Oil and Gas Acronyms

A
A Analog Signal
AAH Analysis Alarm (High)
AAHL Analysis Alarm (High/Low)
AAL Analysis Alarm (Low)
AB Alberta
ABC Alberta Building Code
ABSA Alberta Boiler Safety Association
AC Alternating current
AC Analysis Controller
AENV Alberta Environment
AER Alberta Energy Regulator, responsible for regulating the development of Alberta's energy resources.
AGA American Gas Association
AIL Asset Integrity Level
ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable
AMS Asset Management System
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APEGA Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
API American Petroleum Institute
APMC Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Ar Argon
AS Air Supply
ASDH Analysis Shutdown (High)
ASHL Analysis Shutdown (High/Low)
ASL Analysis Switch (Low)
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
AT Analyzer Transmitter
ATM Atmosphere
Atmospheric Pressure The force per unit area exerted on a surface by the weight of the air above
AWG American wire gauge
B
BA Business Associate
BAH Burner Alarm (High)
BAHL Burner Alarm (High/Low)
BAL Burner Alarm (Low)
Battery A battery is a facility where production from a well or group of wells is controlled. A battery may have equipment for separating, treating, cleaning and/or storing products.
BBL Barrel
BC British Columbia
BC Burner Controller
BFW Boiler Feed Water
BG Blanket Gas
BHp Brake horsepower
BLD Blowdown
BMS Burner Management System
BOE Barrel of Oil Equivalent
BOM Bill of material
BPCS Basic Process Control System
Brine Water with contaminants
BRP Back Pressure Regulator
BS Burner Switch
BS&W Basic Sediment and Water
BSH Burner Switch (High)
BSHL Burner Switch (High/Low)
BT Battery
BTU British thermal unit
Buyer The Company, or a company that has a contract agreement with the Company to carry out all or part of the procurement for a project
BVD Blowdown Valve
C
C&A Controls Automation
C&E Cause and effect
C&SU Commission and Start Up
C1 Methane
C10 Decane
C2 Ethane
C3 Propane
C4 Butanes
C5 Pentanes
C6 Hexanes
C7 Heptane
C8 Octane
C9 Nonane
CAI Compliance Assessment Indicator.
Cascade Cascade refers to the allocation of product from one facility to an upstream facility, as a result of the product ownership not being know by the downstream operator.
CCF Common Cause Failure
CCP Central Control Panel
CCR Central Control Room
CCTV Closed-Circuit Television
CDS Compressor Shutdown
CEC Canadian Electrical Code
CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System
CFA Common Fault Alarm
CFM Configuration File Management
CGR Condensate Gas Ratio
CIL Commercial Integrity Level
CM Corrective Maintenance
CN control narrative
CO Carbon monoxide
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COMGL Commingled
Commingle Commingle means to complete a well in two or more pools.
Compressor Station A compressor station is a facility that has service equipment intended to maintain or increase the flowing pressure of the gas that is receives from a well, battery or gathering system, prior to delivery to market or other disposition.
COND Condensate
Condensate condensate consists of liquid hydrocarbons produced with natural gas that are separated from the gas by cooling and various other means. Condensate is recovered from natural gas and or solution gas before it is delivered to a gathering system in the field. It is generally in the gaseous state under reservoir conditions but becomes liquid either in passing up the hole or at the surface.
Contract Hour The hour in which the EFM device consistently pulls data
Contractor A company that has a contract agreement with the Company to carry out all or part of the engineering, procurement, and/or construction for a project.
COR Corrosimeter
CPF Central Production Facility
CPL Pressure Compensation
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRN Canadian Registration Number
CROWM Compliance Reporting Observation Wells Management
Crown The Crown is the right of provinces of Alberta and/or Saskatchewan.
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSC Car Seal Close
CSO Car Seal Open
CTL Temperature Compensation
CTPL Pressure and Temperature Compensation
CV Control Valve
Cv Valve flow coefficient
D
D/H Downhole
DAS Direct Attached Storage
DBM Design Basis Memorandum
DC Direct current
DCS Distributed Control System of Data Collection System
DEHY Dehydrator
Design team Instrument and control designers employed by the Company, and/or employed by contractor, to carry out all or part of the instrument and control engineering, procurement, and/or construction for a project.
