| Abbreviation |
Full Form |
| AAQ |
Ambient Air Quality |
| ADU |
Atmospheric Distillation Unit |
| AE & SD |
Alternate Energy & Sustainable Development |
| AFS |
Aviation Fuel Station |
| ALARP |
As Low As Reasonably Practicable |
| AR |
Annual Report |
| ARU |
Amine Regeneration Unit |
| ATF |
Aviation Turbine Fuel |
| ATU |
Amine Treating Unit |
| AWS |
Automated Weather Station |
| B/D |
Barrels Daily |
| BBL |
Billion Barrels |
| Bbl/d |
Billion Barrels per day |
| BCM |
Billion Cubic Meters |
| BDL |
Below Detectable Limit |
| BIS |
Bureau of Indian Standards |
| BLEVE |
Boiling Liquid Evaporating Vapour Explosion |
| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BOE |
Barrel of Oil Equivalent |
| BOP |
Blow-Out Preventer |
| BPCL |
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited |
| BPD |
Barrels Per Day |
| BPH |
Barrels Per Hour |
| BPMR |
Bharat Petroleum's Mumbai Refinery |
| BVP |
Back Pressure Valve |
| BS |
Bharat Stage |
| BTU |
British Thermal Units |
| BWD |
Barrels Of Water Per Day |
| C&E |
Well Completion And Equipment Cost |
| CAGR |
Compounded Annual Growth Rate |
| CBM |
Coal Bed Methane |
| CBR |
Cauvery Basin Refinery |
| CCI |
Cabinet Committee on Investment |
| CCR |
Continuous Catalytic Reformer |
| CCU |
Coke Calcination Unit |
| Cd |
Cadmium |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CDU |
Control Distribution Unit |
| CEIL |
Cairn Energy India Limited |
| CER |
Certified Emission Reduction |
| CGD |
City Gas Distribution |
| CGWA |
Central Ground Water Authority |
| CGWB |
Central Ground Water Board |
| CIC |
Chief Incident Controller |
| CIE |
Council of Indian Employers |
| CIV |
Chemical Injection Valve |
| CMD |
Chairman and Managing Director |
| CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
| COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CPCB |
Central Pollution Control Board |
| CPCL |
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited |
| CPIL |
Centre for Public Interest Litigation |
| CPP |
Captive Power Plant |
| Cr |
Chromium |
| CRDC |
Corporate Research & Development Centre |
| CRW |
Contaminated Rain Water |
| CSG |
Coal Seam Gas |
| CSR |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Cu |
Copper |
| DC |
Drill Collar |
| DCS |
Distributed Control System |
| DCU |
Delayed Coker Unit |
| DDCS |
Digital Distributed Control System |
| DDM |
Derrick Drilling Machine |
| DEA |
Diethanol Amine |
| DFO |
Divisional Forest Officer |
| DG |
Diesel Generator |
| DGH |
Directorate General of Hydrocarbons |
| DGMS |
Directorate General of Mines Safety |
| DHTD |
Diesel Hydro-Treating Unit |
| DHT |
Diesel Hydrotreater |
| DMP |
Disaster Management Plan |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| DP |
Drill Pipe |
| DQUP |
Diesel Quality Upgradation Project |
| E&A |
Exploration And Appraisal |
| E&P |
Exploration and Production |
| EC |
Environmental Clearance |
| ECC |
Emergency Control Centre |
| ECO |
Environment Compliance Officer |
| EHS |
Environmental Health and Safety |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EIL |
Engineers India Limited |
| EMC |
Environmental Monitoring Cell |
| EMCS |
Energy Management And Control Systems |
| EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
| EOL |
Essar oil Limited |
| EOR |
End of Run |
| EPC |
Engineering, Procurement and Construction |
| EPIs |
Environmental Performance Indicators |
| EPL |
Essar Projects Limited |
| EPU |
Electrical Power Unit |
| EQIs |
Environmental Quality Indicators |
| ERC |
Emergency Response Centre (Gurgaon) |
| ERDMP |
Emergency Recovery and Disaster Management Plan |
| ERP |
Emergency Response Plan |
| ERT |
Emergency Response Team |
| ESD |
Emergency Shut Down |
| ETP |
Effluent Treatment Plant |
| FAE |
Functional Area Expert |
| FC |
Forest Clearance |
| FCC |
Fluidised Catalytic Cracker |
| FCP |
Final Circulating Pressure |
| FCV |
Flow Control Valve |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDP |
Field Development Plan |
| FIV |
