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2oo3
Two out of three
A
A
Analog Signal
AAH
AAHL
Analysis Alarm (High)
AAL
AB
Analysis Alarm (Low)
ABC
ABSA
Alberta Building Code
AC
AC
Alternating current
AENV
AER
Alberta Environment
AGA
AIL
American Gas Association
ALARP
AMS
As Low As Reasonably Practicable
ANSI
APEGA
American National Standards Institute
API
APMC
American Petroleum Institute
Ar
Argon
AS
Air Supply
ASDH
ASHL
Analysis Shutdown (High)
ASL
ASME
Analysis Switch (Low)
ASTM
AT
American Society for Testing and Materials
ATM
Atmospheric
Pressure
AWG
Atmosphere
Analysis Alarm (High/Low)
Alberta
Alberta Boiler Safety Association
Analysis Controller
Alberta Energy Regulator, responsible for regulating the development of Alberta's
energy resources.
Asset Integrity Level
Asset Management System
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Analysis Shutdown (High/Low)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Analyzer Transmitter
The force per unit area exerted on a surface by the weight of the air above
American wire gauge
B
BA
BAH
Business Associate
Burner Alarm (High)
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BAHL
BAL
Burner Alarm (High/Low)
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
BC
British Columbia
BFW
BG
Boiler Feed Water
BHp
BLD
Brake horsepower
BMS
BOE
Burner Management System
BOM
BPCS
Bill of material
Brine
BRP
Water with contaminants
BS
BS&W
Burner Switch
BSH
BSHL
Burner Switch (High)
BT
BTU
Battery
Burner Controller
Blanket Gas
Blowdown
Barrel of Oil Equivalent
Basic Process Control System
Back Pressure Regulator
Basic Sediment and Water
Burner Switch (High/Low)
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
C&SU
Cause and effect
C1
Methane
C10
Decane
C2
Ethane
C3
Propane
C4
Butanes
C5
Pentanes
Commission and Start Up
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C6
Hexanes
C7
Heptane
C8
Octane
C9
Nonane
CAI
Cascade
Compliance Assessment Indicator.
CCF
CCP
Common Cause Failure
CCR
CCTV
Central Control Room
CDS
CEC
Compressor Shutdown
CEMS
CFA
Continuous Emission Monitoring System
CFM
CGR
Configuration File Management
CIL
CM
Commercial Integrity Level
CN
CO
control narrative
CO2
Carbon Dioxide
COMGL
Commingled
Commingle
Compressor Station
Commingle means to complete a well in two or more pools.
COND
Condensate
Condensate
Contract Hour
Contractor
The hour in which the EFM device consistently pulls data
COR
CPF
Corrosimeter
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.
Central Control Panel
Closed-Circuit Television
Canadian Electrical Code
Common Fault Alarm
Condensate Gas Ratio
Corrective Maintenance
Carbon monoxide
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.
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.
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.
Central Production Facility
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CPL
CPU
Pressure Compensation
CRN
CROWM
Canadian Registration Number
Crown
CSA
The Crown is the right of provinces of Alberta and/or Saskatchewan.
CSC
CSO
Car Seal Close
CTL
CTPL
Temperature Compensation
CV
Cv
Control Valve
Central Processing Unit
Compliance Reporting Observation Wells Management
Canadian Standards Association
Car Seal Open
Pressure and Temperature Compensation
Valve flow coefficient
D
D/H
Downhole
DAS
DBM
Direct Attached Storage
DC
DCS
Direct current
DEHY
Design team
Dehydrator
DeviceNet
DILBIT
A network system to interconnect control devices for data exchange
Design Basis Memorandum
Distributed Control System of Data Collection System
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.
Diluted Bitumen
DIN rail
A common system for mounting circuit breakers and industrial control equipment
inside equipment racks
DISP
Dispositions
DMZ
DOE
Data Management Zone
DP
Drilling Well
Differential pressure
DRU
Dynamic Factor
Diluents recovery unit
Department Of Energy, responsible for resource development of natural gas,
conventional oil, oil sands, petrochemicals, electricity, coal, and minerals.
