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| RA | Righting Arm (of a ship hull) |
| RACH | Reliability Assessment for Containment of Hazardous Materials UK/Norway research project |
| RADAR | Riser Active Data Acquisition Recorder |
| RAI | Redundant Analogue Input |
| RAM | Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (analysis) |
| RAO | Response Amplitude Operator |
| RATC | Recallable Available Transmission Capability |
| RBI | Risk Based Inspection |
| RCCB | Residual Current Circuit Breaker |
| RCSSMRS | Regional Centre for Services in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing |
| RCU | Remote Control Unit |
| RD | flame Detector |
| RDEW | Early Warning Detector of smoke |
| RDFP | Fusible Plug |
| RDH | Heat Detector thermostatic |
| RDHR | Heat rate of Rise Detector |
| RDIR | Infra Red flame Detector |
| RDIS | Ionic Smoke Detector |
| RDOS | Optical Smoke Detector |
| RDS | Smoke Detector |
| RDUI | UV/IR flame Detector |
| RDUV | UV/UV flame Detector |
| Re | Reynold number (experimental number used in fluid flow to predict the flow velocity at which turbulence will occur) |
| RE | Righting Energy (of a ship hull) |
| REMPEC | Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre, Malta (Mediterranean) |
| REMPEITC | Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and Training Centre - Wider Caribbean |
| REP | Risk Evaluation & Profiling |
| RF | Raised Face |
| Radio Frequency | |
| RFC | Ready For Commissioning |
| RFD | Fire Damper |
| RFH | Ready for Handover |
| RFO | Ready For Operation |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFSU | Ready For Start-Up |
| RFT | Repeat Formation Tester |
| RGD | Rapid Gas Decompression |
| RGIT | Royal Gordon Institute of Technology |
| RGPS | Relative Global Positioning System |
| RGPFV | (electric cable) |
| RH | Relative Humidity |
| RHI | Rigid Hull Inflatable |
| RHS | Fire Push Button |
| RIA | Robotics Industries Association (USA) www.website |
| RIN | Real-time Information Network |
| RINEX | Receiver Independent Exchange Format |
| RJ | Ring Joint |
| RK | Fire audible alarm |
| RL | Fire visual alarm |
| Return Loss | |
| RLS | Repulsive Least Squares (algorythm) |
| R&LE | Repair & Lifetime Extension |
| RMAC | Manual Alarm Call point |
| RMO | Rules for (planning and execution of) Marine Operations |
| RMP | Risk Management Program |
| RMR | Riserless Mud Recovery |
| RMS | Root Mean Square |
| RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institute (UK) |
| ROBLINK | Long Range Shallow Water ROBust Acoustic Communication LINKs |
| ROCC | Regional Oil Combating Centre |
| ROCE | Return On (average) Capital Employed |
| ROCRAM | Operative Network of Regional Co-operation among the Maritime Authorities of South America, Cuba, Mexico and Panama |
| ROCRAM-CA | Regional Co-operation on Maritime Matters (covers Central America and the Dominican Republic) see ROCRAM |
| RODC | Regional Oceanographic Data Centre |
| RODS | Reliable Operation of Downhole Systems UK/Norway research project |
| ROE | Returne On (average) Equity |
| ROIC | Return On Invested Capital |
| ROP | Rate Of Penetration |
| ROPME | Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment (Arabian Gulf) |
| ROR | Rate Of Rise |
| ROT | Remote Operated Tool |
| ROV | Remote Operated Vehicle |
| ROW | Right Of Way |
| RP | Responsible Party |
| RPC | Remote Power Controller |
| RPE | Registered professional Engineer |
| RPM | Rotation Per Minute |
| Relative Permeability Modifier | |
| Reservoir Performance Monitoring | |
| RPS | Riser Protection Structure |
| RQD | Rock Quality Designation of Rock Core |
| RRF | Risk Reduction Factor |
| RRT | Regional Response Team |
| RSAHC | ROPME Sea Area Hydrographic Commission www.webpage |
| RSC | Residual Stress Control |
| RSDP | Reduced Surface Demand Package |
| RSES | Responsible for Safety and Environment on Site |
| RSS | Rotary Steerable System |
| RT | Radiographic Testing |
| RTCM | Radio Technical Commission for Maritime resource |
| R&T | Rods & Tubing |
| RTCM- SC104 |
(Recommended format for GPS in differential mode. Differential corrections are often referred to as simply as RTCM corrections) |
| RTD | Resistance Temperature Detector |
| RTG | Regional Transmission Group |
| RTDGPS | Remote Differential GPS |
| RTK | Real-Time Kernel (computer operating system) |
| RTM | Resin Transfer Moulding |
| Riser Turret Mooring | |
| RTU | Remote Telemetry Unit |
| Real Time Unix (computer operating system) | |
| RUP | Riser Utilities Platform |
| R/V | Research Vessel |
| RV | Retainer Valve |
| RVD | Rotary Vacuum Dryer |
| RVP | Reid Vapour Pressure |
| RWDC | Restricted Work Day Case |
| RWMA | Resistance Welder Manufacturers Association (USA) www.website |
| RXT | Reservoir Exploration Technology |