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DeskTop Standards
Common Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Previous Issue: 15 June, 1996 Next Planned Update: 1 December, 1999
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Issue Date: 1 December, 1996
Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table of Contents
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A
A/D Analog/Digital
AACE American Association of Cost Engineers
ABHD Abu Hadriya
ABJF Abu Jifan
ABQQ Abqaiq
ABSF Abu Sa'fah
AC Air Conditioning, OR Alternating Current
AC Alternating Current or Air Conditioning
ACI American Concrete Institute
ACS 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
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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
AFE 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.)
AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalization
AGC Automatic Generation Control; Associated General Contractors
AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association
AH Arabian Heavy Crude Oil
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIMS Aramco IMS System
AIP Aramco Inspection Procedures (Obsolete: see SAIP)
AISC American Institute of Steel Contruction
AL Arabian Light Crude Oil
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AM Arabian Medium Crude Oil; Amplitude Modulation
AMC Area Maintenance Center
AMRS Advanced Mobile Radio System
AMS Aramco Materials System Catalog (Obsolete: see SAMS)
AMSS Aramco Materials System Specification (Obsolete: see SAMSS)
AN Alpha-numeric Identity, e.g., A099
ANDR 'Ain Dar (Ghawar)
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOA Asian and Other Arab Employees
AOC Aramco Overseas Company
AOSM Arab Organization of Standardization & Materials
AOV Air Operated Valve
APD Automated Piping Design
API American Petroleum Institute
APP Arabian Project Proposal or Associated Professional Program
APS Applications Software
Arrow Diagram 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.
As of Date The calendar date equivalent of time-now for statusing purposes.
ASC Aramco Services Company in Houston
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ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrig. & Air Condit. Engrs
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
AT Audit Team
ATB All Trunks Busy
AUP Average Unit Price
AWG American Wire Gauge
AWO Additional Work Order
AWPA American Wood Preservers Association
AWS American Welding Society
AWWA American Water Works Association
B...C
BB Budget Brief
BDT Bulk Data Transfer
BFO Beneficial Occupany
BI 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)
BI Number Budget Item Number
BI-1900 Miscellaneous Capital Projects $1,000,000 or Less
BISR Budget Item Summary Report
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BLIND A Blank Flange
BOPD Barrels of Oil Per Day
BPCD Barrels Per Calendar Day
BPD Barrels Per Day
BPS Bytes Per Second
BRRI Berri
BSI British Standards Institution
BSIT Basit
BWPD Barrels of Water Per Day
C/R Change Request
C/R Construction/Repair
CAD Computer Aided Drafting
CADD Computer Aided Drafting & Design
CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting
CAO Certified Acceptance by Operations
CAO Certified Acceptance by Operations
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
CAPEX Capital Expenditure
Category A particular type of work, earthwork, substructure, etc., within a

facility
CB Control Building
CCC Commodity Classification Code
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CCEI Common Class Expansion Indices
CCIR International Radio Cosulative Committee
CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signalling
CCN Catalog Classification Number
CCO Current Cost Outlook
CCOS Construction Camp Office Services
CCS Computer and Communication Services
CDC Central Dispatch Center
CDOI Communications Department Operating Instructions
CDR Critical Design Review
CDS Central Dispatch System
CEC Change Evaluation Committee
CEMA Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CESP Conceptual Estimate Scoping Paper
CESR Computer Equipment Service Request
CFP Capital Facilities Plan
CGA Compressed Gas Association
CGT Combustion Gas Turbine
CGTG Combustion Gas Turbine Generator
CIF Community and Industrial Facility
CIS Contract Information System
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CMT Construction Management Team
CO Change Order
COMM OPS Communications Operations Department
COPES Cost Planning and Evaluation System
COS Computer Operations and Support
COT Character Oriented Terminal
CP&B Capital Programs & Budgets
CPC Corporate Planning Committee
CPCP Communications and Process Computer Planning
CPD Corporate Planning Department
CPO Corporation Planning Organization
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRCC Contract Review and Cost Compliance
CRS Computerized Reporting Systems
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CS Construction Start
CSL Computer Security Liasion
CSSM Construction Support Services Material
CSUD Construction Start-up Date
CTI Cooling Tower Institute
CTS Construction Technical Support
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Cut-Off-Date The assigned date by which the accumulation of data for a

reporting period must be completed
CWP Contractor's Work Plan
D...F
D-A Digitial to Analog
D/C or DC Direct Charge
DASD Direct Access Storage Device
DAV Data Above Voice
dB Decibel
dBA Decibels using the A-Weighted scale
DBM Design Basis Memorandum
DBSP Design Basis Scoping Paper
DC Direct Current
DCC Disaster Control Center
DCLM Direct Charge List of Materials
DCS Distributed Control System
DDD Direct Distance Dial
DEL Direct Exchange Line
DEMA Diesel Engineer Manufacturers Association
DEPCO Dammam Electric Power Company
DHYN Duhaynah
DID Direct Inward Dialing
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DILM Dilam
DMMM Dammam
DOBIS/LIBIS Dortmunder Bibliothekssystem/Leuvens Integraal Bibliotheek

