| A |
ABS |
American Bureau of Shipping |
| AiP |
Approval in principle |
| B |
bbls |
Barrels |
| BBC |
Bare Boat Charter |
| bfpd |
Barrels of Fluid per Day |
| bopd |
Barrels of Oil per Day |
| bpd |
Barrels per Day |
| BV |
Bureau Veritas |
| bwpd |
Barrels of Water per Day |
| C |
CALM |
Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring |
| Capex |
Capital Expenditure |
| CBM |
Conventional Buoy Mooring |
| CP Semi |
Central Pontoon Semi-Submersible |
| D |
dwt |
Dead Weight Tonnage |
| E |
EOR |
Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| EPCI |
Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation |
| F |
FEED |
Front End Engineering Design |
| FID |
Final Investment Decision |
| FLNG |
Floating LNG |
| FPSO |
Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading system |
| FSO |
Floating Storage and Offloading system |
| FSRU |
Floating Storage Regasification Unit |
| FT GTL processes |
Fischer-Tropsch, a process invented in the 1920s. The principal purpose of this process is to produce synthetic fuel. |
| G |
GTL |
Gas to Liquids |
| H |
HSSEQ |
Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality |
| I |
ITT |
Invitation to Tender |
| L |
LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LOI |
Letter of Intent |
| LPG |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LTI |
Lost Time Injury |
| M |
MH |
Methane Hydrate |
| MMscfd |
Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day |
| MOPU |
Mobile Offshore Production Unit |
| MOSES |
Minimum Offshore Surface Equipment Structure |
| N |
NGH |
Natural Gas Hydrate |
| NGL |
Natural Gas Liquids |
| O |
O&M |
Operations and Maintenance |
| Opex |
Operating Expenditure(Expense), Operational Expenditure |
| P |
PLEM |
Pipe Line End Manifold |
| R |
ROV |
Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| S |
SALM |
Single Anchor Leg Mooring |
| Semi-sub |
Semi-submersible |
| SPM |
Single Point Mooring |
| SSIP |
Self Stable Integrated Platform |
| T |
T/C |
Time Charter |
| TLP |
Tension Leg Platform |
| U |
ULCC |
Ultra Large Crude Carrier |
| V |
VLCC |
Very Large Crude Carrier |
