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a

  • acre

    approximately 0.004 square kilometres

  • ADS

    American Depositary Share

  • AGM

    Annual General Meeting

  • API

    American Petroleum Institute

b

  • b(/d)

    barrels (per day)

  • boe(/d)

    barrels of oil equivalent (per day); natural gas volumes are converted into oil equivalent using a factor of 5,800 scf per barrel

c

  • CCS

    carbon capture and storage

  • CCS earnings

    earnings on a current cost of supplies basis

  • CO2

    carbon dioxide

e

  • EMTN

    Euro medium-term note

  • EPS

    earnings per share

f

  • FCF

    free cash flow

  • FID

    final investment decision

g

  • GAAP

    generally accepted accounting principles

  • GHG

    greenhouse gas

  • GTL

    gas-to-liquids

h

  • HSSE

    health, safety, security and environment

i

  • IAS

    International Accounting Standards

  • IEA

    International Energy Agency

  • IFRS

    International Financial Reporting Standard(s)

  • IOGP

    International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

  • IPIECA

    International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association

k

  • kboe(/d)

    thousand barrels of oil equivalent (per day); natural gas volumes are converted into oil equivalent using a factor of 5,800 scf per barrel

l

  • LNG

    liquefied natural gas

  • LPG

    liquefied petroleum gas

  • LTIP

    Long-term Incentive Plan

m

  • megajoule

    a unit of energy equal to one million joules

  • MMBtu

    million British thermal units

  • mtpa

    million tonnes per annum

n

  • NGL

    natural gas liquids

  • NGO

    non-governmental organisation

  • NYSE

    New York Stock Exchange

o

  • OECD

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

  • OECD

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

  • OML

    oil mining lease

  • OML

    oil mining lease

  • OPEC

    Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

  • OPEC

    Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

  • OPL

    oil prospecting licence

  • OPL

    oil prospecting license

p

  • per day

    volumes are converted into a daily basis using a calendar year

  • per day

    volumes are converted into a daily basis using a calendar year

  • PSC

    production-sharing contract

  • PSC

    production-sharing contract

  • PSP

    Performance Share Plan

  • PSP

    Performance Share Plan

  • PUD

    proved undeveloped reserves

r

  • R&D

    research and development

  • REMCO

    Remuneration Committee

  • REMCO

    Remuneration Committee

  • ROACE

    return on average capital employed

s

  • scf(/d)

    standard cubic feet (per day)

  • scf(/d)

    standard cubic feet (per day)

  • SEC

    US Securities and Exchange Commission

  • SEC

    US Securities and Exchange Commission

  • SPDC

    Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited

t

  • TRCF

    total recordable case frequency

  • TRCF

    total recordable case frequency

  • TSR

    total shareholder return

  • TSR

    total shareholder return

w

  • WTI

    West Texas Intermediate