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E |
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| EAFS |
Effective Aerial Film Speed |
| EAGE |
European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers website |
| EAHC |
East Asia Hydrographic Commission (IHO) webpage |
| EAME |
Europe, Africa, Middle East |
| EARL |
East Asia Response Pte. Ltd. website |
| EASA |
European Aviation Safety Agency |
| EAtHC |
Eastern Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (EAtHC) webpage |
| EAWR |
Electricity At Work Regulations (1989) |
| E&A |
Exploration and Appraisal. |
| EB |
Electrical Building |
| EBB |
Electronic Bulletin Board |
| EBD |
Emergency Blow Down |
| EBIT |
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (and minority interest) |
| EBITDA |
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (and minority interest) |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development website |
| EBS |
Environmental Baseline Survey |
| EC |
European Community / Commission |
| ECA |
Engineering Critical Assessment |
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Economic Commission for Africa |
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Emission Control Data |
| ECAR |
East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (NERC Region, USA) |
| ECC |
Emergency Communication Center |
| ECD |
Equivalent Circulating Density |
| ECDIS |
Electronic Chart Display Information System |
| ECMA |
European Computers Manufacturers Association website |
| ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium Range Forecasting website |
| ECN |
Engineering Change Notice |
| ECOPS |
European Committee on Oceanographic and Polar Science (led to the formation of the European Polar Board in October 1995- see EPB) |
| ECS |
Electrical Control / Chart System |
| EDS |
Electrical Distribution System |
| EDG |
Emergency Diesel Generator |
| EDICS |
Evaluation of Diverless IRM Completions and deep-sea Structures (UK/Norway research project) |
| EDMED |
European Directory of Marine Environmental Data (UK) website |
| EDMS |
Electronic Document Management System |
| EDP |
Emergency Depressurisation |
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Emergency Disconnect Package |
| EDTC |
European Diving Technology Committee website |
| EEMS |
Environmental Emissions Management System |
| EEMUA |
Engineering Equipment and Material Users Association |
| EER |
Escape, Evacuation and Rescue |
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Energy, Efficiency Ratio |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EERA |
Evacuation, Escape and Rescue Analysis |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EFAT |
Extended Factory Acceptance Test |
| EFC |
European Federation of Corrosion |
| EFP |
Exchange of Futures for Physicals |
| EFW |
Electric Fusion Welded |
| EG |
Environment Group |
| EGAS |
Egyptian natural GAS holding company |
| EGG |
Exploration Gravity Gradiometer |
| EGS |
European Geophysical Society (ended 31 december 2003 - merged with EUG to fund the European Geosciences Union (EGU)) |
| EGSA |
Electical Generating Systems Association (USA) website |
| EGU |
European Geosciences Union website |
| EHF |
Extra High Frequency |
| EHS |
Extra High Strength |
| EHSR's |
Essential Health and Safety Requirements |
| E&I |
Electricity & Instrumentation |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
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Energy Information Administration (USA) website |
| EL |
Exchange Line |
| ELCB |
Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker |
| elev |
Elevator |
| ELFEXT |
Equal Level Far End CrossTalk |
| ELI |
Earth Loop Impedance |
| ELO |
Environmental liaison officer |
| ELRS |
Emergency Load Release System |
| EMAS |
Environmental Management and Audit Scheme |
| EMC |
Electromagnetic Compatibility |
| EMF |
Electro Magnetic Fields |
| EMGS |
ElectroMagnetic GeoServices (Norwegian company) |
| EMI |
Electromagnetic Inspection |
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Electromagnetic Interference |
| EM-LWD |
Electromagnetic Lodging While Drilling |
| EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
| EMS |
Environmental Management System |
| EMW |
Equivalent Mud Weight |
| EN |
European Norm |
| ENC |
Electronic Navigational Chart |
| eng |
Engine |
| ENP |
Electroless Nickel Plated |
| ENVID |
Environmental Impact Identification |
| EOR |
Enhanced Oil Recovery |
| EORD |
Engineering and Operations Reference Document |
| E&P |
Exploration and Production. |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (USA) |
| EPB |
European Polar Board website |
| EP |
Engineering and Procurement |
| EPC |
Engineering, Procurement and Construction |
| EPCC |
Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning |
| EPCCS |
Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Start-up |
| EPCI |
Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation |
| EPCL |
Eleme Petrochemicals Co. Limited webpage (a division of NNPC) |
| EPDM |
Ethylene-Propylene-Diene-Monomer |
| EPFS |
Electronic Position Fixing System |
| EPIC |
Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction / Commissioning |