Flow Induced Vibration |
| FLNG |
Floating Liquefied Natural Gas |
| FMEA |
Failure Modes & Effects Analysis |
| FMECA |
Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis |
| FMT |
Flow Management Tool |
| FPS |
Field Production System |
| FPSO |
Floating Production Storage And Offloading Vessel |
| FPU |
Floating Processing Unit |
| FSO |
Floating Storage Offloading Vessel |
| FY |
Financial Year |
| G&P |
Gathering And Processing |
| G&T |
Gathering And Transportation |
| GAIL |
Gas Authority of India Limited |
| GBS |
Gravity Based Structure |
| GC |
Gathering Center |
| GDS |
Gasoline De-Sulphurisation |
| GFECP |
Green Fuels & Emission Control Project |
| GCS |
Gas Compressor Station |
| GGS |
Group Gathering Station |
| GHG |
Greenhouse Gases |
| GL |
Gas Lift |
| GLC |
Ground Level Concentration |
| GLR |
Gas Liquid Ratio |
| GoI |
Government of India |
| GPCB |
Gujarat Pollution Control Board |
| GPTG |
Gallons Per Thousand Gallons |
| GRM |
Gross Refining Margin |
| GTC/G |
Gas Turbine Compressor/Generator |
| GW |
Ground Water |
| GWh |
Gigawatt hour |
| HAZAN |
Hazard Analysis |
| HAZOP |
Hazard and Operability Study |
| HC |
Hydro-carbon |
| H-CNG |
Hydrogen-Compressed Natural Gas |
| HDD |
Horizontal Directional Drilling |
| HDPE |
High-Density Polyethylene |
| HFL |
High Flood Level |
| HGO |
Heavy Gas Oil |
| HGU |
Hydrogen Generation Unit |
| HMV |
Heavy Motor Vehicle |
| HPCL |
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited |
| HPU |
Hydraulic Power Unit |
| HPWBM |
High Performance Water Base Mud |
| HSD |
High Speed Diesel |
| HSE |
Health, Safety and Environment |
| HTHP |
High Temperature High Pressure |
| IC |
Incident Controller |
| ICD |
Inflow Control Device |
| ICV |
Interval Control Valve |
| IEA |
International Energy Agency |
| IMD |
Indian Meteorological Department |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| INR |
Indian Rupees |
| IOCL |
Indian Oil Corporation Limited |
| IOR |
Increased Oil Recovery |
| IRC |
Incident Response Center |
| IRS |
Indian Remote Sensing |
| IRT |
Incident Response Team |
| IS |
Indian Standards |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISOM |
Isomerization Unit |
| ISPRL |
Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd |
| ITOPF |
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation |
| IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources |
| IWPA |
Indian Wildlife Protection Act |
| JOGPL |
Jubiliant Oil & Gas Private Limited |
| JV |
Joint Venture |
| JVP |
Joint Venture Partners/Participants |
| JVs |
Joint Ventures |
| KLD |
Kilo Liter per Day |
| KPCB |
Kerala State Pollution Control Board |
| KR |
Kochi Refinery |
| KTPA |
Kilo Tons Per Annum |
| KW |
Kilo Watt |
| LABFS |
Linear Alkyl Benzene Feed Stock |
| LDO |
Light Diesel Oil |
| LDS |
Leak Detection System (Pipeline Monitoring) |
| LECC |
Local Emergency Coordination Team |
| LEL |
Lower Explosive Limit |
| LFL |
Lower Flammability Limit |
| LGO |
Light Gas Oil |
| LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LOBS |
Lube Oil Base Stock |
| LOC |
Level of Concern |
| LPG |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LPG |
Liquefied/Liquid Petroleum Gas |
| LPH |
Litres Per Hour |
| LU |
Land Use |
| MBPD |
Million Barrels Per Day |
| MBR |
Membrane Bio Reactor |
| MCLS |
Maximum Credible Loss Scenarios |
| MCS |
Manifold & Connection System |
| MDEA |
Methyl Di-Ethanol Amine |
| MDSS |
Measured Depth Sub-Sea |
| MEG |
Mono-Ethylene Glycol |
| MINAS |
Minimal National Standards |
| MLD |
Million Liters per Day |
| MMS |
Minerals Management Services |
| MMSCMD |
Million Standard Cubic Metre Per Day |
| MMT |
Million Metric Tonnes |
| MMTPA |
Million Metric Tonne Per Annum |
| MN Sq. Km |
Million Square Kilometers |
| MOEF |
Ministry of Environmental and Forests |
| MOPU |
Mobile Offshore Production Unit |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MP |
Medium Pressure |
| MS |
Motor Spirit |
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
