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UNCONTROLLED C
OPY
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Policy: ISM GLOSS
Revision No.: 4
Issued Date: 1 November 2010
GLOSSARY Approved By:
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(REV) -A-
A Abnormal
A/B Able Bodied Seaman
AAR After Action Review
AB Able Seaman
ABB Asea Brown Boveri
AB/LB Able Seaman/ Lifeboat Survival
Man
ABL Above Base Line
ABS American Bureau of Shipping
(Class Society)
Ac Accidental
AC Alternating Current
ACD Alternative Cutting Device
ACM Asbestos Containing Material
ACMC Active Crown Mounted
Compensator
ADC Association of Diving Contractors
International
ADTI Applied Drilling Technology
International (UK)
ADTI Applied Drilling Technology Inc.
(US)
AE Assistant Engineer
AED Automatic External Defibrillator
A/F Air Freight
AF Regular Air Freight – International
AFC Approved For Construction
AFD Authorization For Disposal
AFE Authorization For Expenditure
AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam (Fire
Fighting)
AFP Authorization For Purchase
AFU Approved For Use
AHD Active Heave Drawworks
AHU Air Handler Unit
AHV Anchor – Handling Vessel
AIS Automatic Identification System
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
aka Also Known As
ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable
AMOS Asset Management Operating
System
AMR Actual Market Rate
ANSI American National Standard
Institute
AOB Any Other Business
AOL Aban Offshore Limited
APF Alteration Proposal Form (UK)
API American Petroleum Institute
APL Annular Pressure Loss
APV Air Pressure Vessel
AQPR Air Quality Protection Regulation
(Turkey)
ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting Aid
ASA American Society for Aesthetics
ASME American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
ASNT American Society for
Nondestructive Testing
ASPL Aban Singapore Pte Ltd
ASTM American Society Of Testing
Materials
ATA Air Travel Authorization
ATEX Atmospheres Explosible
ATI Atmospheric Testing Instrument
AVL Approved Vendor List
AWC Auxiliary Well Center
AWS American Welding Society
-B-
B2B Business to Business
BA Breathing Apparatus
BACT Best Available Control Technology
barg Bar Gauge Pressure
BASEEFA British Approval Service For
Electrical Equipment in Flammable
Atmospheres (UK)
BATNEEC Best Available Technology Not
Entailing Excessive Cost
BBL Oil Field Barrel
BBPD Barrels Per Day (Production)
BBS Behavioral-Based Safety
BCO Ballast Control Officer
BCP Business Continuity Plan
BCR Ballast Control Room
BD Breakdown
BD Bridging Document
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BE Barge Engineer
BFE Builder Furnished Equipment
BHA Bottom Hole Assembly
BHCP Bottom Hole Circulating Pressure
BHP Break Horse Power
BHP Bottom Hole Pressure
BHST Bottom Hole Static Temperature
BIAQ Business Import Analysis
Questionnaire
BLM Bureau of Land Management (US)
BMA Bahamas Maritime Authority
BMP Best Management Practices
BNA Bureau of National Affairs
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (US)
BOEMRE Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation, and
Enforcement (US)
BOP Blowout Preventer
BOPE Blowout Preventer Equipment
BOSIET Basic Offshore Safety Induction
and Emergency Training (UK)
BP Bollard Pull
BPR Best Practice Review
BR Bit Record
BRF Bid Recommendation Form
BS Barge Supervisor
BS British Standard
BS EN European Standard confirmed as a
British Standard
BSEE Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (US)
BSI British Standards Institute (UK)
BSP Brunei Shell Petroleum
BSR Bending Strength Ratio
BTA Bow Tie Analysis
BTC Buttress Thread Connection
BTU British Thermal Unit
BV Bureau Veritas (Class Society)
-C- ◦C Centigrade (Degrees)
CAA Civil Aviation Authority (US)
CAA Clean Air Act (US)
CAD Computer-Aided Design
CAEAL Canadian Association for
Environmental Analytical
Laboratories
CALM Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring
CAP Cause Analysis Process (Star CAP)
CAP Competent Approved Person (BSP
Lifting & Hoisting)
CAR Corrective Action Report
CAW Control of Asbestos at Work
Regulations 2002 (UK)
CBA Cost Benefit Analysis
CCPA Consumer Credit Protection Act
(US)
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CCU Cargo Carrying Unit
CCV Closed Crankcase Ventilation
CD Compact Disc
CD Courier – International and
Domestic
CDC Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (US)
CDP Company Designated Person
CDS Certified Drilling System
CE Cenelec
CE Chief Engineer
CENELEC European Community for
Electrotechnical Standardization
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEMP Country Environmental
Management Plan
CEP Clean Environmental Products
(Spill Kit)
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (US)
CESQG Conditionally Exempt Small
Quantity Generator (US)
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
cfm Cubic Feet per Minute
CFO Chief Financial Officer
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CFR Code of Federal Regulations (US)
CHRIS Chemical Hazards Response
Information System (USCG)
CIMSS Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies
(US)
CIV Cyclical Inventory Verifications
CL Compensate Log
CLC Civil Liability Certificate
CLF Choke Line Friction
CMCE Crown Mounted Compensator
CMI Challenge Minerals Inc.