| EPG |
Electrical Power Generator |
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Emergency Power Generator |
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Emergency Procedure Guidelines |
| EPIRB |
Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacon |
| EPR |
Ethylene Propylene Rubber |
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Electrical Power Requirement |
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Exxon Production Research company (Houston, Texas) Exxonmobil website |
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Emergency Planning Room |
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Emergency Preparedness and Response |
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Engine/Exhaust Pressure Ratio |
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Engineering Planning Request / Property Records |
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Environmental Program Requirements / Report |
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Equipment Performance / Problem Report |
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Explosion Protection review |
| EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EPRS |
Emergency Pipe-line Repair System |
| EPS |
Early Production System |
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Emergency Power Supply |
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Earnings Per Share |
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IMO performance standard for ECDIS |
| EPSA |
Exploration & Production Sharing Agreement |
| EPSC |
Engineering, Procurement, Supply and Construction (contract) |
| EPSCC |
Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning (contract) |
| EPSRC |
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) website |
| EPU |
Electrical Power Unit |
| EQ |
Engineering Query |
| EQD |
Emergency Quick Disconnect |
| EQDP |
Emergency Quick Disconnect Package |
| equip |
Equipment |
| E&R |
Ear & Mouth (signalling) |
| ER |
Emergency Response |
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Extended Reach |
| ERA |
European Research Area |
| ERAC |
Emergency Response Activity Center (Varna, Bulgaria, Black Sea) website |
| ERCOT |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (NERC Region, USA) |
| ERC |
Extreme Reservoir Contact |
| ERD |
Extended Reach Drilling |
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Engineering Reference Document |
| EROD |
EthoxyResorufine-O-Deethylase |
| ERP |
Emergency Response Plan |
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Enterprise Resource Planning |
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Emergency Radio Point |
| ERRI |
Emergency Response & Research Institute |
| ERRVA |
Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel Association (UK) website |
| ERT |
Emergency Response Team |
| ERW |
Electric Resistances Welding |
| ES |
Echo Sounder |
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Electrical Supply |
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Extended Spindle |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific UNESCAP website |
| ESD |
Emergency Shutdown |
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ElectroStatic Discharge |
| ESP |
Electrical Submersible Pump |
| ESDP |
Emergency Shutdown Panel |
| ESDS |
Emergency Shutdown System |
| ESDV |
Emergency Shutdown Valve |
| ESI |
Environmental Sensitivity Index |
| ESIA |
Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment |
| ESP |
Electrical Submersible Pump |
| ESS |
Environmental Stress Screening |
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Expandable Sand Screen |
| ESSA |
Emergency Systems Survivability Analysis |
| ESV |
Emergency Support Vessel |
| ESW |
Electro Slag Welding |
| ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
| ETD |
Embedded Temperature Detector |
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Estimated Time of Departure |
| ETDE |
Energy Technology Data Exchange |
| ETHRT |
Emergency Tubing Hanger Recovery Tool |
| ETLP |
Extended Tension Leg Platform |
| ETTF |
Expandable Tubular Technology Forum |
| ETRERA |
Escape. Temporary Refuge Evacuation Rescue Analysis |
| ETSF |
Electronic Trading Standard Format |
| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute website |
| ETU |
Electronic Test Unit |
| ETV |
Emergency Towing Vessel |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUG |
European Union of Geosciences (merged with European Geophysical Society EGS to found EGU) |
| EUROPIA |
European Petroleum Industry Association |
| EURONODIM |
EUROpean Network for Oceanographic Data and Information Management |
| EUT |
Equipment Under Test |
| EV |
Enterprise Value |
| EVA |
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate |
| EVST |
Enhanced Vertical Shelf Tree (Trade-Mark from FMC Technologies) |
| EW |
Exploratory Well |
| EWA |
European Water Association - website |
| EWG |
Exempt Wholesale Generator |
| EWPCA |
European Water Pollution Control Association (now called European Water Association - EWA) |
| EWT |
Extended Well Test |
| EXL |
Exploration Licence |