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432                                                    Terms and Abbreviations


          RPM                      revolutions per minute
          RRoR                     real rate of return
          RT                       real terms
          SBHP                     static bottomhole pressure
          SBM                      single buoy mooring
          SCAL                     special core analysis tests
          SEC                      Securities and Exchange Commission (US)
          SIMOPS                   simultaneous operations
          SiO 2                    silicon dioxide (quartz)
          SIPROD                   simultaneous production and drilling
          SMS                      safety management systems
          SNG                      synthetic natural gas
          SOBM                     synthetic oil-based mud
          SP                       spontaneous potential
          SPE                      Society of Petroleum Engineers
          SPM                      side pocket mandrel
          SSD                      sliding side door
          STOIIP                   stock tank oil initially in place
          STP                      standard conditions of temperature and pressure
          SV                       swab valve
          SWS                      sidewall sampling tool
          tcf                      trillion cubic feet
          TD                       total depth
          TDT                      thermal decay time
          TEG                      tri-ethylene glycol
          TLP                      tension leg platform
          TPR                      tubing performance relationship
          TVP                      true vapour pressure
          TVSS                     true vertical depth subsea
          TWT                      two way time
          UMV                      upper master valve
          UR                       ultimate recovery
          USD                      US dollars
          UTC                      unit technical cost
          UV                       ultra violet
          VLCC                     very large crude carrier
          VSP                      vertical seismic profiling
          WAG                      water alternating gas
          WBM                      water-based mud
          WEG                      wireline entry guide
          WI                       Wobbe index
          WOB                      weight on bit
          WOC                      wait on cement
          WV                       wing valve
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