CMC Sodium Carboxmethyl Cellulose
CMMS Computerized Maintenance
Management System
CMP Contract Management Plan
CO Carbon Monoxide
CO Courier – International and
Domestic
CO Crane Operator
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
CO4 Methane
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (US)
COC Certificate of Compliance
COFR Certificate of Financial
Responsibility (US Pollution)
COI Certificate of Inspection (US)
CON Commercial Offer Notice
CONAMA National Environmental Council
(Brazil)
CEO Chief Operating Officer
COR Certificate of Registry
COR Change Order Request
COSC Combined Operations Safety Case
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health (UK)
COSO Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway
Commission
COTP USCG Captain of the Port
CPO Computer Purchase Order
CPMS Computerized Preventive
Maintenance System
CPP Controlled Pitch Propeller
CPP Critical Path Plan
CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPRA Concurrent Production and Rig
Activities (see SIMOPS)
CPT Critical Path Time
CRM Customer Relationship
Management
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSI Confined Space Instructor
CSO Company Security Officer
CSR Continuous Synopsis Record
CTP Casing Test Pressure
CW Continuous Wave
CWA Clean Water Act (US)
-D-
DAF Disciplinary Action Form
DAFWC Days Away From Work Case
(IADC)
DART Days Away (LTI) Cases plus
Restricted Work/Transfer Cases
(IADC)
db Decibel
dBA Decibel, A-weighted measurement
DBS Data Base Administrator
DC Direct Current
DC Direct Ship Courier
DCDA Drilling Control and Data
Acquisition
DCDP Deputy Company Designated
Person
DCP Designated Competent Person
DCR Design and Construction
Regulations (UK)
DDR Daily Drilling Report
DDRIL Development Driller Rig
Improvement List
DDT Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane
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Demob Demobilization
DETR Department of the Environment
Transport and Regions (UK)
DF Design Factor
DFT Dry Film Thickness
DFTR Dry Film Thickness Range
DGPS Differential Global Positioning
System
DH Dehumidification
DH Discipline Head
DHHS Department of Health and Human
Services (United States)
DHS Department of Homeland Security
(US)
DNV Det Norske Veritas (Class Society)
DOC Document of Compliance
DOE Department of Environment
(Malaysia)
DOI Department of the Interior (US)
DOJ Date of Joining
DOL Department of Labor (US)
DOMPT Drilling Operations Management
Training Program
DoS Declaration of Security
DOT Department of Transportation (US)
DP Dynamic Positioned
DP Dynamic Positioning
DPO Dynamic Positioning Operator
DROPS Dropped Objects Prevention
Scheme
DRP Disaster Recovery Plan
DRSC Downtime Reduction Steering
Committee
DS Direct Shipment – International
DS Direct Shipment – International and
Domestic
DSC Drill String Compensator
DSI Drilling Standing Instructions
DSLEI Days Since Last Environmental
Incident
DSLLTI Days Since Last Lost Time Incident
DSLRI Days Since Last Recordable
Incidents
DST Drill Stem Test
DSV Diving Support Vessel
DTI Department Of Trade and Energy
(UK)
DWT Deadweight (tonnage)
-E-
EA Environmental Affairs
EAM Enterprise Asset Management
EAP Employee Assistance Program
EAV Exposure Action Value
EC Electrical Completions
EC Emergency (Control) Center
EC Emergency Coordinator
EC European Community
EC-L Emergency Controller - Local
ECC Emergency Control Center
ECC Emergency Coordination Center
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and
Information System
ECM Engine Control Module
ECR Emergency Coordinating Room
ECR Engine Control Room
ECT Emergency Coordination Team
ED Existing Documentation
EDS Emergency Disconnect Sequence
EDS Electronic Data System
EEBD Emergency Escape Breathing
Device
EEC Electrical Equipment Certification
EER Escape, Evacuation, and Rescue
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EFA Emergency Facilities Assessment
e.g. exempli gratia [Latin] (for
example)
EGASPIN Environmental Guidelines and
Standards for the Petroleum
Industry in Nigeria
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
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OPY
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EIM Environmental Incident Matrix
EIPS Extra Improved Plow Steel
EIR Environmental Incident Report
EL Electrical
ELECT Electronic
Elect/Eng Electrical/Engineering
ELV Exposure Limit Value
EMA Environmental Management Act,
2000 (Trinidad and Tobago)
EMDI Environmental Management
Development in Indonesia
EMI Electromagnetic Inspection
EMS Environmental Management
System
EN Equipment Number
