Saudi Aramco-Int. Glossary of Acronyms,Abreviations

DeskTop Standards Common Acronyms and Abbreviations Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator

Table of Contents A...................................................................... 2 B . . . C................................................................ 5 D . . . F................................................................ 6 G . . .J................................................................. 8 K . . . M............................................................... 10 N . . . P................................................................ 11 Previous Issue: 15 June, 1996 Next Planned Update: 1 December, 1999 Revised paragraphs are indicated in the right margin

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Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

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A A/D AACE ABHD ABJF ABQQ ABSF AC AC ACI ACS

Analog/Digital American Association of Cost Engineers Abu Hadriya Abu Jifan Abqaiq Abu Sa'fah Air Conditioning, OR Alternating Current Alternating Current or Air Conditioning American Concrete Institute American Construction Society (Obsolete for Aramco Construction Specifications, which no longer exist) Activation Activation of all control activities; testing for stability, correctness of set point and repeatability within the controlled element. System velocity flushing or blow-out, and level and flow response pressure testing. Vendor services for equipment testing and, where needed, correction of deficiencies within their responsibility. Operational run-in and adjustment of all plant equipment, i.e., conveyors, mills, filters, etc., without materials and pumps with water Activity A task, or item of work, represented by a single arrow diagram. Activities are assigned durations and may or may nor require resources Activity Duration The amount of time allotted to complete an activity Actual Completion The date an activity is actually completed. Used in updating networks ADM Arrow Diagram Method ADP Aramco Design Practice (Obsolete: see SADP cancelled in Dec. 1996) ADS Applications Software Development System AEDC Award Engineering/Design Contract AEIC Association of Edison Illuminating Companies AEP Aramco Engineering Procedure (Obsolete: see SAEP) AER Arabian Engineering Report AES Aramco Engineering Standard (Obsolete: see SAES) AFBMA Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association AFC Approved for Construction; Automatic Frequency Control

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Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 AFE

AFNOR AGC AGMA AH AI AIMS AIP AISC AL AM AMC AMRS AMS AMSS AN ANDR ANSI AOA AOC AOSM AOV APD API APP APS Arrow Diagram

As of Date ASC ASCE ASCII ASHRAE ASME ASTM AT ATB AUP

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Authorization for expenditure. (An allocation taken out of a larger sum of approved money such as a Budget Item, which is to be used for a specified part of the BI.) Association Francaise de Normalization Automatic Generation Control; Associated General Contractors American Gear Manufacturers Association Arabian Heavy Crude Oil Artificial Intelligence Aramco IMS System Aramco Inspection Procedures (Obsolete: see SAIP) American Institute of Steel Contruction Arabian Light Crude Oil Arabian Medium Crude Oil; Amplitude Modulation Area Maintenance Center Advanced Mobile Radio System Aramco Materials System Catalog (Obsolete: see SAMS) Aramco Materials System Specification (Obsolete: see SAMSS) Alpha-numeric Identity, e.g., A099 'Ain Dar (Ghawar) American National Standards Institute Asian and Other Arab Employees Aramco Overseas Company Arab Organization of Standardization & Materials Air Operated Valve Automated Piping Design American Petroleum Institute Arabian Project Proposal or Associated Professional Program Applications Software A logical plan of a project, based on the technology of the project, with or without consideration of resource requirements or time. Each arrow in the diagram represents an activity and the head-to-tail relationship reflects the sequence of activity completion. The calendar date equivalent of time-now for statusing purposes. Aramco Services Company in Houston American Society of Civil Engineers American Standard Code for Information Interchange American Society of Heating, Refrig. & Air Condit. Engrs American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society for Testing and Materials Audit Team All Trunks Busy Average Unit Price Page 3 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 AWG AWO AWPA AWS AWWA

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

American Wire Gauge Additional Work Order American Wood Preservers Association American Welding Society American Water Works Association

B...C BB BDT BFO BI

BI Number BI-1900 BISR BLIND BOPD BPCD BPD BPS BRRI BSI BSIT BWPD C/R C/R CAD CADD CAMA CAO CAO CAPEX CAPEX Category CB CCC CCEI CCIR CCIS CCN CCO

