Below is an alphabetical list of acronyms and abbreviations used throughout “The Norwegian”. Each term is spelt out in full upon its first occurrence in every chapter for clarity; subsequently, only the corresponding acronym is used for brevity in that chapter.
2W – Warton Williams (United Kingdom)
3GLB – Third Generation Lay Barge
3X – Three X Diving Company (Norway)
5F – Five Functions (Robotic Arm)
7F – Seven Functions (Robotic Arm)
A&R – Abandonment and Recovery
AB – Able-Bodied
ABCD – Atomic, Biological, Chemical and Damage
ABS – American Bureau of Shipping
AC – Alternating Current
ACV – Acergy Core Vehicle (Acergy Standardised Remotely Operated Vehicle)
ADELT – Automatic Deployable Emergency Locator Transmitter
ADF – Assistant Deck Foreman
ADHD – Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
ADP – Albatross Dynamic Positioning
ADS – Atmospheric Diving Suit
AEG – Arterial Gas Embolism
AFCS – Automatic Flight Control System
AFF – Accelerated Freefall
AGA – Divator Full Face Mask
AHC – Active Heave Compensator
AHT – Anchor Handling Tug
AHTS – Anchor Handling Tug Supply
AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIMPE – Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers
AKA – Also Known As
AMC – Aker Marine Contractors (Norwegian)
AMG – Alto Mar Girassol
AMNGR – Arktik-mor-neftegaz-razvedka/Arctic-Mor-Nefte-Gaz-Exploration (Russia)
ANZMRC – Australian New Zealand Masonic Research Council
AODC – Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
AOS – Aberdeen Offshore Services (United Kingdom)
APS – Automated Pipelay System
ARCO – Atlantic Richfield Company (United States of America)
ARCOS – Adaptive Room Correction and Optimization System
ASK – Automatic Station Keeping
AS – Aksjeselskap (Norway) Limited Liability Company
ASNT – The American Society of Non-destructive Testing
ASTM – American Society for Testing Materials
ASV – Autonomous Surface Vehicle
ATA – Atmosphere Absolute (Total Pressure Air & Water column combined)
ATC – Air Traffic Control
ATM – (Gauge Pressure) Atmosphere Over Pressure (Standard Atmosphere Pressure)
ATM – Automatic Teller Machine
ATSB – Australian Transport Safety Bureau
B. N. Bank – Bolig & Nærings Banken (Norway)
BA – Breathing Apparatus
BASE – Buildings Antennas Spans Earth
BPP – Border Patrol Police (Thai)
BCE – Before Current Era
BEA – British European Airways Helicopters
BHP – Brake Horsepower
BHP – British Horsepower
BIBS – Built-In-Breathing System
BIH – British International Helicopters
BIN – Saturation Chamber (Slang)
BIP – Blow In Place
BMV – Bergen Mekaniske Verksted (Bergen Mechanical Shipyard)
BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke (Germany)
BNOC – British National Oil Corporation
BOP – Blow-Out Preventer
BP – British Petroleum (United Kingdom)
BRAC – Bangkok Royal Arch Chapter
BSAQ – British Sub Aqua Club
BSCM – Billion Standard Cubic Meters
BSMA – Befalsskolen for Marinen (Naval Officers School) (Norway)
BSMC – Black Sheep Motorcycle Club
BUE – British Underwater Engineering (United Kingdom)
BYD – Build Your Dream
CAA – Civil Aviation Authority
CAAP – Competency Assurance and Assessment Program
CALM – Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (Buoy)
CAT – Civil Air Transport (a CIA front company)
CAT – Connector Actuating Tool
CATS – Central Area Transmission System
CBRNE – Chemical, Biological, Radiological and High Yield Explosives
CCB – Coast Centre Base
CCC – Consolidated Contractors Company (United States of America)
CCGS – Canadian Coast Guard Ship
CD – Compressor/Depressor system
CDC – Center for Disease Control (United States of America)
