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| 3D |
| 3G |
| ADSL |
| AEOI |
| AMAC |
| APEC |
| ASCII |
| ASEAN |
| BBS |
| BSC |
| BTW |
| CAA |
| CAR |
| CATP |
| CBI |
| CCR |
| CDA |
| CFO |
| CGI |
| CGT |
| COIN |
| CPI |
| CPIB |
| CRS |
| CSA |
| CTC |
| CV |
| DB |
| DCS |
| DEA |
| DEAL |
| DfEE |
| DRA |
| DSAR |
| DSL |
| E&I |
| E&OE |
| EBITDA |
| ECA |
| ECGD |
| ECI |
| EIA |
| EPOS |
| FAQ |
| FDDI |
| FEED |
| FEM |
| FIs |
| FOI |
| FOSS |
| FSAScot |
| FTP |
| GIF |
| GUI |
| HILF |
| HMG |
| HMSO |
| HMT |
| HMT |
| HTML |
| IBAN |
| ICT |
| IE |
| IMAP |
| IMDA |
| IMHO |
| IMS |
| IP |
| IPO |
| IR |
| IRAS |
| ISDN |
| ISP |
| ITF |
| JPEG |
| KTP |
| LAN |
| LAWS |
| LD |
| MIME |
| MRT |
| MUFA |
| MUSE |
| NATO |
| NIC |
| NINJA |
| NNTP |
| NOA |
| OECD |
| P&A |
| PDQ |
| PNG |
| POP |
| PPP |
| PSTN |
| PUFA |
| PVC |
| REMF |
| RevPAR |
| ROW |
| RSS |
| SDSL |
| SFA |
| SICC |
| SIM |
| SIMC |
| SLIP |
| SMDS |
| SMEs |
| SMTP |
| SNMP |
| SOSR |
| SPN |
| SPV |
| SQL |
| SSL |
| SWIFT |
| SYSOP |
| TCP |
| TMT |
| TT |
| TULRA |
| UDP |
| URI |
| URL |
| URLs |
| URN |
| VAIO |
| VPN |
| WAIS |
| WAN |
| WIPO |
| WWW |
| XML |
| ABOI |
| ACAS |
| ACBE |
| ACOP |
| AD |
| AHU |
| ALARP |
| ALCS |
| ALE |
| AOG |
| ARI |
| AVL |
| AWHEM |
| B/D |
| BAR |
| bbl |
| bcf |
| BOE/BOEPD |
| BOO |
| BOOT |
| BOP |
| BOSIET |
| BOT |
| BPD |
| BPS |
| BRINDEX |
| BROA |
| BTI |
| BUL |
| C2 |
| C3 |
| CAA |
| CAPEX |
| CBMPE |
| CCP |
| CDC |
| CE |
| CEM |
| CEO |
| CEPMLP |
| CER |
| CISLF |
| CLASP |
| CMID |
| CMPT |
| CNOOC |
| CNS |
| COGS |
| COSHH |
| COTA |
| CPECC |
| CRINE |
| CRO |
| CVC |
| CWG |
| DARPS |
| DB |
| DEA |
| DGXVII |
| DMLC |
| DNOC |
| DO |
| DP |
| DPC |
| DSOA |
| DSV |
| DTI |
| E&A |
| E&I |
| E&P |
| ECITB |
| ECSA |
| EDP |
| EEEGR |
| EEMUA |
| EIA |
| EIC |
| ELSVB |
| EMS |
| EMTA |
| EMTA |
| EOR |
| EPA |
| EPC |
| EPC |
| EPCC |
| EPCM |
| EPFI |
| EPIC |
| ERC |
| ERRVA |
| ESD |
| EU |
| EULA |
| F&G |
| FAO |
| FATCA |
| FDA |
| FED |
| FEED |
| FEM |
| FIFI |
| FLOTEL |
| FMEA |
| FOC |
| FOET |
| FOSET |
| FPAL |
| FPF |
| FPS |
| FPSO |
| FRC |
| FS |
| FS |
| FSA |
| FSO |
| FSU |
| G |
| G/C |
| GA |
| GA |
| GMDSS |
| GMPs |
| GoM |
| GOPS |
| GPS |
| HACCP |
| HF |
| HILF |
| HIRA |
| HLO |
| HR |
| HS&E |
| HSE |
| HSE |
| HSES |
| HUET |
| HVAC |
| IADC |
| IAGC |
| ICONS |
| IEA |
| IEMA |
| IEP |
| IER |
| ILC |
| ILO |
| ILT |
| IMCA |
| IMO |
| IP |
| IPLOCA |
| IPP |
| IS |
| ISM Code |
| ISO |
| ISOCON |
| ISPS |
| ISSA |
| ITB |
| ITF |
| ITG |
| ITG2 |
| ITT |
| IUOOC |
| JIP |
| JIP |
| JOA |
| JV |
| JVs |
| KPI |
| LDPE |
| LIFT |
| LIFT |
| LMI |
| LNG |
| LOGIC |
| LOLER |
| LPG |
| LQ |
| LSA |
| MAIB |
| MAPS |
| MARPOL |
| MBOE |
| MBOEPD |
| MCA |
| MCP |
| MCR |
| MEOS |
| MLC, 2006 |
| mmcfd |
| MOC |
| MOU |
| MS |
| MSA |
| MSC |
| MSDS |
| Mt |
| NC2 |
| NERC |
| NET |
| NGLs |
| NGOs |
| NMD |
| NOGEPA |
| NOPEF |
| NORSOK |
| NOVA |
| NPD |
| NRB |
| NRO |
| NSOAF |
| NTO |
| NUI |
| NVQ |
| O |
| O & M |
| O&G |
| OCA |
| OCTG |
| ODE |
| OG |
| OGITF |
| OGP |
| OGSP |
| OH |
| OIAC |
| OIAC |
| OIAC |
| OILC |
| OIM |
| OLF |
| OLF |
| OMIS |
| ONS |
| OPEX |
| OPITO |
| OSEA |
| OSPAR |
| OTC |
| OWIC |
| PA |
| PDVSA |
| PESGB |
| PFEER |
| PIC |
| PIPE |
| PLB |
| PLQ |
| PMC |
| PO |
| POB |
| PPE |
| PPM |
| PPWG |
| PRT |
| PSA |
| PSSR |
| PSV |
| PTW |
| PUWER |
| QRA |
| R & M |
| R&D |
| RFC |
| RFI |
| RFP |
| RGIT |
| RGU |
| RIDOR |
| RMT |
| RO |
| ROV |
| RPA |
| SALSA |
| SAR |
| SATRO |
| SBV |
| SCDI |
| SCIG |
| SCM |
| SDV |
| SLA |
| SMEs |
| SNS |
| SOLAS |
| SOP |
| SPE |
| SRC |
| SSOM |
| STCW |
| STCW |
| Supplier |
| SURF |
| SVQ |
| T & D |
| T3 |
| TAC |
| TAT |
| tcf |
| TER |
| TF2 |
| TGWU |
| TLQ |
| TOWS |
| TQM |
| TR |
| TRA |
| TRA |
| TROIF |
| TUPE |
| UKCS |
| UKOOA |
| UOOC |
| UPS |
| URN |
| USP |
| VCI |
| WHO |
| WoB |
| WoS |
| WSCA |
| WTD |
| Three-dimensional space |
| Global Governance Group |
| Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| Automatic Exchange of Information |
| The Association of Mature American Citizens |
| Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| Association of South East Asian Nations |
| Bulletin Board System |
| Business Support Co-ordinator |
| By The Way |
| Competent Authority Agreement |
| Construction All Risks Insurance |
| Caffeine Access Transport Protocol |
| Confederation of British Industry |
| Central Control Room |
| Common Data Access |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| Common Gateway Interface |
| Capital Gains Tax |
| Completions Intervention Network |
| International’ Corruption Perceptions Index’ |
| Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau |
| Common Reporting Standard |
| Cyber Security Agency |
| Counter Terrorist Checks |
| Curriculum Vitae |
| Distribution Board |
| Distributed Control System |
| Drug Enforcement Agency (USA) |
| Data Environment Associated with Lift |
| Department for Education and Employment |
| Default Retirement Age |
| Data Subject Access Request |
| Digital Subscriber Line |
