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- EOR (enhanced oil recovery)
- E&P (exploration and production)
- URR (ultimately recoverable reserves)
- OOIP (original oil in place)
- LNG (liquified natural gas)
- GTL (gas to liquids conversion)
- CTL (coal to liquids conversion)
- BOE (barrels of oil equivalent)
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- TCF (trillion cubic feet -- dry natural gas)
- MMx (million x)
- IEA (International Energy Agency in Paris)
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- DOE (Department of Energy
- NGLs (natural gas liquids eg. condensates)
- USGS (US Geological Service)
- IOC (international oil company eg. British Petroleum, ExxonMobil)
- NOC (national oil company eg. Saudi Aramco)
- OPEC (organization of petroleum exporting countries)
- FSU (former Soviet Union)
Well, that should get us started... that's enough for now, already tired...And a few others...
You forgot FUBAR and SNAFU.
Also, not an acronym but "klick" is military slang for kilometer, and also kilometer per hour. I used this in my Geology class once and got a roomful of blank stares.
"How far is it to base?"
"10 klicks."
"How fast we going?"
"120 klicks." in Germany after all :) "Be there in five minutes"