CDD – Commercial Diving Division (of US Divers) (United States of America)
CEH – COMEX Experimental Hyperbaric Centre (France)
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CFEM – Cie, Francaise d’Entreprises Metalliques
CFEM – Companie Francaise d’Entreprises Metalliques (France)
CGS – Centimetre Gram Second system
CHC – Canadian Helicopter Corporation
CIA – Central Intelligence Agency
CNL – ChevronNigeriaLimited
CNOOC – China National Offshore Oil Company
CNS – Central Nervous System
CO2 – Carbon Dioxide
COE – Certificate of Entry
COG – Centre Of Gravity
Comex – Compagnie Maritime d Éxpertises
CONOCO – Continental Oil and Transportation Company (United States of America)
COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPP – Combined Operations Pilotage Parties
CORD – Cabled Observation and Rescue Device
COSL – China Oilfield Services Limited
CP – Cathodic Potential
CPP – Controllable Pitch Propellers
CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CRAP – Calorie Rich and Processed
CSAR – Combat Search And Rescue
CSO – Coflexip Stena Offshore
CSWIP – Certification Scheme for Welding Inspection Personnel (Certified Swindle With Inflated Prices)
CT – Constant Tension
CURV – Controlled Underwater Recovery Vehicle
CV – Curriculum Vitae
CVC – Vertical Collet System Connections
CVFDR – Combined Voice and Flight Data Recorder
CVI – Close Visual Inspection
CVR – Cockpit Voice Recorder
CWLH – Cossack-Wanaea-Lambert-Hermes oil development (Australia)
CYPRES – Cybernetic Parachute Release System
DCS – Decompression Sickness (Bends)
DC – Direct Current
DCV – DCV – Deepwater Construction Vessel
DDC – Deck Decompression Chamber
DDT – Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
DESCO – Diving Equipment & Supply Company (United States of America
DF – Deck Foremen
DFC – Distinguished Flying Cross
DFS – Dykker og Froskemans Skole (Diver and Frogman School) (Norway)
DGLEA – District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago
DGLME – District Grand Lodge of the Middle East
DGM – District Grand Master
DGPS – Differential Global Positioning Systems
DHSV – Down Hole Safety Valve
DJ – Disc Jockey
DJ – Double-Joint
DLV – Derrik Lay Barge
DMA – Dead Man Anchor
DMZ – Demilitarised Zone
DNA – Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNMI – Det Norske Meteorologisk Institutt (The Norwegian Metrological Institute)
DNV – Det Norske Veritas
DOE – Department of Energy (United Kingdom)
DOF – District Offshore (Norwegian)
DOF – Horizontal Degrees Of Freedom
DP – Dynamic Positioning
DPO – Dynamic Positioning Operator
DPR – Daily Progress Report
DRMC – Deck Main Radius Controller
DS – Drill Ship
DS – Dampskip (Norwegian) (Steam Driven Ship)
DSC – Distinguished Service Cross
DSI – Diving Systems International 1977- 1988 (KMDSI 1988)
DSND – Det Søndenfjelds-Norske Dampskibsselskap (Norwegian)
DSO – Distinguished Service Order
DSRV – Deep-Submergence Rescue Vehicle
DSV – Dive Support Vessel
DUIS – Draugen Underwater Installation Services
DWD – Deep Water Development 1969-1977 (KMDSI 1988)
DWLS – Deep Water Lowering System
DWT – Dead Weight Tonnage (Tonne Dead Weight)
EAD – Equivalent Air Depth
EBS – Emergency Breathing System
EC – English Constitution
ECHR – European Court of Human Rights
ECT – Eddy Current Testing
EDS – External Demand Surge
EDT – Emergency Drain Tank
EDT – Eastern Daylight Time
EEA – European Economic Area
EEG – Electroencephalogram
EFL – Electrical Flying Leads
EGD – Espen Galtung Døsvig (Norway)
EGTL – Escravos Gas-to-Liquids
EHU – Electric Hydraulic Umbilicals
EIC – British Honourable East India Company