| Electrical and Instrumentation |
| Errors and Omissions Excepted |
| Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation |
| Export Credit Agency |
| Export Credits Guarantee Department |
| Estimated Chargeable Income |
| Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Electronic Point of Sale |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| Front End Engineering Design |
| Finite Element Method |
| Financial Institutions |
| Freedom of Information |
| Forum of Small States |
| Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| File Transfer Protocol |
| Graphic Interchange Format |
| Graphical User Interface |
| HSE Industry Liaison Forum |
| Her Majesty’ Government’ |
| Her Majesty’ Satationery Office’ |
| Her Majesty’ Theatre (Aberdeen)’ |
| Her Majesty’ Treasury’ |
| Hyper Text Markup Language |
| International Bank Account Number |
| Information and Communications Technology |
| Instrument Earth |
| Internet Message Access Protocol |
| Info-communications Media Development Authority |
| In My Humble Opinion |
| Interim Management Statement |
| Intellectual Property |
| Initial Public Offering |
| Inland Revenue |
| Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore |
| Integrated Service Digital Network |
| Internet Service Provider |
| Innovation and Technology Forum |
| Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| Local Area Network |
| Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems |
| Liquidated Damages |
| Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| Mass Rapid Transit |
| Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
| Multi-User Simulated Environment |
| No Action, Talk Only |
| Network Information Centre |
| No Income, No Job, No Assets |
| Network News Transport Protocol |
| Notice of Assessment |
| The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Plug and Abandon |
| Pretty Dash- Quick’ |
| Portable Network Graphics |
| Point of Presence also Post Office Protocol |
| Point to Point Protocol |
| Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acids |
| Poly Vinyl Chloride |
| Real Estate Mutual Fund |
| Revenue Per Available Room |
| Rest of the World |
| Rich Site Summary |
| Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| Saturated Fatty Acids |
| Singapore International Commercial Court |
| Subscriber Identity Module Card |
| Singapore International Mediation Centre |
| Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| Switched Multimegabit Data Service |
| Small to Medium Sized Enterprises |
| Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| Simple Network Management Protocol |
| Some Other Substantial Reason |
| Stretch Performance Network |
| Special Purpose Vehicle |
| Structured Query Language |
| Secure Socket Layer |
| Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| System Operator |
| Transmission Control Protocol |
| Technology, Media and Telecommunications |
| Telegraphic Transfer |
| Trade Union Labour Relations Act |
| User Datagram Protocol |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
| Uniform Resource Locator |
| Uniform Resource Locators |
| Uniform Resource Name |
| Video Audio Integrated Operation |
| Virtual Private Network |
| Wide Area Information Servers |
| Wide Area Network |
| World Intellectual Property Organization |
| World Wide Web |
| eXtensible Markup Language |
| Association of British Offshore Industries |
| Arbitration Conciliation Advisory Service |
| Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment |
| Approved Code of Practice |
| Assistant Driller |
| Air Handling Unit |
| As Low As Reasonably Practical |
| Asset Life Cycle Solutions |
| Asset Ageing and Life Extension |
| Australasia Oil & Gas |
| Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Forresterhill Complex |
| Approved Vendors List |
| Association of Wellhead Equipment Manufacturers |
| Barrels of Oil Produced per Day |
| Builders’ All Risk’ |
| One Barrel of Oil |
| Billion cubic feet (equiv. 0.83 million tonnes of oil) |
| Barrel of Oil Equivalent / Per Day |
| Build Own Operate |
| Build Own Operate Transfer |
| Blow-out Preventer |
| Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training |
| Build Operate Transfer |
| Barrels Per Day |
| Bits Per Second |
| Association of British Independent Oil Exploration Companies |
| British Rig Owners’ Association’ |
| British Trade International |
| Business Unit Leader |
| Contact Centres |
| Co-ordination & Control Centre |
| Civil Aviation Authority |
| Capital Expenditure |
| Council of British Manufactureres of Petroleum Equipment |
| Critical Control Point |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Clean Earth |
| Contract Energy Management |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy |
| Central Equipment Room |
| Cross Industry Leadership Forum (UK) |
| Central Logistics Association for Supply Chain Partnerships Network |
| Common Marine Inspection Document |
| Centre for Marine & Petroleum Technology |
| China National Offshore Oil Corporation |
| Central North Sea |
| Careers in the Oil and Gas Sector Association |