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.
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
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E/E/PE
Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic safety-related systems
E/I
EC
EMF to Current Converter
ECF
EFM
Effluent Correction Factor
EFMH
EHT
Electronic Flow Measurement Host Implementation
EIL
EMI
Environment Integrity Level
EOS
EPAP
Equation of state
ERCB
ERP
Energy Resources Conservation Board
ES
ESD
Emergency Shut Down
ESDV
ESP
Emergency Shutdown Valve
EST
ESUB
Estimate
Electrochemical
Electronic Flow Measurement
Electric heat tracing
Electromagnetic interference
Enhanced Production Audit Program
Enterprise Resource Planning
Emergency Shut Down
Electric Submersible Pump
Submersible Pump (Eclectic - Top Drive)
F
Facility
Facility Identifier (ID)
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.
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
FAHH
Flow Alarm High
FAHL
FAL
Flow Alarm (High/Low)
FALL
FAT
Flow Alarm Low For Level Below FAL
FC
FC
Flow Controller
FCC
FCI
Facility Cost Centre
FCV
Flow Control Valve
Flow Alarm High For Level Above FAH
Flow Alarm Low
Factory Acceptance Testing
Fail Close
Fluid Controls Institute
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FE
Flow Element
FEED
FF
Front End Engineering Design
FF
FFA
Free Flowing
FFSD
FG
Flame Failure Shutdown
FG
FGS
Flow Gage/Flow Sight Glass
FI
FIC
Flow Indicator
FIT
FKOD
Flow Indicator Transmitter
FLI
FO
Flow Integration
FQ
FR
Flow Indicator Totaliser
Field Facilities
Flame Failure Alarm
Fuel Gas
Fire and Gas System
Flow Indicator Controller
Flare Knock Out Drum
Fial Open
Flow Recorder
Fractionation
Fractionation is the process of splitting natural gas liquid into ethane, propane, butane
or pentanes-plus.
FRC
Flow Recorder Controller
FRT
FS
Flow Recorder Transmitter
FSDH
FSDL
Flow Shutdown (High)
FSH
FSL
Flow Switch (High)
FT
Fuel
Flow Transmitter
FY
Computer, Relay, Amplifier or I/P Converter etc. in Flow Loop
Flow Switch
Flow Shutdown (Low)
Flow Switch (Low)
Fuel includes gas or other products consumed to provide energy during
production/processing operations.
G
Gas Gathering
System
Gas Lift
Gas Plant
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 is the process by which a producing well injects a volume of gas to assist with
lifting the liquids up the production tubing.
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.
