Oil & Gas
Glossary
A
Abandonment / Decommissioning
Abandonment Allowance (AA)
AAIB
Air Accidents Investigation Branch, in UK.
ABS
American Bureau of Shipping
Accident
Acoustic log
Acid stimulation
ACOP
Approved Code of Practice
ACQ
Annual Contract Quantity
AD
Anaerobic Digestion
ADELT
Automatically Deployed Emergency Location Transponder
Aero-magnetic surveys
AFDS
Automatic Flotation Deployment System
AFE
Authorisation for Expenditure
Air Emissions
Air gun
Air injection
ALARP
As Low As Reasonably Practicable
Alkylation
Annex B
Annulus
Space between
drill-string
and earthen wall of
well bore
, or between
production tubing
and
casing
.
Anticline
AOGBO
Application Outside Great Britain Order
Appraisal drilling
Appraisal expenditure
Appraisal well
APRT
Advanced
Petroleum Revenue Tax
AQFD
Air Quality Framework Directive
Aquifer
Aromatics
ARPAS
Automatic Radar Plotting Aids
Artificial lift
ASB
Accounting Standards Board
Associated Gas
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
Atmospheric pressure
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