List of abbreviations
A&R - Abandonment and recovery
AA - Anti agglomerate
AACE - Advancement of cost engineering
AAV - Annulus access valve
ACFM - Alternating current field measurement
AHC - Active heave compensation
AHV - Anchor handling vessel
AMV - Annulus master valve
APDU - Asphaltene precipitation detection unit
APV - Air pressure vessel
ASD - Allowable stress design
ASV - Annulus swab valve
AUV - Autonomous underwater vehicle
AWV - Annulus wing valve
B&C - Burial and coating
BM - Bending moment
BOPD - Barrels of oil per day
BR - Bend restrictor
C/WO - Completion and workover
CAPEX - Capital expenditures
CAPEX - Capital expenditures
CAT - Connector actuation tool
CCD - Charge-coupled device
CCO - Component change-out tool
CDTM - Control depth towing method
CFP – Cold flow pipeline
CG - Center of gravity
CI - Corrosion inhibitor
CII - Colloidal instability index
CIU - Chemical injection unit
CMC - Crown-mounted compensator
CoB - Cost of blowout
CoG - Center of gravity
CP - Cathodic protection
CPT - Compliant piled tower
CPT - Cone penetration test
CRA - Corrosion-resistant alloy
CV - Coefficient value
CVC - Pipeline end connector
CVI - Close visual inspection
DA - Diver assist
DCU - Dry completion unit
DDF - Deepdraft semi-submersible
DEG - Diethylene glycol
DFT - Dry film thickness
DGPS - Differential global positioning system
DH - Direct hydraulic
DHSV - Downhole safety valve
DOP - Dilution of position
DP - Dynamic positioning
DSS - Direct simple shear
DSV - Diving support vessel
EC - External corrosion
EDM - Electrical distribution module
EDP - Emergency disconnect package
EDU - Electrical distribution unit
EFAT - Extended factory acceptance test
EFL - Electric flying lead
EGL - Energy grade line
EH - Electrical heating
EI - External impact
EOS - Equation of state
EPCI - Engineering, procurement, construction and installation
EPU - Electrical power unit
EQD - Emergency quick disconnect
ESD - Emergency shutdown
ESP - Electrical submersible pump
FAR - Flexural anchor reaction
FAT - Factory acceptance test
FBE - Fusion bonded epoxy
FDM - Finite difference method
FE - Finite element
FEA - Finite element analysis
FEED - Front-end engineering design
FEM - Finite element Method
FMECA - Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis
FOS - Factor of safety
FPDU -Floating production and drilling unit
FPS - Floating production system
FPSO - Floating production, storage and offloading
FPU - Floating production unit
FSHR - Free standing hybrid riser
FSO - Floating storage and offloading
FSV - Field support vessel
FTA - Fault tree analysis
GL - Guideline
GLL - Guideline-less
GoM - Gulf of Mexico
GOR - Gas/oil ratio
GPS - Global positioning system
GSPU - Polyurethane-glass syntactic
GVI - General visual inspection
HAZID - Hazard identification
HCLS - Heave compensated landing system
HCM - HIPPS control module
HCR - High collapse resistance
HDM -Hydraulic distribution module
HDPE - High density polyethylene
HFL - Hydraulic flying lead
HGL - Hydraulic grade line
HIPPS - High integrity pressure protection system
HISC - Hydrogen-induced stress cracking
HLV - Heavy lift vessel
HMI- Human machine interface
HP/HT - High pressure high temperature
HPU - Hydraulic power unit
HR - Hybrid riser
HSE - Health, safety, and environmental
HSP - Hydraulic submersible pump
HT - Horizontal tree
HTGC - High temperature gas chromatography
HXT - Horizontal tree
HXU - Heat exchanger unit
IA - Inhibitor availability
IBWM - International bureau of weights and measures
IC - Internal corrosion
ICCP - Impressed current cathodic protection
IE - Internal erosion
IMR - Inspection, maintenance, and repair
IPU - Integrated production umbilical
IRP - Inspection reference plan
IRR - Internal rate of return
ISA - Instrument society of America
ISO - International Organization for Standards
IWOCS – Installation and workover control system
JIC - Joint industry conference
JT - Joule Thompson
KI - Kinetic inhibitor
L/D - Length/diameter
LARS - Launch and recovery system
LBL - Long baseline
LC - Life cycle cost
LCWR - Lost capacity while waiting on rig
LDHI - Low dosage hydrate inhibitor
LFJ - Lower flexjoint
LOT - Linear override tool
LP - Low pressure
LPMV - Lower production master valve
LRP - Lower riser package
LWRP - Lower workover riser package
MAOP - Maximum allowable operating pressure