System
DOD Direct Onward Dialing
DOX Direct Overhead Expense
DP Dial Pulse; Data Processing
DPC Destination Point Code
DPSR Data Processing Service Request
DRP Distributions Requirement Planning
DS Data Store
DSI Digital Speech Interpretation
DTRC Dial Tone Delay Recorder
Duration The Time Allotted to Complete An Activity
DUV Data Under Voice
DVD Dedicated Voice Dispatch
DWT Dead Weight Tons
E&M Signaling Leads (E = Rec: M = Trans)
EAI Electronic Industries Association
EAP Educational Assistance Program
EDM Engineering Department Manual
EDP Electronic Data Processing
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EFP Extremely High Frequency. 30-300 Gigahertz
EI End Item
EIA Electronic Industries Association
EIS Equipment Inspection Schedule
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EOS Executive Office Services; Engineering Office Statistics
EPI Engineering Program Item (Part of Engineering Study Program)
EPP Engineering Proposed Projects
ER Expenditure Request
ERA Expenditure Request Approval
ERC Expenditure Request Completion
ERL Echo Return Loss
ESD Emergency Shutdown
ESO Engineering Services Organization OR Eng'rg Service Order
ESP Engineering Study Program
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival (e.g., personnel, material)
Event A Starting or Ending Point of an Activity. A Node
EWA Extra Work Authorization
EWO Engineering Work Order
EXCOM Executive Committee
EXPEC Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center
F/L Flowline
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FAB Fabricate
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FDHL Fadhili
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDS Final Decision Specification
FIT Functional Integration Team
FM Frequency Modulation
FMR Field Material Requisition
FOB Free On Board
Format An Ordering of Fields or Words
FOT Fiber Optic Transmission
FPD Facilities Planning Department
FPE Fair Price Estimate
FR&P Form, Rebar and Pour
FRHH Farhah
FRR Field Reciving Record
FSD Functional Specification Document
FSS Functional System Specification
FZRN Fazran (Ghawar)
G . . .J
Gantt Bar Chart, Time Scaled
GAO Government Affairs Organization
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GART Gas Line Abqaiq - Ras Tanura
GASMO Gulf Arab Standards and Measurement Organization
GESC General Engineering Services Contract
GI General Instruction
GIP Gas Injection Plant
GOR Gas to Oil Ratio
GOS Grade of Service
GOSP Gas Oil Separation Plant
GPF General Planning Forecast
GPR General Service Potential Rise
GSPD General Service Plant Depreciation
GTC Good 'Til Cancelled (see Backorder)
H2S Hydrogen Sulfide
HABA El Haba
HD Heavy Density
HF High Frequency (3-30 Megahertz)
HLWH Hilwah
HOV Hydraulic Operated Valve
HPP Hague Project Proposal
HPPT High-Pressure Production Trap
HPTT High-Pressure Test Trap
HRDH Haradh (Ghawar)
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HRML Harmaliyah
HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
HWTH Hawtah
HWYH Hawiyah (Ghawar)
Hz Hertz (unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second)
HZMY Hazmiyah
I/O Input/Output
IBN Institute Beige de Normalization
IBPS Intermediate Booster Pump Station
ICD Interface Control Document
ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association
ICOM Interleaved Computer Microfiche (report)
IDP Individual Development Plan
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IF Intermediate Frequency
IFB Issue for Bid
IK In-Kingdom
ILD Instrument Loop Diagram
IM Intermodulation
IMS Information Management System (IBM Software Package)
IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone System
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IPPT Intermediate-Pressure Production Trap
IPS Intermediate Pump Station
ISA Instrument Society of America
ISLT Indian Spring Low Tide
ITC Industrial Training Course; Indicated Total Cost
ITD Industrial Transportation Department
ITEA Indefinite Term Employment Agreement
IU Issue Unit
J-Node The Number Assigned to the end of An Activity Arrow
JCC Job Clearance Cards
JCL Job Control Language (Computer Application)
JIS Japanese Standards Association
JO Job Order
JOB Synonym for Project
JPS Job Progress Steps (Saudi 3-10 Training Job Codes)
K...M
KHRS Khurais
KO Drum Knockout Drum
KRSN Khursaniyah
L/M List of Materials
LAN Local Area Network
LDF Laid Down in Field
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LDOR Local Delivery Order and Receipt
LED Light Emitting Diode
LLP Last Landed Price
LNG Liquified Natural Gas
LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas (Propane and Butane)
LPPT Low-Pressure Production Trap
LRP Long-Range Planning
LS Lump Sum
LSPM Lump Sum Procure/Build
LSTK Lump-Sum Turnkey (Contract)
LT Lead Time
LWHH Lawbah (Marjan)
M/E Mechanical/Electrical
mA Milliampere
MAER Mandatory Aramco Engineering Requirement (Obsolete: see

