Commonly used Oil and Gas related Acronyms and

Abbreviations
AAPL
AAQS
APCD
API
AQ
AQMD
ARB
AQAP

All American Pipeline

Ambient Air Quality Standards
Air Pollution Control District
American Petroleum Institute
Air Quality
Air Quality Management District
Air Resources Board
Air Quality Attainment Plan

bbls
bcfd
BMPs
BO
BOD
BOP
bpd
bph
BTEX
BTU
bwpd

barrels
billion cubic feet per day
Best Management Practices
Biological Opinion
Biological Oxygen Demand
Blow-Out Prevention
barrels per day
barrels per hour
Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene
British Thermal Unit
barrels of water per day

CAA
CAAA
CAAQS
CAER
COMP
CARB
CCA
CCC
CCMP
CDFG
CDMG
CEC
CEQA
CESA
CLUP
CNG
CO
CO2
COOGER
CPF
CPU
CSLC

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act Amendments
California Air Quality Standards
Community Awareness and Emergency Response
California Offshore Monitoring Program
California Air Resources Board
California Coastal Act
California Coastal Commission
California Coastal Management Program
California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Mines and Geology
California Energy Commission
California Environmental Quality Act
California Endangered Species Act
Coastal Land Use Plan
compressed natural gas
carbon monoxide
carbon dioxide
California Offshore Oil and Gas Energy Resources
Carpinteria Oil and Gas Processing Facility
Cavern Point Unit
California State Lands Commission

CUP
CZMA

Conditional Use Permit

Coastal Zone Management Act

DO
DOGGR
DPP

dissolved oxygen
California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
Development and Production Plan

EA
EIR
EIS
EMT
EOF
EPA
ERD
ERNS
ESA

Environmental Assessment
Environmental Impact Report
Environmental Impact Statement
Ellwood Marine Terminal
Ellwood Onshore Oil and Gas Facility
Environmental Protection Agency
Extended Reach Drilling
Emergency Response Notification System
Endangered Species Act

FDP
FERC
FMC
fps
FRSB
FSRU
FT

Final Development Plan

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fishery Management Council
feet per second
Fast Response Spill Boat
Floating Storage and Regasification Unit
Flow Transmitter

GHG
GNOME
H2S
HAPs
HARP
HAZMAT
HLID
HEA

Greenhouse Gases
General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment
hydrogen sulfide
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Hot Spots Analysis and Reporting Program
Hazardous Materials Response Division of NOAA
Hydrocarbon Leak and Ignition Database
Habitat Equivalency Analysis

ICS
IIRT
IMO

Incident Command System

Initial Incident Response Team
International Maritime Organization

JRP

Joint Review Panel

LNG
LPG
LRDP

Liquified Natural Gas

Liquified Petroleum Gas
Long Range Development Plan

MARSEC
MAWP
mbd
MCE
mgd

Maritime Security
Maximum Allowable Water Pressure
thousand barrels per day
Maximum Credible Earthquakes
million gallons per day

mgy
MLLW
MM
mmcfd
MMCRP
MMP
MMPA
MMS
mmscfd
MODU
MOTEMS
MPN
MSFCMA
Act

million gallons per year

Mean Lower Low Water
Mitigation Measure
million cubic feet day
Mitigation Monitoring and Compliance Reporting Program
Mitigation Monitoring Program
Marine Mammals Protection Act
Minerals Management Service
million standard cubic feet per day
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards
Most Probable Number
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management

N20
NAAQS
NEPA
NG
NGL
NMFS
NO
N02
NOAA
NOD
NOI/P
NOP
N0X
NPDES
NPREP

nitrous oxide
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
National Environmental Policy Act
Natural Gas
Natural Gas Liquids
National Marine Fisheries Services (NOAA Fisheries)
nitric oxide
nitrogen dioxide
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice of Determination
Notice of Intent/Preparation
Notice of Preparation
nitrogen oxides
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program

O3
OCS
OCSLA
OES
OPA
OPR
OPS
OSCP
OSPR
OSRA
OSRP
OSRV

oxygen
Outer Continental Shelf
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Office of Emergency Services
US Oil Pollution Act
Office of Planning and Research
US Office of Pipeline Safety
Oil Spill Contingency Plan
Oil Spill Prevention and Response
Oil Spill Risk Analysis
Oil Spill Response Plan
Oil Spill Response Vessel

PAH
PLEM
PM
PM10
PM2.5

poly-aromatic hydrocarbons
pipeline end manifold
particulate matter
particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter
particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter

POOI
POPCO
POSVCM
ppb
ppm
PSD
psi
PTO

Pacific Operators Offshore Incorporated

Pacific Offshore Pipeline Company
Pipeline Oil Spill Volume Computer Model
parts per billion
parts per million
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
pounds per square inch
Permit to Operate

ROC
ROG
ROSF
RWQCB

Reactive Organic Compounds

Reactive Organic Gases
Rincon Onshore Separation Facility
Regional Water Quality Control Board

SARA
SBCAG
SBCAPCD
SBCFD
SBCP&D
SBMMC
SCCAB
SCCPA
scf
SEIR
SMB
SO2
SOC
SOO
SOP
SO3
SPCC
SPCCP
SPCP
SSRRC
SWRCB
SYU

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

Santa Barbara County Association of Governments
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
Santa Barbara County Fire Department
Santa Barbara County Planning and Development
Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center
South Coast Central Air Basin
South Coast Consolidation Planning Area
standard cubic foot
Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
Santa Maria Basin
sulfur dioxide
Statement of Overriding Consideration
Suspension of Operation
Suspension of Production
oxides of sulfur
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan
Spill Prevention and Cleanup Plan
System Safety and Reliability Review Committee
State Water Resources Control Board
Santa Ynez Unit

TAC
TDS
TPIC
TSSs

Toxic Air Contaminants

total dissolved solids
Terminal Person in Charge
Traffic Separation Schemes

UCSB
UFC
UNOCAP
USCG
USDOI
USDOT
USEPA

University of California, Santa Barbara

Uniform Fire Code
Unocal California Pipeline Company
US Coast Guard
US Department of Interior
US Department of Transportation
US Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS
USGS
UV
V/C
VCE
VOC
VRU

US Fish and Wildlife Service

US Geological Survey
ultra-violet
volume to capacity ratio
vapor cloud fire/explosion
Volatile Organic Compound
Vapor Recovery Unit

WCD
WDP
WDRs
WIS

Worst-case discharge
Waste Discharge Permit
Waste discharge requirements
Wave Information Study