CWR Continuous Welded Rail

IRHD International Rubber Hardness

MRO Maintenance Repair Operations

OO On Order Quantity

BWEA British Wind Energy Association

MJ Movement Joint

AVG Average

PARA Paragraph

COL Column

EC Eddy Current Testing (Examination)

ORIF Orifice

PIV Post Indicator Valve

QS Quantity Surveyor

HRC Hardness Rockwell C Scale

NPV Net Present Value

RA Roughness Average

HVAC Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning

AL Arabian Light

LPCPD Litres Per Capita Per Day

TMGB Telecommunications Main Grounding Busbar

BOP Blow Out Preventer

OSP Oil Supply Planning and Scheduling

HAZID Hazard Identification

RTD Resistance Temperature Detector

LUP Land Use Permit

IFB Issue for Bid

ISD Instrument Segment Diagram

NPL Neutral Pressure Level

DUV Data Under Voice

AUT Automated Ultrasonic Testing

SIF Strength Increase Factor

BS British Steel

F Fahrenheit

ERC Expenditure Request Completion

GO Gear Operator

PAW Plasma Arc Welding

INT. Internal

TPG Thermo-Powered Generator

IDA International Development Association

CWP Cold Working Pressure

CB Catch Basin

PT Pump Trims

AGC Automatic Generation Control

DPSR Data Processing Service Request

SWG Swage

MSO Material Supply Organisation

SCI Steel Construction Institute

ASD Allowable Stress Design

IR Infrared

EHF Extra High Frequency

LOB Limited Open Book

GI General Instruction

IP Interface Point

HPPT High Pressure Production Trap

CDS Central Dispatch System

FS Feasibility Study

DP Design Pressure

ELSBM Exposed Location Single Buoy Mooring

SMH Standard Manhour

CMT Construction Management Team

BS Bio Sludge

AWO Additional Work Order

EDP Electronic Data Processing

GEA Geothermal Energy Association

EOL Elbolet

SDD System Design Document

CD Closed Drain

R/P Request for Purchase

SMF Systems Management Facility

E&I Electrical and Instrumentation

TIG Tungsten Inert Gas Welding

AIHA American Industial Hygiene Association

FAB Fabricate

UL Underwriter Laboratories

TOS Top of Steel

FS Finished Surface

HO High Order

CMU Concrete Masonry Units

CDC Central Dispatch Center

EF Entrance Facility

UBC Uniform Building Code

RCA Required Corrective Action

PCA Portland Cement Association

M/E Mechanical/Electrical

BOS Balance of System

RCDD Registered Communications Distribution Design

BMS Burner Management System

DOE Department of Energy

UG Underground

LAN Local Area Network

RFQ Request for Quotation

RE Renewable Energy

PVDF Polyvinylidene Fluoride

MW Megawatt

CGTG Combustion Gas Turbine Generator

A/G Above Ground

BL Battery Limit

VB Valve Box

CBM Coal Bed Methane

PIP Pipe in Pipe

FMU Fitting Make Up

ORGANIGRAM Organisational Diagram

FM Frequency Modulation

DM De-Mineralisation

ILO International Labour Organisation

SOC Safe Operation Committee

ISNRS Inside Screw Non Rising Stem

BTU British Thermal Unit

ISRS Inside Screw Rising Stem

T/SW Threaded by Socketweld

UB Universal Beam

GOR Gas Oil Ratio

CMAA Crane Manufacturers Association of America

DAF Dissolved Air Flotation

DOD Direct Onward Dialling

BOP Balance of Plant

VAC Volts Alternating Current

ISA Instrument Society of America

dBA Decibels using the A-weighted scale

PIP Process Industry Practise

LIBIS Leuvens Integraal Bibliotheek System

AWEA American Wind Energy Association

STS Standard Telephone System

PBMR Pebble Bed Modular Reactor

PDM Precedence Diagram Method

V/D Vents and Drains

BFD Block Flow Diagram

D-A Digital to Analog

RCP Reinforced Concrete Pipe

EPC Engineering Procurement Construction

DT Design Temperature

MW Groundwater Monitoring Well

HIPS High Integrity Protection System

OS On Stream

WIP Water Injection Plant

ANP Acid Neutralisation Pit

IFC International Fire Code

TI Titanium

HR15N Hardness Rockwell 15N Scale

FSE Flange Small End

JE Joint Efficiency

ICE Institution of Civil Engineers

LPDCPD Litres Per Dental Chair Per Day

UHF Ultra High Frequency

FRP Fibre Reinforced Plastic

REQD Required

HPAAS High Pressure Air Assist System

SO Seal Oil

ACARP Australian Coal Association Research Program

DS Downspout

ECL Established Column Line

SI Silicon

BICSI Building Industry Consulting Services Internationa

DCC Disaster Control Centre

WIPS Water Injection Pump Station

RSO Radiation Safety Officer

FM Factory Mutual

BM Bending Moment

CRS Centres

RS Rising Stem

MF Meter Factor

TPW Tempered Water

MBD Thousandd Barrels per Day

SGS Shell Global Solutions

E&P Exploration and Production

APS Applications Software

AWG American Wire Gauge

VFR Verification Finding Report

SBS Single Buoy Storage

LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas (Propane and Butane)