MSAER)
MARS Material Reservation Systems
MATICS Materials Inventory Control System
MBCD Thousand (M) Barrels Per Calendar Day
MBD Thousand Barrels Per Day
MBOD Thousand Barrels Per Operating Day
MBPC Major Bid Package Complete
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MCC Mechanical Completion Certificate
MCD Materials Control Department
MD&OC Management Development & Organization Committee
MFCL Material Flow Control List
MHRH Maharah (Marjan)
MICA Materials Investment Control Analyst
MINI-CATS The SAMS Catalog on Microfiche
Minutes The Official Record of the Proceeding of a Meeting
MMI Man-Machine Interface
MMSCFD Million (MM) Standard Cubic Feet Per Day
MNIF Manifa
MOSAIC Materials On Order Status Analysis Information & Costing
MOV Motor Operated Valve
MPTA Mechanical Power Transmission Association
MPU Monthly Project Update (Report)
MRF Manpower Requirements Forecast
MRJN Marjan
MRO An estimate of future MORO material usage forecast
MRO Maintenance, Repair and Operations
MSAER Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirement (Replaces

obsolete MAER)
MSE Materials System Enhancements II-4 Project
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MSIS Material Supply Information Systems
MSO Materials Supply Organization
MSS Manuf. Standard. Society of the Valve & Fittings Industry
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTO Material Take-Off
MTS Material Teleprocessing System
MTTF Mean Time To Failure
MTTR Mean Time to Repair
MVC Motor Vehicle Collision
MW Microwave (Telephone Communication/Transmission/Medium)
MWO Maintenance Work Order
MWP Major Work Phase
MZLJ Majalij
N...P
NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NAOO Northern Area Oil Operations
NCR Non-Conformance Report
NDE Net Direct Expenditure or Non-Destructive Examination
NEC National Electric Code
NESC National Electric Safety Code
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NFU No Foreseable Use
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NGL Natural-Gas Liquids
NGLC Natural-Gas Liquids Center
NMC Network Maintenance Center
NOCC Network Operations Control Center
Node The number assigned to an event
NSD National Subscriber Dialing
NYYM Nuayyim
O&R Overhaul and Repair
OAT Operational Availability Test
OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum
OCMA Oil Companies Materials Association
OGOEAD Oil and Gas Operations Exploration Applications Division
OH On Hand Quantity
OIO Operational Investment Overhead
OO On Order Quantity
OOK Out-of-Kingdom
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog
ORGANIGRAM Organization Diagram
OS On-Stream. (Operational and in use)
OSP Outside Project; Oil Supply Planning & Scheduling
OSPAS Oil Supply Planning and Scheduling Department
OTK Oil Tank
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P&IC Purchasing and Inventory Control
P&ID Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
P&T Purchasing and Traffic
P/E Project Engineer or Planning Engineer
P/L Pipeline
PAC Planning Advisory Committee
PAER Prior Approval Expenditure Request. (Funding for the purchase of

