saudi aramco-int. glossary of acronyms,abreviations

DeskTop Standards Common Acronyms and Abbreviations Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Table of Contents A...................................................................... 2 B . . . C................................................................ 5 D . . . F................................................................ 6 G . . .J................................................................. 8 K . . . M............................................................... 10 N . . . P................................................................ 11

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Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations Q . . . S............................................................... 14 T . . . Z................................................................ 16

A A/D Analog/Digital AACE American Association of Cost Engineers ABHD Abu Hadriya ABJF Abu Jifan ABQQ Abqaiq ABSF Abu Sa'fah AC Air Conditioning, OR Alternating Current AC Alternating Current or Air Conditioning ACI American Concrete Institute ACS American Construction Society (Obsolete for Aramco Construction

Specifications, which no longer exist) Activation Activation of all control activities; testing for stability, correctness

of set point and repeatability within the controlled element. System velocity flushing or blow-out, and level and flow response pressure testing. Vendor services for equipment testing and, where needed, correction of deficiencies within their responsibility. Operational run-in and adjustment of all plant equipment, i.e., conveyors, mills, filters, etc., without materials and pumps with water

Activity A task, or item of work, represented by a single arrow diagram. Activities are assigned durations and may or may nor require resources

Activity Duration The amount of time allotted to complete an activity Actual Completion The date an activity is actually completed. Used in updating

networks ADM Arrow Diagram Method ADP Aramco Design Practice (Obsolete: see SADP cancelled in Dec.

1996) ADS Applications Software Development System AEDC Award Engineering/Design Contract AEIC Association of Edison Illuminating Companies AEP Aramco Engineering Procedure (Obsolete: see SAEP) AER Arabian Engineering Report AES Aramco Engineering Standard (Obsolete: see SAES) AFBMA Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association AFC Approved for Construction; Automatic Frequency Control

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Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

AFE Authorization for expenditure. (An allocation taken out of a larger sum of approved money such as a Budget Item, which is to be used for a specified part of the BI.)

AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalization AGC Automatic Generation Control; Associated General Contractors AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association AH Arabian Heavy Crude Oil AI Artificial Intelligence AIMS Aramco IMS System AIP Aramco Inspection Procedures (Obsolete: see SAIP) AISC American Institute of Steel Contruction AL Arabian Light Crude Oil AM Arabian Medium Crude Oil; Amplitude Modulation AMC Area Maintenance Center AMRS Advanced Mobile Radio System AMS Aramco Materials System Catalog (Obsolete: see SAMS) AMSS Aramco Materials System Specification (Obsolete: see SAMSS) AN Alpha-numeric Identity, e.g., A099 ANDR 'Ain Dar (Ghawar) ANSI American National Standards Institute AOA Asian and Other Arab Employees AOC Aramco Overseas Company AOSM Arab Organization of Standardization & Materials AOV Air Operated Valve APD Automated Piping Design API American Petroleum Institute APP Arabian Project Proposal or Associated Professional Program APS Applications Software Arrow Diagram A logical plan of a project, based on the technology of the project,

with or without consideration of resource requirements or time. Each arrow in the diagram represents an activity and the head-to-tail relationship reflects the sequence of activity completion.

As of Date The calendar date equivalent of time-now for statusing purposes. ASC Aramco Services Company in Houston ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrig. & Air Condit. Engrs ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials AT Audit Team ATB All Trunks Busy AUP Average Unit Price

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AWG American Wire Gauge AWO Additional Work Order AWPA American Wood Preservers Association AWS American Welding Society AWWA American Water Works Association

B . . . C BB Budget Brief BDT Bulk Data Transfer BFO Beneficial Occupany BI Budget Item. (A capital project of one or more jobs approved by

the Board of Directors as an item in the budget and assigned a BI number)

BI Number Budget Item Number BI-1900 Miscellaneous Capital Projects $1,000,000 or Less BISR Budget Item Summary Report BLIND A Blank Flange BOPD Barrels of Oil Per Day BPCD Barrels Per Calendar Day BPD Barrels Per Day BPS Bytes Per Second BRRI Berri BSI British Standards Institution BSIT Basit BWPD Barrels of Water Per Day C/R Change Request C/R Construction/Repair CAD Computer Aided Drafting CADD Computer Aided Drafting & Design CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting CAO Certified Acceptance by Operations CAO Certified Acceptance by Operations CAPEX Capital Expenditure CAPEX Capital Expenditure Category A particular type of work, earthwork, substructure, etc., within a

facility CB Control Building CCC Commodity Classification Code CCEI Common Class Expansion Indices CCIR International Radio Cosulative Committee CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signalling CCN Catalog Classification Number CCO Current Cost Outlook