SRS Safety Requirements Specification

EWA Extra Work Authorisation

M Meter

OGOEAD Oil and Gas Operations Exploration Applications Di

pW Pico Watt

P-I Pressure Impulse

PATIS Purchasing and Traffic Information System

DIM Dimension

LSTK Lumpsum Turnkey

HB Hardness Brinell Scale

DP Data Processing

RAT Rating

EDH Electrical Duct Heater

EAGE European Association of Geoscientists and Engineer

MTO Material Take Off

PRE-FAT Pre-Factory Acceptance Test

SHS Square Hollow Section

STD Standard

BOB Bottom of Barrel

VT Vessel Trim

CWO Chain Wheel Operator

DOT Department of Transportation

PERT Program Evaluation and Review Techniques

DEL Direct Exchange Line

OIO Operational Investment Overhead

NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers

CPU Central Processing Unit

SD Sanitary Drainage

TFL Through Flow Line

TMG Trans Mercator Grid

DTE Drill Through Equipment

CTS Construction Technical Support

FAT Factory Acceptance Test

AH Acid Hydrocarbon

MMscfd Million standard cubic feet per day

WDM Work Discussion Memorandom

MT Magnetic Particle Testing (Exam)

GHG Green House Gas

GSPD General Service Plant Depreciation

CCIR International Radio Consulative Committee

LDPE Low Density Polyethylene

MOV Motor Operated Valve

PFC Parallel Flange Channel

ETS Emissions Trading Scheme

NTS Not to Scale

SDR Standard Dimensional Ratio

PA Process Air

GOS Grade of Service

OS&Y Outside Screw and Yoke

OAT Operational Availability Test

PPB Parts per Billion

ALP Articulated Loading Platform

GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic

SRO Senior Reactor Operator

SPMB Single Point Mooring Buoys

MTS Material Teleprocessing System

BC Bolt Circle

SWCC Saline Water Conversion Corporation

IAPMO International Association of Plumbing and Mechani

FS Forged Steel

IFR Internal Floating Roof

BST Baker-Strehlow-Tang

SI System Internationale

CM Construction Manager

SLRS Seismic Load Resisting System

DI Ductile Iron

PVDC Polyvinylidene Chloride

FTSPM Fixed Tower Single Point Mooring

QR Quotation Request

CT Coiled Tubing

GG Gart Gas

LNG Liquified Natural Gas

PCL Project Construction Leader

HD Heavy Density

SA Sulphuric Acid

ECC Eccentric

OS Oppurtunity Study

SCH Schedule

WT Wall Thickness

LWN Long Welding Neck

DEMA Diesel Engineers Manufacturers Association

LDF Lay Down in Field

WTP Water Treatment Plant

CTI Cooling Tower Institute

FGH High Pressure Fuel Gas

PFA Perfluoro (Alkoxyalkane) Copolymer

UCS Ulitimate Compressive Strength

A/D Analog/Digital

CB Control Building

PETROMIN Petroleum and Mineral

PR Pipe Rack

FLO Flushing Oil

TEMA Tubular Exchangers Manufacturers Association

CA Corrosion Allowance

LPD Loss Prevention Department

MOT Ministry of Transport

OSBL Outside Battery Limits

PSE Plain Small End

RP Reduced Port

FF First Flush

ACS American Construction Society

SAW Submerged Arc Welding

CO Change Order

HT Heat Treatment

FBE Fusion Bonded Epoxy

DFT Dry Film Thickness

TL Trunk Line

IASS Interantional Association for Shell and Spacial St

OS Oily Sludge

CEMA Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association

DS Discipline Superintendent

WARM Weekly Automatic Requisition of Material

ISO Isometric Drawing

TFE Tetrafluoroethylene

IF Intermediate Frequency

TAP Trans Arabian Pipeline

IMS Information Management System

ASP Aluminium Steel Polyethylene

GASMO Gulf Arab Standards and Measurement Organization

NIPP Nipple

PS Pumping Station

CCC Comodity Classification Code

SQ Square

SW Socket Weld

MISC Miscellaneous

QAM Quality Assurance Manual

OWPU Oily Water Pre-seperator Unit

RPO Restrained Push On

EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility

MSC Metering Supervisory Computer

gpm Gallons per Minute

MFS Maximum Flooding Surfaces

TW Treated Water

HK Hardness Knoop Scale

CS Chemical Sewer

PG Purge Gas

DMS Dynamic Pile Monitoring

BFP Backflow Prevention

VHF Very High Frequency

REA Rural Electric Administration