long-lead critical material items and definitive engineering
design.)
PATIS Purchasing and Traffic Information System
PBISR 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.)
PC Personal Computer or Prime Contractor
PCA Portland Cement Association
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCC Powder Control Center
PCPDB Process Computer Project Definition Book
PCR Project Change Request
PCS Project Completion Schedule
PDM Precedence Diagram Method
PDP Professional Development Program
PDR Preliminary Design Review
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PEM Project Execution Manual
PEO Prime Engineering Office. Responsible for the Design of a Project
PEP Project Execution Plan
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Techniques
PES Proposal Engineering Statistic (report)
PETROMIN Petroleum and Mineral
PFC Predicted Final Cost
PFD Process Flow Diagram
PIB Process Interface Building
PID Proportional Integral Derivative
PIR Projects Inspection Report
PLC Power Line Carrier; Programmable Logic Controller
PM Project Manager; Project Management
PM&C Project Management & Construction
PMC Project Management Contract
PMSD Project Material Supplies Department
PMSO Project Material Services Organization
PMT Project Management Team
PO # Purchase Order Number
POM Pipeline Operations Module
PP Project Proposal
PPM Parts Per Million
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PPOSAD Projects, Power & Operations Services Applications Division
PPU Project Planning Update Report
PR Purchase Requisition
PRE-FAT Pre-Factory Acceptance Test
Project A complete and logical grouping of activities and tasks
PS Pumping Station
PSCC Plant Security Computing Center
PSD Project Support Division
PSE Planning/Scheduling Engineer
PSI Pounds Per Square Inch
PSIA Pounds Per Square Inch Atmospheric
PTA Purchasing Traffic and Accounting
PUNCH LIST Exception Item List
PVC Polyvinylchloride
pW pico Watt
PWAC Present Worth of Annual Charges
PWE Present Worth of Expenditures
PWRR Present Worth of Revenue Requirements
Q...S
QA Quality Assurance
QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control
QC Quality Control
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QIRD Qirdi
QR Quotation Request; Qualification Record
QTIF Qatif
QTR Quarter (pertaining to segment of year)
QUERY ID A three character transaction ID
R/P Request for Purchase
RAM Random Access Memory
RC Reimbursable Cost
RCA Required Corrective Action
RCS Remote Computer System; Remote Console Software
RFI Radio Frequency Interference or Request For Inspection
RFQ Request for Quotation
RGHB Raghib
RJE Remote Job Entry (Computer Application)
RMLH Ramlah
RMTN Rimthan
RO Reverse Osmosis
ROM Read Only Memory
RPD Resources Planning Department
RRE Receiving Reference Equivalent
RSB Repair Service Bureau
RSCC Regional Security Computer Center
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RSI Request for Shipping Instruction
RTD Resistance Temperature Detector
RTSA Real-Time Security Analysis
RTU Remote Terminal Unit
Run Date The date the network is run on the computer
RVL Restricted Vendor List
SA&E Scheduling Analysis & Evaluation Unit (P&SD-RPD)
SA-POM Stand Alone Pipeline Operations Modules
SACC Saudi Aramco Construction Camp
SACE Saudi Aramco Cost Engineering
SADM Saudi Aramco Drafting Manual
SADP Saudi Aramco Design Practices (Obsolete. All SADPs cancelled in

December, 1996.)
SAEP Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedures (Replaces obsolete AEP)
SAER Saudi Arabian Engineering Report (Replaces obsolete AER)
SAES Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards (Replaces obsolete AES)
SAG Saudi Arab Government
SAIMS Saudi Aramco Information Management System
SAIP Saudi Aramco Inspection Procedures (Replaces obsolete AIP)
SALM Saudi Aramco Lubricating Manual
SAMCOM Saudi Arabian Manpower Committee
SAMS Saudi Aramco Materials System Catalog (Replaces obsolete AMS)
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SAMSS Saudi Aramco Materials System Specifications (Replaces obsolete

AMSS)
SAO Saudi Arabian Organization
SAOO Southern Area Oil Operations
SAPD Saudi Aramco Purchasing Department
SAPMIS Saudi Aramco Project Management Information System
SAPMT Saudi Aramco Project Mangement Team
SAS Saudi Arabian Standards
SASD Saudi Aramco Standard Drawings
SASO Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
SAT Site Acceptance Test
SBGM Saudi Aramco Bottled Gas Manual
SC Sub-Contract or Sanitary Code
SCA Standard Code of Accounts
SCADA Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition
SCECO Saudi Consolidated Electric Company
SCPC Single Channel Per Carrier
SDD System Design Document
SDGM Shedgum (Ghawar)
SFC Short Form Contract
SFNY Safaniya
SG Super Group of 60 Channels
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SHF Super High Frequency, 3-30 Gigahertz
SHRR Sharar
SHYB Shaybah
SI System Internationale (International System of Units, Metric