Budget Brief Bulk Data Transfer Beneficial Occupany Budget Item. (A capital project of one or more jobs approved by the Board of Directors as an item in the budget and assigned a BI number) Budget Item Number Miscellaneous Capital Projects $1,000,000 or Less Budget Item Summary Report A Blank Flange Barrels of Oil Per Day Barrels Per Calendar Day Barrels Per Day Bytes Per Second Berri British Standards Institution Basit Barrels of Water Per Day Change Request Construction/Repair Computer Aided Drafting Computer Aided Drafting & Design Centralized Automatic Message Accounting Certified Acceptance by Operations Certified Acceptance by Operations Capital Expenditure Capital Expenditure A particular type of work, earthwork, substructure, etc., within a facility Control Building Commodity Classification Code Common Class Expansion Indices International Radio Cosulative Committee Common Channel Interoffice Signalling Catalog Classification Number Current Cost Outlook Page 4 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 CCOS CCS CDC CDOI CDR CDS CEC CEMA CEO CESP CESR CFP CGA CGT CGTG CIF CIS CMT CO COMM OPS COPES COS COT CP&B CPC CPCP CPD CPO CPU CRCC CRS CRT CS CSL CSSM CSUD CTI CTS Cut-Off-Date CWP

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Construction Camp Office Services Computer and Communication Services Central Dispatch Center Communications Department Operating Instructions Critical Design Review Central Dispatch System Change Evaluation Committee Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association Chief Executive Officer Conceptual Estimate Scoping Paper Computer Equipment Service Request Capital Facilities Plan Compressed Gas Association Combustion Gas Turbine Combustion Gas Turbine Generator Community and Industrial Facility Contract Information System Construction Management Team Change Order Communications Operations Department Cost Planning and Evaluation System Computer Operations and Support Character Oriented Terminal Capital Programs & Budgets Corporate Planning Committee Communications and Process Computer Planning Corporate Planning Department Corporation Planning Organization Central Processing Unit Contract Review and Cost Compliance Computerized Reporting Systems Cathode Ray Tube Construction Start Computer Security Liasion Construction Support Services Material Construction Start-up Date Cooling Tower Institute Construction Technical Support The assigned date by which the accumulation of data for a reporting period must be completed Contractor's Work Plan

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Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

D...F D-A D/C or DC DASD DAV dB dBA DBM DBSP DC DCC DCLM DCS DDD DEL DEMA DEPCO DHYN DID DILM DMMM DOBIS/LIBIS DOD DOX DP DPC DPSR DRP DS DSI DTRC Duration DUV DVD DWT E&M EAI EAP EDM EDP EFP EI

Digitial to Analog Direct Charge Direct Access Storage Device Data Above Voice Decibel Decibels using the A-Weighted scale Design Basis Memorandum Design Basis Scoping Paper Direct Current Disaster Control Center Direct Charge List of Materials Distributed Control System Direct Distance Dial Direct Exchange Line Diesel Engineer Manufacturers Association Dammam Electric Power Company Duhaynah Direct Inward Dialing Dilam Dammam Dortmunder Bibliothekssystem/Leuvens Integraal Bibliotheek System Direct Onward Dialing Direct Overhead Expense Dial Pulse; Data Processing Destination Point Code Data Processing Service Request Distributions Requirement Planning Data Store Digital Speech Interpretation Dial Tone Delay Recorder The Time Allotted to Complete An Activity Data Under Voice Dedicated Voice Dispatch Dead Weight Tons Signaling Leads (E = Rec: M = Trans) Electronic Industries Association Educational Assistance Program Engineering Department Manual Electronic Data Processing Extremely High Frequency. 30-300 Gigahertz End Item Page 6 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 EIA EIS EMI EOS EPI EPP ER ERA ERC ERL ESD ESO ESP ETA Event EWA EWO EXCOM EXPEC F/L FAB FAT FDHL FDM FDS FIT FM FMR FOB Format FOT FPD FPE FR&P FRHH FRR FSD FSS FZRN

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Electronic Industries Association Equipment Inspection Schedule Electromagnetic Interference Executive Office Services; Engineering Office Statistics Engineering Program Item (Part of Engineering Study Program) Engineering Proposed Projects Expenditure Request Expenditure Request Approval Expenditure Request Completion Echo Return Loss Emergency Shutdown Engineering Services Organization OR Eng'rg Service Order Engineering Study Program Estimated Time of Arrival (e.g., personnel, material) A Starting or Ending Point of an Activity. A Node Extra Work Authorization Engineering Work Order Executive Committee Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center Flowline Fabricate Factory Acceptance Test Fadhili Frequency Division Multiplexing Final Decision Specification Functional Integration Team Frequency Modulation Field Material Requisition Free On Board An Ordering of Fields or Words Fiber Optic Transmission Facilities Planning Department Fair Price Estimate Form, Rebar and Pour Farhah Field Reciving Record Functional Specification Document Functional System Specification Fazran (Ghawar)