DeviceNet A network system to interconnect control devices for data exchange
DILBIT Diluted Bitumen
DIN rail A common system for mounting circuit breakers and industrial control equipment inside equipment racks
DISP Dispositions
DMZ Data Management Zone
DOE Department Of Energy, responsible for resource development of natural gas, conventional oil, oil sands, petrochemicals, electricity, coal, and minerals.
DP Differential pressure
Drilling Well A drilling well is a well that has not finished drilling and has not been assigned a facility code. This may not apply to all provincial jurisdictions.
DRU Diluents recovery unit
Dynamic Factor A dynamic factor is a Stream Allocation Factor (SAF) or Owner Allocation Factor (OAF) that changes every month. An operator must report dynamic factors for each production month.
E
E/E/PE Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic safety-related systems
E/I EMF to Current Converter
EC Electrochemical
ECF Effluent Correction Factor
EFM Electronic Flow Measurement
EFMH Electronic Flow Measurement Host Implementation
EHT Electric heat tracing
EIL Environment Integrity Level
EMI Electromagnetic interference
EOS Equation of state
EPAP Enhanced Production Audit Program
ERCB Energy Resources Conservation Board
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ES Emergency Shut Down
ESD Emergency Shut Down
ESDV Emergency Shutdown Valve
ESP Electric Submersible Pump
EST Estimate
ESUB Submersible Pump (Eclectic - Top Drive)
F
Facility A facility is an arrangement of equipment and/or buildings used for the production, injecting and/or movement of petroleum products associated with the oil and gas industry. Reporting facilities include batteries, gathering systems, reprocessing plants, etc.
Facility Identifier (ID) A Facility Identifier is a unique 11-character identifier issued by Petrinex for a facility.
Facility Sub-type A facility sub-type is a more detailed classification of a facility type..
FAH Flow Alarm High
FAHH Flow Alarm High For Level Above FAH
FAHL Flow Alarm (High/Low)
FAL Flow Alarm Low
FALL Flow Alarm Low For Level Below FAL
FAT Factory Acceptance Testing
FC Flow Controller
FC Fail Close
FCC Facility Cost Centre
FCI Fluid Controls Institute
FCV Flow Control Valve
FE Flow Element
FEED Front End Engineering Design
FF Field Facilities
FF Free Flowing
FFA Flame Failure Alarm
FFSD Flame Failure Shutdown
FG Fuel Gas
FG Flow Gage/Flow Sight Glass
FGS Fire and Gas System
FI Flow Indicator
FIC Flow Indicator Controller
FIT Flow Indicator Transmitter
FKOD Flare Knock Out Drum
FLI Flow Integration
FO Fial Open
FQ Flow Indicator Totaliser
FR Flow Recorder
Fractionation Fractionation is the process of splitting natural gas liquid into ethane, propane, butane or pentanes-plus.
FRC Flow Recorder Controller
FRT Flow Recorder Transmitter
FS Flow Switch
FSDH Flow Shutdown (High)
FSDL Flow Shutdown (Low)
FSH Flow Switch (High)
FSL Flow Switch (Low)
FT Flow Transmitter
Fuel Fuel includes gas or other products consumed to provide energy during production/processing operations.
FY Computer, Relay, Amplifier or I/P Converter etc. in Flow Loop
G
Gas Gathering System A gas gathering system is a facility consisting of gas lines used to move products from one facility to another. It may include compressors and/or line heaters.
Gas Lift Gas lift is the process by which a producing well injects a volume of gas to assist with lifting the liquids up the production tubing.
Gas Plant A gas plant is a facility maintained and operated for the purpose of processing raw gas into residue gas, liquids and sulphur, in order to meet specifications required for the purpose of sale and pipeline transmission.
GECF Gas Equivalent Conversion Factor, is the common unit of measure for gas and gas products in their gaseous form. Each product has a standard gas equivalent factor which, when multiplied by the quantity of gas or gas product, equals the gas equivalent volume of the gas or gas product.
