EPOL Acronyms

Area Authority
Advanced Anomaly Detection
Air Accident Investigation Branch
Aberdeen
Aircraft Co-ordinator
Access to Cellular Overload Control
Aqueous Film Forming Foam
Automatic Identification System
Ambulance Loading Point
Aberdeen Offshore Control Centre (Shell)
Antarctic Polar Front
Ambulance Parking Point
Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre
Aviation Safety Technical Group
Air Traffic Service Unit
Breathing Apparatus
Bar Gauge
Best Available Technique
Billion Barrels
Barrels of Oil
Business Continuity
Barrels per Calendar Day
Blow Down Valve
Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (Department for)
Biological Option
Biological Oxygen Demand
Barrels of Oil Equivalent
Blow Out Preventer
Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training
British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association
Best Practicable Environmental Option
British Rig Owners Association
British Standard
British Wind Energy Association
Civil Aviation Authority
Clean Air Act
Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological
Computer Based Training
Carbon Capture & Storage
Casualty Clearing Station
Chlorofluorocarbon
Chemical Hazard Assessment & Risk Management
Methane
Casualty Information Bureau
International Radio Maritime Committee
Company Management System
Crisis Management Team
Compressed Natural Gas
Critical National Infrastructure
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
Control of Major Accident Hazards regulation
Counter Terrorism Strategy
Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service
Collaborative Offshore Wind Research into The Environment
Closest Point of Approach
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
Common Recognised Information Picture
Counter Terrorism Security Advisor
Daughter Craft
Dynamic Positioning
Data Protection Act
Disaster Recovery
Digital Selective Calling
Environmental Assessment
Emergency Co-ordinator
Emergency Control Centre
Employing Company Induction
Environmental Emissions Monitoring System
Emerging Energy Technologies
Environmental Impact Statement
Electro Magnetic Fields
Environmental Management Plan
Environmental Management System
Engineering Procurement and Construction
Emergency Preparedness Offshore Liaison
Energy Industry Liaison Unit (Police Scotland)
Emergency Response Plan
Emergency Response Room
Environment & Resource Technology
Environmental Statement
Emergency Shutdown
Electricity Safety Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002
Estimated Time of Arrival
Estimated Time of Departure
European Union
Emergency Tape Recorder
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Forward Control Point
Falkland Islands Government
Family Liaison Officer
Force Operations & Co-ordination Centre (Police Scotland)
Further Offshore Emergency Training
Fast Rescue Craft
Forties Pipeline Control Centre (BP)
Floating Production storage Offloading
Fire Service Evacuation Signal
Global Climate and Energy Project
Gas Export Pipeline
Green House Gases
Geographic Information System
Greenwich Mean Time
General Platform Alarm
Global Positioning System
Gross Tonnage
Hydrogen Sulphide
Humanitarian Assistance Centre
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Helideck Assistant
Hydro fluorocarbons
Helicopter Landing Officer
Home Office Scientific Development Branch
High Pressure
High Pressure High Temperature
Health and Safety Commission
Health & Safety Executive Offshore Division
Helicopter Task Group
Helicopter Underwater Emergency Training
Health and Usage Monitoring System
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
Integrated Aircraft Consortium
International Association of Drilling Contractors
International Association of Geophysical Contractors
International Aviation and Maritime Search & Rescue
International Civil Aviation Organisation
Integrated Control and Shutdown System
Improvised Explosive Device
Inter-Governmental Organisation
Incident Liaison Officer (Police)
International Maritime Organisation
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Maritime Organisation
Inverness
Incident Management Team
International Standards Organisation
Industry Technology Facilitator
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Jackup
Joint Venture
Kilohertz
Kilovolt
Kilowatt
Kilowatt Hour
Latitude
Lowest Astronomical Tide
Lifeboat Stations
Lower Explosive Limit
Liquid Export Pipeline
Liquid Gas Ratio
Liquefied Natural Gas
Lubricating Oil
Liquid Petroleum
Low Pressure
Lerwick
Manual Alarm Call point
Military Aid to the Civil Community
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Man Portable Air Defence System
Thousand Barrels per Day
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Main Control Room
Major Emergency Management
Minimum Industry Safety Training
Megajoule
Multi Lateration
Media Liaison Point
Ministry of Defence
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
Memorandum of Understanding
Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre
Material Safety Data Sheet
Maximum Take Off Weight
Nitrous Oxide
National Counter Terrorism Security Office
National Air Traffic Services
Natural Gas Liquids
Non-governmental Organisation
Nautical Mile
Nederlandse Olie en Gas Exploratie en Productie Associatie (O&GUK)
Nitrogen Oxides
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Non Water Based Mud
Oil Based Mud
Offshore Chemical Notification Scheme
International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
Officer in Charge
Offshore Installation Manager
On Scene Co-ordinator
Oil Spill Contingency Plan
Oil Spill Information System
Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group
Offshore Trained
Ocean Thermal Energy Commission
Pascal
Private Automatic branch Exchange
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Prepare to Abandon Platform Alarm
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Passive Fire Protection
Personal Locator Beacon
Persons on board
Police Search Advisor
Petroleum Operations Notice
Personal Protective Equipment
Parts per Million
Prevent, Pursue, Protect, Prepare
Production Sharing Agreement
Production Sharing Contract
Process Shutdown
Pounds per Square Inch
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Process, Utilities Quarters
Production Wing Valve
Quality Assurance
Royal Air Force
Reception Centre
Rescue Co-ordination Centre
Radiological Dispersal Device
Renewable Energy Strategy
Riser Emergency Shutdown Valve
Radar Early Warning System
Renewable Energy Zone
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
Remotely Operated Vehicle
Renewable United Kingdom Offshore Wind
Rendezvous Point
Search & Rescue
Synthetic Based Mud
Standby Safety Vessel
Strategic Co-ordination Group
Scatsta
Surface Controlled Sub Surface Safety Valve
Security Co-ordinator
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
Security Industry Authority
Site Incident Controller
Senior Identification Manager
Senior Investigating Officer
SAR Mission Co-ordinator
Sulphur Dioxide
Safety of Life at Sea
Secretary of States Representative
Survivor Reception Centre
Sub Surface Isolation Valve
Standard barrels per day
Sudden Trauma Information Service Helpline
Significant Wave Height
Total Blackout
Traffic Collision Avoidance System
Trillion Cubic Metres
Time to Closest Point of Approach
Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Temporary Refuge
Task Risk Assessment
Temporary Restriction to Flying Regulations
Ultra High Frequency
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Continental Shelf
United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
United Kingdom Police Offshore Energy Group
United Nations
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Upper Master Valve
Uninterrupted Power Supply
Video Cassette Recorder
Very High Frequency
Volatile Organic Compounds
Well Maintenance Supervisor
Water Based Mud