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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
GIS
Gas Gathering Delineation
GP
GS
Gas Plant
GS
GSUB
Instrument Gas Supply
GUI
Graphical User Interface
Gas In Solution
Gathering System
Downhole Submersible Pump (Gas - Top Drive)
H
H
H2
Hydraulic
H2O
Water
H2S
Hydrogen Sulphide
HART
HAT
Highway addressable remote transducer
HAZID
HAZOP
Hazard Identification Study
He
Helium
HIPPS
High Integrity Pressure Protection System
HMI
HMV
Human Machine Interface
HOA
HP
Hand/Off/Auto Switch
HS
HSE
Hand Switch
HTC
HVAC
Heat tracing controller
Hydrogen
Hardware acceptance test
Hazard and operability
Hydraulic Motor Operated Valve
Horse Power
Health Safety Environment
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
I
I
Current Signal
I&C
I/A
Instrumentation and Controls
I/F
I/I
Interface
I/O
Input/Output
Instrument Air
Current Indicator
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I/P
Current to pressure transducer
I/P
I/PA
Current Pneumatic
IC
ICSS
Industry Canada
ID
IEC
Inside diameter
IEEE
IFC
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Current Pneumatic Alarm
Integrated Control and Safety System – used as the overall term that includes BPCS
and SIS
International Electrotechnical Commission
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
IP
All instruments and associated or related devices and equipment
IPF
IPL
Instrumented Protective Function
IP-PBX
IPS
Internet Protocol-based private branch exchange voice switch
IR
IS
Infrared
ISA
ISC
International Society of Automation
ISF
ISO
Induced Static Flotation
ISP
IT
Internet service provider
ITU-T
International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunications (standards)
Internet Protocol
Independent Protection Layer
Instrumented Protective System
Intrinsically safe
In stream components
International Organization for Standardization
Information technology
J
JB
Junction box
K
KI
KO
Clock/Timer
KPI
Key Performance Indicators
Knock Out
L
LA
LACT
Level Alarm
LAH
Level Alarm (High)
Lease Auto Custody Transfer
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LAHH
Level Alarm High for Level Above LAH
LAHL
LAHL
Level Alarm (Low)
LALL
LAN
Level Alarm Low for Level Above LAL
LC
LCD
Level Controller
LCV
LEL
Level Controller Valve
LFL
LG
Lower flammable limit
LI
LIC
Level Indicator
LIT
LLH
Level Indicator Transmitter
LLL
LLN
Liquid Level (Low)
LO
Load
Lock Open
LOPA
LPG
Layer of protection analysis
LQ
LR
Lock Closed (When by a Manual Valve)
LS
LSDH
Level Switch
LSDL
LSH
Level Shutdown (Low)
LSHH
LSHL
Level Switch High for Level Above LSH
LSL
LSLL
Level Switch (Low)
LT
LTBR
Level Transmitter
LTDH
LTS
Long Term Data Historian
LY
I/P Converter (Level Loop)
Level Alarm (High/Low)
Local area network
Liquid crystal display
Lower explosive limit
Level Gauge
Level Indicator Controller
Liquid Level (High)
Liquid Level (Normal)
A load is a product movement into a well for the purpose of completing or servicing
the well.
Liquid Petroleum Gas A.K.A NGL
Level Recorder
Level Shutdown (High)
Level Switch (High)
Level Switch (High/Low)
Level Switch Low for Level Below LSL
Long Term Bond Rate
Low Temperature Separator
M
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MARP
MCC
Measurement Accounting and Reporting Plan
MCC
Meter Station
Motor Control Centre
Motor Control Centre
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
MMS
Multi-spectrum infrared
MOC
MOS
Management Of Change
MOV
MPLS
Motor-operated valve
MPMS
MR
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards
MRB
MTBF
Manufacturing record book
MTU
MUMV%
Mater Terminal Unit
Machine Monitoring System
Metal oxide semiconductor
Multiprotocol label switching
Material requisition
Mean time between failure
Maximum Uncertainty of Monthly Volume (%)
N
N2
Nitrogen
NACE
NC
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NCE
NEMA
Noncompliance event
NFPA
NIS
National Fire Protection Association
NNF
NO
Not Normally Flowing
NPT
National pipe thread
Normally Closed
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Not In Service
Normally Open
O
O2
OAF
OAF
Oxygen
Owner Allocation Factor
Owner Allocation Factor, is a portion of a stream allocated to an owner in the stream.
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OAS
Owner Activity Statement, a monthly report that identifies production activities,
production activities, product codes, streams, owners, available volumes and allocated
volumes.
