
OTIP
— Operational Testing Implementation Plan
PURPA
— Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (US) (electricity)
HRCC
— HCAl of Calliper (in Inches)
CDRCL
— compensated dual resistivity cal. log
SMLS
— Seamless PipeMPP:
ARESV
— analysis of reservoir
PPR
— Potential Peak Reduction
LSSON
— Long Spacing Sonic Log
DEPC
— Depth Control Log
MMP
— Mitigation Monitoring Program
ILP
— Integrated Licensing Process
O&G
— Oil And Gas
CA
— Carbon Abatement- increasing carbon neutrality
PWRI
— Produced Water Re-Injection
AS
— array sonic processing log
LOGGN
— Logging Whilst Drilling
DECC
— Department for Energy and Climate Change (UK)
DIPRE
— Dipmeter Report
TDT
— TDT Log
XC
— Cross-connection, cross correlation
BOB
— back on bottom
DC
— Drill Collar
TIMS
— Technical Information Management System
E/W
— East/West
PDCI
— Pacific Direct Current Intertie (US) (electricity)
FLAP
— fluid level above pump
ICOTA
— Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association
OPPR
— Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response
SLT
— SLT GR Log
PERFO
— Perforation Log
PWB
— Production Wing Block (XT)
FISHWAY
— Fish ladder
DSCAN
— DSC analysis report
FME
— Free Market Economics
FT
— Formation Tester Log
RAWS
— Raw Stacks VSP Log
MTT
— MTT Multi-Isotope Trace Tool
WHO
— World Health Organisation
EDS
— Emergency Disconnection Sequence
DTPB
— CNT true vertical-depth playback log
SHGC
— Solar Heat Gain Coefficient
RTTS
— Retrievable Test Treat Squeeze
IDC
— Intangible Drilling Costs
MRCV
— Multi Reverse Circulating Valve
PCB
— Poly-chlorinated biphenyl
MACL
— Multiarm Caliper Log
ILI
— In Line Inspection
PSE
— Puget Sound Energy (US) (electricity)
COL
— Collar Log
MUD
— Mud Log
RFTS
— Repeat Formation Tester Sample
DSTND
— dual-space thermal neutron density log
HTM
— Helideck Team Member
BH
— bloodhound
TFC
— Taper Flange Channel
DFR
— Drilling Factual Report
DINT
— Dip Interpretation
NAPF
— Non Aqueous Phase Fluid
BRPLG
— bridge plug log
HERS
— Home energy rating standard (conservation)
FIT
— fluid identification test