| Control Of Substances Harardous to Health |
| Caterers’ Offshore Trade Association’ |
| China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation |
| Cost Reduction Initiative for the New Era |
| Control Room Operator |
| Central Vacuum Cleaning System (wet type) |
| Competitiveness Work Group |
| Differential And Relative Positioning System |
| Distribution Board |
| Danish Energy Agency |
| Energy Directorate of the European Commission |
| Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance |
| Danish North Sea Operations Committee |
| Diesel Oil |
| Distribution Panel |
| Design, Procurement & Construction |
| Danish Ship Owners’ Association’ |
| Diving Support Vessel |
| Department of Trade & Industry |
| Exploration and Appraisal |
| Electrical and Instrumentation |
| Exploration and Production |
| Engineering Construction Industry Training Board |
| European Community Ship Owners’ Association’ |
| Emergency Distribution Panel |
| East of England Energy Group |
| Engineering, Equipment & Materials Users’ Association’ |
| Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Energy Industries Council |
| Emergency Low Voltage Switchboard |
| Environmental Management System |
| Engineering & Marine Training Authority |
| Engineering and Marine Training Organisation |
| Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| Energy Policy & Analysis unit of the DTI |
| Employment Practices Committee |
| Engineering, Procurement & Construction |
| Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning |
| Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Management |
| Engineer Procure Fabricate and Install |
| Engineering, Procurement, Installation & Commissioning |
| Emergency Response Centre |
| Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel Association |
| Emergency Shut Down |
| European Union |
| End User Licensing Agreement |
| Fire and Gas |
| Food and Agriculture Organization |
| Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act |
| Food and Drug Administration |
| Foreign Earnings Deduction |
| Front End Engineering Design |
| Finite Element Method |
| Fire Fighting |
| Floating Hotel |
| Failure Mode Effect Analyses |
| Flag of Convenience |
| Further Offshore Emergency Training |
| Further Offshore Safety & Emergency Training |
| First Point Assessment Limited |
| Floating Production Facility |
| Floating Production System |
| Floating Production, Storage & Offloading Vessel |
| Fast Rescue Craft |
| Functional Safety |
| Feed Study |
| Financial Security Arrangement |
| Floating Storage & Offloading Vessel |
| Floating Storage Unit |
| Gas |
| Gas Condensate |
| General Alarm |
| General Arrangement |
| Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
| Good Management Practices |
| Gulf of Mexico |
| Gross Overload Protection System |
| Global Petroleum Show & Conference |
| Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
| High Frequency |
| HSE Industry Liaison Forum |
| Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment |
| Helicopter Landing Officer |
| Human Resources |
| Health Safety & Environment |
| Health & Safety Executive |
| Health, Safety, Environment |
| Health, Safety, Environment and Security |
| Helicopter Underwater Escape Training |
| Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning |
| International Association of Drilling Contractors |
| International Association of Geophysical Contractors |
| International Commission on Shipping |
| International Energy Agency |
| Institute of Environmental Management |
| Infrastructure and Energy Projects Directorate of BTI Industry Forum |
| Instrument Equipment Room |
| International Labour Conference |
| International Labour Organization |
| Industry Leadership Team ~ part of PILOT |
| International Marine Contractors Association |
| International Maritime Organization |
| Institute of Petroleum |
| International Pipe Lines Offshore Contractors Association |
| Independent Power Project |
| Irish Sea |
| International Safety Management Code |
| International Standards Organisation |
| Irish Sea Offshore Contractors Association |
| International Ship and Port Security |
| International Ship Suppliers Association |
| Invitation to Bid |
| International Transport workers Federation |
| Innovation and Technology workGroup |
| Successor to ITG |
| Invitation to Tender |
| Inter Union Offshore Oil Committee |
| Joint Industry Project |
| Joint Industry Programme |
| Joint Operating Agreement |
| Joint Venture |
| Joint Ventures |
| Key Performance Indicators |
| Low Density Polyethene Plant |
| Licence Initiative for Trading |
| License Information for Trading |
| Labour Market Information |
| Liquefied Natural Gas |
| Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness |
| Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations |
| Liquefied Petroleum Gasses |
| Living Quarters |
| Low Specific Activity |
| Marine Accident Investigaton Branch |
| Movement and Personel tracking System |
| International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| Million Barrels Oil Equivalent |
| Millions of Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day |
