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| FAC | First Aid Case | |
| FACTS | Fatigue Cracks Growth Software | |
| FAGS | Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services website | |
| FAI | Flow Alarm Indicator | |
| FAL | Flow Alarm Low | |
| FAR | Fatal Accident Rate | |
| FARM | Flare And Relief Modification | |
| FAS | Forged Alloy Steel | |
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board | |
| FAT | Factory Acceptance Test | |
| FATO | Final Approach and Take Off area | |
| FATP | Factory Test Pressure | |
| FB | Fire Brigad | |
| FBE | Fusion Bonded Epoxy | |
| FBH | Flat Bottom Hole | |
| FBS | Foundation and Bottom Structure | |
| FC | Failure code | |
| Fiber Cable | ||
| Field Craft | ||
| Fire Control | ||
| Flood/flow Control | ||
| Full Certification | ||
| Fully Connected | ||
| other meanings according to context | ||
| FCAW | Flux Cored Arc Welding | |
| FCAW-GS | Flux Cored Arc Welding with Shielding Gas | |
| FCAW-SS | Flux Cored Arc Welding without Shielding gas | |
| FCC | Fully Cellular Containership | |
| FCI | Fluid Components International (company) | |
| FCO | Financed, Constructed and Operated | |
| FCS | Forged Carbon Steel | |
| Functional Design Specification | ||
| FCM | Flow Control Module | |
| FCU | Feeder Control Unit | |
| FCV | Flow Control Valve | |
| FCW | Full Control of Well | |
| FD | Full Diameter | |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface | |
| FDIS | Final Draft International Standard (ISO) | |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access | |
| FDPSO | Floating, Drilling, Processing, Storage and Offloading (vessel ) | |
| FDS | Field Development Ship | |
| FE | Finite Element | |
| FEA | Finite Element Analysis | |
| FED | Final Energy Demand | |
| Front End Design | ||
| FEED | Front End Engineering and Design | |
| FEIS | Final Environmental Impact Statement | |
| FELCC | Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability | |
| FEM | Fédération Européenne de la Manutention | |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA) website | |
| FEP | Front End Processor | |
| FERA | Fire and Explosion Risk Analysis | |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (USA) website | |
| FF | Flat Face | |
| FFD | Full Field Development | |
| FFFP | Films Forming Fluoro-Proteins | |
| FFT | Fast Fourier Transform (algorythm) | |
| F-FTP | Foiled Foiled Twisted Pair | |
| F&G | Fire and Gas | |
| FGS | Fire and Gas System | |
| FIA | Forging Industry Association (USA) website | |
| FIC | Facility Interface Code | |
| Fault Isolation Control | ||
| Fiber Interface Card | ||
| Flame Ignition Chamber | ||
| Flow Indicator Control | ||
| Frame Identification Code | ||
| Full Installation Certification | ||
| FID | Financial Investment Decision | |
| FiFi | Fire Fighting | |
| FIFO | First In, First Out | |
| FIRTO | Fire Insurer's Research and Testing Organisation | |
| FIT | Formation Integrity Test | |
| FJ | Flush Joint | |
| FJC | Field Joint Coating | |
| FL | Fusion Line | |
| FLNG | Floating Liquid Natural Gas (production system) | |
| FLP | FlowLine Pressure | |
| FLT | FlowLine Temperature | |
| FM | Field Manager | |
| Fracture Mechanics | ||
| Frequency Modulation | ||
| FMC | Factory Mutual Corporation | |
| FMCEA | Failure Mode Cause & Effect Analysis | |
| FMD | Flooded Member Detection | |
| FMEA | Failure Mode & Effect Analysis | |
| FMECA | Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis | |
| FMIRR | Failure Mode Identification and Risks Ranking | |
| FMU | Feeder Management Unit | |
| FO | Field Operation | |
| Fuel Oil | ||
| FOB | Franco Out Board | |
| FOC | Fiber Optic Cable | |
| FOET | Further Offshore Emergency Training | |
| FON | Fiber Optic Network | |
| FOPS | Floating Offshore Production System | |
| FoS | Factor of Safety | |
| FOSC | Federal On-Scene Co-ordinator (USA) website | |
| FOST | Fast Oil Spill Team (operational base in Marseille, France) | |
| FP | Fusible Plug | |
| Final Pressure | ||
| FPA | Federal Power Act (USA) webpage | |
| FPC | Federal Power Commission (USA) replaced by FERC | |
| FPD | Fall Prevention Device | |
| FPDSO | Floating Production Drilling Storage and Offloading | |
| FPF | Floating Production Facility | |
| FPP | Floating Production Platforms | |
| FPS | Floating Production System | |
| FPSO | Floating Production Storage and Offloading | |
| FPU | Floating Production Unit | |
| FRA | Forward Rate Agreement (financial) | |
| Flood Risk Assessment | ||
| Frequency Response Analysis | ||
| FRC | Fast Rescue Craft | |
| FRED | Fire, Release, Explosion & Dispersion models (Shell) | |
| Flexible Risk Exposure Database | ||
| FROSIO | Norwegian institute for certification in protective coatings for construction materials | |
| FRP | Fiber Reinforced Polyesther | |
| FS | Full Scale | |
| FSA | Formal Safety Assessment | |
| FSC | Fail Safe Circuit / Closed | |
| Flag State Control (maritime shipping) | ||
| Fuel System Controller | ||
| Full Service Contractor | ||
| Full Systems Capability | ||
| Functional System Concept | ||
| FSH | Fond de Soutien aux Hydrocarbures (french fund for hydrocarbons related projects) | |
| Full Screen Height | ||
| Flow Switch High | ||
| FSHH | Ferrous Sulphate HeptaHydrate | |
| Flow Switch High High | ||
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying | |
| FSLL | Flow Switch Low Low | |
| FSM | Free Surface Moment (ship stability value) | |
| FSO | Floating, Storage and Offloading | |
| FSRU | Floating, Storage and Re-gasification Unit | |
| FST | Flow line connector Seal Test | |
| Forged Steel | ||
| FSV | Flow Safety Valve | |
| Field Support Vessel | ||
| FSVAD | Flag State Verification and Acceptance Document (marine vessels) | |
| FTA | Field Termination Assembly | |
| FTB | Field Terminal Block | |
| FTC | Faverdale Technology Center (British Gas, UK) | |
| Federal Trade Commission (USA) website | ||
| Field Terminal Cabinet | ||
| FTD | Flowline To Disposal | |
| FTG | 3D Full Tensor Gradiometry | |
| FTHP | Flowing Tubing Head Pressure | |
| FTP | Foiled Twisted Pair | |
| File Transfer Protocol | ||
| FTS | Functional Test Sheet | |
| Fixed Terminal System | ||
| Frequency Time Standard | ||
| FUA | Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Act of 1978 (USA) webpage | |
| Fund 71 | International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 webpage | |
| Fund 92 | 1992 Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (1971 ) webpage | |
| FWADC | Fixed Wing Aerial Dispersant Capability (Australia) | |
| FWT | Full Wellstream Tieback | |
| FXO | Foreign Exchange Office | |
| FXS | Foreign Exchange Station | |
| FYI | For Your Information |