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Units and abbreviations

Units
%
%v
%w

gm-3

Barg
bbl
bopd
Bpd
Bq/Kg
Cells.l-1
Cells.m-3
cm
cms-1
cmyear-1
dB
gm-1
gm2
ha
Hz
Kev
kg
km
km2
Kte/yr
Lb/mmscf
litres/hr
m
m TVD BRT
m/hour
m2
m3
m3/day
m3/h
mbgl
mbpd
mgkg-1
mgl-1
Mg/m3
mm
mm/hr
mmscf
mmscfd
MPN/100ml
mstdbpd
ms-1
MW
o
API

Percent
Percentage by volume
Percentage by weight
Microns
Micrograms per cubic metre
Inches
Parts per thousand
1 bar (gauge) = 14.5 psi
Barrel (6.2898 barrels = 1 m3)
Barrels of oil per day
Barrels per day
Bequerels per kilogram (measure of radioactivity)
Cells per litre
Cells per cubic metre
Centimetre
Centimetre per second
Centimetres per year
Decibel
Grams per metre
Grams per square metre
Hectare
Hertz (Measure of frequency)
Kilo-electron Volt (measure of radioactive energy release)
Kilograms
Kilometre
Square kilometre
Kilo-tonnes per year
Pounds per million standard cubic feet
Litres per hour
Metres
Depth in metres (True Vertical Depth) (Below the Rotary Table)
Metres per hour
Square metre
Cubic metre
Cubic metres per day
Cubic metres per hour
Metres below ground level
Thousand barrels per day
Milligram per kilogram
Milligrams per litre
Milligrams per cubic metre
Millimetres
Millimetres per hour
Million standard cubic feet
Million standard cubic feet per day
Most Probable Number per 100 millilitres
Thousand standard barrels per day
Metres per second
Megawatt
Degrees (American Petroleum Institute (Oil density measurement)).

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C
pH
ppb
ppbv
ppm
ppmv
Scf/bbl
Sm3
Sm3/hr
te
Te/day
$/te
US$
US$M
gg-1
gl-1

Degrees centigrade
(Measure of acidity or alkalinity)
-log 10 [H+]
Parts per billion
Parts per billion by volume
Parts per million
Parts per million by volume
Standard Cubic Feet per Barrel
Standard cubic metres
Standard cubic metres per hour
Metric tonnes
Metric tonnes per day
US dollars per tonne
US dollars
US Dollars (Millions)
Micrograms per gram
Micrograms per litre

Abbreviations
4WD
AAAF
AAS
ACCMP
ACG
AD
ADMS3
AERMOD
AET
AETC
AGT
AIDS
AIOC
AMP
APE
API
AQS
ARB
AR-FFFP
ASA
ASCE
ASFC
ASSC
ASY
AZM
BACT
BAP
BAT
BCES
BFCC
BHA
BIC
BMT
BOD
BOP
BP
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4-wheel drive
Anaerobic-Aerobic-Air Flotation (Fire fighting foam)
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
Archaeological/Cultural Construction Monitoring Programme
Azeri, Chirag, Gunashli
Anno Domini
Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling System Version 3
A computer programme that models air dispersion
Azerbaijan Economic Trends
Azerbaijan Environment and Technology Centre
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Projects
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Azerbaijan International Operating Company
Archaeological Management Plan
Alkyl Phenol Ethoxylates
American Petroleum Institute
Air Quality Standard
Azerbaijan Red Book (list of threatened wildlife in Azerbaijan).
Alcohol-resistant- Film-forming Fluroprotein
Applied Science Associates
Azerbaijan State Committee for Ecology
Azerbaijan State Fisheries Concern
Azerbaijan State Statistical Committee
Azerbaijan Statistical Yearbook
Azerbaijan Manat
Best Available Control Technology
Biodiversity Action Plan
Best Available Technology
Baku City Electrical Services
Biofouling and Corrosion Control System
Bottom hole Assembly
Business Information Centre
British Maritime Technology
Biological Oxygen Demand
Blow Out Preventer
British Petroleum
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BPCS
BPEO
BS
BTC
BTEX
BU
C&WP /CWP
c.
CA
CAPEX
CCPG
CDV
CEL
CEP
CERC
CFC
CH4
CHP
CIS
CITES
CLO
CMC
CO
CO2
COD
CRI
CRM
CRP
CRRP
CVP
DBA
DC/AC
DDT
DES
DLE
DLN
DPS
DQ
DSM
DST
DSV
DTI
DTM
EA
EA
EAP
EBRD
EC
ECA
ECEWP
EEC
EFRT
EHRA
EHS
EIA