EN European Norm
Eng. Std. Engineering Standard
EO Emergency Observer
EOWR End of Well Report
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
(US)
EPCRA Emergency Planning and
Community Right to Know Act
(US)
EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating
Radio Beacon
EPROM Erasable Programmable read Only
Memory
EPT Emergency Preparedness Training
EQA Environmental Quality Act 1974
(Malaysia)
E/R Engine Room
ER Emergency Response
ERC Emergency Response Center
(Shore-side)
ERF Engineering Request Form (UK)
ERISA Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended
(US)
ERP Emergency Response Plan
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ERR Emergency Response Room
ERT Emergency Response Team
ES Engineering Standard
ESD Emergency Shut Down
ESLI End-of-Service-Life Indicator
ESV Environmental Safety Valve (BSP)
ET Electronic Technician
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
EUS End Use Status
EWC Expected Week of Confinement
EX Explosion Proof
-F-
F Female
◦F Fahrenheit (Degrees)
FAC First Aid Case
FAM Fixed Asset Movement
FAR Fixed Asset Register
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FBMS Financial and Business
Management System (US)
FCC Federal Communications
Commission (US)
FCG Free Circulation Goods
FCP Final Circulating Pressure
FEL Front-end Loading
FEMA Federal Emergency Management
Agency (US)
FEWD Formation Evaluation While
Drilling
F/F Firefighting
FFA Firefighting Appliance
FIBC Flexible Intermediate Bulk
Container
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions
Act (US)
FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (US)
Fig. No. Figure Number
FLUT Full-Length Ultrasonic Testing
FM Factory Manual
FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
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OPY
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FMECA Failure Modes, Effects and
Criticality Analysis
FMICA Failure Modes and Impacts
Criticality Analysis
FMLA Family Medical Leave Act (US)
FMM Federation of Malaysian
Manufacturers
f.o.b. Free On Board
FOB Free On Board
FOISET Further Offshore Safety and
Emergency Training (UK)
FOET Further Offshore Emergency
Training (UK)
FOSV Full-Opening Safety Valve
FPA First Point Assessment
FPAL First Point Assessment Limited
FPSO Floating Production Storage
Offloading (vessel)
FPU Floating Production Unit
FR Federal Register (US)
FR Field Requisition
FRC Fast Rescue Craft
FRC Fire Retardant Clothing
FRED Fire, Release, Explosion,
Dispersion Hazard consequence
modeling package
FROG Fast Rescue Craft, Personnel Basket
FRSP Fire Rotational Service Premium
FSA Facility Security Assessment
FSL Flexible Specification Level
FSO Facility Security Officer
FSP Facility Security Plan
FSP Foreign Service Premium
FSS Fire Safety Systems [Code]
FSW Feet Sea Water
ft Feet
FT Function Test
FTA Fault Tree Analysis
FTL Fatality (IADC)
fwd Forward
FWP Full Working Pressure
-G-
GA General Arrangement
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles
GAO Government Accountability Office
(US)
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GL General Ledger
GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System
GMDSS
(GOC)
Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (General Operator
Certificate)
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GOM Gulf of Mexico
GPM Gallons per Minute
GPO Government Printing Office (US)
GPS Global Positioning System
GSPCL Gujarat State Petroleum
Corporation Limited (India)
GT Gross Tons
GWA Global Workforce Action
-H-
H2S Hydrogen Sulfide (gas)
HAC Hazardous Area Classification
HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Points
HAIL Honeywell Automation India
Limited
HAVS Hand/Arm Vibration Syndrome
HAZAN Hazard Analysis
HAZCOM Hazard Communications
HAZID Hazard Identification
HAZOP Hazard Operations
HC Hydrocarbon
HCFC Hydrochloroflurocarbon
HCR Hazardous Chemicals Regulation
(Turkey)
HDA Helideck Assistant
HEMP Hazard and Effects Management
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Process
HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air
HFO Heavy Fuel Oil
HLO Helicopter Landing Officer
HMR Hazardous Materials Regulations
HP High Pressure
HP Horsepower
HP/HT High-Pressure/High-Temperature
HPR Horizontal Pipe Racker
HPU High Pressure Unit
HPU Hydraulic Power Unit
HPWC High Pressure Water Cleaning
HPWC High Pressure Fresh Water
Cleaning
HPWJ High Pressure Water Jetting
HR Human Resources
HRA Health Risk Assessment
HRIS Human Resources Information
Systems
HS Direct Ship Hot Shot
HSE Health and Safety Executive (UK)
HSE Health, Safety and Environment