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CCOS Construction Camp Office Services CCS Computer and Communication Services CDC Central Dispatch Center CDOI Communications Department Operating Instructions CDR Critical Design Review CDS Central Dispatch System CEC Change Evaluation Committee CEMA Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association CEO Chief Executive Officer CESP Conceptual Estimate Scoping Paper CESR Computer Equipment Service Request CFP Capital Facilities Plan CGA Compressed Gas Association CGT Combustion Gas Turbine CGTG Combustion Gas Turbine Generator CIF Community and Industrial Facility CIS Contract Information System CMT Construction Management Team CO Change Order COMM OPS Communications Operations Department COPES Cost Planning and Evaluation System COS Computer Operations and Support COT Character Oriented Terminal CP&B Capital Programs & Budgets CPC Corporate Planning Committee CPCP Communications and Process Computer Planning CPD Corporate Planning Department CPO Corporation Planning Organization CPU Central Processing Unit CRCC Contract Review and Cost Compliance CRS Computerized Reporting Systems CRT Cathode Ray Tube CS Construction Start CSL Computer Security Liasion CSSM Construction Support Services Material CSUD Construction Start-up Date CTI Cooling Tower Institute CTS Construction Technical Support Cut-Off-Date The assigned date by which the accumulation of data for a

reporting period must be completed CWP Contractor's Work Plan

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Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations D . . . F

D-A Digitial to Analog D/C or DC Direct Charge DASD Direct Access Storage Device DAV Data Above Voice dB Decibel dBA Decibels using the A-Weighted scale DBM Design Basis Memorandum DBSP Design Basis Scoping Paper DC Direct Current DCC Disaster Control Center DCLM Direct Charge List of Materials DCS Distributed Control System DDD Direct Distance Dial DEL Direct Exchange Line DEMA Diesel Engineer Manufacturers Association DEPCO Dammam Electric Power Company DHYN Duhaynah DID Direct Inward Dialing DILM Dilam DMMM Dammam DOBIS/LIBIS Dortmunder Bibliothekssystem/Leuvens Integraal Bibliotheek

System DOD Direct Onward Dialing DOX Direct Overhead Expense DP Dial Pulse; Data Processing DPC Destination Point Code DPSR Data Processing Service Request DRP Distributions Requirement Planning DS Data Store DSI Digital Speech Interpretation DTRC Dial Tone Delay Recorder Duration The Time Allotted to Complete An Activity DUV Data Under Voice DVD Dedicated Voice Dispatch DWT Dead Weight Tons E&M Signaling Leads (E = Rec: M = Trans) EAI Electronic Industries Association EAP Educational Assistance Program EDM Engineering Department Manual EDP Electronic Data Processing EFP Extremely High Frequency. 30-300 Gigahertz EI End Item

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EIA Electronic Industries Association EIS Equipment Inspection Schedule EMI Electromagnetic Interference EOS Executive Office Services; Engineering Office Statistics EPI Engineering Program Item (Part of Engineering Study Program) EPP Engineering Proposed Projects ER Expenditure Request ERA Expenditure Request Approval ERC Expenditure Request Completion ERL Echo Return Loss ESD Emergency Shutdown ESO Engineering Services Organization OR Eng'rg Service Order ESP Engineering Study Program ETA Estimated Time of Arrival (e.g., personnel, material) Event A Starting or Ending Point of an Activity. A Node EWA Extra Work Authorization EWO Engineering Work Order EXCOM Executive Committee EXPEC Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center F/L Flowline FAB Fabricate FAT Factory Acceptance Test FDHL Fadhili FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FDS Final Decision Specification FIT Functional Integration Team FM Frequency Modulation FMR Field Material Requisition FOB Free On Board Format An Ordering of Fields or Words FOT Fiber Optic Transmission FPD Facilities Planning Department FPE Fair Price Estimate FR&P Form, Rebar and Pour FRHH Farhah FRR Field Reciving Record FSD Functional Specification Document FSS Functional System Specification FZRN Fazran (Ghawar)