System)
SIS Supplier Information System
SMCAU Supplementary Manpower Contract Administration Unit
SMF Systems Management Facility
SMG Super Master Group = 15 SG = 900 Channels
SMO Supplementary Manpower Organization
SOE Sequence of Events
SPC Stored Program Control
SPCR Steam Power Plant Control Room
SPE Senior Project Engineer
SPM Single Point Mooring
SRC Services Review Committee
SRE Sending Reference Equivalent
SSD Saudi Safety/Security Directives from SAG
SSPC Steel Structures Painting Council
Statis Activity Completion Level at a Given Point in Time
STC Specified Term Contract
STO Stock Oil Tank
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Stock No. SAMS Catalog Number
STS Standard Telephone System
SUD Start-up Date
Supertanker VLCC
SWA Single Wire Armoured (cable sheath)
SWCC Saline Water Conversion Corporation
SWL Static Water Level
T...Z
T&I Testing and Inspection
T/C Thermocouple
T/O Take-Off Sheets for Construction Materials
TAP (Line) Trans Arabian Pipeline
TC Type Code
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TEG Thermo-Electric Generator
TEMA Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association
TFS Total Field Supply
Time Zero First day of a Project upon which work will be accomplished
TLC Total Landed Cost
TLT Total Lead Time
TLX Transportation and Living Expense
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TMG Trans Mercator Grid
TPG Thermo-Powered Generator
TPP Texas Project Proposal
TPT Telephone, Posts and Telegraph
TRF Transfer
TRT Technical Review Team
TSI Technical Study Item (Part of the Engineering Study Program)
TSO Time Sharing Option (Computer Application)
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UL Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
UTMN 'Uthmaniyah (Ghawar)
VAC Volts Alternating Current
VDC Volts Direct Current
VHF Very High Frequency
VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier (Supertanker)
VO Voucher
VOD Valve Operating Diagram
VPC Volts Per Cell
WARM Weekly Automatic Requisition for Material
WIP Water Injection Plant
WIP Work-In-Progress
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WIPS Water Injection Pump Station
WISPS Water Injection Supply Pump Station
WO Maintenance Work Order or Workover
Workovers Well Repairs
WOS Water-Oil Separator
WRDH Haradh (Ghawar)
WRIH Wari'ah
ZULF Zuluf (Zuluf)
1-Node The Number Assigned to the Beginning of Activity Arrow
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DeskTop Standards

Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Document Responsibility: Standards Coordinator

Previous Issue: 15 June, 1996 Next Planned Update: 1 December, 1999

Revised paragraphs are indicated in the right margin Page 1 of 30

Issue Date: 1 December, 1996

Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Issue Date: 1 December, 1996

Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

AACE American Association of Cost Engineers

ABHD Abu Hadriya

ABJF Abu Jifan

ABSF Abu Sa'fah

AC Air Conditioning, OR Alternating Current

AC Alternating Current or Air Conditioning

ACI American Concrete Institute

ACS American Construction Society (Obsolete for Aramco Construction

Activation Activation of all control activities; testing for stability, correctness

Activity A task, or item of work, represented by a single arrow diagram.

Activity Duration The amount of time allotted to complete an activity

Actual Completion The date an activity is actually completed. Used in updating

Issue Date: 1 December, 1996

Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

ADM Arrow Diagram Method

ADP Aramco Design Practice (Obsolete: see SADP cancelled in Dec.

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

AFE Authorization for expenditure. (An allocation taken out of a larger

AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalization

AGC Automatic Generation Control; Associated General Contractors

AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association

AH Arabian Heavy Crude Oil

AIMS Aramco IMS System

AIP Aramco Inspection Procedures (Obsolete: see SAIP)

AISC American Institute of Steel Contruction

AL Arabian Light Crude Oil

Issue Date: 1 December, 1996

Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

AM Arabian Medium Crude Oil; Amplitude Modulation

AMC Area Maintenance Center

AMRS Advanced Mobile Radio System

AMS Aramco Materials System Catalog (Obsolete: see SAMS)

AMSS Aramco Materials System Specification (Obsolete: see SAMSS)

AN Alpha-numeric Identity, e.g., A099

ANDR 'Ain Dar (Ghawar)

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOA Asian and Other Arab Employees

AOC Aramco Overseas Company

AOSM Arab Organization of Standardization & Materials

AOV Air Operated Valve

APD Automated Piping Design

API American Petroleum Institute

APP Arabian Project Proposal or Associated Professional Program

APS Applications Software

As of Date The calendar date equivalent of time-now for statusing purposes.

ASC Aramco Services Company in Houston

Issue Date: 1 December, 1996

Next Update: 1 December, 1999 Common Acronyms and Abbreviations