G . . .J Gantt GAO

Bar Chart, Time Scaled Government Affairs Organization Page 7 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 GART GASMO GESC GI GIP GOR GOS GOSP GPF GPR GSPD GTC H2S HABA HD HF HLWH HOV HPP HPPT HPTT HRDH HRML HVAC HWTH HWYH Hz HZMY I/O IBN IBPS ICD ICEA ICOM IDP IEC IEEE IF IFB IK ILD IM IMS

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Gas Line Abqaiq - Ras Tanura Gulf Arab Standards and Measurement Organization General Engineering Services Contract General Instruction Gas Injection Plant Gas to Oil Ratio Grade of Service Gas Oil Separation Plant General Planning Forecast General Service Potential Rise General Service Plant Depreciation Good 'Til Cancelled (see Backorder) Hydrogen Sulfide El Haba Heavy Density High Frequency (3-30 Megahertz) Hilwah Hydraulic Operated Valve Hague Project Proposal High-Pressure Production Trap High-Pressure Test Trap Haradh (Ghawar) Harmaliyah Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Hawtah Hawiyah (Ghawar) Hertz (unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second) Hazmiyah Input/Output Institute Beige de Normalization Intermediate Booster Pump Station Interface Control Document Insulated Cable Engineers Association Interleaved Computer Microfiche (report) Individual Development Plan International Electrotechnical Commission Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Intermediate Frequency Issue for Bid In-Kingdom Instrument Loop Diagram Intermodulation Information Management System (IBM Software Package) Page 8 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 IMTS IPPT IPS ISA ISLT ITC ITD ITEA IU J-Node JCC JCL JIS JO JOB JPS

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Improved Mobile Telephone System Intermediate-Pressure Production Trap Intermediate Pump Station Instrument Society of America Indian Spring Low Tide Industrial Training Course; Indicated Total Cost Industrial Transportation Department Indefinite Term Employment Agreement Issue Unit The Number Assigned to the end of An Activity Arrow Job Clearance Cards Job Control Language (Computer Application) Japanese Standards Association Job Order Synonym for Project Job Progress Steps (Saudi 3-10 Training Job Codes)

K...M KHRS KO Drum KRSN L/M LAN LDF LDOR LED LLP LNG LPG LPPT LRP LS LSPM LSTK LT LWHH M/E mA MAER MARS MATICS MBCD

Khurais Knockout Drum Khursaniyah List of Materials Local Area Network Laid Down in Field Local Delivery Order and Receipt Light Emitting Diode Last Landed Price Liquified Natural Gas Liquified Petroleum Gas (Propane and Butane) Low-Pressure Production Trap Long-Range Planning Lump Sum Lump Sum Procure/Build Lump-Sum Turnkey (Contract) Lead Time Lawbah (Marjan) Mechanical/Electrical Milliampere Mandatory Aramco Engineering Requirement (Obsolete: see MSAER) Material Reservation Systems Materials Inventory Control System Thousand (M) Barrels Per Calendar Day Page 9 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 MBD MBOD MBPC MCC MCD MD&OC MFCL MHRH MICA MINI-CATS Minutes MMI MMSCFD MNIF MOSAIC MOV MPTA MPU MRF MRJN MRO MRO MSAER MSE MSIS MSO MSS MTBF MTO MTS MTTF MTTR MVC MW MWO MWP MZLJ

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Thousand Barrels Per Day Thousand Barrels Per Operating Day Major Bid Package Complete Mechanical Completion Certificate Materials Control Department Management Development & Organization Committee Material Flow Control List Maharah (Marjan) Materials Investment Control Analyst The SAMS Catalog on Microfiche The Official Record of the Proceeding of a Meeting Man-Machine Interface Million (MM) Standard Cubic Feet Per Day Manifa Materials On Order Status Analysis Information & Costing Motor Operated Valve Mechanical Power Transmission Association Monthly Project Update (Report) Manpower Requirements Forecast Marjan An estimate of future MORO material usage forecast Maintenance, Repair and Operations Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirement (Replaces obsolete MAER) Materials System Enhancements II-4 Project Material Supply Information Systems Materials Supply Organization Manuf. Standard. Society of the Valve & Fittings Industry Mean Time Between Failures Material Take-Off Material Teleprocessing System Mean Time To Failure Mean Time to Repair Motor Vehicle Collision Microwave (Telephone Communication/Transmission/Medium) Maintenance Work Order Major Work Phase Majalij