G . . .J Gantt Bar Chart, Time Scaled GAO Government Affairs Organization

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GART Gas Line Abqaiq - Ras Tanura GASMO Gulf Arab Standards and Measurement Organization GESC General Engineering Services Contract GI General Instruction GIP Gas Injection Plant GOR Gas to Oil Ratio GOS Grade of Service GOSP Gas Oil Separation Plant GPF General Planning Forecast GPR General Service Potential Rise GSPD General Service Plant Depreciation GTC Good 'Til Cancelled (see Backorder) H2S Hydrogen Sulfide HABA El Haba HD Heavy Density HF High Frequency (3-30 Megahertz) HLWH Hilwah HOV Hydraulic Operated Valve HPP Hague Project Proposal HPPT High-Pressure Production Trap HPTT High-Pressure Test Trap HRDH Haradh (Ghawar) HRML Harmaliyah HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning HWTH Hawtah HWYH Hawiyah (Ghawar) Hz Hertz (unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second) HZMY Hazmiyah I/O Input/Output IBN Institute Beige de Normalization IBPS Intermediate Booster Pump Station ICD Interface Control Document ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association ICOM Interleaved Computer Microfiche (report) IDP Individual Development Plan IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IF Intermediate Frequency IFB Issue for Bid IK In-Kingdom ILD Instrument Loop Diagram IM Intermodulation IMS Information Management System (IBM Software Package)

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IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone System IPPT Intermediate-Pressure Production Trap IPS Intermediate Pump Station ISA Instrument Society of America ISLT Indian Spring Low Tide ITC Industrial Training Course; Indicated Total Cost ITD Industrial Transportation Department ITEA Indefinite Term Employment Agreement IU Issue Unit J-Node The Number Assigned to the end of An Activity Arrow JCC Job Clearance Cards JCL Job Control Language (Computer Application) JIS Japanese Standards Association JO Job Order JOB Synonym for Project JPS Job Progress Steps (Saudi 3-10 Training Job Codes)

K . . . M KHRS Khurais KO Drum Knockout Drum KRSN Khursaniyah L/M List of Materials LAN Local Area Network LDF Laid Down in Field LDOR Local Delivery Order and Receipt LED Light Emitting Diode LLP Last Landed Price LNG Liquified Natural Gas LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas (Propane and Butane) LPPT Low-Pressure Production Trap LRP Long-Range Planning LS Lump Sum LSPM Lump Sum Procure/Build LSTK Lump-Sum Turnkey (Contract) LT Lead Time LWHH Lawbah (Marjan) M/E Mechanical/Electrical mA Milliampere MAER Mandatory Aramco Engineering Requirement (Obsolete: see

MSAER) MARS Material Reservation Systems MATICS Materials Inventory Control System MBCD Thousand (M) Barrels Per Calendar Day

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MBD Thousand Barrels Per Day MBOD Thousand Barrels Per Operating Day MBPC Major Bid Package Complete MCC Mechanical Completion Certificate MCD Materials Control Department MD&OC Management Development & Organization Committee MFCL Material Flow Control List MHRH Maharah (Marjan) MICA Materials Investment Control Analyst MINI-CATS The SAMS Catalog on Microfiche Minutes The Official Record of the Proceeding of a Meeting MMI Man-Machine Interface MMSCFD Million (MM) Standard Cubic Feet Per Day MNIF Manifa MOSAIC Materials On Order Status Analysis Information & Costing MOV Motor Operated Valve MPTA Mechanical Power Transmission Association MPU Monthly Project Update (Report) MRF Manpower Requirements Forecast MRJN Marjan MRO An estimate of future MORO material usage forecast MRO Maintenance, Repair and Operations MSAER Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirement (Replaces

obsolete MAER) MSE Materials System Enhancements II-4 Project MSIS Material Supply Information Systems MSO Materials Supply Organization MSS Manuf. Standard. Society of the Valve & Fittings Industry MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MTO Material Take-Off MTS Material Teleprocessing System MTTF Mean Time To Failure MTTR Mean Time to Repair MVC Motor Vehicle Collision MW Microwave (Telephone Communication/Transmission/Medium) MWO Maintenance Work Order MWP Major Work Phase MZLJ Majalij