ELF – Electrical Flying Leads
ELS – Everest Liquid System
EMAT – Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers
ENO – Etter Nærmare Ordre (Orders to Follow)
EOD – Explosive Ordnance Disposal (Waterborne)
EPO – Erythropoietin
ESD – Dynamic Positioning Pipelay Mode-Bollard Pull
ESDS – Emergency Shut Down Systems
ESDV – Emergency Shut-Down Valve
ESV – Emergency Shut-off Valve
ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
ETAP – Eastern Trough Area Project
ETPM – Entrepose GTM Pour les Travaux Petroliers et Maritimes (France)
EV – Electric Vehicle
FaAA – Failure Analysis Associates (United States of America)
FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States of America)
FBN – Federal Bureau of Narcotics
FELS – Far East Livingston Singapore (Ship Yard)
FFF-1 – Freedom Fighter Force One
FGT – Fertig Gas Tauchgerät (Semi-closed Circuit Rebreather)
FLET – Flowline End Termination
FLIR – Forward Looking Infrared
FMS – Flight Management System
FPLV – Flexible Pipe Lay Vessel
FPP – Floating Production Platform
FPSO – Floating Production Storage & Offloading
FPU – Floating Production Unit
FPV – Floating Production Vessel
FRC – Fast Rescue Craft
FSB – Federal Security Service (Russia)
FSK – Forsvaret Spesialkommando (Armed Forces Special Commando) (Norway)
FSO – Floating Storage and Offloading Unit
FSU – Floating Storage Unit
GBS – Gravity Based Structure
GCM – General Committee Meeting
GDP – Gross Domestic Product
GDS – General Diving Systems (United States of America)
GFA – Gullfaks Alfa
GKSS – Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Kernenergie in Schiffbau und Schiffstechnik (Society for the Promotion of the Nuclear Energy in Shipbuilding & Naval Technology)
GLDF – Grand Lodge of France
GLOC – Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of China
GLTMF – Traditional & Modern Grand Lodge of France
GM – Gullfaks Marine
GMT – Greenwich Mean Time
GOM – Gulf of Mexico
GOV – engine governing malfunction
GPR – General Purpose Resin
GPS – Global Positioning System
GRP – Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic
GRU – Glavnoye Razvedyvatel’noye Upravleniye (Soviet Union)
GSP – Grup Servicii Petroliere (Romania)
GVI – General Visual Inspection
H2S – Hydrogen Sulphide
HAD – Heli-Deck Assistant
HALO – High Altitude Low Opening
HAZ – Heat Affected Zone
Hb – Haemoglobin
HD – Heavy Duty
HDPE – High-Density Polyethene
He – Helium
HEC – Hyperbaric Escape Chamber
Heliox – Helium Oxygen Gas Mixture
HFJS – Hærens Fallskjermjegerskole (Army Parachute Hunter School) (Norway)
HFL – Hydraulic Flying Leads
HHH – Hash House Harriers
HHI – Hyundai Heavy Industries
HiPAP – High Precision Acoustic Positioning
HIRA – Hazard Identification Risk Assessment
HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLB – Hyperbaric Lifeboat
HL-DB – Heavy Lift – Derrick Barge
HLO – Helicopter Landing Officer
HL-RPLB – Heavy Lift – Rigid Pipe Lay Barge
HL-RPLV – Heavy Lift – Rigid Pipe Lay Vessel
HLV – Heavy Lift Vessel
HMAS – Her Majesty’s Australian Ship
HMS – Her/His Majesty’s Ship
HMV – Haugesund Mekaniske Verksted (Haugesund Mechanical Shipyard) (Norway)
HOC – Hang-Off Connector
HP – High Pressure
HPNS – High-Pressure Nervous Syndrome (High-Pressure Neurological Syndrome)
HPPS – High-Pressure Pump Station
HPU – Hydraulic Pumping Unit
HR – Human Resource
HRC- Hyperbaric Rescue Chamber (Hyperbaric Rescue Craft) (Hyperbaric Rescue Capsule)
HRF – Hyperbaric Reception Facility
HRP – Hydroacoustic Positioning Reference
HRV – Hyperbaric Rescue Vehicle
HS – Helikopterservice (Norway)
HS – Significant wave height (Hs)
