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Oil & Gas Abbreviations & Acronyms
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| A | |
| Amp | Ampere |
| A&G | Administrative and General Expenses |
| AAQS | Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| ABF | Aquatic Base Flow |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| ACA | Annual Charge Adjustment |
| ACHP | Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
| ACRS | Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
| ADIT | Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
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| B | |
| bbl | Barrel of oil |
| bbl/d | Barrels per Calendar Day |
| Bcf | Billion Cubic Feet |
| Bcfe | Billion Cubic Feet of gas Equivalent |
| boe | Barrels of Oil Equivalent (bbls of oil equivalent) |
| BS&W | Bottom Sediments of Water |
| Btu | British thermal unit |
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| C | |
| C or cent. | Centigrade |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CAODC | Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors |
| CAPP | Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers |
| CBM | Coalbed Methane |
| CEPA | Canadian Energy Pipeline Association |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CERI | Canadian Energy Research Institute |
| cu. ft | Cubic Feet |
| Cf | Compare |
| cu. ft/s | Cubic Feet per Second |
| CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
| CO | Carbon Monoxide |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| cps | Cycles Per Second |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
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| D | |
| dBA | Decibles on the A-weighted scale |
| dc | Direct Current |
| DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
| DOE | Department Of Energy |
| DOT | Department Of Transportation |
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| E | |
| EA | Environmental Assessment |
| EHV | Extra High Voltage |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| EMF | Electro Magnetic Fields |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Act |
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| F | |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FOIP | Freedom Of Information and Protection of Privacy Act |
| FONSI | Findings Of No Significant Impact |
| FR | Full Requirements |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
| FWS | [U.S.] Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| G | |
| GAPP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| GT&C | General Terms and Conditions |
| GW | Gigawatt |
| GWh | Gigawatt-Hour |
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| H | |
| HCA | Host Control Area |
| HEP | Habitat Evaluation Procedure |
| HHI | Hirschman Herfindahl Index |
| HQI | Habitat Quality Index |
| hp | Horsepower |
| HVI | High Viscosity Index |
| Hz | Hertz (cycles per second) |
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| I | |
| ICAP | Installed Capacity |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IER | Incremental Energy Rate |
| IHR | Incremental Heat Rate |
| IJC | International Joint Commission |
| IPE | International Petroleum Exchange |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
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| J | |
| J.A.S. | Joint Association Survey |
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| K | |
| kg | Kilograms |
| kHz | Thousand Hertz (cycles per second) |
| km | Kilometre |
| kV | Kilovolt |
| KVA | Kilovolt-Ampere |
| KW | Kilowatt |
| KWh | Kilowatt-Hour |
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| L | |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LODF | Line Outage Distribution Factor |
| LOLE | Loss Of Load Expectation |
| LPG | Liquified Petroleum Gas |
| lsfo | Loss-Sulfur Fuel Oil |
| LVI | Low Viscosity Index |
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| M | |
| M | Metre |
| mboe | Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent |
| Mboe/d | Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day |
| Mbbl | Thousand Barrels |
| Mbbl/d | Thousand Barrels per Day |
| MMbbl | Million barrels |
| Mcf | Thousand Cubic Feet (of gas) |
| MMcf | Million Cubic Feet |
| MMcf/d | Million Cubic Feet per Day |
| MMboe | Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent |
| MMBtu | Million British Thermal Units |
| MVA | Megavolt-Amperes |
| MW | Megawatts |
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| N | |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NASDAQS | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
| NEB | National Energy Board |
| NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NGL | Natural Gas Liquids |
| NITC | Normal Incremental Transfer Capability |
| NOI | Notice Of Intent or Notice Of Inquiry |
| NPV | Net Present Value |
| NYMEX | New York Mercantile Exchange |
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| O | |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration [U.S. Department of Labor] |
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| P | |
| ppm | Parts Per Million |
| PSAC | Petroleum Services Association of Canada |
| psi | Pounds per Square Inch |
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| Q | |
| QF | Qualifying Facility |
| QUAD | Quadrillion Btus |
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| R | |
| RCCD | Reverse Circulation Centre Discharge |
| RFQ | Request For Proposal |
| ROA | Return of Assets |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| ROE | Return of Equity |
| ROFR | Right Of First Refusal |
| ROI | Return On Investment |
| ROW | Right-Of-Way |
| rpm | Revolutions Per Minute |
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| S | |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition |
| Scf | Standard Cubic Foot of natural gas |
| SCO | Standard Cost Obligation |
| SEC | [U.S.] Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SFEIS | Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement |
| SFV | Straight Fixed Variable |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| SNG | Synthetic Natural Gas |
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| T | |
| Tcf | Trillion Cubic Feet |
| TCR | Transition Cost Recovery (mechanism) |
| TDU | Transmission Dependent Utility |
| TOU | Time-Of-Use |
| TTC | Total Transfer Capability |
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| U | |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| V | |
| VA | Volt-Ampere |
| VAR | Volt-Ampere Reactive Unit |
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| W | |
| WACOG | Weighted Average Cost Of Gas |
| WPI | Wholesale Price Index |
| WQC | Water Quality Certificate |
| WTI | West Texas Intermediate |
| WTP | Willingness to Pay |
| WY | Water Year |
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