| MSIHC |
Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical |
| MSV |
Multi-Support Vessel |
| MT |
Metric Tonnes |
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NABET |
National Accreditation Board for Education and Training |
| NABL |
National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories |
| NELP |
New Exploration Licensing Policy |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NH |
National Highway |
| NHT |
Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit |
| NIHL |
Noise Induced Hearing Loss |
| NMHC |
Non Methanated Hydrocarbons |
| NOC |
No-Object Certificates |
| NOS-DCP |
National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan |
| NOx |
Nitrogen Oxides |
| NPV |
Net Present Value |
| NRMT |
Numaligarh Refinery Marketing Terminal |
| NRSA |
National Remote Sensing Agency |
| NSU |
Naphtha Splitter Unit |
| O&G |
Oil & Gas |
| OCS |
Oil Collection Station |
| OIM |
Offshore Installation Manager |
| OISD |
Oil Industry Safety Directorate |
| OMC |
Oil Marketing Company |
| OMR |
Oil Mines Regulation |
| ONGC |
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation |
| OOIP |
Original oil in-place |
| OPEC |
Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSCP |
Oil Spill Contingency Plan |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Association |
| OSR |
Oil Spill Response |
| OSV |
Offshore Supply Vessel |
| Pb |
Lead |
| PCU |
Passanger Car Unit |
| PDCR |
Plan, Do, Check and Review |
| PDPP |
Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project |
| PEL |
Petroleum Exploration License |
| PFR |
Pre-Feasibility report |
| PIC |
Person in Charge |
| PM |
Particulate Matter |
| PMC |
Project Management Consultant |
| PMP |
Petroleum & Mineral Pipelines |
| PNGRB |
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board |
| POLREP |
Pollution Report |
| PPAP |
Pollution Prevention and Abatement Plan |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPG |
Pounds Per Gallon |
| PPM |
Parts Per Million |
| PSC |
Production Sharing Contract |
| PSD |
Planned Shut-Down |
| PUCC |
Pollution Under Control Certificate |
| QC |
Quality Control |
| QRA |
Quantitative Risk Assessment |
| R&M |
Repair And Maintenance |
| RF |
Reserved Forest |
| RFCC |
Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking |
| RH |
Relative Humidity |
| RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
| RRA |
Rapid Risk Assessment |
| SAR |
Sodium Adsorption Ratio |
| SBR |
Sequential Batch Reactor |
| SCADA |
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition |
| SEM |
Subsea Electronics Module |
| SIA |
Social Impact Assessment |
| SIC |
Site Incident Controller |
| SO2 |
Sulpher Dioxide |
| SOI |
Survey of India |
| SOPs |
Safe Operating Procedures |
| SOR |
Start of Run |
| SOx |
Sulphur Oxides |
| SPAMM |
Subsea Pressurization And Monitoring Manifold |
| SPCB |
State Pollution Control Board |
| SPL |
Sound Pressure Level |
| SPS |
Subsea Production Systems |
| SRGO |
Straight Run Gas Oil |
| SRU |
Sulfur Recovery Unit |
| SSCS |
Subsea Control System |
| SSU |
Subsea Umbilicals |
| STG |
Steam Turbine Generator |
| SURF |
Subsea/Umbilicals/Risers/Flowlines |
| SUT |
Subsea Umbilical Termination |
| SWMP |
Storm Water Management Plan |
| SWS |
Sour Water Stripper |
| TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
| TDS |
Top Drive System |
| TGTU |
Tail Gas Treating Unit |
| TOR |
Terms of Reference |
| TPD |
Tons Per Day |
| TPH |
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TSDF |
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility |
| TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
| UMCA |
Umbilical Midline Connection Assembly |
| UPL |
Upper Pressure Limit |
| VDU |
Vacuum Distillation Unit |
| VES |
Visual Encounter Survey |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
| WBM |
Water Based Mud |
| WHP |
Wellhead Pressure |
| WLS |
Wild Life Sanctuary |
| WMP |
Waste Management Plan |
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