OD
Off-line instrument
Outer diameter
OLE
ONP
Object link and embedding
OOS
OPC
Operations Over-ride Switch
OSR
OTS
Oil Sands Royalty Project
OTSG
Once-through steam generator
An instrument or device not installed in a process pipe or vessel
Other Net Proceeds
OLE for process control
Operator training simulator
P
P
P&ID
Pneumatic Signal
P/I
PA/GA
Pneumatic To Current Converter
Packager
PAH
The supplier to the project of packaged mechanical or process equipment
PAHL
PAL
Pressure Alarm (High/Low)
PB
PC
Pushbutton
PCE
PCN
Progressive Cavity Pump
PCP
PCS
Progressive Cavity Pump
PCV
PD
Pressure Control Valve
PdA
PdAH
Pressure Differential Alarm
PdAL
PDCP
Pressure Differential Alarm (Low)
PdI
PdIC
Pressure Differential Indicator
PdS
PdSH
Pressure Differential Switch
PdSL
Pressure Differential Switch (Low)
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
Public address / general alarm
Pressure Alarm (High)
Pressure Alarm (Low)
Pressure Control
Process Control Network
Process Control System
Pulsation Dampener
Pressure Differential Alarm (High)
Process Description and Control Philosophy
Pressure Differential Indicator Controller
Pressure Differential Switch (High)
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PE
Programmable Electronics
PEMS
PES
Predictive Emissions Monitoring
PFA
PFD
Product Fit Analysis
Programmable Electronics System
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
PG
Purge Gas
PHA
PI
Process Hazard Analysis
PI
PIC
Pressure Indicator
PIT
PJE
Pressure Indicator Transmitter
PJG
PJI
Pump Jack Gas
PJP
PJR
Pump Jack Propane
PL
PLC
Plunger Lift
PM
PMI
Preventative Maintenance
PNCB
PoE
Prior Net Cumulative Balance
POS
POV
Positioner
ppm
PR
Parts per million
PRC
PRC
Pressure Recorder Controller
Project
Proration
Company project
Proration Factor
Pressure Gauge
Performance Improvements
Pressure Indicator Controller
Pump Jack Electric
Multipoint Pressure Indicator
Multipoint Pressure Recorder
Programmable Logic Controller
Positive Material Identification
Power over Ethernet
Pneumatically Operated Valve
Pressure Recorder
Pressure Recorder Controller
Proration is a calculation that determines the quantity of product produced, using the
total facility prorated production and the estimated well production.
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.
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PRT
Pressure Recorder Transmitter
PRV
PS
Pressure Regulating Valve
PSDH
PSDL
Pressure Shutdown (High)
PSE
PSH
Rupture Disk
PSHH
PSHL
Pressure Switch High for Pressure Above PSH
PSL
PSLL
Pressure Switch (Low)
PST
PSTN
Partial stroke testing
PSV
PT
Pressure Safety Valve
PTFE
PVC
Polytetrafluoroethylene
PY
Relay, Computer, Amplifier, Converter or I/P Converter etc./ in Pressure Loop
Proportional Sampler
Pressure Shutdown (Low)
Pressure Switch (High)
Pressure Switch (High/Low)
Pressure Switch Low for Pressure Below PSL
Public switched telephone network
Pressure Transmitter
Polyvinyl chloride
Q
QAP
Quality Assurance Plan
R
RBD
RC
Reliability Block Diagrams
RCP
Rec
Royalty Calculation Point
Radio Controller
Receipts
Receipt
A receipt is a product movement in which a product(s) are received from other
facilities.
REF
Reference
Refinery
RFI
A refinery is a hydrocarbon distillation facility.