GGD Gas Gathering Delineation
GIS Gas In Solution
GP Gas Plant
GS Gathering System
GS Instrument Gas Supply
GSUB Downhole Submersible Pump (Gas - Top Drive)
GUI Graphical User Interface
H
H Hydraulic
H2 Hydrogen
H2O Water
H2S Hydrogen Sulphide
HART Highway addressable remote transducer
HAT Hardware acceptance test
HAZID Hazard Identification Study
HAZOP Hazard and operability
He Helium
HIPPS High Integrity Pressure Protection System
HMI Human Machine Interface
HMV Hydraulic Motor Operated Valve
HOA Hand/Off/Auto Switch
HP Horse Power
HS Hand Switch
HSE Health Safety Environment
HTC Heat tracing controller
HVAC Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
I
I Current Signal
I&C Instrumentation and Controls
I/A Instrument Air
I/F Interface
I/I Current Indicator
I/O Input/Output
I/P Current to pressure transducer
I/P Current Pneumatic
I/PA Current Pneumatic Alarm
IC Industry Canada
ICSS Integrated Control and Safety System – used as the overall term that includes BPCS and SIS
ID Inside diameter
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IFC Issued for Construction
In Situ In situ refers to petroleum recovery methods (steam injection and others) used for deeply buried petroleum deposits.
In-line instrument An instrument or device installed in a process pipe or vessel
Instrumentation All instruments and associated or related devices and equipment
IP Internet Protocol
IPF Instrumented Protective Function
IPL Independent Protection Layer
IP-PBX Internet Protocol-based private branch exchange voice switch
IPS Instrumented Protective System
IR Infrared
IS Intrinsically safe
ISA International Society of Automation
ISC In stream components
ISF Induced Static Flotation
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP Internet service provider
IT Information technology
ITU-T International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunications (standards)
J
JB Junction box
K
KI Clock/Timer
KO Knock Out
KPI Key Performance Indicators
L
LA Level Alarm
LACT Lease Auto Custody Transfer
LAH Level Alarm (High)
LAHH Level Alarm High for Level Above LAH
LAHL Level Alarm (Low)
LAHL Level Alarm (High/Low)
LALL Level Alarm Low for Level Above LAL
LAN Local area network
LC Level Controller
LCD Liquid crystal display
LCV Level Controller Valve
LEL Lower explosive limit
LFL Lower flammable limit
LG Level Gauge
LI Level Indicator
LIC Level Indicator Controller
LIT Level Indicator Transmitter
LLH Liquid Level (High)
LLL Liquid Level (Low)
LLN Liquid Level (Normal)
LO Lock Open
Load A load is a product movement into a well for the purpose of completing or servicing the well.
LOPA Layer of protection analysis
LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas A.K.A NGL
LQ Lock Closed (When by a Manual Valve)
LR Level Recorder
LS Level Switch
LSDH Level Shutdown (High)
LSDL Level Shutdown (Low)
LSH Level Switch (High)
LSHH Level Switch High for Level Above LSH
LSHL Level Switch (High/Low)
LSL Level Switch (Low)
LSLL Level Switch Low for Level Below LSL
LT Level Transmitter
LTBR Long Term Bond Rate
LTDH Long Term Data Historian
LTS Low Temperature Separator
LY I/P Converter (Level Loop)
M
MARP Measurement Accounting and Reporting Plan
MCC Motor Control Centre
MCC Motor Control Centre
Meter Station A meter station is a facility where gas produces are measured and analyzed before entering a transporter or distributor.
Metering Difference Metering difference is the difference in measurement between facility inlets (production, receipts) and outlets (dispositions, injection) after accounting for all other activities (fuel, flare, etc.)
MI Mineral-insulated
MIR Multi-spectrum infrared
MMS Machine Monitoring System
MOC Management Of Change
MOS Metal oxide semiconductor
MOV Motor-operated valve
MPLS Multiprotocol label switching
MPMS Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards
MR Material requisition
MRB Manufacturing record book
MTBF Mean time between failure
MTU Mater Terminal Unit
MUMV% Maximum Uncertainty of Monthly Volume (%)
N
N2 Nitrogen
NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NC Normally Closed
NCE Noncompliance event
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NIS Not In Service
NNF Not Normally Flowing
NO Normally Open
NPT National pipe thread
O
O2 Oxygen
OAF Owner Allocation Factor
OAF Owner Allocation Factor, is a portion of a stream allocated to an owner in the stream.
OAS Owner Activity Statement, a monthly report that identifies production activities, production activities, product codes, streams, owners, available volumes and allocated volumes.