| Maritime & Coastguard Agency |
| Malaria Control Plan |
| Maritime Control Room |
| Middle East Oil & Gas Show |
| Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 |
| Millions of cubic feet of gas per day |
| Management of Change |
| Memorandum of Understanding |
| Management System |
| Master Service Agreement |
| Medic Safety Coordinator |
| Material Safety Data Sheet |
| Million tonnes |
| Network & Claims Centre |
| Natural Environment Research Council |
| National Electrotechnical Training organisation |
| Natural Gas Liquids |
| Non Givernmental Organisations |
| Norwegian Maritime Directorsate |
| The Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association |
| Norsk Olje-Og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund / NORWEGIAN OIL & PETROCHEMICAL WORKERS UNION |
| Norsk Sokkels Konkurranseposisjon |
| Venture capital fund for oil and gas industry development |
| Norwegian Petroleum Directorate |
| Not Required Back |
| Norwegian Oil Operators’ Association’ |
| North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum |
| National Training Organisation |
| Normally Unmanned Installation |
| National Vocational Qualification |
| Oil |
| Operations & Maintenance |
| Oil and Gas |
| Offshore Contractors’ Association’ |
| Oil Country Tubular Goods |
| Offshore Deseign Engineering |
| Oil & Gas Directorate of the DTI |
| Oil & Gas Industry Task Force |
| International Association of Oil & Gas Producers |
| Official Government Selling Price |
| Occupational Health |
| Oil Industry Advisory Committee |
| Offshore Industry Advisory Committee |
| Oil Industry Accounting Committee |
| Offshore Industry Liaison Committee |
| Offshore Installation Manager |
| Norwegian Oil Operators’ Association’ |
| Oljeindustriens Landsforening (Norwegian Oil Industry Association) |
| Overseas Market Introduction Service |
| Offshore Northen Seas |
| OPerating EXpenditure |
| Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation |
| Offshore South East Asia |
| Oslo & Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic |
| Offshore Technology Conference |
| Offshore Wind Industry Council |
| Public Address |
| Petroleos de Venezuela |
| Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain |
| Prevention of Fire, Explosion and Emergency Response regulations |
| Person In Charge |
| Productivity Improvement in Partnership with Employers |
| Personal Locator Beacon |
| Permanent Living Quarters |
| Project Management Contract |
| Purchase Order |
| Personnel On Board |
| Personal Protective Equipment |
| Pre-Production Meeting |
| The Progressive Partnering Work Group |
| Petroleum Revenue Tax |
| Production Sharing Agreement |
| Pressure Systems Safety Regulations |
| Pressure Safety Valve |
| Permit To Work |
| Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations |
| Quantified Risk Assessment |
| Repair & Maintenance |
| Research & Development |
| Request For Comments |
| Request For Information |
| Request for Proposal |
| Robert Gordon Institute of Technology |
| Robert Gordon University |
| Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
| Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers’ Trade Union |
| Radio Operator |
| Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| Radiation Protection Advisor |
| Safe and Local Supplier Approval |
| Search and Rescue |
| Science and Technology Regional Organisation |
| Standby Vessel |
| Scottish Council for Development and Industry |
| Safety Case Improvements Group |
| Supply Chain Management |
| Seawater Desalination Vessel |
| Service Level Agreement |
| Small and Medium sized Enterprises |
| Southern North Sea |
| International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
| Standard Operating Procedure |
| Society of Petroleum Engineers |
| Search and Rescue Craft |
| Dutch State Supervision of Mines |
| Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping |
| International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers |
| Supplier of goods, and contractors or subcontractors delivering services |
| Subsea, Umbilical, Riser and Flowline |
| Scottish Vocational Qualification |
| Transmission & Distribution |
| Trinity International Services Ltd. |
| Technology Advosory Committee |
| Turnaround Activity Time |
| Trillion cubic feet of gas |
| Telecom Equipment Room |
| Interim title for the successor group to the OGITF |
| Transport & General Workers Union |
| Temporary Living Quarters |
| Thermal Over the Side Working Suit |
| Total Quality Management |
| Temporary Refuge |
| Task Risk Assessment |
| Tax Risk Assessment |
| Total Recordable Offshore Illness Frequency |
| Transfer of Undertakings & Protection of Employment Regulations |
| United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
| United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
| Inter-Union Offshore Oil Committee |
| Unified Planning System |
| Unique Reference Number |
| Unique Selling Proposition |
| Value Contracting Initiative |
| World Health Organisation |
| West of Britain |
| West of Shetland |
| Well Services Contractors’ Association’ |