ISO International Standards Organization

SAT Site Acceptance Test

HPG Hyperion Power Generation

DVD Dedicated Voice Dispatch

GIP Gas Injection Plant

MWP Major Work Phase

ESDU Engineering Sciences Data Unit

LS/PM Lump-sum Procure/Build

ECD Energy Conversion Device

PO Pushed On

RCSC Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conferen

OH On Hand Quantity

C/R Construction/Repair

DB Duct Bank

TDMA Time Division Multiple Access

LT Lead Time

BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

DSC Dye Solar Cells

SC Sub-Contract

MACs Moves, adds, changes

REPAD Reinforcing Pad

T&C Threaded and Coupled

LPT Liquid Penetrant Test

ER Equipment Room

CRT Cathode Ray Tube

PGA Peak Ground Acceleration

TBB Telecommunications Bonding Backbone

USFB Ultra Shallow Floor Beam

FBHP Flowing Bottom Hole Pressure

FCAW Flux Cored Arc Welding

NCU National Currency Unit

TBBIBC Telecommunications Bonding Backbone Interconnectin

EIA Electronic Industries Association

LLP Last Landed Price

OT Orienting Tool

ICD Interface Control Document

OHS Occupational Health and Safety

CR Computed Radiography

LED Light Emitting Diode

NCR Non Conformance Report

CCS Carbon Capture and Storage

RPM Revolutions per Minute

DIA Diameter

SPE Senior Project Engineer

SHF Super High Frequency

FT Foot, Feet

FEM Finite Elements Modelling

GSPR General Service Potential Rise

RLW Warm Relief Line

MHA Motor Head Assembly

LPPT Low Pressure Production Trap

FOT Fiber Optic Transmission

NGL Natural Gas Liquids

DN Diameter Nominal (Metric)

NOCC Network Operations Control Centre

NPSHA Net Positive Suction Head Available

DID Direct Inward Dialling

W/C Water Cement Ratio

SMM Standard Method of Measurement

BOE Bevel One End

FW Fire Water

EL Elevation

GTE General Telephone and Electronics

HE Heat Exchanger

P/E Project Engineer

SOW Sour Water

L/M List of Materials

PDP Plasma Display Panel

ERL Echo Return Loss

HPFS High Point Finished Surface

I&C Instrumentation and Controls

MPTA Mechanical Power Transmission Association

FIG Figure

CGTG Combined Gas Turbine Generator

CWS Cooling Water Supply

FWHT Flowing Well Head Temperature

DBSP Design Base Scoping Paper

UFC Uniform Fire Code

A Air

DSW Distilled Water

PLC Programmable Logic Controller

AC Alternating Current

MW Microwave

OPEX Operating Expenditure

FCC Field Control Coordinator

ETBE Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether

GC Gas Cromatograph

Q Quantity

P Oil and Oil Products

EIS Equipment Inspection Schedule

MBOD Thousand barrels per Operating Day

CA Congested Area

SSD Security and Safety Directive

FRP Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic

ID Inside Diameter

PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride

QR Qualification Record

SPA Spacer

GSE Groove Small End

LPSMPD Litres Per Capita Square Meter Day

FD Dynamic Force

BTM Bottom

LPDT Low Pressure Degassing Tank

JIS Japanese Standards Association

COLA Cost of Living Allowance

TSYM Tower Soft Yoke Mooring

PWHT Post Weld Heat Treatment

W/O Without

FLG Flange

BRA Building Risk Assessment

CTOP Cracked Tip Opening Displacement

C Chemical

ATM Atmospheric

AACE American Association of Cost Engineers

ATF Alternative Transport Fuels

CNPP Country Nuclear Power Profiles

UNS Unified Numbering System

MTL Material

PCCI Power Capital Costs Index

C Centigrade; Celsius

GS Gravity Sewer

GSS Gravity Sewer System

INTIB Industrial and Technological Information Bank

EPIC Engineering Procurement Installation Commisioning

PP Polypropylene

A/C Air Conditioner

ROM Read Only Memory

CIS Contract Information System

SS Stainless Steel

MDOF Multi Degree of Freedom

DW Drinking Water

DOBIS Dortmunder Bibliothekssystem

D/P Differential Pressure

MO Molybdenum

GE Groove End

SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition

PSI Pounds per Square Inch

CD Chemical Drain

SWL Static Water Level

FOF Face of Flange

PT Liquid Penetrant Testing (Exam)