N . . . P NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers NAOO Northern Area Oil Operations NCR Non-Conformance Report

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NDE Net Direct Expenditure or Non-Destructive Examination NEC National Electric Code NESC National Electric Safety Code NFPA National Fire Protection Association NFU No Foreseable Use NGL Natural-Gas Liquids NGLC Natural-Gas Liquids Center NMC Network Maintenance Center NOCC Network Operations Control Center Node The number assigned to an event NSD National Subscriber Dialing NYYM Nuayyim O&R Overhaul and Repair OAT Operational Availability Test OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum OCMA Oil Companies Materials Association OGOEAD Oil and Gas Operations Exploration Applications Division OH On Hand Quantity OIO Operational Investment Overhead OO On Order Quantity OOK Out-of-Kingdom OPAC Online Public Access Catalog ORGANIGRAM Organization Diagram OS On-Stream. (Operational and in use) OSP Outside Project; Oil Supply Planning & Scheduling OSPAS Oil Supply Planning and Scheduling Department OTK Oil Tank P&IC Purchasing and Inventory Control P&ID Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams P&T Purchasing and Traffic P/E Project Engineer or Planning Engineer P/L Pipeline PAC Planning Advisory Committee PAER Prior Approval Expenditure Request. (Funding for the purchase of

long-lead critical material items and definitive engineering design.)

PATIS Purchasing and Traffic Information System PBISR Proposal Budget Item Summary Report. (This report is prepared

by the Department Manager to Executive Management indicating status of a project during project proposal phase.)

PC Personal Computer or Prime Contractor PCA Portland Cement Association PCB Printed Circuit Board

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PCC Powder Control Center PCPDB Process Computer Project Definition Book PCR Project Change Request PCS Project Completion Schedule PDM Precedence Diagram Method PDP Professional Development Program PDR Preliminary Design Review PEM Project Execution Manual PEO Prime Engineering Office. Responsible for the Design of a Project PEP Project Execution Plan PERT Program Evaluation and Review Techniques PES Proposal Engineering Statistic (report) PETROMIN Petroleum and Mineral PFC Predicted Final Cost PFD Process Flow Diagram PIB Process Interface Building PID Proportional Integral Derivative PIR Projects Inspection Report PLC Power Line Carrier; Programmable Logic Controller PM Project Manager; Project Management PM&C Project Management & Construction PMC Project Management Contract PMSD Project Material Supplies Department PMSO Project Material Services Organization PMT Project Management Team PO # Purchase Order Number POM Pipeline Operations Module PP Project Proposal PPM Parts Per Million PPOSAD Projects, Power & Operations Services Applications Division PPU Project Planning Update Report PR Purchase Requisition PRE-FAT Pre-Factory Acceptance Test Project A complete and logical grouping of activities and tasks PS Pumping Station PSCC Plant Security Computing Center PSD Project Support Division PSE Planning/Scheduling Engineer PSI Pounds Per Square Inch PSIA Pounds Per Square Inch Atmospheric PTA Purchasing Traffic and Accounting PUNCH LIST Exception Item List PVC Polyvinylchloride

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pW pico Watt PWAC Present Worth of Annual Charges PWE Present Worth of Expenditures PWRR Present Worth of Revenue Requirements

Q . . . S QA Quality Assurance QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control QC Quality Control QIRD Qirdi QR Quotation Request; Qualification Record QTIF Qatif QTR Quarter (pertaining to segment of year) QUERY ID A three character transaction ID R/P Request for Purchase RAM Random Access Memory RC Reimbursable Cost RCA Required Corrective Action RCS Remote Computer System; Remote Console Software RFI Radio Frequency Interference or Request For Inspection RFQ Request for Quotation RGHB Raghib RJE Remote Job Entry (Computer Application) RMLH Ramlah RMTN Rimthan RO Reverse Osmosis ROM Read Only Memory RPD Resources Planning Department RRE Receiving Reference Equivalent RSB Repair Service Bureau RSCC Regional Security Computer Center RSI Request for Shipping Instruction RTD Resistance Temperature Detector RTSA Real-Time Security Analysis RTU Remote Terminal Unit Run Date The date the network is run on the computer RVL Restricted Vendor List SA&E Scheduling Analysis & Evaluation Unit (P&SD-RPD) SA-POM Stand Alone Pipeline Operations Modules SACC Saudi Aramco Construction Camp SACE Saudi Aramco Cost Engineering SADM Saudi Aramco Drafting Manual

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SADP Saudi Aramco Design Practices (Obsolete. All SADPs cancelled in December, 1996.)