HSEMM Health, Safety, and Environmental
Meeting Minutes
HSEMS Health, Safety and Environment
Management System
HSET Health, Safety and Environment
Training
HSWA Health and Safety at Work Act
(UK)
HT High Temperature
HT/HP High Temperature / High Pressure
HUET Helicopter Underwater Egress
Training
HV High Voltage
HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air
Conditioning
HWCR Hazardous Waste Control
Regulation (Turkey)
HWDP Heavy Weight Drill Pipe
-I-
I/O Input / Output
IACS International Association of
Classification Societies
IADC International Association of
Drilling Contractors
IAMSAR International Aeronautical and
Maritime Search and Rescue
IAP Incident Action Plan
IAT Integrated Acceptance Test
IATA International Air Transport
Association
IBOP Inside Blowout Preventer
ICP Independent Competent Person
ICP Initial Circulating Pressure
ICP Incident Command Post
ICS International Chamber of Shipping
ICS Incident Command System
ICS Inventory Control System
ID Identification
ID Inside Diameter
IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life and
Health
i.e. id est [Latin] (that is)
IEC International Electro-technical
Commission
IEE Initial Environmental Examination
(Thailand)
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers
IIR Injury and Illness Report
ILO International Labor Organization
IMCA International Marine Contractors
Association
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous
Goods
IMDGC International Maritime Dangerous
Goods Code
IMO International Maritime
Organization
IMS Inventory Management System
INMAR-
SAT
International Maritime Satellite
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OPY
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INS Immigration and Naturalization
Service
IOA Issue on Arrival
IOC Incident of Noncompliance
IOPP International Oil Pollution
Prevention (certificate)
IOSH Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (UK)
IPR Inward Processing Relief
IPR Independent Processing Relief
IR Incident Report
IRU Investigations and Review Unit (US
BOEMRE)
IS Intrinsically Safe
ISC Information Services Council
ISM International Safety Management
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
ISPS International Ship and Port Facility
Security Code
ISSC International Ship Security
Certificate
IST Information Services and
Technology Department
IT Information Technology
ITP Inspection Test Plan
ITT Invitation To Tender
IVB Independent Verification Body
(UK)
IWCF International Well Control Forum
IWRC Independent Wire Rope Center
IWRC Internal Wire Rope Core
-J-
JHA Job Hazard Analysis (IADC)
JIP Joint Industry Project
JRA Job Risk Assessment
JSA Job Safety Analysis
JSA Job Safety Assessment
JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center
(US)
JU Jack-up
-K-
KEMS Kinetic Energy Monitoring System
Kg Kilogram
kips Thousands of pounds force
KPI Key Performance Indicator
KSI Kips per square inch
kW kilowatts
-L-
L Electric Log
L Large
LAT Latitude
Lb Pound
LB Lifeboatman
lbs/ft2 Pounds per square foot
LBP Length Between Perpendiculars
LCG Longitudinal Center of Gravity
LCM Loss Circulation Material
LDRPS Living Disaster Recover Planning
System
LEC Local Emergency (Control) Center
LEL Lower Explosive Limit
LER Local Equipment Room
LERIP Louisiana Environmental
Regulatory Innovations Program
(US)
LEV Local Exhaust Ventilation
LFI Learning From Incidents (BSP)
LISCR Liberian International Ship &
Corporate Registry
LLC Limited Liability Company
LMP Licensed Medical Provider
LMRP Lower Marine Riser Package
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LOA Length Over All
LOA Letter of Agreement
LOC Letter of Compliance (USCG)
LOC Loss of Containment
LOLER Lifting Operations and Lifting
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Equipment Regulations 1998 (UK)
LONG Longitude
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LPO Local Purchase Order
LPWC Low Pressure Water Cleaning
LQ Living Quarters
LRQA Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance
LSA Lifesaving Appliance Code (IMO)
LSA Low Specific Activity
LT Long Ton Equal to 2240 Pounds
LTA Lost Ticket Application
LTI Lost Time Incident (IADC)
LTIFR Lost Time incident Frequency Rate
(IADC)
LTIR Lost Time Incident Rate (IADC)
LWD Logging While Drilling
-M-
M Male
M Medium
MAASP Maximum Allowable Annular
Surface Pressure
MAE Major Accident Event (BSP)
MAH Major Accident Hazard (BSP)
MARAD Maritime Administration (US)
MARPOL International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from ships,
1973, as modified by the Protocol
of 1978 relating thereto.