BP Caspian Sea
Best Practicable Environmental Option
British Standard
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene
Business Unit
Compression and Water Injection Platform
Approximately
Central Azeri
Capital expenditure
Combined Cycle Power Generation
Canine Distemper Virus
Caspian Environmental Laboratory
Caspian Environmental Program
Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants
Chlorofluorocarbon
Methane
Combined Heat and Power
Commonwealth of Independent States
Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species
Community Liaison Officer
Contracts Management Committee
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Cuttings Reinjection
Community Relations Manager
Community Relations Programme
Coastal Rehabilitation and Reinstatement Programme
Capital Value Process
Derrick Barge Azerbaijan
Direct Current/ Alternating Current
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Drilling Equipment Set
Dry Low Emission
Dry Low NOx
Diverse Path Shutdown System
Drilling and Quarters Platform
Drilling Support Module
Drill Stem Test
Dive Support Vessel
Department of Trade and Industry
Digital Terrain Model
Environmental Assessment
East Azeri
Environmental Action Plan
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Community
Export Credit Agency
Early Civil Engineering Work Programme
European Economic Community
External Floating Roof Tank
Environmental Hazard and Risk Assessment
Environment Health and Safety
Environmental Impact Assessment

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EMP
EMS
EOP
ERL
ERT
ES
ESIA
ESS
EU
FAO
FE
FEED
FFD
FOCs
FSU
GCA
GC-MS
GCP
GD
GDP
GHG
GHSER
GI
GIS
GLP
GPS
GT
GWP
H2S
HADT
HFCs
HIPPS
HIV
HOCNF
HOVHL
HP
HRSG
HSE
HSEMS
HVAC
HVDC
HYDROMAP
ICP
ICSS
IDP
IEA
IFC
IFI
IFRT
ILO
IMDG
IMF
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Environmental Management Plan

Environmental Management System
Early Oil Project
Effects range low (threshold level for environmental metal
contamination).
Environment & Resource Technology Ltd
Environmental Statement
Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
Emergency Shutdown System
European Union
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Fugitive Emissions
Front end engineering design
Full Field Development
Foreign Oil Companies
Former Soviet Union
Gunashli, Chirag, Azeri
Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry
Garadag Cement Plant
Garadagh District
Gross Domestic Product
Greenhouse Gases
Getting HSE Right
Gas Injection
Geographic Information System
Good Laboratory Practice
Global Positioning System
Gas turbine
Global Warming Potential
Hydrogen Sulphide
Hazardous Area Drainage Tank
Hydrofluorocarbons
High Integrity Process Protection System
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Harmonized Offshore Chemical Notification Format
High Voltage Overhead Line
High Pressure
Heat Recovery Steam Generator
Health, Safety & Environment
Health, Safety & Environment Management System
Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning
High Voltage Direct Current
A globally re-locatable hydrodynamic model capable of simulating
complex circulation patterns due to tidal forcing and wind stress
quickly and efficiently anywhere on the globe, developed by ASA.
Inductively Coupled Plasma
Integrated Control and Safety System
Internally Displaced Persons
National Institute of Ethnography and Archaeology
International Finance Corporation
International Finance Institutions
Internal Floating Roof Tank
International Labour Organisation
International Maritime Dangerous Goods
International Monetary Fund
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IMO
ISAR
ISO
ITT
IUCN
IWMP
KAP
KCl
KOH
KP
KWelec
L10
L50
L90
LAO
LCM
Leq (LAeq)
LER
LP
LP
LSA
LTU
LW
MARPOL
Max
MCR
MDHS
MEG
MEL
MENR
MEPC
MIGA
Min
MLA
MOD
MODU
MOL
MOU
MOWP
MP
MPC
MPN
MSD
MSDS
MUDMAP
MW
MWelec.
MWheating
MWmech
N2O
NDT
NE

International Maritime Organisation

Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia
International Organisation for Standardisation
Invitation to Tender
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Integrated Waste Management Plan
Knowledge, attitudes, practices
Potassium Chloride
Potassium Hydroxide
Kilometre Point
Kilowatts of Electricity
Noise level exceeded for 10% of measurement time
Noise level exceeded for 50% of measurement time
Noise level exceeded for 90% of measurement time
Linear alpha olefin
Loss Control Material
equivalent continuous noise level
Local Equipment Room
Pressure Level
Low Pressure
Low specific activity
Large Taxpayers Unit
Power Level
International Convention for the Pollution of Prevention by Ships,
1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978
Maximum
Maximum Capacity Rating
Method for Determining Hazardous Substances
Mono-Ethylene Glycol
Maximum Exposure Level
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Marine Environmental Protection Committee
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Minimum
Multilateral Lending Agency
Ministry of Defence
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
Main Oil Line
Memorandum of Understanding
Minimum Obligatory Work Programme
Medium Pressure
Maximum Permitted Concentration
Most Probable Number
Marine Sanitation Device
Material Safety Data Sheet
Computer model that predicts the near and far field transport and
dispersion of drill muds, cuttings and produced water. Developed by
ASA.
Megawatt
Megawatts of electrical energy
Megawatts of heating energy
Megawatts of mechanical energy
Nitrous oxide
Non Destructive Testing
Northeast

