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  • A
  • AATS - Åsgard Transport System
  • ACG - Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli
  • ACQ - Annual Contract Quantity
  • AFP - Agreement-based early Retirement plan
  • AnLNG - Angola LNG
  • APA - Awards in Predefined Areas
  • B
  • bb - bbl means barrel
  • bcf - bcf means billion cubic feet
  • bcm - bcm means billion cubic metres
  • boe - boe means barrels-of-oil equivalent
  • BRAT - Brownfield Assessment Tool
  • BTC - Pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
  • BTL - means biomass-to-liquids process
  • C
  • CCS - carbon capture and storage
  • CEN - European Standardisation body
  • CHP - Combined heat and power plant
  • CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
  • CONCAWE - Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe
  • CRDAC - Conklin Resources Development Advisory Committee
  • CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility
  • E
  • E&P - Exploration & Production
  • EBS - Environmental baseline study (EBS)
  • EEA - European Economic Agreement
  • EFTA - European Free Trade Association
  • EGR - Exhaust gas recirculation (only used once)
  • EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment (only used one area)
  • EITI - Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives
  • EM - Electromagnetic (only used once)
  • EMTN - Euro Medium Term Note
  • EPN - Exploration & Production Norway business area
  • EPRA - Early Phase Risk Assessment
  • EPSA - Exploration Production Sharing Agreement
  • ESIA - Environmental and social impact assessment
  • F
  • FCC - Fluid Catalytic Cracking
  • FDP - Field Development Plan
  • FPSO - Floating Production Storage Offloading
  • G
  • GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
  • GBS - Gravity-Based Structure
  • GDP - Gross domestic product
  • GEP - Gas Export Project
  • GHG - Greenhouse Gases
  • GoM - Gulf of Mexico
  • GPA - Government Relations and Public Affairs
  • GPS - Global People Survey
  • GRI - Global Reporting Initiative
  • H
  • HERMES - Hotspot Ecosystem Research on
  • HSE - Health, safety, environment
  • HTHP - High-temperature/high pressure
  • I
  • IA - Impact Assessment
  • IASB - International Accounting Standards Board
  • ICEM - International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General
  • IDD - Integrity Due Diligence
  • IDD - Integrity Due Diligence
  • IEA - International Energy Agency
  • IFC - International Finance Corporation
  • IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards
  • ILO - International Labour Organization
  • INT - International Exploration & Production business area
  • IO - Integrated Operations
  • IOR - Improved Oil Recovery
  • ISG - Salah Gas
  • IUCN - International Conservation Union
  • J
  • JQS - Joint Qualification System
  • K
  • KEP - 2010
  • km - km means kilometre
  • M
  • M&M - Manufacturing and Marketing business area
  • mbbl - mbbl means thousand barrels
  • mboe - mboe means thousand barrels-of-oil equivalent
  • mcm - mcm means thousand cubic metres
  • mmbbl - mmbbl means million barrels
  • mmboe - mmboe means million barrels-of-oil equivalent
  • mmcf - mmcf means million cubic feet
  • mmcm - mmcm means million cubic metres
  • mmtpa - mmtpa means million tonnes per annum
  • MOC - Memorandum of Cooperation
  • MPE - Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
  • N
  • NAOSC - North American Oil Sands Corporation
  • NCS - Norwegian Continental Shelf
  • NG - Natural Gas
  • NGO - Non Governmental Organization
  • NIOC - National Iranian Oil Company
  • NOC - National Oil Companies
  • NOK - Norwegian Kroner
  • Nox - Nitrogen Oxides
  • NSAB - Norwegian Standard Accounting Board
  • O
  • OECD - Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development
  • one billion - one billion means one thousand million
  • OTC - Over the Counter
  • OTS - Oil Trading and Supply
  • P
  • PBO - Project Benefit Obligation
  • PDO - Plan for Development and Operation
  • ppm - ppm means part per million
  • PRO - Projects
  • PSA - Production sharing agreement
  • R
  • R&D - Research and Development
  • ROACE - Return on Average Capital Employed
  • RSS - Rotary Steerable System (Only used once)
  • S
  • SAGD - Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
  • scm - scm means standard cubic metre
  • SCP - South Caucasus Pipeline System
  • SDFI - Norwegian State's Direct Financial Interest
  • SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
  • SORIE - Statement of Recognised Income and Expense
  • T
  • TAP - Trans Adriatic Pipeline
  • tcf - tcf means trillion cubic feet
  • TNE - Technology & New energy functional area
  • TSP - Technical Service Provider
  • U
  • UKCS - UK Continental Shelf
  • UN IPCC - United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • USD - United States Dollar
  • V
  • VPSHR - Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
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Annual Report 2009