UB Union Bonnet

T-T Tangent to Tangent

BO Build, Operate

BC Bolted Cover

SEI Structural Engineering Institute

TPV Trap Prime Valve

XXS Double Extra Strong

NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam

SSPC Society of Protective Coatings

DRP Distribution Requirement Planning

DBM Design Basis Memorandom

SRD Soil Resistance to Driving

EF Evaluation Factor

HIC Hydrogen Induced Cracking

REINF Reinforced

RL Relief Line

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

T&G Tongue and Groove

AABC Associated Air Balance Association

MESG Maximum Experimental Safe Gap

FES Flywheel Energy Storage

UC Universal Column

RTU Remote Terminal Units

ABS American Bureau of Shipping

PDS Plant Design System

RCS Remote Console Software

SOE Sequence of Events

mA Milliampere

HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator

AM Arabian Medium

ALE Abnormal Level Earthquake

CBNG Coal Bed Natural Gas

PMSO Project Material Services Organisation

ISLT Indian Spring Low Tide

TMS Terminal Management System

PSB Pressure Seal Bonnet

CAPEX Capital Expenditure

RED Reducer; Reducing

DSI Digital Speech Interpretation

FGL Finished Ground Level

GPF General Planning Forecast

SWMH Sanitary Water Manhole

AWPA American Wood Preservers Association

FDS Fire Detection System

PPI Plastics Pipe Institute

OW Oily Water

LPT Low Point

CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signalling

T/C Thermocouple

PFD Process Flow Diagram

B&S Bell and Spigot

AD Acid Drain

RG Rough Grade

CISHEC Chemical Industry Safety, Health and Environmental

DGA Di Glycol Amine

KO Knock Out

CGT Combustion Gas Turbine

PDC Peak Daily Consumption

BEP Break Even Production

ATB All Trunks Busy

HP High Point

FFW Field Fillet Weld

HLT Heap Leach Trial

AWS American Welding Society

BS British Standards

UFL Upper Flammable Limit

MRC Maximum Reservoir Contact

IRR Internal Rate of Return

CL Centre Line

REP Renewable Energy Plant

BOPD Barrels of Oil Per Day

TBE Thread Both Ends

CRSI Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute

IALA International Association of Lighthouse Authoritie

NGLC Natural Gas Liquids Centre

IC Intermediate Cross Connect

HSFG High Strength Friction Grip

TOP Top of Pipe

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ITP Inspection and Test Plans

NMC Network Maintenance Centre

HDB Hydrostatic Design Basis

TP Trial Pit

UT Ultrasonic Testing (Exam)

COGEN Combined Generation

G Gram

MBCD Thousand barrels per Calender Day

FS Flow Switch

ICPR Interantional Concrete Repair Institute

V Vertical

CBR California Bearing Ratio

HD Holding Down

ST Seat

APCS Approved Protective Coating System

PES Power and Energy Society

ELL Elbow

GIM Global Interface Meeting

BOD Barrels per Operating Day

FEED Front End Engineering Design

GSV Gross Standard Volume

AH Arabian Heavy

LP Low Pressure

PMC Project Management Consultant

RIH Run In Hole

NEC National Electrical Code

SALM Single Anchor Leg Mooring

FCC Fluid Cat Cracker

IBBM Iron Body Bronze Mounted

SMES Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage

CM Centimeter

SDOF Single Degree of Freedom

ESD Emergency Shutdown

BPCD Barrels per Calender Day

BOP Bottom of Pipe

LV Low Voltage

RWO Rain Water Outlet

LJ Lap Joint

PFC Predicted Final Cost

UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply

EWH Electric Water Heater

PBE Plain Both Ends

PMSD Project Materials Supply Department

PRESS Pressure

VDC Volts Direct Current

FBE Flange Both Ends

SASO Saudi Arabian Standards Organisation

BSE Bevel Small End

MAWP Maximum Allowable Working Pressure

AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transpor

BOOT Build, Own, Operate, Transfer

RW Raw Water

ALARP As Low as Reasonably Practicable

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

FPS Floating Production System

LAT Lowest Astronomical Tide

FD Floor Drain

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ERW Electric Resistance Welded

