Dictionary of Oil Industry Terminology
DEFINITIONS ACRONYMS and ABBREVIATIONS
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Advanced drilling techniques

ABCB ABOI ABS

Absorption

ac ACB ACC

Accumulator Actuator ACFM

Acidizing ACO

ACoP

Acre-foot ACQ AD ADS

Adsorption ADT

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Dictionary of Oil Industry Terminology
DEFINITIONS ACRONYMS and ABBREVIATIONS
ÆSOP™ AFC AFD AFE AFFF AFM AFP AGA
Alpha Thames’ prototype System-Module™ for use in an AlphaCPU™ Approved for construction (or fabrication) Approved for design Approved for enquiry (or expenditure) Aqueous film forming foam Approved for manufacture Approved for purchase OR active fire protection American Gas Association Australian Geological Survey Organisation Anchor Handling Vessel. Australian Institute of Petroleum American Institute of Steel Construction American Iron and Steel Institute Auto ignition temperature As low (risk) as reasonably practicable. A group of hydrocarbon substances, including the alkanes and most of the other fractions found naturally in crude oil. Naturally occurring paraffin fractions of which the molecules are based on a “straight chain” of hydrogen; saturated carbon atoms. A refining process used to produce improved gasoline components with, for instance, lower pollutant effects. The process is also used in the manufacture of plastics. A pattern of sedimentary deposit frequently laid down by streams or rivers where they spread out into plains.