N...P NACE NAOO NCR

National Association of Corrosion Engineers Northern Area Oil Operations Non-Conformance Report Page 10 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 NDE NEC NESC NFPA NFU NGL NGLC NMC NOCC Node NSD NYYM O&R OAT OCIMF OCMA OGOEAD OH OIO OO OOK OPAC ORGANIGRAM OS OSP OSPAS OTK P&IC P&ID P&T P/E P/L PAC PAER

PATIS PBISR

PC PCA PCB

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Net Direct Expenditure or Non-Destructive Examination National Electric Code National Electric Safety Code National Fire Protection Association No Foreseable Use Natural-Gas Liquids Natural-Gas Liquids Center Network Maintenance Center Network Operations Control Center The number assigned to an event National Subscriber Dialing Nuayyim Overhaul and Repair Operational Availability Test Oil Companies International Marine Forum Oil Companies Materials Association Oil and Gas Operations Exploration Applications Division On Hand Quantity Operational Investment Overhead On Order Quantity Out-of-Kingdom Online Public Access Catalog Organization Diagram On-Stream. (Operational and in use) Outside Project; Oil Supply Planning & Scheduling Oil Supply Planning and Scheduling Department Oil Tank Purchasing and Inventory Control Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams Purchasing and Traffic Project Engineer or Planning Engineer Pipeline Planning Advisory Committee Prior Approval Expenditure Request. (Funding for the purchase of long-lead critical material items and definitive engineering design.) Purchasing and Traffic Information System Proposal Budget Item Summary Report. (This report is prepared by the Department Manager to Executive Management indicating status of a project during project proposal phase.) Personal Computer or Prime Contractor Portland Cement Association Printed Circuit Board Page 11 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 PCC PCPDB PCR PCS PDM PDP PDR PEM PEO PEP PERT PES PETROMIN PFC PFD PIB PID PIR PLC PM PM&C PMC PMSD PMSO PMT PO # POM PP PPM PPOSAD PPU PR PRE-FAT Project PS PSCC PSD PSE PSI PSIA PTA PUNCH LIST PVC

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Powder Control Center Process Computer Project Definition Book Project Change Request Project Completion Schedule Precedence Diagram Method Professional Development Program Preliminary Design Review Project Execution Manual Prime Engineering Office. Responsible for the Design of a Project Project Execution Plan Program Evaluation and Review Techniques Proposal Engineering Statistic (report) Petroleum and Mineral Predicted Final Cost Process Flow Diagram Process Interface Building Proportional Integral Derivative Projects Inspection Report Power Line Carrier; Programmable Logic Controller Project Manager; Project Management Project Management & Construction Project Management Contract Project Material Supplies Department Project Material Services Organization Project Management Team Purchase Order Number Pipeline Operations Module Project Proposal Parts Per Million Projects, Power & Operations Services Applications Division Project Planning Update Report Purchase Requisition Pre-Factory Acceptance Test A complete and logical grouping of activities and tasks Pumping Station Plant Security Computing Center Project Support Division Planning/Scheduling Engineer Pounds Per Square Inch Pounds Per Square Inch Atmospheric Purchasing Traffic and Accounting Exception Item List Polyvinylchloride Page 12 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 pW PWAC PWE PWRR

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

pico Watt Present Worth of Annual Charges Present Worth of Expenditures Present Worth of Revenue Requirements

Q...S QA QA/QC QC QIRD QR QTIF QTR QUERY ID R/P RAM RC RCA RCS RFI RFQ RGHB RJE RMLH RMTN RO ROM RPD RRE RSB RSCC RSI RTD RTSA RTU Run Date RVL SA&E SA-POM SACC SACE SADM

Quality Assurance Quality Assurance/Quality Control Quality Control Qirdi Quotation Request; Qualification Record Qatif Quarter (pertaining to segment of year) A three character transaction ID Request for Purchase Random Access Memory Reimbursable Cost Required Corrective Action Remote Computer System; Remote Console Software Radio Frequency Interference or Request For Inspection Request for Quotation Raghib Remote Job Entry (Computer Application) Ramlah Rimthan Reverse Osmosis Read Only Memory Resources Planning Department Receiving Reference Equivalent Repair Service Bureau Regional Security Computer Center Request for Shipping Instruction Resistance Temperature Detector Real-Time Security Analysis Remote Terminal Unit The date the network is run on the computer Restricted Vendor List Scheduling Analysis & Evaluation Unit (P&SD-RPD) Stand Alone Pipeline Operations Modules Saudi Aramco Construction Camp Saudi Aramco Cost Engineering Saudi Aramco Drafting Manual

