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A
ACEPT
Australian Centre for Energy and Process Training
acre
approximately 0.004 square kilometres
ADS
American Depositary Share
AOSP
Athabasca Oil Sands Project
API
American Petroleum Institute
B
b(/d)
barrels (per day)
boe(/d)
barrels of oil equivalent (per day); natural gas volumes are converted to oil equivalent using a factor of 5,800 scf per barrel
C
CCS
Current cost of supplies
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CO2
Carbon dioxide
E
EEITM
Energy intensity index
EOR
Enhanced oil recovery
€/EUR
Euro
F
FEED
Front-end engineering and design
FID
Final investment decision
FLNG
Floating liquefied natural gas
FPSO
Floating production, storage and offloading
FSRU
Floating storage and regasification unit
FYIP
Forcados Yokri Integrated Project
G
£/GBP
Sterling
GTL
Gas to liquids
H
HSSE
Health, safety, security and environment
I
IATA
International Air Transport Association
IFRS
International Financial Reporting Standard(s)
J
JV&A
Shell share of joint ventures and associates
K
kboe/d
thousand barrels of oil equivalent (per day)
km
kilometres
L
LNG
Liquefied natural gas
LPG
Liquefied petroleum gas
LRS
Liquids-rich shale
M
MMBtu
Million British thermal units
mtpa
million tonnes per annum
MW
Megawatts
N
NGL
Natural gas liquids
NWS
North West Shelf
O
OMEGA
Only Mono-Ethylene Glycol Advanced
OML
Oil mining lease
OPL
Oil prospecting licence
P
PDO
Petroleum Development Oman
per day
volumes are converted to a daily basis using a calendar year
PSC
Production-sharing contract
P&T
Projects & Technology
R
R&D
Research and development
ROACE
Return on average capital employed
S
SBM
Single buoy mooring
scf
standard cubic feet (per day)
SEC
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
SMDS
Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis
SPLC
Shell Pipeline Company
STCA
Shell Technology Centre Amsterdam
SUBS
Shell subsidiaries
T
TNPL
Trans Niger Pipeline Loopline
tpa
tonnes per annum
TSR
Total shareholder return
U
UK
United Kingdom
US
United States
USA
United States of America
$/USD
US dollar
W
WTI
West Texas Intermediate