OD Outer diameter
Off-line instrument An instrument or device not installed in a process pipe or vessel
OLE Object link and embedding
ONP Other Net Proceeds
OOS Operations Over-ride Switch
OPC OLE for process control
OSR Oil Sands Royalty Project
OTS Operator training simulator
OTSG Once-through steam generator
P
P Pneumatic Signal
P&ID Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
P/I Pneumatic To Current Converter
PA/GA Public address / general alarm
Packager The supplier to the project of packaged mechanical or process equipment
PAH Pressure Alarm (High)
PAHL Pressure Alarm (High/Low)
PAL Pressure Alarm (Low)
PB Pushbutton
PC Pressure Control
PCE Progressive Cavity Pump
PCN Process Control Network
PCP Progressive Cavity Pump
PCS Process Control System
PCV Pressure Control Valve
PD Pulsation Dampener
PdA Pressure Differential Alarm
PdAH Pressure Differential Alarm (High)
PdAL Pressure Differential Alarm (Low)
PDCP Process Description and Control Philosophy
PdI Pressure Differential Indicator
PdIC Pressure Differential Indicator Controller
PdS Pressure Differential Switch
PdSH Pressure Differential Switch (High)
PdSL Pressure Differential Switch (Low)
PE Programmable Electronics
PEMS Predictive Emissions Monitoring
PES Programmable Electronics System
PFA Product Fit Analysis
PFD Process Flow Diagrams
PFDavg Average Probability of Failure on Demand - A useful value if the SIF is regularly inspected and tested. Formulas for PFD avg vary depending on the system architecture
PFH Probability of Failure per Hour
PG Purge Gas
PG Pressure Gauge
PHA Process Hazard Analysis
PI Performance Improvements
PI Pressure Indicator
PIC Pressure Indicator Controller
PIT Pressure Indicator Transmitter
PJE Pump Jack Electric
PJG Pump Jack Gas
PJI Multipoint Pressure Indicator
PJP Pump Jack Propane
PJR Multipoint Pressure Recorder
PL Plunger Lift
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PM Preventative Maintenance
PMI Positive Material Identification
PNCB Prior Net Cumulative Balance
PoE Power over Ethernet
POS Positioner
POV Pneumatically Operated Valve
ppm Parts per million
PR Pressure Recorder
PRC Pressure Recorder Controller
PRC Pressure Recorder Controller
Project Company project
Proration Proration is a calculation that determines the quantity of product produced, using the total facility prorated production and the estimated well production.
Proration Factor A proration factor is a value calculated as the total facility prorated production divided by the total facility estimated production for each product. This factor is calculated to 6 decimal places, then rounded and reported to five decimal places.
PRT Pressure Recorder Transmitter
PRV Pressure Regulating Valve
PS Proportional Sampler
PSDH Pressure Shutdown (High)
PSDL Pressure Shutdown (Low)
PSE Rupture Disk
PSH Pressure Switch (High)
PSHH Pressure Switch High for Pressure Above PSH
PSHL Pressure Switch (High/Low)
PSL Pressure Switch (Low)
PSLL Pressure Switch Low for Pressure Below PSL
PST Partial stroke testing
PSTN Public switched telephone network
PSV Pressure Safety Valve
PT Pressure Transmitter
PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene
PVC Polyvinyl chloride
PY Relay, Computer, Amplifier, Converter or I/P Converter etc./ in Pressure Loop
Q
QAP Quality Assurance Plan
R
RBD Reliability Block Diagrams
RC Radio Controller
RCP Royalty Calculation Point
Rec Receipts
Receipt A receipt is a product movement in which a product(s) are received from other facilities.
REF Reference
Refinery A refinery is a hydrocarbon distillation facility.
RFI Radio frequency interference
RFP Request for proposal
RIB Remote instrument building
RMS Root mean square
RORC Rate Of Return On Capital
RRCA Regulatory Reporting Canada
RRF Risk Reduction Factor
RTD Resistance Temperature Detector/Device
RTP Royalty Trigger Point
RTU Remote Terminal Unit
S
S Solenoid
S&W Sediments and Water (Used to be referred to as BS&W)
SAF Stream Allocation Factor
SAGD Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
SAH Speed Alarm (High)
SAHL Speed Alarm (High/Low)
SAL Speed Alarm (Low)
SAP System Application Product
SAT Site Acceptance Test
SC Sample Connection
SCADA Supervisory control and data acquisition
SCID Steam Condensate Instrument Detection
SCMS Steam Condensate Management System
SCO Synthetic Crude Oil
SD Shutdown Panel
SDK Shutdown Key
SDR Supplier data requirement
SDS Shutdown System
SEP Separator
SGS Safeguarding System
Shrinkage Shrinkage is the total amount a product is reduced during the extraction of another product (e.g., the total amount that gas is reduced due to propane extraction.)
