The UK Offshore Oil and Gas Fabricators Directory 2016

Glossary

ALQ

Additional living quarter

CD

Chart datum

DWT

Dead weight tonnage

EPC

Engineering, procurement and construction

EPCI

Engineering, procurement, construction and installation

EPIC

Engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning

FPAL

First Point Assessment

FPSO

Floating, production, storage and offloading vessel

HWOST

High water ordinary spring tides

ISPS

International Ship and Port Facility Security Code

LAT

Lowest astronomical tide

MHWS

Mean high water springs

MLWS

Mean low water springs

MODU

Mobile offshore drilling unit

NUI

Normally unattended installation

OD

Ordnance datum

PLEM

Pipeline end manifold

PLET

Pipeline end terminal

RQSC

Register of qualified steelwork contractors

SPMT

Self-propelled modular transporter

SWL

Safe working load

UDL

Uniformly distributed load

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