MARSEC Maritime Security Level
MASP Maximum Allowable Surface
Pressure
MAWP Maximum Allowable Working
Pressure
MB Megabyte
MBR Minimum Bending Radius
MC Mechanical Completions
MCA Marine and Coastguard Agency
(UK)
MCA Maritime and Coastguard Agency
(UK)
MCC Motor Control Center
MCID Manufacturing Catalogue
Identification Number
MCID Material Catalogue Identification
Number
MCN Material Catalogue Number
MCO Malaria Control Officer
MCP Malaria Control Program
MDHS Methods for Determination of
Hazardous Substances (UK)
MDL Master Document List ( or MDR,
M.D. Register)
MDO Medium Diesel Oil
ME Mechanical
MEA Manager, Environmental Affairs
Worldwide
MF Motor Freight Domestic
MFG Manufacturing
MF/HF Medium Frequency / High
Frequency
mg/l Milligrams per liter
MGR Manager
MGS Mud Gas Separator
MIC Man in Charge
MISLE Marine Information for Safety and
Law Enforcement (USCG)
MIU Internal Upset Taper Transition
ML Mud Log
mm Millimeter
MMC Merchant Marine Circulars
(Panama)
MMD Merchant Mariner’s Document
MME Material Management Evaluation
MMO Material Movement Order
MMR Material Movement Request (UK)
MMR Materials Movement Request (UK)
MMS Minerals Management Service (US)
MMSI Maritime Mobile Service
Identification (number)
MOB Man Overboard
Mob Mobilization
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MOC Management of Change
MODU Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
MOPO Matrix of Permitted Operations
(BSP)
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MOU Mobile Offshore Unit
MPA Maritime and Port Authority of
Singapore
MPI Magnetic Particle Inspection
MPMA Multi Purpose Manipulator Arm
MPSP Maximum Predicted Surface
Pressure
MR Mud Recap
MRCC Marine Rescue Coordinator Center
(UK)
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRO Medical Review Officer
MRT Marine Riser Tensioner ( also RT)
MRU Motion Reference Unit
MS Maintenance Standard
MS Management System
MSA Management System Administrator
MSA Master Service Agreement
MSD Marine Services Department
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MSMC Minimum Safe Manning Certificate
MSO Marine Safety Officer (USCG)
MSS Manufacturers Standardization
Society of the Valve and Fitting
Industry
MSW Meters Sea Water
MT Metric Tonne
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTF Material Transaction Form
MTF Material Transfer Form
MTF Materials Transfer Form
MTF Material Transaction Form
MTO Medical Treatment Only (IADC)
MTSA Maritime Transportation Security
Act of 2002 (US)
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
MVFR Regulation Concerning the
Establishment of Guilt in Fines to
be Levied on Ships and Other
Marine Vessels, the Procedures for
Levying Fines and the Receipts to
be Issued (Turkey)
MWC Main Well Center
MWD Measurement While Drilling
MWD Monitor While Drilling
MWS Marine Warranty Surveyor
-N-
N No
N Normal
N2 Nitrogen
N/A Not Applicable
N/A Not Available
NACE National Association Of Corrosion
Engineers
NANPCA Non-indigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990
(US)
nb nota bene [Latin] (note well)
NDE Non-Destructive Examination
NDT Non-Destructive Testing
NEBOSH National Examination Board in
Occupational Safety and Health
(UK)
NEC National Electrical Code
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
(US)
NEQA National Environmental Quality
Act (Thailand)
NFPA National Fire Protection
Association
NHWAA Non-Hazardous Waste
Accumulation Area
NIDA National Institute of Drug Abuse
NIH National Institutes of Health (US)
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (US)
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nm Nanometers
NMC National Maritime Center (US)
NMD Norwegian Maritime Directorate
No. Number
NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration (US)
NOK Next Of Kin
NOPSA National Offshore Petroleum Safety
Authority for Australia
NORM Naturally Occurring Radioactive
Material
NOV National Oilwell Varco
NOX Nitrogen Oxide
NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
NPDES National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (US)
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(USCG)
NPS Nominal Pipe Size
NPSH Net Positive Suction Head
NPT National Pipe Thread