SI International Systems of Units
SI Shut In
SI Speed Indicator
SID Safety In Design
SIF Safety instrumented function
SIFT System integration and functionality test
SIL Safety integrity level
SIS Safety Instrumented System
SONET Synchronous optical networking
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SOW Slope of Work
SP Sample Point
SPDT Single pole, double throw (electric switch)
SPE Screw Pump Electric
SPG Screw Pump Gas
SPI SmartPlant Instrumentation
SPMU% Single Point Measurement Uncertainty (%)
SPT Standard Pressure and Temperature
Spud Date Spud date is the date on which well drilling begins.
SR Speed Recorder
SRS Safety Requirements Specification
SS Stainless steel
SS Steam Supply
SSH Speed Switch (High)
SSHL Speed Switch (High/Low)
SSL Speed Switch (Low)
STEL Short-term exposure limit
SURF Surface
SUSP Suspended
synbit A blend of bitumen and synthetic crude oil
T
T/C thermocouple
TAH Temperature Alarm (High)
TAHL Temperature Alarm (High/Low)
TAL Temperature Alarm (Low)
TC Temperature Controller
TCP Transmission control protocol
TCPL Trans Canada Pipeline
TCV Temperature Controller Valve
TD Time Delay
TE Temperature (Measuring) Element/Thermocouple
TEMP Temperature
TF Temperature Gauge
TH Thermostat
TI Temperature Indicator
TI Timer
TIC Temperature Indicator Controller
TIK Tank In Kind, occurs when an owner assigns control and marketing responsibility for its share of production to a party other than the operator. TIK is sometimes used as a method of royalty settlement, whereby the working interest owner receives product instead of money.
TIT Temperature Indicator Transmitter
TJI Multipoint Temperature Indicator/Thermocouple
TPD Third Party Dispositions
TPDT Third Party Disposition Threshold
TR Temperature Recorder
TRC Temperature Recorder Controller
TRT Temperature Recorder Transmitter
TSDH Temperature Shutdown (High)
TSDL Temperature Shutdown (Low)
TSH Temperature Switch (High)
TSHL Temperature Switch (High/Low)
TSL Temperature Switch (Low)
TT Temperature Transmitter
TÜV Technischer Überwachungs-Verein
TW Thermowell
TWA Time-weighted average
TY Computer, Relay, Amplifier or I/P Converter etc. in Temperature Loop
U
U/G Underground
UFD Utility Flow Diagrams
ULC Underwriters Laboratories of Canada
Unistrut Strut channel
UPS Uninterruptible power supply
US Utility Station
UV Ultraviolet
UWI Unique well identifier, a 16-code assigned to a well when it is licensed by the AER or ECON.
V
VAC Volts alternating current
VAH Vibration Alarm (High)
VASDH Vibration Shutdown (High)
VDC Volts direct current
Vendor Any supplier of materials, services or equipment to the project
VFC Virtual Flow Computer
VFD Variable Frequency Drive
VGWL Volumetric Gas Well Liquid
VMS Vibration monitoring system
VOIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual private network
VRU Vapour Recovery Unit
VSH Vibration Switch (High)
W
WAN Wide area network
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
Well A well is a hole bored or drilled into the earth for the purpose of obtaining water, oil or gas, or other natural resources.
Well Event A well event includes part or parts of a well completed (prepared for production) in one or more zones, whether or not a unique well ID has been assigned by the AER in Alberta or ECON in Saskatchewan.
Wet Gas Wet gas is rich in byproducts, but containing water which was previously extraced.
WGR Water Gas Ratio
WIO Working interest owner
WIP Work in progress
WRT With Respect To
WS Water Supply
WT Wall thickness
X
X Multiple
Z
ZC Position Switch (Closed)
ZO Position Switch (Open)