SAEP Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedures (Replaces obsolete AEP) SAER Saudi Arabian Engineering Report (Replaces obsolete AER) SAES Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards (Replaces obsolete AES) SAG Saudi Arab Government SAIMS Saudi Aramco Information Management System SAIP Saudi Aramco Inspection Procedures (Replaces obsolete AIP) SALM Saudi Aramco Lubricating Manual SAMCOM Saudi Arabian Manpower Committee SAMS Saudi Aramco Materials System Catalog (Replaces obsolete AMS) SAMSS Saudi Aramco Materials System Specifications (Replaces obsolete

AMSS) SAO Saudi Arabian Organization SAOO Southern Area Oil Operations SAPD Saudi Aramco Purchasing Department SAPMIS Saudi Aramco Project Management Information System SAPMT Saudi Aramco Project Mangement Team SAS Saudi Arabian Standards SASD Saudi Aramco Standard Drawings SASO Saudi Arabian Standards Organization SAT Site Acceptance Test SBGM Saudi Aramco Bottled Gas Manual SC Sub-Contract or Sanitary Code SCA Standard Code of Accounts SCADA Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition SCECO Saudi Consolidated Electric Company SCPC Single Channel Per Carrier SDD System Design Document SDGM Shedgum (Ghawar) SFC Short Form Contract SFNY Safaniya SG Super Group of 60 Channels SHF Super High Frequency, 3-30 Gigahertz SHRR Sharar SHYB Shaybah SI System Internationale (International System of Units, Metric

System) SIS Supplier Information System SMCAU Supplementary Manpower Contract Administration Unit SMF Systems Management Facility SMG Super Master Group = 15 SG = 900 Channels SMO Supplementary Manpower Organization

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SOE Sequence of Events SPC Stored Program Control SPCR Steam Power Plant Control Room SPE Senior Project Engineer SPM Single Point Mooring SRC Services Review Committee SRE Sending Reference Equivalent SSD Saudi Safety/Security Directives from SAG SSPC Steel Structures Painting Council Statis Activity Completion Level at a Given Point in Time STC Specified Term Contract STO Stock Oil Tank Stock No. SAMS Catalog Number STS Standard Telephone System SUD Start-up Date Supertanker VLCC SWA Single Wire Armoured (cable sheath) SWCC Saline Water Conversion Corporation SWL Static Water Level

T . . . Z T&I Testing and Inspection T/C Thermocouple T/O Take-Off Sheets for Construction Materials TAP (Line) Trans Arabian Pipeline TC Type Code TDM Time Division Multiplexing TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TEG Thermo-Electric Generator TEMA Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association TFS Total Field Supply Time Zero First day of a Project upon which work will be accomplished TLC Total Landed Cost TLT Total Lead Time TLX Transportation and Living Expense TMG Trans Mercator Grid TPG Thermo-Powered Generator TPP Texas Project Proposal TPT Telephone, Posts and Telegraph TRF Transfer TRT Technical Review Team TSI Technical Study Item (Part of the Engineering Study Program) TSO Time Sharing Option (Computer Application)

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UHF Ultra High Frequency UL Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply UTMN 'Uthmaniyah (Ghawar) VAC Volts Alternating Current VDC Volts Direct Current VHF Very High Frequency VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier (Supertanker) VO Voucher VOD Valve Operating Diagram VPC Volts Per Cell WARM Weekly Automatic Requisition for Material WIP Water Injection Plant WIP Work-In-Progress WIPS Water Injection Pump Station WISPS Water Injection Supply Pump Station WO Maintenance Work Order or Workover Workovers Well Repairs WOS Water-Oil Separator WRDH Haradh (Ghawar) WRIH Wari'ah ZULF Zuluf (Zuluf) 1-Node The Number Assigned to the Beginning of Activity Arrow

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