NPT Non Productive Time
NRC National Response Center (US)
NRITL Nationally Recognized Independent
Testing Laboratory
NRV Non-return Valve
NSC National Safety Council (US)
NSF National Sanitation Foundation
NT Net Tons
NTP Night Toolpusher
NVIC Navigation and Vessel Inspection
Circular (USCG)
-O-
O2 Oxygen
O&M Operations and Maintenance
[Asbestos] Manual
OBM Oil-based Mud
OCMI Officer in charge of Marine
Inspection (USCG)
OCS Outer Continental Shelf (US)
OD Outside Diameter
ODAG Offshore Defence Advisory Group
(India)
ODS Ozone Depleting Substance
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OER Operational Event Reporting
OF Ocean Freight – International
OFE Owner-Furnished Equipment
OHSAS Occupation Health and Safety Assessment Series
OIG Office of the Inspector General
(US)
OIM Offshore Installation Manager
OIM/MIC Offshore Installation Manager/Man
In Charge
OISD Oil Industry Safety Directorate
(India)
OJD Operations Job Description
OJT On-the-job Training
ONRR Office of Natural Resources
Revenue (US)
OOW Officer of the Watch
OPA-90 Oil Pollution Act 1990 (US)
OPIP Operations Performance
Improvement Process
OPITO Offshore Petroleum Industry
Training Organization
OPS Operations
Ops Mgmt Operations Management
OS Offshore Standard
OS Ordinary Seaman
OSC On-scene Commander
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health
Agency (US)
OSR On-scene Representative
OSV Offshore Supply Vessel
-P-
P & A Plug and Abandon
P & I Protection & Indemnity Club
(liability insurance)
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P&ID Piping and Instrumentation
Diagram
P/L Packing List
P/N Part Number
PA Pricing Agreement
PA Public Address
PA / GA Public Address / General Alarm
PAL PUWER Assessment Log
PAN Personnel Action Notice
PAN Panama
PAR PUWER Action Register
PAX Passengers
PBTD Plug Back Total Depth
PCAOB Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board
P-Card Purchasing Card
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PCC Pollution Control Committee
(Thailand)
PCC PUWER Compliance Checksheet
PCE Pressure Control Equipment
PCP Phencyclidine
PCR Power Control Room
PCR Project Change Request
PD Project Director
PDA Product Design Assessment
PDDP Pre-Drill Data Pack
PEL Permissible Exposure Limit
PEL Personnel Exposure Limit
PEP Project Execution Plan
PETEX University of Texas Petroleum
Extensions Services (US)
PFD Personnel Flotation Device
PFSA Port Facility Security Assessment
PFSO Port Facility Security Officer
PHA Preliminary Hazard Analysis
PHCC Pipe Handling Control Console
PIC Person In Charge
PITS Petroleum Industry Training
Service
PKLIST Packing List
P/L# Packing List Number
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PM Preventive Maintenance, Planned
Maintenance
PM Project Manager
PML Personnel Marker Light
PMP Preferred Medical Provider
PMS Preventive Maintenance System
P/N Part Number
PO Purchase Order
PO# Purchase Order Number
POB Personnel On Board (crew list)
POB Persons on Board
POC Point of Contact
POD Point of Disconnect
PON Petroleum Operations Notice (UK)
POO Point of Origin
POOH Pulling Out Of the Hole
PPA Pollution Prevention Act (US)
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPG Pounds Per Gallon
ppm Parts Per Million
PPS Plan Progress Schedule
PR Purchase Requisition
PRCC Pipe Racker Control Console
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
PRV Pressure Relief Valve
PSA Post Security Assessment
PSC Port State Control
PSC Project Steering Committee
psi Pounds per Square Inch
P(SL)A Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act
1967, as amended [Australia]
PSR Project Status Report
PTSC Petro Vietnam Technical Services
Company
PTW Permit to Work
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PTWL Permit to Work Log
PTWS Permit to Work System
PUWER Provision and Use of Work
Equipment Regulations (UK)
PVT Pit Volume Totaliser
PVT Pressure, Volume, and Temperature
-Q-
QA Quality Assurance
QA/QC Quality Assurance / Quality Control
QHSE Quality, Health, Safety, and
Environment
QHSEMS Quality, Health, Safety, and
Environment Management System
QLFT Qualitative Fit Test
QMS Quality Management System
-R-
R & M Repair & Maintenance
RA Returns Administrator