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Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 SADP SAEP SAER SAES SAG SAIMS SAIP SALM SAMCOM SAMS SAMSS SAO SAOO SAPD SAPMIS SAPMT SAS SASD SASO SAT SBGM SC SCA SCADA SCECO SCPC SDD SDGM SFC SFNY SG SHF SHRR SHYB SI SIS SMCAU SMF SMG SMO

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Saudi Aramco Design Practices (Obsolete. All SADPs cancelled in December, 1996.) Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedures (Replaces obsolete AEP) Saudi Arabian Engineering Report (Replaces obsolete AER) Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards (Replaces obsolete AES) Saudi Arab Government Saudi Aramco Information Management System Saudi Aramco Inspection Procedures (Replaces obsolete AIP) Saudi Aramco Lubricating Manual Saudi Arabian Manpower Committee Saudi Aramco Materials System Catalog (Replaces obsolete AMS) Saudi Aramco Materials System Specifications (Replaces obsolete AMSS) Saudi Arabian Organization Southern Area Oil Operations Saudi Aramco Purchasing Department Saudi Aramco Project Management Information System Saudi Aramco Project Mangement Team Saudi Arabian Standards Saudi Aramco Standard Drawings Saudi Arabian Standards Organization Site Acceptance Test Saudi Aramco Bottled Gas Manual Sub-Contract or Sanitary Code Standard Code of Accounts Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition Saudi Consolidated Electric Company Single Channel Per Carrier System Design Document Shedgum (Ghawar) Short Form Contract Safaniya Super Group of 60 Channels Super High Frequency, 3-30 Gigahertz Sharar Shaybah System Internationale (International System of Units, Metric System) Supplier Information System Supplementary Manpower Contract Administration Unit Systems Management Facility Super Master Group = 15 SG = 900 Channels Supplementary Manpower Organization Page 14 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 SOE SPC SPCR SPE SPM SRC SRE SSD SSPC Statis STC STO Stock No. STS SUD Supertanker SWA SWCC SWL

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Sequence of Events Stored Program Control Steam Power Plant Control Room Senior Project Engineer Single Point Mooring Services Review Committee Sending Reference Equivalent Saudi Safety/Security Directives from SAG Steel Structures Painting Council Activity Completion Level at a Given Point in Time Specified Term Contract Stock Oil Tank SAMS Catalog Number Standard Telephone System Start-up Date VLCC Single Wire Armoured (cable sheath) Saline Water Conversion Corporation Static Water Level

T...Z T&I T/C T/O TAP (Line) TC TDM TDMA TEG TEMA TFS Time Zero TLC TLT TLX TMG TPG TPP TPT TRF TRT TSI TSO

Testing and Inspection Thermocouple Take-Off Sheets for Construction Materials Trans Arabian Pipeline Type Code Time Division Multiplexing Time Division Multiple Access Thermo-Electric Generator Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association Total Field Supply First day of a Project upon which work will be accomplished Total Landed Cost Total Lead Time Transportation and Living Expense Trans Mercator Grid Thermo-Powered Generator Texas Project Proposal Telephone, Posts and Telegraph Transfer Technical Review Team Technical Study Item (Part of the Engineering Study Program) Time Sharing Option (Computer Application) Page 15 of 16

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator Issue Date: 1 December, 1996 Next Update: 1 December, 1999 UHF UL UPS UTMN VAC VDC VHF VLCC VO VOD VPC WARM WIP WIP WIPS WISPS WO Workovers WOS WRDH WRIH ZULF 1-Node

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Ultra High Frequency Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Uninterruptible Power Supply 'Uthmaniyah (Ghawar) Volts Alternating Current Volts Direct Current Very High Frequency Very Large Crude Carrier (Supertanker) Voucher Valve Operating Diagram Volts Per Cell Weekly Automatic Requisition for Material Water Injection Plant Work-In-Progress Water Injection Pump Station Water Injection Supply Pump Station Maintenance Work Order or Workover Well Repairs Water-Oil Separator Haradh (Ghawar) Wari'ah Zuluf (Zuluf) The Number Assigned to the Beginning of Activity Arrow

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