MCT Multi Cable Transit

STM Steam

TEDFLOW Flow of Inspection and Tests

NDE Net Direct Expenditure

HEX Hexagonal

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Na

AEDC Award Engineering/Design Contract

RHS Rectangular Hollow Section

PSIG Pounds per Square Inch Gauge

TSER Telecommunications Service Entrance

LPHPD Litres Per House Per Day

HCL Hydrochloric Acid

MPFM Multiphase Flow Meter

UEL Upper Explosive Limit

HSE Health Safety & Environment

IBN Institute Beige de Normalisation

MMS Minerals Management Service

SSV Surface Safety Valve

SUD Start Up Date

BTM Buoyant Turret Mooring

VPC Volts Per Cell

MNPT Male National (Taper) Pipe Threads

CONC Concentric

BBD Boiler Blow Down

IPTI International Petroleum Technology Institute

PW Process Water

GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

CDR Critical Design Review

PR Pressure Reducer

WBS Work Breakdown Structure

MH Man Hole

CCEI Common Class Expansion Indices

BBE Bevel Both Ends

HF Hard Faced

ESO Engineering Service Organisation

WCH Wet Crude Handling

FFL Finished Floor Level

H Horizontal

RCS Remote Computer System

MSC Maximum Sustained Capacity

SWD Salt Water Disposal

NEXT Near End Cross Talk

TD Total Depth

O&G Oil and Gas

OPEC Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

EJ Expansion Joint

HI Hydraulic Institute Standard

FSO Floating Storage and Offloading

UHMW Ultra High Molecular Weight

PE Pond Effluent

E Exhaust Steam

NOABL National Wind Speed Database

IWA Individual Work Area

EDM Engineering Department Manual

COTS Commercial Off The Shelf

BW Butt Weld

Flowline

MPMS Manual of Petroleum Measurement

NPVR Net Present Value Ratio

ME Manufacturing Engineering

OWS Oily Water Sewer

FV Full Vacuum

FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing

ADIP Amino Di Isopropanol

DS Data Store

SYM. Symmetrical

KCS Killed Carbon Steel

CHS Circular Hollow Section

SVC Service

RF Raised Face

EEMUA Engineering Equipment and Material Users Associati

GBE Groove Both Ends

IAMG International Association for Mathematical Geology

MSD Material Selection Diagram

BEDD Basic Engineering Design Data

FGRS Flare Gas Recovery System

ISTRUCTE Institution of Structural Engineers

CW Chilled Water

NOCC Networks Operations Control Centre

TBM Tunnel Boring Machine

LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas

GSKT Gasket

BLDG Building

SPEC Specification

CPF Central Processing Facility

HR Human Resources

CSUD Construction Start Up Date

WW Waste Water

U.N.O Unless Noted Otherwise

SSSV Subsurface Safety Valve

SWL Safe Working Load

FF Flat Face

SIS Supplier Information System

GMAW Gas Metal Arc Welding

CSW Clean Surface Water

INS Insulation

TP Technical Proposal

BEV Break Even Value

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

AM Amplitude Modulation

GOM Gulf of Mexico

GOSP Gas Oil Seperation Plant

CCO Current Cost Outlook

OD Outside Diameter

PSNEXT Power Sum Near End Cross Talk

ICD Inflow Control Devices

AOF Absolute Open Flow

TML Tetramethyllead

AFC Automatic Frequency Control

FFP First Flush Pond

U Units

FI Indicating Flow Meter

HVL Highly Volatile Liquid

HV High Voltage

IRIS International Reactor Innovative and Secure

GR Grade

PCOS Project Completion System

ISA International Society for Measurement and Control

LS Lump Sum

RFI Radio Frequency Interference

SRC Seismic Risk Category

WIP Work In Progress

AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association

H Hydrogen

LO Lube Oil

VG Vent Gas

THRD Thread, Threaded

CSIR Centre of Scientific and Industrial Research

STO Stock Oil Tank

REV Revision

MS Mild Steel

PM Project Manager

FTG Fitting

FPSO Floating Production Storage and Offloading

SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding

NHA National Hydrogen Association

ELE Extreme Level Earthquake

APD Automated Piping Design

O&R Overhaul and Repair

TOC Top of Concrete

BSD Building Standards Division

RC Reinforced Concrete

DT Duct Trims

MOPU Mobile Offshore Production Units

RTFE Reinforced TFE

CNC Computer Numerically Controlled

POOH Pulled Out of Hole

PR Purchase Requisition

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

BE Beveled End

CU Copper

DIF Dynamic Increase Factor

NPS Nominal Pipe Size

ME Methanol

EC Eurocode

BIOX Biological Oxidation

MRF Manpower Requirements Forecast

RVL Restricted Vendor List

AISC American Institute of Steel Construction

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

N/A Not Applicable

RSC Radiation Safety Committee

RSCR Reeled Steel Catenary Riser

CCS Compressor Control System

TSE Thread Small End

MJ Mechanical Joint

CALM Caternary Anchor Leg Mooring

AWWA American Water Works Association

LSPB Lumpsum, Procure, Build

MTR Material Test Report

RTM Riser Turret Mooring

PLC Power Line Carrier

PES Potential Explosion Site

VP Vent Pipe

HCR Hybrid Catenary Riser

CAS Caustic Sewer

DBO Design, Build, Operate

NRS Non-Rising Stern

MOU Mobile Offshore Unit

Hz Hertz

HAZOP Hazard and Operability Study

MxF Male by Female

EOT Electric Overhead Travelling

RTFO Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

PWAC Present Worth of Annual Charges

BWPD Barrels of Water per Day

MOU Memorandom of Understanding

SDI Steel Deck Institute

EI End Item

ACI American Concrete Institute

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Ventilation and Air C

L Length

MP Magnetic Particle Testing

N Nitrogen

STG Steam Turbine Generator

PWI Power Water Injection

LMTD Log Mean Temperature Difference

PMI Positive Material Identification

MFCL Material Flow Control List

FWHP Flowing Well Head Pressure

CCN Catalog Classification Number

BPS Bytes per Second

ROTV Remotely Operated Towed Vehicle

OWP Oily Waste-Water Pond

SIL Safety Integrity Level

PCS Project Completion Schedule

CPLG Coupling

POM Pipeline Operations Module

OCMA Oil Companies Materials Association

LPP Low Point Paving

CFPE Chief Fire Prevention Engineer

FE Finite Elements

WP Working Point

VOD Valves Operating Diagram

SOLAS International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea

MMI Man Machine Interface

PP Project Proposal

CBC Coupled Bonding Conductor

BCSA British Constructional Steelwork Association

CAD Computer Aided Design

PSHA Probibalistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

MEA Mono Ethanol Amine

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

MDMT Minimum Design Metal Temperature

GPS Global Positioning System

CSO Car Sealed Open

GJ Ground Joint

VT Visual Testing (Exam)

