

Dates in 2010
21-24 Sept - Aberdeen
2-5 Nov - Houston
| Glossary | |
| auv - autonomous underwater vehicle bcm - billion cubic metres b/d - barrels per day bw/d - barrels of water per day bnbbls - billion barrels of reserves bboe - billion barrels of oil equivalent BOP - blowout preventor bw/d - barrels of water per day capex - capital/development expenditure CEO/CFO/COO - chief executive/financial/operating officer CNG - compressed natural gas CS - continental shelf (as in UKCS, Norwegian CS, Outer...) dp - dynamic positioning dhp - downhole hydraulic pump dlb - derrick/laybarge dsv - diving support vessel DW - deepwater €- euro EOR/IOR - enhanced/improved oil recovery EPC - engineering, procurement and construction EPCI - engineering, procurement, construction and installation esp - electric submersible pump FEED - front end engineering and design flexi-pipe - flexible pipe (either riser or flowlines) fpso - floating production storage and offloading unit fps - floating production system fsru - floating regasification unit (for LNG) fsu/fso - floating storage/and offloading unit HP/T - high pressure and temperature HXT or H-tree - horizontal subsea xmas tree | IWOCS - intervention and workover control system |