HSE – Health, Safety and Environment
HSSE – Health, Safety, Security & Environmental
IAS – Indicated Aircraft Speed
IATA – International Air Transport Association
IC – Irish Constitution
ICGV – Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel
ICS – The International Chamber of Shipping
ICS – Intercom System
ICU – International Underwater Contractors
IED – Improvised Explosives Disposal
IGCSE – International General Certificate of Secondary Education
IHUMS – Integrated Health and Usage Monitoring System
ILT – Internal Lifting Tool
ILUC – Internal Line-Up Clamp
IMCA – International Marine Contractors Association
IMO – International Maritime Organisation
IMP – Integrated Maintenance Panel
IMR – Inspection Maintenance Repair
IMU – Mapping
INPP – Institut National de la Plongée Professionnelle (National Institute for Professional Diving) (France)
IP & EX II – Ingress and Explosive gas-protected
IQ – Intelligence Quotient
IRA – Irish Republican Army
IRSA – International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet
ISPV – Insulation, Scaffolding and Painting Vessel
ISS – Integrated Subsea Services
ISS – Integrated Subsea Solutions
IWRC – Independent Wire Rope Core
IUC – International Underwater Contractors
JAV – Junior Apprentice Virgin
JG – Jager Gruppen (Sweden)
JLT – J-Lay Tower
JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
KLM – Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
KMB – Kirby Morgan BandMask
KMC – Kirby Morgan Corporation 1966-1969 (KMDSI 1988)
KMDSI – Kirby Morgan Diving Systems International 1988-Present
KMT – Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
KNM – Kongelige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy)
KNM (DFS) MDK – Dykker & Froskemannsskolen – Mine Diver Commando (Earlier named MDT-Minedykker Troppen)
KNM (DFS) MJK – Dykker & Froskemannsskolen – Marine Jeger Commando (Earlier named MJL-Marinejaeger Laget)
KNM (DFS) S/S-MG – Dykker & Froskemannsskolen – Surface Supplied – Mixed Gas (Slange Dykker).
KNM (DFS) SD – Dykker & Froskemannsskolen – Ships Diver (Lettdykker)
KNM (DFS) SHH – Dykker & Froskemannsskolen – Standard Hard Hat
KNM Frogman: Royal Norwegian Navy – Frogman
KNRM – Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij (Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution)
kPa – 1000 pascals
KV – KystVakt (Norwegian Coast Guard
LARS – Launch And Recovery System
LB – Lay Barge
LBL – Long Baseline
LCV – Light Construction Vessel
LLA – Lett Luftvernartilleri (Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
LLX – Lodge Lane Xang
LNG – Liquid Natural Gas
LO – Landsorganisasjonen (The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions)
LOA – Length-Over-All
LOC – Lock-Off Clamp
LOGGS – Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System (United Kingdom)
LOM – Legion of Merit (US)
LOWC – Loss Of Well Control
LP – Liquide Penetrant
LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LPWW – Lodge Pattaya West Winds
LQ – Living Quarters
LR5 – British Submersible Submarine Rescue Vessel
LSD – Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
LSP – Life Support Package
LSS – Life Support Supervisor
LST – Life Support Technician
LT – Long Ton/Imperial Ton (British)
LWA – Light Weight Aggregate (Concrete)
LWT – Lightweight
MACV – Military Assistance Command/Vietnam
MAIB – Marine Accident Investigation Branch (United Kingdom)
MAK – Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH (Germany)
MATIS – Modular Advanced Tie-In System
MBE – Member of the Order of the British Empire
MBL – Minimum Break Load
MDK – Minedykkerkommandoen (Mine Diver Commando Unit) (Norway)