SBS Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene

RAM Random Access Memory

MIG Metal Inert Gas Welding

DCLM Direct Charge List of Materials

ITCS Impact Tested Carbon Steel

SALS Single Anchor Leg Storage

SMYS Specified Minimum Yield Strength

MWO Maintenance Work Order

FPU Floating Production Unit

AGC Associated General Contractors

COMFAR Computer Model for Feasibility Analysis and Report

MSL Mean Sea Level

CAE Computer Aided Engineering

AISI American Iron and Steel Institute

PT Percolation Test

HSG Hydrogen Sulphide Gas

PHC Peak Hourly Consumption

FRED Fire Release Explosion Dispersion

EMT Electrical Metallic Tubing

DWF Dry Weather Flow

AS Acid Sewer

DB Design, Build

WB Welded Bonnet

BB Bolted Bonnet

GA General Arrangement

WT&H Water Tap and Hose

DP Dial Pulse

WFT Wet Film Thickness

ISO International System Standard

UA Utility Air

NDE Non Destructive Examination

BOO Build, Own, Operate

ID Inch Diameter

PDR Preliminary Design Review

HP High Pressure

LODMAT Lowest One Day Mean Atmospheric Temperature

GALV Galvanised

WR Weather Resistant

ERPG Emergency Response Planning Guidelines

RC Reimbursable Cost

MOSAIC Materials on Order Status Analysis Information and

SPPCR Steam Power Plant Control Room

QC Quality Control

GLE Groove Large End

LR Long Radius

BFW Boiler Feed Water

PW Potable Water

AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation

W Weight

HB Hose Bibb

IBC International Building Code

AC Asphalt Concrete

LS Lifting Station

AL Aluminium

PB Process Block

WC Water Column

TOL Thredolet

PO Pump Out

CAN/CSA Canadian Standards

PO Purchase Order

SIS Swedish Standards Institution

NCCI Non Contradictory Complimentary Information

EA Each

AFR Average Flow Rate

SW Salt Water

PTA Purchasing Traffic and Accounting

HMI Human Machine Interface

AI Artificial Intelligence

ISS Instrument Specificaton Sheet

DDC Direct Digital Controller

CALC Calculated

FOE Flange One End

MICA Materials Investment Control Analyst

CIF Cost, Insurance, Freight

COC Continuously Oily/Chemical Contaminated

IR Industrial Relations

FGL Low Pressure Fuel Gas

BLE Bevel Large End

SCA Spent Caustic

WRC Welding Research Council

PS Prefeasibility Study

RJ Ring Joint

TLC Total Landed Cost

SF Sulphur

MTBE Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether

F-F Face to Face

SC Steam Condensate

MIC Minimum Ignition Current

SPM Single Point Mooring

PSIA Pounds per Square Inch Absolute

API American Petroleum Institute

DIN Deutche Industrie Normen (German Standard)