RFP
RIB
Request for proposal
RMS
RORC
Root mean square
RRCA
RRF
Regulatory Reporting Canada
RTD
RTP
Resistance Temperature Detector/Device
Radio frequency interference
Remote instrument building
Rate Of Return On Capital
Risk Reduction Factor
Royalty Trigger Point
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RTU
Remote Terminal Unit
S
S
S&W
Solenoid
SAF
SAGD
Stream Allocation Factor
SAH
SAHL
Speed Alarm (High)
SAL
SAP
Speed Alarm (Low)
SAT
SC
Site Acceptance Test
SCADA
SCID
Supervisory control and data acquisition
SCMS
SCO
Steam Condensate Management System
SD
SDK
Shutdown Panel
SDR
SDS
Supplier data requirement
SEP
SGS
Separator
Sediments and Water (Used to be referred to as BS&W)
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
Speed Alarm (High/Low)
System Application Product
Sample Connection
Steam Condensate Instrument Detection
Synthetic Crude Oil
Shutdown Key
Shutdown System
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
SI
Shut In
SID
SIF
Safety In Design
SIFT
SIL
System integration and functionality test
SIS
SONET
Safety Instrumented System
SOP
SOW
Standard Operating Procedure
SP
SPDT
Sample Point
SPE
Screw Pump Electric
Speed Indicator
Safety instrumented function
Safety integrity level
Synchronous optical networking
Slope of Work
Single pole, double throw (electric switch)
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SPG
Screw Pump Gas
SPI
SPMU%
SmartPlant Instrumentation
SPT
Spud Date
Standard Pressure and Temperature
SR
SRS
Speed Recorder
SS
SS
Stainless steel
SSH
SSHL
Speed Switch (High)
SSL
STEL
Speed Switch (Low)
SURF
SUSP
Surface
synbit
A blend of bitumen and synthetic crude oil
Single Point Measurement Uncertainty (%)
Spud date is the date on which well drilling begins.
Safety Requirements Specification
Steam Supply
Speed Switch (High/Low)
Short-term exposure limit
Suspended
T
T/C
TAH
thermocouple
TAHL
TAL
Temperature Alarm (High/Low)
TC
TCP
Temperature Controller
TCPL
TCV
Trans Canada Pipeline
TD
TE
Time Delay
TEMP
TF
Temperature
TH
TI
Thermostat
TI
TIC
Timer
Temperature Alarm (High)
Temperature Alarm (Low)
Transmission control protocol
Temperature Controller Valve
Temperature (Measuring) Element/Thermocouple
Temperature Gauge
Temperature Indicator
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
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TJI
TPD
Multipoint Temperature Indicator/Thermocouple
TPDT
TR
Third Party Disposition Threshold
TRC
TRT
Temperature Recorder Controller
TSDH
TSDL
Temperature Shutdown (High)
TSH
TSHL
Temperature Switch (High)
TSL
TT
Temperature Switch (Low)
TÜV
TW
Technischer Überwachungs-Verein
TWA
TY
Time-weighted average
Third Party Dispositions
Temperature Recorder
Temperature Recorder Transmitter
Temperature Shutdown (Low)
Temperature Switch (High/Low)
Temperature Transmitter
Thermowell
Computer, Relay, Amplifier or I/P Converter etc. in Temperature Loop
U
U/G
Underground
UFD
ULC
Utility Flow Diagrams
Unistrut
UPS
Strut channel
US
UV
Utility Station
UWI
Underwriters Laboratories of Canada
Uninterruptible power supply
Ultraviolet
Unique well identifier, a 16-code assigned to a well when it is licensed by the AER or
ECON.
V
VAC
VAH
Volts alternating current
VASDH
VDC
Vibration Shutdown (High)
Vendor
VFC
Any supplier of materials, services or equipment to the project
VFD
VGWL
Variable Frequency Drive
VMS
VOIP
Vibration monitoring system
VPN
Virtual private network
Vibration Alarm (High)
Volts direct current
Virtual Flow Computer
Volumetric Gas Well Liquid
Voice over Internet Protocol
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VRU
Vapour Recovery Unit
VSH
Vibration Switch (High)
W
WAN
WBS
Well
Wide area network
Work Breakdown Structure
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
WGR
Wet gas is rich in byproducts, but containing water which was previously extraced.
WIO
WIP
Working interest owner
WRT
WS
With Respect To
WT
Wall thickness
Water Gas Ratio
Work in progress
Water Supply
X
X
Multiple
Z
ZC
ZO
Position Switch (Closed)
Position Switch (Open)
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