MDPE – Medium- Density Polyethene
MDT – Minedykker Troppen (Mine Diver Troop) (Norway)
ME – Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
ME/CFS – Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrom
MEG – Monoethylene Glycol
MFL – Magnetic Flux Leakage
MFS – Marinens Froskemannsskole (Marine Frogman School) (Norway)
MGB – Main Gear Box
MHS – Module Handling System
MK – Motorkuttar (Motor Cutter)
MLB – Mid-Line Buoy
MMM – Mark Master Mason
MMS – Minerals Management Service (India)
MOB – Man Overboard
MOC – Management of Change
MOCAN – Mobil Oil of Canada
MOD – Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
MODU – Mobile Offshore Drilling platform
MOECO – Mitsui Oil Exploration Company
MPI – Magnetic Particle Inspection
MPSV – Multi-purpose Support Vessel
MQC – Multi-Quick Connectors
MRB – Main Rotor Blade
MRI – Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRU – Motion Reference Unit
MRU – Motion Reference Unit
MS – Motorised Ship/Merchant Ship
MSC – Maritime Safety Committee
MSV – Maritime Support Vessel
MSW – Metre of Seawater (msw)
MT – Motorised Tanker
MTB – Motor Torpedo Boat
MV – Motorised Vessel/Merchant Vessel
MWD – Measuring While Drilling
N2 – Nitrogen
NASDAQ – National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NAV – Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (Norwegian Social Services)
NC – Norwegian Contractors
NCO – Non-Commissioned Officer
NCS – Norwegian Continental Shelf
NDT- Non-destructive Testing
NEDU – US Navy Experimental Diving Unit (United States of America)
NHC – National Hyperbaric Center
NHV – Noordzee Helicopters – Vlaanderen
NKT – Nordiske Kabel og Traadfabrik (Nordic Cable and Wire Factory) (Denmark)
NLC – Nigeria Labour Congress
MLD – Mijnenvegersdienst (Dutch) (Mine Countermeasures Service)
NLIA – Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
NMRL – Bethesda Naval Medical Research Laboratory (United States of America)
NNPC – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
NOC – Netherlands Offshore Company
NOEMFO – Norsk Olje og Energimedarbeiders Fellesorganisasjon (Norwegian Oil and Energy Workers’ Union)
NOK – Norwegian Kroner
NOPEF – Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Workers Union
NOR.I.C.1 – Norwegian Independent Company 1 (Norway WWII)
NORSAR – Norwegian Seismic Array
NOU- Norwegian Official Report
NPD – Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
NRK – Norges Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Service)
NSDA – North Sea Diver Alliance
NSF – National Science Foundation (United States of America)
NSSR – Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning (Norwegian Association for Shipwreck Rescue)
NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
NTSB – National Transportation Safety Board (United States of America)
NUI – Norwegian Underwater Intervention
NURGOD – Norway/United Kingdom Regulatory Guidance for Offshore Diving
NUTEC – Norwegian Underwater Technology Center
NVG – Night Vision Goggles
NWSP – Northwest Shelf Oil Project (Australia)
NYSE – New York Stock Exchange (United States of America)
O2 – Oxygen
OCD – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCIMF – Oil Companies International Marine Forum
OCM – Offshore Construction Manager
OD – Oljedirektoratet (Oil Directorate) (Norway)
ODECO – Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (United States of America)
OHS – Offshore Helicopter Services
OI – Oceaneering International
OIM – Offshore Installation Manager
OISD – The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Oil Industry Safety Directorate (India)
