Oil & Gas
Glossary
S
SAB
Staff Accounting Bulletin
SAR
Search and Rescue
SARBE
Search and Rescue Beacon Equipment
Satellite Installation
SBM
SBV
Vessel Standing by
Scientific research allowances (SRA)
SD
Significant Discovery
Seal Or Cap
SEC
US Securities Exchange Commission
Sedimentary rock
Seismic surveys
Semi-submersible Rig
Shale shaker
Drilling
mud
passed over to sieve out
cuttings
.
SI
Statutory Instrument
Sidetrack Drilling
SI unit
SMEs
Small and Medium Enterprises
SMS
Safety Management Systems
SN
Safety Notice
SNG
SO
2
Sulphur Dioxide
SOLAS
Safety Of Life At Sea
SORPs
Statements of Recommended Practice
Source rocks
Southern North Sea (SNS)
SO
X
Sulphur Oxides
SO
2
Sour gas
Spar
A
SBM
which includes oil storage capacity.
SPM
Spot market
Spud
Commencement of drilling operations.
Square kilometres
SS
Subsea
SSAPs
Statements of Standard Accounting Practice
SSIS
Subsea Isolation System
SSIV
Subsea Isolation Valve
SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest
SST
Subsea Developments
Stratigraphic traps
Structural traps
STT
Stratigraphic Test
Subsalt
Subsea manifolds
Subsea wellhead
Substructure
Suspended Discovery
SWOPS
Single Well Oil Production System
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