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  1. Glossary

0-9

  • 21st Century Security Strategy
  • γ
  • Zone 2
  • Zone 1
  • Zone 0 (hazardous area)
  • Draught T0
  • DPS-2
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A

  • Atmosphere, Explosive
  • AFCI
  • Arc-fault circuit interrupter
  • Apparatus, Intrinsically Safe
  • Aluminum, Copper-free (or low copper content)
  • Adjustable Speed Drive
  • ASD
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B

  • Bus, Cable
  • Butt-welded joint
  • Butt-and-strap joint
  • Butt-and-wrap joint
  • Boron-free glass
  • Bus-tie Breaker
  • BPCS
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C

  • Conditions, Normal
  • Circuit, Intrinsically Safe
  • Cable, TC-ER
  • Cable, PLTC-ER
  • Cable, ITC-HL
  • Cable, ITC-ER
  • Cable, Circuit Integrity
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D

  • Device, Sealed
  • Device, High-Temperature
  • Device, Hermetically Sealed
  • Device, Arcing
  • Deadlegs
  • Damage Rate
  • Damage Mechanism
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E

  • Enclosure, Purged and Pressurized
  • Enclosure, NEMA Type
  • Enclosure, Explosionproof
  • EMAT
  • ECSCC
  • Examinations
  • Examination Point
View all 516 articles

F

  • Flameproof
  • Facility, Manned
  • Fiber Finish
  • Factor of Safety for Creep Failure
  • FRP
  • Flaw
  • Flammable Materials
View all 502 articles

G

  • GWT
  • Grounding Clamp
  • ground, v, US
  • Gradient
  • Glued Joint
  • Glass-fibre-reinforced vinyl ester
  • GRVE
View all 260 articles

H

  • Hydrotest
  • Hydrocarbon Pool Fire
  • Heat-distortion temperature
  • HDT
  • Hardener
  • Hand Lay-up
  • HSAS
View all 372 articles

I

  • Intermittent Service
  • Injection Point
  • Industry-qualified UT angle beam examiner
  • Integrity Operating Window
  • IOW
  • Inspection Deferral
  • Inspection Code
View all 456 articles

J

  • Jointer
  • Joystick System
  • JIP
  • Jumper Line (hose)
  • Joint Probability
  • Job
  • JF (jet fire)
View all 44 articles

K

  • Key Management
  • Keel Joint
  • Ks
  • K3
  • K2
  • K1
  • k0
View all 53 articles

L

  • Line of Demarcation
  • Lining
  • Level Bridle
  • LDAR
  • Saddle
  • Lower Prediction Limit
  • LPL
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M

  • Maintenance, Operational
  • Maintenance,Corrective
  • Minimum Bending Radius
  • Mixing Point
  • Minimum Required Thickness
  • Minimum Alert Thickness
  • Material Verification Program
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N

  • Nonpressure Boundary
  • Nominal Diameter
  • NORSOK Standards
  • NIPP
  • NOST
  • NASA
  • Nonrepudiation
View all 279 articles

O

  • Qwner/user Inspector
  • Overwater Piping
  • On-stream Piping
  • On-site Piping
  • Off-site Piping
  • Owner/User
  • Overdue Inspection Recommendations
View all 344 articles

P

  • Protection, Type of
  • Protection, Special
  • Pressurization, Type Z
  • Pressurization, Type Y
  • Pressurization, Type X
  • Prototype Rope
  • PRT
View all 870 articles

Q

  • Quema
  • Q&T
  • Qv
  • Qcrushing
  • qnet
  • ABS Guidance
  • Quantitative Risk Assessment Methodology
View all 54 articles

R

  • Rope Modulus
  • RTP
  • Retired from service
  • RCD Sealing Element (Packer)
  • Return Flow Control
  • RFC
  • Rubber Sealed Key Lock Joint
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S

  • Seal, Explosionproof Conduit
  • Seal, Explosionproof Cable
  • Subrope Splicing
  • Structural Minimum Thickness
  • Soil-to-air interface
  • SAI
  • Small-bore piping
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T

  • Temperature, Autoignition (AIT)
  • TML
  • Tank Farm Piping
  • Tmin
  • Tightness Test
  • Tdes
  • Tg
View all 509 articles

U

  • Utility Piping
  • UV Radiation
  • Ultraviolet Radiation
  • Unsaturated Polyester
  • Untwisted Fibrous Bundle
  • Unidades Móviles de Perforación Costa Afuera (Mobile Offshore Drilling Units – MODUs)
  • Unescorted Access
View all 177 articles

V

  • Vessel Material(s)
  • Vinyl Ester
  • VLAN
  • VTP VLAN
  • Vendor
  • Venteo
  • Vsoil
View all 169 articles

W

  • Well Control (Choke) Manifold
  • Winding Angle
  • WR
  • Woven Roving
  • Well Slot
  • Well Logging Module
  • WCF
View all 345 articles

X

  • XLOT
  • XT
  • XOV
  • XLPE
View all 4 articles

Y

  • YS
  • Yield Capacity
  • Yarn-on-yarn Abrasion Property
  • Yarn Elongation
  • Yarn Creep
  • Yarn Break Strength
  • Yarn Assembly Checklist
View all 20 articles

Z

  • Zombie Computer
  • Zone 22
  • Zone 21
  • Zone 20
  • Zones
  • Zombie
  • Zoning
View all 21 articles

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