| Working Time Directive |
ADSL |
AEOI |
AMAC |
APEC |
ASCII |
ASEAN |
ABOI |
ACAS |
ACBE |
ACOP |
AD |
AHU |
ALARP |
ALCS |
ALE |
AOG |
ARI |
AVL |
AWHEM |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
Automatic Exchange of Information |
The Association of Mature American Citizens |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
Association of British Offshore Industries |
Arbitration Conciliation Advisory Service |
Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment |
Approved Code of Practice |
Assistant Driller |
Air Handling Unit |
As Low As Reasonably Practical |
Asset Life Cycle Solutions |
Asset Ageing and Life Extension |
Australasia Oil & Gas |
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Forresterhill Complex |
Approved Vendors List |
Association of Wellhead Equipment Manufacturers |
| BBS |
| BSC |
| BTW |
| B/D |
| BAR |
| bbl |
| bcf |
| BOE/BOEPD |
| BOO |
| BOOT |
| BOP |
| BOSIET |
| BOT |
| BPD |
| BPS |
| BRINDEX |
| BROA |
| BTI |
| BUL |
| Bulletin Board System |
| Business Support Co-ordinator |
| By The Way |
| Barrels of Oil Produced per Day |
| Builders’ All Risk’ |
| One Barrel of Oil |
| Billion cubic feet (equiv. 0.83 million tonnes of oil) |
| Barrel of Oil Equivalent / Per Day |
| Build Own Operate |
| Build Own Operate Transfer |
| Blow-out Preventer |
| Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training |
| Build Operate Transfer |
| Barrels Per Day |
| Bits Per Second |
| Association of British Independent Oil Exploration Companies |
| British Rig Owners’ Association’ |
| British Trade International |
| Business Unit Leader |
| CAA |
| CAR |
| CATP |
| CBI |
| CCR |
| CDA |
| CFO |
| CGI |
| CGT |
| COIN |
| CPI |
| CPIB |
| CRS |
| CSA |
| CTC |
| CV |
| C2 |
| C3 |
| CAA |
| CAPEX |
| CBMPE |
| CCP |
| CDC |
| CE |
| CEM |
| CEO |
| CEPMLP |
| CER |
| CISLF |
| CLASP |
| CMID |
| CMPT |
| CNOOC |
| CNS |
| COGS |
| COSHH |
| COTA |
| CPECC |
| CRINE |
| CRO |
| CVC |
| CWG |
| Competent Authority Agreement |
| Construction All Risks Insurance |
| Caffeine Access Transport Protocol |
| Confederation of British Industry |
| Central Control Room |
| Common Data Access |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| Common Gateway Interface |
| Capital Gains Tax |
| Completions Intervention Network |
| International’ Corruption Perceptions Index’ |
| Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau |
| Common Reporting Standard |
| Cyber Security Agency |
| Counter Terrorist Checks |
| Curriculum Vitae |
| Contact Centres |
| Co-ordination & Control Centre |
| Civil Aviation Authority |
| Capital Expenditure |
| Council of British Manufactureres of Petroleum Equipment |
| Critical Control Point |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Clean Earth |
| Contract Energy Management |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy |
| Central Equipment Room |
| Cross Industry Leadership Forum (UK) |
| Central Logistics Association for Supply Chain Partnerships Network |
| Common Marine Inspection Document |
| Centre for Marine & Petroleum Technology |
| China National Offshore Oil Corporation |
| Central North Sea |
| Careers in the Oil and Gas Sector Association |
| Control Of Substances Harardous to Health |
| Caterers’ Offshore Trade Association’ |
| China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation |
| Cost Reduction Initiative for the New Era |
| Control Room Operator |
| Central Vacuum Cleaning System (wet type) |
| Competitiveness Work Group |
| DB |
| DCS |
| DEA |
| DEAL |
| DfEE |
| DRA |
| DSAR |
| DSL |
| DARPS |
| DB |
| DEA |
| DGXVII |
| DMLC |
| DNOC |
| DO |
| DP |
| DPC |
| DSOA |
| DSV |
| DTI |
| Distribution Board |
| Distributed Control System |
| Drug Enforcement Agency (USA) |
| Data Environment Associated with Lift |
| Department for Education and Employment |
| Default Retirement Age |
| Data Subject Access Request |
| Digital Subscriber Line |
| Differential And Relative Positioning System |
| Distribution Board |
| Danish Energy Agency |
| Energy Directorate of the European Commission |
| Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance |
| Danish North Sea Operations Committee |
| Diesel Oil |
| Distribution Panel |
| Design, Procurement & Construction |
| Danish Ship Owners’ Association’ |
| Diving Support Vessel |
| Department of Trade & Industry |
| E&I |
| E&OE |
| EBITDA |
| ECA |
| ECGD |
| ECI |
| EIA |
| EPOS |
| E&A |
| E&I |
| E&P |
| ECITB |
| ECSA |
| EDP |
| EEEGR |
| EEMUA |
| EIA |
| EIC |
| ELSVB |
| EMS |
| EMTA |
| EMTA |
| EOR |
| EPA |
| EPC |
| EPC |
| EPCC |
| EPCM |
| EPFI |
| EPIC |
| ERC |
| ERRVA |
| ESD |
| EU |
| EULA |
| Electrical and Instrumentation |
| Errors and Omissions Excepted |
| Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation |
| Export Credit Agency |
| Export Credits Guarantee Department |
| Estimated Chargeable Income |
| Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Electronic Point of Sale |
| Exploration and Appraisal |
| Electrical and Instrumentation |
| Exploration and Production |
| Engineering Construction Industry Training Board |