RAM Random Access Memory
RAM Risk Assessment Matrix
RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands of
International Importance
RAS Radioactive Substance
RBS Raised Back-up System
RCC Rescue Coordination Center
RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance
REA Request for Engineering Assistance
ref Reference
Rep Representative
REQ# Requisition Number
Req’d Assy Required for Assembly
REV Revision
RFC Return For Credit
RFI Request For Information
RFPNW Rating Forming Part of a
Navigation Watch
RFQ Request for Quotation
RIK Royalty in Kind (US)
RIN Related Item Number
RM Material Return Request
RM Return Material Request
RMR Rig Modification Request
RO Radio Operator
RO Recognized Organization (ISM)
ROF Repair On Failure
ROI Return on Investment
ROM Read Only Memory
ROS Required On Site
ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle
RP Recommended Practice (API)
RPA Radiation Protection Adviser
RPE Respiratory Protective Equipment
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RPMS Rig Paint Maintenance Supervisor
RPS Radiation Protection Supervisor
RQ Reportable Quantity
RRT Relative Response Team
RRV Reset Relief Valve
RS Rig Superintendent
RSMENR Rivers State Ministry of
Environment and Natural
Resources (Nigeria)
RSO Rig Security Officer
RSO Recognized Security Organization
RSR Rig Site Review
RTM Regional Technical Manager
RV Relief Valve
RWC Restricted Work Case
RWTC Restricted Work/Transfer Case
(IADC)
-S-
S Small
SAA Satellite Accumulation Area
SAE Society of Aerospace Engineers
SAE Society if Automotive Engineers
SALM Single Anchor Leg Mooring
SAP Corporate Enterprise Software
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SAP Systems Applications in Data
Processing
SAPP Sodium Acid Pyro Phosphate
SAR Search and Rescue
SAR Supplied-Air Respirator
SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar
SARA Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (US)
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome
SART Search and Rescue Transponder
SBM Single Buoy Mooring
SBM Synthetic-based Mud
SBR Synthetic-Based Rubber
SBV Standby Vessel
SCA Safety-critical Activity (BSP)
SCBA Self-Contained Breathing
Apparatus
SCE Safety-critical Equipment (BSP)
SCE Qatar Supreme Council for the
Environment & Natural Reserves
SCR Silicon-Controlled Rectifier
SCR Slow Circulation Rate
SDRL Supplier Document Requirements
List
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act (US)
sec Seconds
SEM Subsea Electronics Module
SEPA Scottish Environmental Protection
Agency
SG Sour Gas
sg Specific Gravity
SHIDAC Structured Hazard Identification
and Control Process (IADC)
SI Standards International
SICP Shut In Casing Pressure
SID Standing Instruction to Driller
SIDPP Shut In Drill Pipe Pressure
SIMOPS Simultaneous Operations (see
CPRA)
SMART See, Monitor, Act, Reinforce, Track
SMC Safety Management Certificate
SML Safety Management Leadership
SMO Stock Movement Order
SMS Safety Management System
SNAME Society of Naval Architects &
Marine Engineers
SO2 Sulfur Dioxide
SoDM Staatstoezicht op de Mijnem (Dutch
HSE)
SOLAS Safety Of Life At Sea
SOOB Summary of Operation Boundaries
(IADC)
SOPEP Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency
Plan
SosRep Secretary Of State’s Representative
(UK)
SOW Scope Of Work
SPCC Spill Prevention and Control
Countermeasures (US)
SPCR Soil Pollution Control Regulation
(Turkey)
SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers
Spec Specification
SQL Structured Query Language
SRM Supplier Relationship Management
SRMR Subsequent Remedial Measure
Report
SS Subsea
SS Semi-Submersible
SSA Ship Security Assessment
SSAS Ship Security Alert System
SSB Single Sideband Modulation
SSC Sulphide Stress Cracking
SSE Short Service Employee
SSE Sub Sea Engineer
SSI Sensitive Security Information (49
CFR 1520)
SSP Ship Security Plan
SSPC The Society for Protective Coating
stbd Starboard
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STC Safety Training Coordinator
STCW Standards of Training,
Certification, and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers (International
Convention)
STU Sewage Treatment Unit
SUS Supplier Self Services
SV Steel Vessel
