Acronym Glossary
AIChE
AIM
ALARP
ANSI
API
ASME
BBN
BDV
BFD
BLEVE
BOPD
BPCS
BS
BWPD
C&ED
C3
C5+
CFD
CP
CPF
CSC
CSO
CUI
dB
DCS
DNV
DORA
e.g.
EEMUA
EERA
EERS
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Asset Integrity Management = Process Safety Management
As Low As Reasonably Practicable
American National Standards Institute
American Petroleum Institute
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Bayesian Belief Network
Blow Down Valve
Block Flow Diagram
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
Barrels of Oil Per Day
Basic Process Control System
British Standard
Barrels of Water Per Day
Cause and Effect Diagram
Propane
Pentane and higher hydrocarbons
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Cathodic Protection
Central Processing Facility
Car Seal Closed
Car Seal Open
Corrosion under Insulation
Decibel
Distributed Control System
Det Norske Veritas
Dropped Objects Risk Analysis
For example
Engineering Equipment & Materials Users’ Association
Evacuation, Escape & Rescue Analysis
Evacuation, Escape and Rescue Study
Acronym Glossary
EHS
EIS
EIV
EN
EPC
ERP
ESD
ESHIA
ESSA
ETA
ETRERA
FAR
FBR
FC
FDS
FEA
FEED
FERA
FERC
FLNG
FMEA
FMECA
FO
FPF
FPSO
FSA
FTA
GA
HAZID
HAZOP
HC
HES
Environment, Health and Safety
Environmental Impact Statement
Emergency Isolation Valve
European Standard
Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Emergency Response Plan
Emergency Shutdown
Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment
Emergency System Survivability Anal
Event Tree Analysis
Escape, Temporary Refuge Evacuation Rescue Analysis
Fatal Accident Rate
Full Bore Rupture
Fail Closed
Fire Dynamics Simulator
Fire and Explosion Analysis
Front-end engineering design
Fire Explosion Risk Assessment
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Floating Liquid Natual Gas Vessel
Failure Mode & Effects Analysis
Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis
Fail Open
Floating Production Facility
Floating Production, Storage and Off-take
Formal Safety Assessment
Fault Tree Analysis
General Arrangement
Hazard Identification Study
Hazard and Operability Study
Hydrocarbon
Health Environmental and Safety
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Acronym Glossary
HF
Hg
HP
HSE
HVAC
IADC
IChemE
IDLH
IEC
iHAZID
IPL
IR
IRPA
ISA
ISO
ISR
JF
JSA
JSA/JHA
LC
LC
LD50
LD99
LEL
LFL
LLP
LNG
LO
LON
LOPA
LOPC
LP
Human Factors
Mercury
High Pressure
Health, Safety, and Environment
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
International Association of Drilling Contractors
Institution of Chemical Engineers
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
International Electrotechnical Commission
Integrated Hazard Identification
Independent Protection Layers
Individual Risk
Individual Risk Per Annum
Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society
International Organization for Standardization
Individual Specific Risk
Jet Fire
Job Safety Analysis
Job Safety / Job Hazard Analysis
Locked Closed
Lethal Concentrations
50% Mortality Expected
99% Mortality Expected
Lower Explosive Limit
Lower Flammable Limit
Low low pressure
Liquefied Natural Gas
Locked open
Local Operation Network
Layers of Protection Analysis
Loss of Primary Containment
Low Pressure
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Acronym Glossary
LPG
LQ
LSIR
LSR
MAE
MAH
MAJOR
MAOP
MAR
MEF
MMSCFD
MoC
MODU
MOM
MOV
MP
MSDS
MTBF
MTPA
MTTF
MTTR
NFPA
NGL
NIST
NOPSEMA
OEM
OGP
OIM
OP
OR
OSHA
P&ID
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Living Quarters
Location Specific Individual Risk
Location Specific Risk
Major Accident Event
Major Accident Hazard
Major International Oil and Gas Company (ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, etc)
Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
Major Accident Risk
Mitigated Event Frequency
Million Standard Cubic Feet Per Day
Management of Change
Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
Minutes of Meeting
Motor Operated Valve
Medium pressure
Material Safety Data Sheet
Mean Time Between Failures
Million tonnes per annum
Mean Time To Failure
Mean Time To Repair
National Fire Protection Association
Natural gas Liquids
National Institute for Standards and Technology
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
Original Equipment Manufacturer
International Oil & Gas Producers Association
Offshore Installation Manager
Overpressure
Operational Readiness
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
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Acronym Glossary
PEL
PF
PFD
PFD
PHA
PHA
PIC
PLL
POB
PS
PSI
PSM
PSSR
PSV
QMS
QRA
RAGAGEP
RBI
RMP
RMS
RV
SC
SCAT
SCE
SDV
SEMP
SGIA
SIF
SIL
SIMOPS
SIS
SOA
Permissible Exposure Limit
Pool Fire
Process Flow Diagram
Probability of Failure on Demand
Process Hazard Analysis
Preliminary Hazard Assessment
Persons in Charge
Potential Loss of Life
Personnel On Board
Performance Standards
Process Safety Information
Process Safety Management (System)
Pre-start-up Safety Review
Pressure Safety Valve
Quality Management System
Quantitative Risk Assessment
Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice
Risk Based Inspection
Risk Management Plan
Risk Management Strategies
Relief Valve
Safety Case
Systematic Cause Analysis Technique (DNV)
Safety Critical Element
Shut Down Valve
Safety and Environmental Management Program
Smoke Gas Ingress Analysis
Safety Instrumented Function
Safety Integrity Level
Simultaneous Operations
Safety Instrumented System
Safety Objectives Analysis
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Acronym Glossary
STEL
TEMPSC
TLQ
TMEL
TOR
TPM
TQM
TR
TRIA
TRIF
TSE
U&O
UEF
UFD
UFL
UPS
USCG
VCD
VCE
Short Term Exposure Level
Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft
Temporary Living Quarters
Target Mitigated Event Likelihood
Terms of Reference
Total Productive Maintenance
Total Quality Management
Temporary Refuge
Temporary Refuge Impairment Analysis
Temporary Refuge Impairment Frequency
Thermal Safety Elements
Utilities and Offsites
Unmitigated Event Frequency
Utility Flow Diagram
Upper Flammable Limit
Uninterrupted power supply
United States Coast Guard
Vapor Cloud Dispersion
Vapor Cloud Explosion
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