| European Community Ship Owners’ Association’ |
| Emergency Distribution Panel |
| East of England Energy Group |
| Engineering, Equipment & Materials Users’ Association’ |
| Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Energy Industries Council |
| Emergency Low Voltage Switchboard |
| Environmental Management System |
| Engineering & Marine Training Authority |
| Engineering and Marine Training Organisation |
| Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| Energy Policy & Analysis unit of the DTI |
| Employment Practices Committee |
| Engineering, Procurement & Construction |
| Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning |
| Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Management |
| Engineer Procure Fabricate and Install |
| Engineering, Procurement, Installation & Commissioning |
| Emergency Response Centre |
| Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel Association |
| Emergency Shut Down |
| European Union |
| End User Licensing Agreement |
| FAQ |
| FDDI |
| FEED |
| FEM |
| FIs |
| FOI |
| FOSS |
| FSAScot |
| FTP |
| F&G |
| FAO |
| FATCA |
| FDA |
| FED |
| FEED |
| FEM |
| FIFI |
| FLOTEL |
| FMEA |
| FOC |
| FOET |
| FOSET |
| FPAL |
| FPF |
| FPS |
| FPSO |
| FRC |
| FS |
| FS |
| FSA |
| FSO |
| FSU |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| Front End Engineering Design |
| Finite Element Method |
| Financial Institutions |
| Freedom of Information |
| Forum of Small States |
| Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| File Transfer Protocol |
| Fire and Gas |
| Food and Agriculture Organization |
| Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act |
| Food and Drug Administration |
| Foreign Earnings Deduction |
| Front End Engineering Design |
| Finite Element Method |
| Fire Fighting |
| Floating Hotel |
| Failure Mode Effect Analyses |
| Flag of Convenience |
| Further Offshore Emergency Training |
| Further Offshore Safety & Emergency Training |
| First Point Assessment Limited |
| Floating Production Facility |
| Floating Production System |
| Floating Production, Storage & Offloading Vessel |
| Fast Rescue Craft |
| Functional Safety |
| Feed Study |
| Financial Security Arrangement |
| Floating Storage & Offloading Vessel |
| Floating Storage Unit |
| GIF |
| GUI |
| G |
| G/C |
| GA |
| GA |
| GMDSS |
| GMPs |
| GoM |
| GOPS |
| GPS |
| Graphic Interchange Format |
| Graphical User Interface |
| Gas |
| Gas Condensate |
| General Alarm |
| General Arrangement |
| Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
| Good Management Practices |
| Gulf of Mexico |
| Gross Overload Protection System |
| Global Petroleum Show & Conference |
| HILF |
| HMG |
| HMSO |
| HMT |
| HMT |
| HTML |
| HACCP |
| HF |
| HILF |
| HIRA |
| HLO |
| HR |
| HS&E |
| HSE |
| HSE |
| HSES |
| HUET |
| HVAC |
| HSE Industry Liaison Forum |
| Her Majesty’ Government’ |
| Her Majesty’ Satationery Office’ |
| Her Majesty’ Theatre (Aberdeen)’ |
| Her Majesty’ Treasury’ |
| Hyper Text Markup Language |
| Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
| High Frequency |
| HSE Industry Liaison Forum |
| Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment |
| Helicopter Landing Officer |
| Human Resources |
| Health Safety & Environment |
| Health & Safety Executive |
| Health, Safety, Environment |
| Health, Safety, Environment and Security |
| Helicopter Underwater Escape Training |
| Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning |
| IBAN |
| ICT |
| IE |
| IMAP |
| IMDA |
| IMHO |
| IMS |
| IP |
| IPO |
| IR |
| IRAS |
| ISDN |
| ISP |
| ITF |
| IADC |
| IAGC |
| ICONS |
| IEA |
| IEMA |
| IEP |
| IER |
| ILC |
| ILO |
| ILT |
| IMCA |
| IMO |
| IP |
| IPLOCA |
| IPP |
| IS |
| ISM Code |
| ISO |
| ISOCON |
| ISPS |
| ISSA |
| ITB |
| ITF |
| ITG |
| ITG2 |
| ITT |
| IUOOC |
| International Bank Account Number |
| Information and Communications Technology |
| Instrument Earth |
| Internet Message Access Protocol |
| Info-communications Media Development Authority |
| In My Humble Opinion |
| Interim Management Statement |
| Intellectual Property |
| Initial Public Offering |
| Inland Revenue |
| Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore |
| Integrated Service Digital Network |
| Internet Service Provider |
| Innovation and Technology Forum |
| International Association of Drilling Contractors |
| International Association of Geophysical Contractors |
| International Commission on Shipping |
| International Energy Agency |
| Institute of Environmental Management |
| Infrastructure and Energy Projects Directorate of BTI Industry Forum |
| Instrument Equipment Room |
| International Labour Conference |
| International Labour Organization |
| Industry Leadership Team ~ part of PILOT |
| International Marine Contractors Association |
| International Maritime Organization |
| Institute of Petroleum |
| International Pipe Lines Offshore Contractors Association |
| Independent Power Project |
| Irish Sea |
| International Safety Management Code |
| International Standards Organisation |
| Irish Sea Offshore Contractors Association |
| International Ship and Port Security |
