FF

FF

Definition(s)

Ff

Primary structure design load due to forklift operation.

Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global Standards

FF

Full face. Source: API RP 7G-2, Recommended Practice for Inspection and Classification of Used Drill Stem Elements, First Edition, August 2009. Global Standards
FFS

FFS

Definition(s)

FFS

Fitness-for-Service. Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards
FG

FG

Definition(s)

FG

Frac gradient. Source: API STD 65 – Part 2, Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Well Construction, Upstream Segment, Second Edition, December 2010. Global Standards 
FH

FH

Definition(s)

Fh

Horizontal impact force.

Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global Standards

FH

API full-hole style of thread design. Source: API SPEC 7-1, Specification for Rotary Drill Stem Elements, First Edition, March 2006 (Addendum April 2011). Global Standards

FH

Leg horizontal reaction associated with FV.

Source: ABS Guidance Notes on Geotechnical Performance of Spudcan Foundations, January 2017. Global Standards
Fi

Fi

Definition(s)

Fi

Internal load.

Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global Standards
Fiber Finish

Fiber Finish

Definition(s)

Fiber Finish

A designation of the process and finish used on a fiber for a particular purpose.
  • EXAMPLE Marine finish.
Source: API RP 2SM Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, Second Edition, July 2014. Global Standards
Fiber Grade

Fiber Grade

Definition(s)

Fiber Grade

A designation of the quality of a particular fiber, indicating the adherence of tolerances on properties.

Source: API RP 2SM Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, Second Edition, July 2014. Global Standards

Fiber Grade

Marine finish. A designation of the quality of a particular fiber, indicating the adherence of tolerances on properties. Source: API RP 2SM, Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, First Edition, July 2014. Global Standards
Fiber Producer

Fiber Producer

Definition(s)

Fiber Producer

The entity which produces the fiber and/or yarn and applies special processes to that yarn before it is received by the rope manufacturer. Source: API RP 2SM Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, Second Edition, July 2014. Global Standards Source: API RP 2SM, Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, First Edition, July 2014. Global Standards
Fiber Type

Fiber Type

Definition(s)

Fiber Type

A designation given by the fiber producer, which indicates the manner in which a particular fiber has been drawn or spun, processed, and treated with various finishes and oils. Source: API RP 2SM Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, Second Edition, July 2014. Global Standards Source: API RP 2SM, Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, First Edition, July 2014. Global Standards
Fibre

Fibre

Definition(s)

Fibre

The maximum uplift force during spud can extraction.

Source: ISO 14692-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping — Part 1: Vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials, Second Edition, August 2017. Global Standards  

Fibre

Filamentary material with a finite length that is at least 100 times its diameter and prepared by drawing from a molten bath, spinning or deposition on a substrate
  • Note: 1 to entry: Filaments are usually of extreme length and very small diameter, usually less than 25 µm. Normally, filaments are assembled as twisted (yarn) or untwisted (tow) bundles comprising hundreds or thousands of filaments.
Source: ISO 14692-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping — Part 1: Vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials, Second Edition, August 2017. Global Standards
Fibreglass

Fibreglass

Definition(s)

Fibreglass

Polymeric resin-based composite that is reinforced with glass fibre. Source: ISO 14692-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping — Part 1: Vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials, Second Edition, August 2017. Global Standards
Field End

Field End

Definition(s)

Field End

Pipe end opposite the internally-threaded end. NOTE Mill identification is at the internally-threaded end. Source: API RP 5A5, Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain-end Drill Pipe, Reaffirmed August 2010. Global Standards  
Field Non-Conformity

Field Non-Conformity

Definition(s)

Field Non-Conformity

Product nonconformity that is detected after delivery or use has started. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Programs for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industry, Upstream Segment, Eighth Edition, December 2007 (Addendum December 2010). Global Standards Source: ISO/TS 29001:2010(E).Global Standards
Field Repairs

Field Repairs

Definition(s)

Field repairs

Repairs made to equipment outside of a normal service center. Source: API TR 1PER15K-1, Protocol for Verification and Validation of High-pressure High-temperature Equipment, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards
Filament Winding

Filament Winding

Definition(s)

Filament Winding

Process for fabricating a composite structure in which continuous reinforcements, e.g. fibre tows, are either previously impregnated with a matrix material or impregnated during the winding. Source: ISO 14692-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping — Part 1: Vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials, Second Edition, August 2017. Global Standards
Fill-Up (Flood) Valve

Fill-Up (Flood) Valve

Definition(s)

Fill-Up (Flood) Valve

A differential pressure-set valve installed on marine risers that automatically permits seawater to enter the riser to prevent collapse under hydrostatic pressure after evacuation caused by lost circulation or by gas circulated into the riser. Source: API RP 64, Recommended Practice for Diverter Systems Equipment and Operations, Second Edition, November 2001 (March 1, 2007). Global Standards  
Fill-up Line

Fill-up Line

Definition(s)

Fill-up Line

Line usually connected to the diverter housing, or bell nipple, above the BOPs to facilitate adding drilling fluid to the riser main tube, at atmospheric pressure.

Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global Standards

Fill-up Line

A line usually connected into the diverter housing, or bell nipple, above the BOPs to facilitate adding drilling fluid to the hole, at atmospheric pressure. Source: API STD 53, Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells, Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, November 2012. Global Standards  

Fill-up Line

The line through which fluid is added to the riser annulus. Source: API RP 16Q, Recommended Practice for Design, Selection, Operation and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, First Edition, November 1993 (Reaffirmed August 2001). Global Standards Source: ISO 13624-1:2009, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Part 1:Design and operation of marine drilling riser equipment. Global Standards  

Fill-up Line

A line usually connected into the bell nipple above the BOP to allow adding drilling fluid to the hole while pulling out of the hole to compensate for the metal volume displacement of the drill string being pulled. Source: API RP 64, Recommended Practice for Diverter Systems Equipment and Operations, Second Edition, November 2001 (March 1, 2007). Global Standards
Filler

Filler

Definition(s)

Filler

Item wholly or partially filling the voids between the functional components (3.1.23) with the purpose(s) of maintaining the relative location of the components, maintaining the shape of the cross-section, influencing the weight-to-diameter ratio, separating components for wear considerations, or providing a certain radial stiffness. Source: API SPEC 17E, Specification for Subsea Umbilicals, Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, October 2010. Global Standards
Filtered FWAC

Filtered FWAC

Definition(s)

Filtered FWAC

Full-wave current rectified by passing it through a capacitor or other electrical device to remove the fluctuations associated with alternating current. Source: API RP 7G-2, Recommended Practice for Inspection and Classification of Used Drill Stem Elements, First Edition, August 2009. Global Standards  
Filtrate

Filtrate

Definition(s)

Filtrate

Liquid that is forced out of a cement slurry during a fluid loss test. Source: API RP 10B-2, Recommended Practice for Testing Well Cements, First Edition, July 2005 (Reaffirmed: July 2010). Global Standards Source: API SPEC 10A, Specification for Cements and Materials for Well Cementing, Twenty-fourth Edition, December 2010. Global Standards  
Final Approach and Take-off Area

Final Approach and Take-off Area

Definition(s)

Final approach and take-off area (FATO)

Final approach and take-off area (FATO) is a defined area over which the final phase of the approach manoeuvre to hover or landing of the helicopter is intended to be completed and from which the take-off manoeuvre is intended to be commenced. Source: IMO Resolution A.1023(26), Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (2009 MODU Code), 2009. Global Standards
Final Circulating Pressure

Final Circulating Pressure

Definition(s)

Final Circulating Pressure

Drill string pressure required to circulate at the selected kill-rate adjusted for increase in kill drilling fluid density over the original drilling fluid density; used from the time kill drilling fluid reaches the bottom of the drill string until kill operations are completed or a change in either kill drilling fluid density or kill-rate is effected. Source: API RP 59, Recommended Practice for Well Control Operations, Second Edition, May 2006. Global Standards  
Final Control Element

Final Control Element

Definition(s)

Final Control Element

Part of a control system that actually affects what is happening in the control system. Source: IADC UBO / MPD Glossary, December 2011. Global Standards
Final Indication

Final Indication

Definition(s)

Final Indication (Times)

Indication given by the apparatus after stabilisation. Source: IEC 60079-29-1, Explosive atmospheres – Part 29-1: Gas detectors – Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases. Global Standards  
Final Net Buoyancy

Final Net Buoyancy

Definition(s)

Final net buoyancy

Net buoyancy at the end of the service life. Source: API RP 17L2, Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Definition(s)

Finite Element Analysis

Numerical method for analyzing dynamic and static response, by dividing the structure into small continuous elements with the given material properties.
  • NOTE: The analysis can be local or global.
Source: API Technical Report 17TR7, Verification and Validation of Subsea Connectors, First Edition, April 2017. Global Standards Source: API Standard 2RD, Dynamic Risers for Floating Production Systems, Second Edition, September 2013. Global Standards Source: API RP 17G, Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Risers, Second Edition, July 2006 (Reaffirmed April 2011). Global Standards
Fire

Fire

Definition(s)

Fire

Fire that always has at least enough air for combustion so the amount of fuel (i.e. the size of the pool or the fuel leak rate) controls the heat release rate.

Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global Standard

Fire

The phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat. Source: API RP 14G, Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Fixed Open-type Offshore Production Platforms: Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, April 2007. Global Standards

Fire

A fire is the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat. Source: API RP 75, Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities: Upstream Segment, Third Edition, May 2004. Global Standards  

Fire

Any combustion resulting from an LOPC, regardless of the presence of flame. This includes smoldering, charring, smoking, singeing, scorching, carbonizing, or the evidence that any of these have occurred. Source: OGP Report No. 456, Process Safety – Recommended Practice on Key Performance Indicators, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, November 2011. Global Standards  

Fire

“Fire” means unplanned or uncontrolled fire. Source: The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995, S.I. 1995/743, 1995. Regulations
Fire and Explosion Evaluation (FEE)

Fire and Explosion Evaluation (FEE)

Definition(s)

Fire and Explosion Evaluation (FEE)

The FEE is an assessment of the potential fire loadings and blast pressures, based on the specific hazards associated with the general layout of the unit, production and process activities and operational constraints. Source: Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Mobile Offshore Units, Part 7, Safety Systems, Hazardous Areas and Fire, June 2013, Lloyd’s Register, Global Standards
Fire and Explosion Strategy (FES)

Fire and Explosion Strategy (FES)

Definition(s)

Fire and Explosion Strategy (FES)

Results of the process that uses information from the fire and explosion evaluation to determine the measures required to manage these hazardous events and the role of these measures. Source: ISO 13702:2015, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore production installations — Requirements and guidelines, Second Edition, August 2015. Global Standards
Fire Classification Code

Fire Classification Code

Definition(s)

Fire Classification Code

Code designation of the fire performance of pipe component in terms of fire endurance and fire reaction properties. Source: ISO 14692-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping — Part 1: Vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials, Second Edition, August 2017. Global Standards