S-VDR Simplified Voyage Data Recorder
SVP Senior Vice President
SWL Safe Working Load
SWBD Switchboard
SWCR Solid Waste Control Regulation
(Turkey)
SWP Safe Working Pressure
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T Testing
T&A Time and Material
TA Technical Assurance
TA Technical Authority
TAC Texas Administrative Code (US)
tba To Be Advised
TCG Transverse Center of Gravity
TCV Total Contract Value
TD Technical Directorate (BSP)
TD Total Depth
TDS Top Drive System
TechOps Technical Operations
TEAM Total Environmental Awareness
Management
TEMPSC Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled
Survival Craft (lifeboat)
TFL Through Flowline
TIW Texas Iron Works
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TOC Table of Contents
TOFS Time Out for Safety
TP Toolpusher
TPC Third-Party Contractor
TPE Third Party Engineering (data)
TQ Technical Query
TR Temporary Refuge
TRA Task Risk Analysis (IADC)
TRIA Temporary Refuge Impairment
Assessment
TRIR Total Recordable Incident Rate
TRM Task Risk Mitigation
TRN Total Risk Number
TRP Technical Reference Program
TSCA The Secondary Containment
Apparatus
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act (US)
TSD Treatment Storage and Disposal
TSDF Transport and Treatment Storage
Disposal Facility
TSR Tubular Status Report
TVD True Vertical Depth
TVR Travel Variance Report
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U Unlimited authority unless
restricted in description
U.S.C. United States Code
UA Urgent Air Freight – International
UBD Under-balanced Drilling
UCSA User-created Software Application
UHF Ultra-High Frequency
UHPWJ Ultra-High Pressure Water Jetting
UIN Unique Identification Numer
(EPIRB)
UK United Kingdom
UK User Knowledge
UKCS United Kingdom Continental Shelf
UKOOA United Kingdom Offshore
Operators Association
UL Underwriters Laboratory
UN United Nations
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea
UOM Unit of Measure
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UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
US United States
USA United States of America
USC United States Code
USCG United States Coast Guard
USD United States Dollar
USERRA Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Rights Act
UT Ultrasonic
UT Ultrasonic Inspection
UT Ultrasonic Testing
UT Ultrasonic Thickness
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
UV Ultraviolet
UVCE Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosion
UWILD Underwater In Lieu of Dry-docking
Survey
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V Volt
VAN Vessel Activity Number
VAT Value Added Tax
VBR Variable Bore Ram
VCD Vendor Certified Drawings
VCG Vertical Center of Gravity
VCR Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor
VDL Variable Deck Load
VDR Voyage Data Recorder
VFD Variable Frequency Drive
VHF Very High Frequency
VIRR Vendor Improvement Requirement
Report (UK)
VIV Vortex Induced Vibration
VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier
VMS Vessel Management System
VO Variation Order
VOC Volatile Organic Compound
VOM VOH-OHM Meter
VOR Variation Order Request
VP Vice President
VQAQ Vendor Information and Quality
Assessment Questionnaire
VRS Vertical Reference Sensor
VRU Vertical Reference Unit
VS Vendor Surveillance
VSP Velocity Shooting Profile
VSSC Vessel Specific Safety Case
VTS Vessel Traffic Service
-W-
WAC Well Activity Center
WAMD West Africa Medical Director
WAPPR Waiting for Approval
WBM Water Based Mud
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
WC Water Closet
WDF Waste Disposal Form
WGS World Geodetic System
WHO World Health Organization
WI Work Instruction
WLL Working Load Limit
WMSD Work-related Musculoskeletal
Disorders
WO Work Order
WOB Weight On Bit
WP Working Pressure
WPCR Water Pollution Control Regulation
(Turkey)
WSDE Wellsite Drilling Engineer
WSOC Well Specific Operating Criteria
WSOG Well Specific Operating Guidelines
WSV Written Scheme of Verification
(UK)
WTG Welded Trigger Guard
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Y Yes
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ZAP Zero Angle Position
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ZMVR Zone Material Variance Report