| International Ship Suppliers Association |
| Invitation to Bid |
| International Transport workers Federation |
| Innovation and Technology workGroup |
| Successor to ITG |
| Invitation to Tender |
| Inter Union Offshore Oil Committee |
| JPEG |
| JIP |
| JIP |
| JOA |
| JV |
| JVs |
| Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| Joint Industry Project |
| Joint Industry Programme |
| Joint Operating Agreement |
| Joint Venture |
| Joint Ventures |
| KTP |
| KPI |
| Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| Key Performance Indicators |
| LAN |
| LAWS |
| LD |
| LDPE |
| LIFT |
| LIFT |
| LMI |
| LNG |
| LOGIC |
| LOLER |
| LPG |
| LQ |
| LSA |
| Local Area Network |
| Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems |
| Liquidated Damages |
| Low Density Polyethene Plant |
| Licence Initiative for Trading |
| License Information for Trading |
| Labour Market Information |
| Liquefied Natural Gas |
| Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness |
| Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations |
| Liquefied Petroleum Gasses |
| Living Quarters |
| Low Specific Activity |
| MIME |
| MRT |
| MUFA |
| MUSE |
| MAIB |
| MAPS |
| MARPOL |
| MBOE |
| MBOEPD |
| MCA |
| MCP |
| MCR |
| MEOS |
| MLC, 2006 |
| mmcfd |
| MOC |
| MOU |
| MS |
| MSA |
| MSC |
| MSDS |
| Mt |
| Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| Mass Rapid Transit |
| Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
| Multi-User Simulated Environment |
| Marine Accident Investigaton Branch |
| Movement and Personel tracking System |
| International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| Million Barrels Oil Equivalent |
| Millions of Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day |
| Maritime & Coastguard Agency |
| Malaria Control Plan |
| Maritime Control Room |
| Middle East Oil & Gas Show |
| Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 |
| Millions of cubic feet of gas per day |
| Management of Change |
| Memorandum of Understanding |
| Management System |
| Master Service Agreement |
| Medic Safety Coordinator |
| Material Safety Data Sheet |
| Million tonnes |
| NATO |
| NIC |
| NINJA |
| NNTP |
| NOA |
| NC2 |
| NERC |
| NET |
| NGLs |
| NGOs |
| NMD |
| NOGEPA |
| NOPEF |
| NORSOK |
| NOVA |
| NPD |
| NRB |
| NRO |
| NSOAF |
| NTO |
| NUI |
| NVQ |
| No Action, Talk Only |
| Network Information Centre |
| No Income, No Job, No Assets |
| Network News Transport Protocol |
| Notice of Assessment |
| Network & Claims Centre |
| Natural Environment Research Council |
| National Electrotechnical Training organisation |
| Natural Gas Liquids |
| Non Givernmental Organisations |
| Norwegian Maritime Directorsate |
| The Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association |
| Norsk Olje-Og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund / NORWEGIAN OIL & PETROCHEMICAL WORKERS UNION |
| Norsk Sokkels Konkurranseposisjon |
| Venture capital fund for oil and gas industry development |
| Norwegian Petroleum Directorate |
| Not Required Back |
| Norwegian Oil Operators’ Association’ |
| North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum |
| National Training Organisation |
| Normally Unmanned Installation |
| National Vocational Qualification |
| OECD |
| O |
| O & M |
| O&G |
| OCA |
| OCTG |
| ODE |
| OG |
| OGITF |
| OGP |
| OGSP |
| OH |
| OIAC |
| OIAC |
| OIAC |
| OILC |
| OIM |
| OLF |
| OLF |
| OMIS |
| ONS |
| OPEX |
| OPITO |
| OSEA |
| OSPAR |
| OTC |
| OWIC |
| The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Oil |
| Operations & Maintenance |
| Oil and Gas |
| Offshore Contractors’ Association’ |
| Oil Country Tubular Goods |
| Offshore Deseign Engineering |
| Oil & Gas Directorate of the DTI |
| Oil & Gas Industry Task Force |
| International Association of Oil & Gas Producers |
| Official Government Selling Price |
| Occupational Health |
| Oil Industry Advisory Committee |
| Offshore Industry Advisory Committee |
| Oil Industry Accounting Committee |
| Offshore Industry Liaison Committee |
| Offshore Installation Manager |
| Norwegian Oil Operators’ Association’ |
| Oljeindustriens Landsforening (Norwegian Oil Industry Association) |
| Overseas Market Introduction Service |
| Offshore Northen Seas |
| OPerating EXpenditure |
| Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation |
| Offshore South East Asia |
| Oslo & Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic |
| Offshore Technology Conference |
| Offshore Wind Industry Council |
| P&A |
| PDQ |
| PNG |
| POP |
| PPP |
| PSTN |
| PUFA |
| PVC |
| PA |
| PDVSA |
| PESGB |
| PFEER |
| PIC |
| PIPE |
| PLB |
| PLQ |
| PMC |
| PO |
| POB |
| PPE |
| PPM |
| PPWG |
| PRT |
| PSA |
| PSSR |
| PSV |
| PTW |
| PUWER |
| Plug and Abandon |
| Pretty Dash- Quick’ |
| Portable Network Graphics |
| Point of Presence also Post Office Protocol |
| Point to Point Protocol |
| Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acids |
| Poly Vinyl Chloride |
| Public Address |
| Petroleos de Venezuela |
| Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain |
| Prevention of Fire, Explosion and Emergency Response regulations |
| Person In Charge |
| Productivity Improvement in Partnership with Employers |
| Personal Locator Beacon |
| Permanent Living Quarters |
| Project Management Contract |
| Purchase Order |
| Personnel On Board |
| Personal Protective Equipment |
| Pre-Production Meeting |
| The Progressive Partnering Work Group |
| Petroleum Revenue Tax |
| Production Sharing Agreement |
| Pressure Systems Safety Regulations |
| Pressure Safety Valve |
| Permit To Work |
| Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations |
| QRA |
| Quantified Risk Assessment |
| REMF |
| RevPAR |
| ROW |
| RSS |
| R & M |
| R&D |
| RFC |
| RFI |
| RFP |
| RGIT |
| RGU |
| RIDOR |
| RMT |
| RO |
| ROV |
| RPA |
| Real Estate Mutual Fund |
| Revenue Per Available Room |
| Rest of the World |
| Rich Site Summary |
| Repair & Maintenance |
| Research & Development |
| Request For Comments |
| Request For Information |
| Request for Proposal |
| Robert Gordon Institute of Technology |
| Robert Gordon University |
| Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
| Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers’ Trade Union |
| Radio Operator |
| Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| Radiation Protection Advisor |
| SDSL |
| SFA |
| SICC |
| SIM |
| SIMC |
| SLIP |
| SMDS |
| SMEs |
| SMTP |
| SNMP |
| SOSR |
| SPN |
| SPV |
| SQL |
| SSL |
| SWIFT |
| SYSOP |
| SALSA |
| SAR |
| SATRO |
| SBV |
| SCDI |
| SCIG |
| SCM |
| SDV |
| SLA |
| SMEs |
| SNS |
| SOLAS |
| SOP |
| SPE |
| SRC |
| SSOM |
| STCW |
| STCW |
| Supplier |
| SURF |
| SVQ |
| Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| Saturated Fatty Acids |
| Singapore International Commercial Court |
| Subscriber Identity Module Card |
| Singapore International Mediation Centre |
| Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| Switched Multimegabit Data Service |
| Small to Medium Sized Enterprises |
| Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| Simple Network Management Protocol |
| Some Other Substantial Reason |
| Stretch Performance Network |
| Special Purpose Vehicle |
| Structured Query Language |
| Secure Socket Layer |
| Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| System Operator |
| Safe and Local Supplier Approval |
| Search and Rescue |
| Science and Technology Regional Organisation |
| Standby Vessel |
| Scottish Council for Development and Industry |
| Safety Case Improvements Group |
| Supply Chain Management |
| Seawater Desalination Vessel |
| Service Level Agreement |
| Small and Medium sized Enterprises |
| Southern North Sea |
| International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
| Standard Operating Procedure |
| Society of Petroleum Engineers |
| Search and Rescue Craft |
| Dutch State Supervision of Mines |
| Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping |
| International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers |
| Supplier of goods, and contractors or subcontractors delivering services |
| Subsea, Umbilical, Riser and Flowline |
| Scottish Vocational Qualification |
| TCP |
| TMT |
| TT |
| TULRA |
| T & D |
| T3 |
| TAC |
| TAT |
| tcf |
| TER |
| TF2 |
| TGWU |
| TLQ |
| TOWS |
| TQM |
| TR |
| TRA |
| TRA |
| TROIF |
| TUPE |
| Transmission Control Protocol |
| Technology, Media and Telecommunications |
| Telegraphic Transfer |
| Trade Union Labour Relations Act |
| Transmission & Distribution |
| Trinity International Services Ltd. |
| Technology Advosory Committee |
| Turnaround Activity Time |
| Trillion cubic feet of gas |
| Telecom Equipment Room |
| Interim title for the successor group to the OGITF |
| Transport & General Workers Union |
| Temporary Living Quarters |
| Thermal Over the Side Working Suit |
| Total Quality Management |
| Temporary Refuge |
| Task Risk Assessment |
| Tax Risk Assessment |
| Total Recordable Offshore Illness Frequency |
| Transfer of Undertakings & Protection of Employment Regulations |
| UDP |
| URI |
| URL |
| URLs |
| URN |
| UKCS |
| UKOOA |
| UOOC |
| UPS |
| URN |
| USP |
| User Datagram Protocol |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
| Uniform Resource Locator |
| Uniform Resource Locators |
| Uniform Resource Name |
| United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
| United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
| Inter-Union Offshore Oil Committee |
| Unified Planning System |
| Unique Reference Number |
| Unique Selling Proposition |
| VAIO |
| VPN |
| VCI |
| Video Audio Integrated Operation |
| Virtual Private Network |
| Value Contracting Initiative |
| WAIS |
| WAN |
| WIPO |
| WWW |
| WHO |
| WoB |
| WoS |
| WSCA |
| WTD |
| Wide Area Information Servers |
| Wide Area Network |
| World Intellectual Property Organization |
| World Wide Web |
| World Health Organisation |
| West of Britain |
| West of Shetland |
| Well Services Contractors’ Association’ |
| Working Time Directive |
| XML |
| eXtensible Markup Language |
| 3D |
| 3G |
| Three-dimensional space |
| Global Governance Group |
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