MASP - Maximum allowable surge pressure
MBR - Minimum bend radius
MCS - Master control station
MEG - Mono ethylene glycol
MF - Medium frequency
MIC - Microbiological induced corrosion
MMBOE - Million barrels of oil equivalent
MOPU - Mobile offshore drilling unit
MPI - Magnetic particle inspection
MPP - Multiphase pump
MQC - Multiple quick connector
MRP - Maintenance reference plan
MTO - Material take-off
NAS - National aerospace standard
NDE - None destructive examination
NDT - Nondestructive testing
NGS - nitrogen generating system
NPV - Net present value
NS - North sea
NTNU - The Norwegian university of science and technology
O&M - Operations and maintenance
OCR - Over consolidation ratio
OCS - Operational Control System
OHTC - Overall heat transfer coefficient
OPEX - Operation expenditures
OREDA - Offshore reliability data
OSI - Oil States Industries
OTC - Offshore Technology conference
PAN - Programmable acoustic navigator
PCP - Piezocone penetration
PGB - Production guide base
PHC - Passive heave compensator
PhS - Phenolic syntactic
PIP - Pipe in pipe
PLC - Programmable logic controller
PLEM - Pipeline end manifold
PLET - Pipeline end termination
PLL - Potential loss of life
PMV - Production master valve
PMV - Production master valve
PoB - Probability of blowout
POD - Point of disconnect
PP - Polypropylene
PPF - Polypropylene foam
PSCM - Procurement and supply chain management
PSV - Production swab valve
PT - Pressure transmitter
PTT - Pressure/Temperature Transducer
PU - Polyurethane
PWV - Production wing valve
QC - Quality control
QE - Quality engineer
QP - Quality program
QRA - Quantitative risk assessment
RAO -Response amplitude operator
RBD - Reliability block diagram
RBI - Risk-based inspection
RCDA - Reliability-centered design analysis
RCMM - Reliability capability maturity model
REB - Reverse end bearing
ROT - Remote operated tool
ROV - Remote operated vehicle
RPPF - Polypropylene-reinforced foam combination
RSV - ROV support vessel
SAM - Subsea accumulator module
SAMMB - Subsea accumulator module mating block
SBP - Sub-bottom profiler
SCF - Stress concentration factor
SCM - Subsea control module
SCMMB - Subsea control module mounting base
SCR - Steel catenary riser
SCSSV - Surface controlled subsurface safety valve
SDA - Subsea distribution assembly
SDS - Subsea distribution system
SDU - Subsea distribution unit
SEM - Subsea electronics module
SEP - Epoxy syntactic
SEPLA - Suction embedded plate anchor
SIS - Safety instrumented system
SIT - Silicon intensified target
SIT - System integration test
SLEM - Simple linear elastic model
SPCS - Subsea production control system
SPCU - Subsea production communication unit
SPS - Subsea production system
SPU - Polyurethane-syntactic
SSC - Sulfide stress cracking
SSCC - Stress corrosion cracking
SSP - Subsea processing
SSS - Side-scan sonar
SSTT - Subsea test tree
SU - Separator unit
SUTA - Subsea umbilical termination assembly
SV - Satellite vehicle
TDP - Touchdown point
TDS - Total dissolved solid
TDU - Tool deployment unit
TDZ - Touchdown zone
TEG - Triethylene glycol
TFL - Through-flowline
TGB - Temporary guide base
THI - Thermodynamic inhibitor
TLP - Tension leg platform
TMGB - Template-mounted guide base
TMS - Tether management system
TPPL - Total plant peak load
TPRL - Total plant running load
TRT - Tree running tool
TT - Temperature transmitter
TTF - Time to failure
TTR - Top tensioned riser
TUFFP - Tulsa university fluid flow project
TUTA - Topside umbilical termination assembly
TVD - True vertical depth
TWI - Thermodynamic wax inhibitor
UFJ - Upper flexjoint
UHF - Ultra high frequency
UPC - Pull out capacity
UPMV - Upper production master valve
UPS - Uninterruptible power supply
USBL - Ultra short baseline
USV - Underwater safety valve
UTA - Umbilical termination assembly
UTH - Umbilical termination head
UU - Unconsolidated, undrained
VG - Vetco Gray
VIM - Vortex Induced Motion
VIT - Vacuum insulated tubing
VIV - Vortex induced vibration
VRU - Vertical reference unit
VT - Vertical tree
VXT - Vertical Xmas tree
WA - West africa
WAT - Wax appearance temperature
WBS - Work breakdown structure
WD - Water depth
WHI - Wellhead growth index
WHP - Wellhead platform
WHU - Wellhead unit
WS - Winter storm
WSD - Working stress design
XLPE - Cross linked polyethylene
XOV- Crossover valve