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NER
NETCEN
NGO
NMVOC
NO
NO2
NORM
NOx
NW
NWBM
OAQPS
OBM
OCNS
OECD
OHGP
OPEX
OPF
OPIC
OSCP
OSIS
OSPAR
PACP
PAH
PCB
PCDP
PCS
PDQ
PDUQ
PEC
PFCs
PHC
PLONOR
PM
POB
PPAH
PPD
PPE
PSA
PSA
PSD
PSI
PSS
P-Tank
PW
PWRI
QA
RAM
RAP
RKB
RO
Ro/Ro
ROP
ROV
ROW
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Northern Export Route

National Environmental Technology Centre
Non-governmental Organisation
Non-methane Volatile Organic Compounds
Nitrogen monoxide
Nitrogen dioxide
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
Nitrogen Oxides
Northwest
Non Water Based Mud
Office for Air Quality Planning and Standards
Oil Based Mud
Offshore Chemical Notification Scheme
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Open-hole gravel packs
Operating expenditure
Organic continuous phase invert-emulsion drilling fluid
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Oil Spill Contingency Plan
Oil Spill Information System, developed by BMT
Oslo and Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the North East Atlantic
Poly-anionic cellulose based polymer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan
Process Control System
Production, drilling and quarters platform
Production, drilling, utilities and quarters platform
Predicted Environmental Concentrations
Perfluorocarbons
Primary Health Care
Presenting Little Or No Risk to the Environment
Particulate matter
Persons on Board
Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook
Purified Protein Derivative (Skin Test)
Personal Protective Equipment
Production Sharing Agreement
Particle Size Analysis
Project Summary Document
Pounds per square inch
Process Shutdown System
Pressure Tank (cement)
Production Water
Production Water Reinjection
Quality assurance
Reliability, Availability and Maintainability
Resettlement Action Plan
Rotary Kelly Bushing (standard terminology given for well depths)
Reverse Osmosis
Roll-on / Roll-off
Rate of penetration
Remotely operated vehicle
Right of Way
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SBM
SCE
SCI
SCNR
SCPP
SCR
SCSSV
SD
SDGP
SE
SF6
SIC
SO2 /SOx
SOCAR
SOLAS
SOW
Spp.
SPS
SPT
SRP
Stbd
STD
STRAI
SW
SW
SWOT
TACIS
TAE
TB
TCN
TD
TEG
THA
THC
TOC
TOP
TPH
TRACECA
TWA
TWMI
UCM
UH
UK
UKOOA
UN
UNCLOS
UNDP
UNFCCC
UNFPA
UNICEF
USA
USEPA
USExIm
USSR
UTM

Synthetic Based Mud

State Committee for Ecology
State Caspian Inspectorate
Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction
South Caucasus Pipeline Project
Selective Catalytic Reduction
Surface Controlled Subsurface Safety Valves
Shah Deniz
Shah Deniz Gas Pipeline
Southeast
Sulphur hexafluoride
Sound Emission Contours
Sulphur dioxide
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic
Safety of Life at Sea
Statement of Work
Species
Shelfprojectstroy
Standard Penetration Test
Semi-desert Restoration Program
Standard barrels per day
Sexually Transmitted Disease
Spur-thighed Tortoise Rescue and Awareness Initiative
Seawater
Southwest
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States
Trans-Asia-Europe Fibre-Optic Line
Tuberculosis
Third Country Nationals
Target Depth
Tri-Ethylene Glycol
Total Hydrocarbon Analysis
Total Hydrocarbon Content
Total Organic Carbon
Top of Pipe
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus-Asia
Time Weighted Average
Total Waste Management International
Unresolved complex mixture
United Hospital
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
United Nations
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Food Programme
United Nations Childrens Fund
United States of America
United States Environment Protection Agency
United States Export-Import Bank
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Universe Transverse Mercator

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UV
UVF
VECs
VOCs
WA
WBG
WBM
WD
WER
WHO
WHR
WTO
XCD

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Ultra -Violet
Ultra Violet Fluoroscopy
Valued Ecosystem Components
Volatile Organic Compounds
West Azeri
World Bank Group
Water Based Mud
Well Depth
Western Export Route
World Health Organisation
Waste Heat Recovery
World Trade Organisation
Xanthan gum biopolymer (Drill fluid/ additive)

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