DP Dynamic Positioned

BU Business Unit

VCE Vapour Cloud Explosion

TDS Total Dissolved Solids

SPO Slop Oil

EB Extended Bonnet

WWP Working Water Pressure

MD Measured Depth

P&IC Purchasing and Inventory Control

TBE Technical Bid Evaluations

GFRP Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic

CCS Computer and Communication Services

PZV Pressure Safety Relief Valve

UMC Uniform Mechanical Code

PIC Indicating Pressure Controller

DWT Dead Weight Tonnes

DFW Deaerator Feed Water

MDEA Methyl-di-ethynol amine

NESC National Electric Safety Code

EQ Equal

BDT Bulk Data Transfer

FIN Finish

NOC National Oil Company

WPS Welding Proceedure Specification

CAT Catalyst

NSF National Sanitation Foundation

CADD Computer Aided Drafting and Design

NI Nickel

ASB Asymmetrical Beam

FW Fillet Weld

CSA Canadian Standards Association

NBR Nitrile-Butadiene/Nitrile of BunaN Rubber

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet

BLD Blind

FO Fuel Oil

PTS Pipe Tracking System

RMR Rock Mass Rating

BD Bolt Down

BDR Blast Design Requirement

CIF Community and Industrial Facility

P/E Planning Engineer

FNPT Female National (Taper) Pipe Threads

HOV Hydraulic Operated Valve

DRN Drain

IBPS Intermediate Booster Pump Station

SOL Sockolet

ALS Accidental Limit State

SWA Single Wire Armoured

CJ Construction Joint

FEA Finite Element Analysis

ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle

OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum

NIR Near Infrared

AD Anaerobic Digestion

MAG Metal Active Gas Welding

LFL Lower Flammable Limit

SWW Sanitary Waste Water

KPA Kilopascals

IPPT Intermediate Pressure Production Trap

WO Work Order

CJ Contraction Joint

TOE Thread One End

HPP High Point Paving

ILD Instrument Loop Diagram

PS Pressure Sewer

MSE Material System Enhancements

BH Borehole

VTR Vent through Roof

TR Telecommunications Room

IT Information Technology

HPTT High Pressure Test Trap

MATICS Material Inventory Control System

P&IDs Process and Instrument Diagrams

WM Waste Management

WOG Water, Oil, & Gas

FDN Foundation

ER Expenditure Request

GOE Groove One End

TSU Technical Support Unit

IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone System

H2S Hydrogen Sulphide

ESL Established Site Level

POS Point of Support

NPT National (Taper) Pipe Thread

TDM Time Division Multiplexing

BOT Build, Operate, Transfer

THK Thick

DPDT Double Pole Double Throw

SPMT Self Propelled Modular Transport

ADR Aluminium Dome Roof

PM&C Project Management and Construction

DAV Data Above Voice

GESC General Engineering Services Contract

TEG Tri Ethylene Glycol

PDMS Petroleum Database Management System

B.C.D. Bolt Circle Diameter

CBS Controllable Bent Sub

EPDM Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Terpolymer / EP Rubber

DDD Direct Distance Dial

MMA Manual Metal Arc Welding

D/C Direct Charge

GMP Guaranteed Maximum Price

SSD Safety Shutdown

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

XS Extra Strong

PCB Printed Circuit Board

OBE Open Book Estimate

PS Pipe Support

EFW Electric Fusion Welded

ABS Acylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

MPP Manpower Projection Plan

CCPS Centre for Chemical Process Safety

FCO Floor Clean Out

NG Natural Gas

ACCU Air Cooled Condensing Unit

MC Main Cross Connect

RTRP Glass Fibre Reinforced Thermotsetting Resin Pipe

TLT Total Lead Time

P/L Pipe Line

NG-BUE Non Gaussian Best Unbiased Estimate

R Refrigerants

R&D Research and Development

UGS Underground Services

CCTV Closed Circuit Television

DWG Drawing

IL Invert Level

CO Clean Out

PCS Process Control System

ISBL Inside Battery Limits

DEA Di Ethanol Amine

ITS Indirect Tensile Strength

PSIA Pounds per Square Inch Atmospheric

IMO International Maritime Oraganization

W Water

CS Construction Start

GA Gauge

NRTL Nationally Recognised Testing Laboratory

D&B Design and Build

GT-MHR Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor

LTE Long Tangent Elbow

SO Slip On

OTM Overturning Moments

PEP Project Execution Plan

WN Weld Neck

EIA Emergency Instrument Air

HU Humidifier

MFAP Membrane Filtration Affinity Purification

SMLS Seamless

TW Thermowells

SCPC Single Channel Per Carrier

SR Sewer (Storm)

MOD Ministry of Defence

ABPR Animal Byproducts

PE Plain End

FF Foundation Fieldbus

NSSS National Structural Steelwork Specification

CFP Capital Facilities Plan

ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association

DMW Demineralised Water

FF Finished Floor

SD Storm Drain

SWS Sanitary Waste Sewer

SR Short Radius

WISPS Water Injection Supply Pump Station

MFG Manufacturer

JDA Joint Development Agreement

DCS Distributed Control System

RLC Cold Relief Line

MSS Manufacturers Standardization Society

CGA Compressed Gas Association

RFSU Ready for Start Up

SP-WD Spiral Wound

SCS Structured Cabling System

TYP Typical

FFS Fitness For Service

AVB Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker

IPC International Plumbing Code

PELFEXT Power Sum Equal Level Far End Cross Talk

HDPE High Density Polyethylene

MSIS Material Supply Information Systems

ITB Invitation to Bid

REF Reference

DTDR Dial Tone Delay Recorder

LVL Level

CWP Contractors Work Plan

BOM Bill of Material

LCC Life Cycle Cost

CSP Concentrated Solar Power

SMS Seafloor Massive Sulphide

CA Caustic

BF Blind Flange

SSL Structural Slab Level

CW Coated and Wrapped

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

FPE Fair Price Estimate

CSW Clean Storm Water

DPC Destination Point Code

AFBMA Anti Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association

QA Quality Assurance

PFR Peak Flow Rate

UV Ultra Violet

UW Utility Water

TLP Tension Leg Platform

PTFE Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene

WOL Weldolet

QCR Quality Control Record

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

JV Joint Venture

EFRT External Floating Roof Tank

NPSH Net Positive Suction Head

BEE Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie

HF High Frequency

EFD Engineering Flow Diagrams

TOS Top of Slab

COMAH Control Of Major Accident Hazards

CPVC Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride

UFD Utility Flow Diagram

dB Decibel

IFC Issued For Construction

UNC Unified National Coarse Thread

TOS Top of Support

VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier

RT Radiographic Testing (Exam)

