U.S. Capital Advisors
Common Terms and Abbreviations
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Term
2010A
2012E
1P
2P
3P
AAR
AECO
AG
AMZ
Avg
B
B-factor
Bbl
bbl/d
Bbtu
Bcf
Bcf/d
Bcfe
boe
boepd
bopd
bps
btu
c
CAGR
CAIR
CBP
CDD
CEF
CFFO
CFPS
CFTC
CHP
CNG
COGS
Conway
CSAPR
CSX
D&A
D&C
DCF
DEP
DOE
DOER
DOJ
Dth
Dth/d
E&P
EBIT
EBITDA
EEI
EIA
EP Mix
EPS
EPU
EPX
ETF
ETN
EUR
EV
FCF
FO
FTC
G&P
gal
GPM
GOR
GW
GWh
HBP
HDD
Henry Hub
Hhub
HP
HPDI
I-Butane
Int Exp
IDR
IP
IPO
IRR
ISRS
Definition
Actual 2010 data
Estimated 2012 data
Proven reserves
Proven and probable reserves
Proven, probable, and possible reserves
Association of American Railroads
Natural gas trading hub in Alberta, Canada
Attorney General
Alerian MLP Index
Average
Billion
Oil formation volume factor
Barrel, equivalent to 42 US gallons
Barrels per day
Billion BTUs
Billion cubic feet
Billion cubic feet per day
Billion cubic feet equivalent
Barrel of oil equivalent
Barrel of oil equivalent per day
Barrel of oil per day
Basis points
British Thermal Unit
Cents
Compound annual growth rate
Clean air interstate rule
Central Basin Platform
Cooling degree days
Closed end fund
Cash flow from operations
Cash flow per share
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Combined Heat & Power
Compressed Natural Gas
Cost of goods sold
Conway, KS
Cross state air pollution rule
CSX Corporation
Depreciation and amortizatoin
Drilling and completion
Distributable cash flow
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Energy (US)
Department of Energy Resources
Department of Justice
Dekatherms
Dekatherms per day
Exploration and production
Earnings before interest and taxes
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
Edison Electric Institute
Energy Information Administration (US)
Ethane-Propane mix
Earnings per share
Earnings per unit
SIG Oil Exploration & Production Index
Exchange traded fund
Exchange traded note
Estimated Ultimate Recovery
Enterprise value
Free Cash Flow
Follow-on
Federal Trade Commission
Gathering and processing
Gallon
Gallons per mcf
Gas/oil ratio
Gigawatt
Gigawatt-hour
Held by production
Heating degree days
Natural gas trading hub in Henry, Louisiana
Henry Hub
horsepower
Historic production database
Isobutane
Interest expense
Incentive Distribution Rights
Initial production
Initial public offering
Internal rate of return
Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharge
Term
JV
k
LDC
LLC
LP
LT
LTM
m
MAPL
MATS
mbbl
mbbl/d
Mboe
mcf
mcf/d
Mid-Con
MLP
mm
mmbbl
mmbbl/d
Mmboe
Mmboepd
mmbtu
mmcf
mmcf/d
mmcfepd
Mo
Mont Belvieu
MW (mw)
MWh
Nat Gas
NAV
N-Butane
NEB
N-Gasoline
NGL(s)
NGV
NOAA
NRC
NRI
NYMEX
O&M
O/S
OGIP
OOIP
P
P1
P10
P90
PDP
PE Ratio
PIK
PPA
PRB
PSC
Psi/ft.
PUD
PURA
PV-10
QoQ
RFP
ROE
ROIC
SFV
SG&A
Sh
SI
SREC
ST
T&D
Tbtu
Tcfe
td
TTM
w/w
Wk
WTI
µD
y/y
Y-Grade
Yr
ytd
Definition
Joint venture
Thousand
Local distribution company
Limited liability company
Limited partner
Long-term
Last twelve months
Thousand
Mid-America Pipeline
Mercury and air toxics standards
Thousand barrels
Thousand barrels per day
Thousand barrels equivalent
Thousand cubic feet
Thousand cubic feet per day
Mid-Continent
Master limited partnership
Million
Million barrels
Million barrels per day
Million barrels equivalent
Million barrels equivalent per day
Million BTUs
Million cubic feet
Million cubic feet per day
Million cubic feet equivalent per day
Month
Mont Belvieu, TX
Megawatt
Megawatt-hour
Natural gas
Net asset value
Normal butane
National Energy Board (Canada)
Natural gasoline
Natural gas liquid(s)
Natural Gas Vehicle
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Net revenue interest
New York Mercantile Exchange
Operating and maintenance
Outstanding
Original gas in place
Original oil in place
Price
Proved reserves - at least 90% probability (1P)
Proven, plus, and possible reserves (3P)
Proven reserves (1P)
Proven developed producing
Price-to-earnings ratio
Paid-in-kind
Power purchase power
Powder River Basin
Public Service Commission
Pound per square inch per foot
Proven undeveloped
Public Utility Regulatory Authority
Future oil and gas revenues discounted at 10%/yr.
Quarter on quarter
Request for proposal
Return on equity
Return on invested capital
Straight Fixed Variable
Selling, general and administrative
Share
Short Interest
Solar Renewable Energy Credit
Short-term
Transmission and distribution
Trillion BTUs
Trillion cubic feet equivalent
To date
Trailing twelve months
Week over week
Week
West Texas Intermediate
Microdarcy (10^-6)
Year over year
Raw, unfractionated NGL stream
Year
Year to date