STP Solar Thermal Power

HD Head

WOSEP Water Oil Seperation

DC Direct Current

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

WE Weld End

MODU Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

PPM Parts per Million

STL Steel

OWSJ Open Web Steel Joist

TFS Total Field Supply

ULS Ultimate Limit State

C/R Change Request

NEI Nuclear Energy Institute

PEM Project Execution Manual

AARH Arithmetic Average Roughness

PL Plate

TLE Thread Large End

FMR Field Material Requisition

PMT Project Management Team

ATM Atmosphere

SPDT Single Pole Double Throw

BSI British Standards Institution

RFI Request for Inspection

PE Polyethylene

AGA American Gas Association

ISF Industrial Support Facilities

W/ With

ADC Average Daily Consumption

LRFD Load and Resistance Factor Design

DOX Direct Overhead Expense

MI Malleable Iron

T&I Testing and Inspection

ABWR Advanced Boiling Water Reactor

SWS Sanitary Water Sewer

EDMS Electronic Document Management System

LPFS Low Point Finished Surface

FED STD Federal Standard

TDMM Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual

SIS Safety Instruction Sheet

C&I Controls and Instrumentation

MAX Maximum

DEG Degree

IREC Interstate Renewable Energy Council

CAM Congested Area Modelling

I/O Input/Output

ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable

BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand

MCC Mechanical Completion Certificate

BPD Barrels Per Day

BR Bronze

EMD Electric Motor Drive

COT Character Orientated Terminal

CONN Connection

BOF Bottom of Foundation

SPC Stored Program Control

P-T Pressure Temperature

PIB Process Interface Building

IF Inertial Filter

LEL Lower Explosive Limit

MR Material Requisition

AUP Average Unit Price

WMS Work Management System

ERM Environmental Resource Management

GRND Ground(ed)

FLEX Flexible

HDR Header

PV Photovoltaic

PCC Powder Control Centre

SJI Steel Joist Institute

OTK Oil Tank

FR&P Form, Rebar and Pour

ETPR Extended Thermal Plastic Rubber

ELFEXT Equal Level Far End Cross Talk

RER Rupture Explosion Radius

FOT Flat on Top

EIA Environmental Impact Analysis

SSPC Steel Structure Painting Council

EWO Engineering Work Order

HAZ Heat Affected Zone

FS Factor of Safety

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

TOG Top of Grout

PF Peak Factor

IEC International Electrotechnical Commision

CAMA Centralised Automatic Message Accounting

IN Inch

PVD Plant Vertical Datum

HO Hydraulic Oil

ACT Automatic Custody Transfer

FLP Floating Loading Platform

IPS Intermediate Pump Station

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

AW Acid Waste

MIN Minimum

MO Mist Oil

TEG Thermo-Electric Generator

PCPT Piezocone Penetrometer

MTBF Mean Time Between Failures

OSI Onstream Inspection

CAO Certified Acceptance by Operations

EPCM Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management

EW Eye Wash

LFCP Local Fire Control Panel

TER Telecommunications Equipment Room

EIV Emergency Isolation Valve

FP Full Port

UNF Unified National Fine Thread

TKLS Turnkey Lumpsum

STU Shock Transmission Units

IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle

SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers

POC Potentially Oil/Chemical Contaminated

RTP Reinforced Thermosetting Plastic

IRM Inspection, Repair and Maintenance

POE Plain One End

FLE Flexible Large End

SG Specific Gravity

ESP Ethane Separation Plant

CWR Cooling Water Return

TQM Technical Query Memorandom

UDM Unified Dispersion Model

ICV Inflow Control Valve

IA Instrument Air

HRB Hardness Rockwell B Scale

ELLIP Elliptical

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

USCG United States Coast Guard

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

DBOT Design, Build, Operate, Transfer

HW Hand Wheel

TEMP Temperature

RAD Radius

WIP Water Injection Pump

FG Fuel Gas

RTSA Real Time Security Analysis

GWR Guided Wave Radar

CS Carbon Steel

AHU Air Handling Unit

PSE Planning/Scheduling Engineer

ADM Arrow Diagram Method

SC Sanitary Code

ESO Engineering Service Order

CI Cast Iron

RO Reverse Osmosis

CPT Cone Penetration Test

FOB Flat on Bottom

QA Quality Assessment

AMRS Advanced Mobile Radio System

BEAST Building Evaluation and Screening Tool

FRL Finished Road Level

DASD Direct Access Storage Device

TEL Tetraethyllead

TAN Tangent

DS Drilling Sites

IMC International Mechanical Code

RSA Responsible Standardisation Agency Representative

AMH Actual Manhour

SIH Satelite Instrument House

IM Intermodulation

CR Chromium

PLE Plain Large End

FEP Perfluoro (Ethylene-Propylene) Copolymer

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NPSHR Net Positive Suction Head Required

PMC Project Management Contract

DWV Drain, Waste, Vent

CARE Conservation Accreditation Register for Engineers

PCI Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

KG Kilogram

HV Hardness Vickers Scale

CIRIA Construction Industry Research and Information Ass

GSI Geological Strength Index

EMI Electromagnetic Interference

C-C Centre to Centre

AOV Air Operated Valve

SOW Scope of Work

EPCI Engineering Procurement Construction Installation

SURF Subsea Umbilicals Risers Flowlines

ETLP Extended Tention Leg Platform

PDO Plan for Development and Operation

MOF Materials Offloading Facility

PMS Project Management Services

PMSC Project Management Services Contract

EOR Enhanced Oil Recovery

LS LumpSum

TK TurnKey

CSG Coal Seam Gas

Alkylation

Appraisal Well

Catalytic Cracking

Waste Heat Recovery

Visbreaking

Combined Cycle

Delayed Coking

Deasphalting

CHP Combined Heat and Power

Biomass

Upstream

Downstream

Fossil Fuel

Power Grid

Probable Reserves

Proved Reserves

Wood Pellets

Spar

Riser

Biodiesel

FSHR Free Standing Hybrid Riser

Umbilical

LFGTE Landfill Gas To Energy

FLNG Floating Liquified Natural Gas

Jumper

Manifold