OM – Offshore Manager
OMDP – Offshore Management Development Program
ONGC – Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (India)
OOW – Officer On Watch
OPI – Offshore Pipelines Incorporated
OPITO – Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation
OSA – Offshore Supply Association
OSCV – Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel
OSE – Oslo Stock Exchange (Norway)
OSI – Ocean Systems International (United States of America)
OSM – Order of the Secret Monitor
OSS – Office of Strategic Services
OSV – Offshore Support Vessel
OTS – Ocean Technical Services
PA – Public Address System
PADI – Professional Association of Diving Instructors
PARD – Police Aerial Reinforcement Division (Thai)
PARU – Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit (Thai)
PARU – Police Aerial Resupply Unit (Thai)
PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction
PD – Performance Design
PDJ – Plaine des Jarres (Lao)
PDQ – Production, Drilling & Quarters
PDRH3 – Pattaya Dirt Road Hash House Harriers
PDU – Power Distribution Unit
PEMEX – Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico)
PETAS – Peter & Asbjørn Testing
PF – Pilot Flying
PFM -Pipe Facing Machine
PH3 – Pattaya Monday Hash House Harriers
PHC – Passive Heave Compensation
PHF – Pipe Handling Frame
PHRF – Portable Hyperbaric Rescue Facility
PIC – Proportional-Integral-Controller
PID – Proportional-Integral-Derivative
PLB – Personal Locator Beacon
PLC – Programmable Logic Controller
PLEM – Pipeline End Manifold
PLET- Pipeline End Termination
PLIM – Pipeline Inline Manifold
PMR – Performance Management Review
PNF – Pilot Not Flying
POB – Persons On Board
POCO – Power and Control Module
POW – Prisoners of War
PPCoN – Phillips Petroleum Company Norway
PPM – Parts Per Million
PPO2 – Partial Pressure Oxygen
PR – Public Relations
PRC – People’s Republic of China
PRS – Pipeline Repair System
PSA – Petroleum Safety Authority (Norwegian)
PSI – Pounds Per Square Inch
PSU – Pressure Sensing Unit
PSV – Platform Support Vessel
PTC – Personnel Transfer Capsule
PTS – Pipeline Termination Structure
PTS – Post Traumatic Stress
PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTW – Permit To Work
QA – Quality Assurance
QC – Quality Control
QJ – Quadruple-Joint
R&R – Rest and Recreation / Rest and Recuperation
RAAF – Royal Australian Air Force
RAF – Royal Air Force (Great Britain)
RAN – Royal Australian Navy
RAN-CD – Royal Australian Navy – Clearance Diver
RD – Reserve Decoration
RDN-Frogman – Royal Danish Navy – Frogman
RDS – Reel Deployment System
RDX – Research Department eXplosive (Hexogen)
RF – Rigger Foremen
RIB – Rigid-hull Inflatable Boat
RIP – Ranger Indoctrination Program (United States of America)
RLI – Rhodesian Light Infantry
RMBPD – Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment (Great Britain WWII)
RMV – Respiratory Minute Volume
RNoAF – Royal Norwegian Airforce
RN-CD – Royal Navy – Clearance Diver (United Kingdom)
RNLI – Royal National Lifeboat Institution (United Kingdom)
RN-RM – Royal Navy – Royal Marine.
RN-SBS – British – Special Boat Company/Special Boat Squadron/Special Boat Service (United Kingdom)
RN-SD – Royal Navy – Ships Diver (United Kingdom)
RNZN-CD – Royal New Zealand Navy – Clearance Diver.
RNZN-SD – Royal New Zealand Navy – Ships Diver.
ROMV – Remotely Operated Maintenance Vehicle
ROV – Remotely Operated Vehicle (Work & Observation classes)
RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
RPLB – Rigid pipe Lay barge
RPLV – Rigid Pipe Lay Vessel
RRS – Royal Research Ship (United Kingdom)
R-SAS – Rhodesian – Special Air Service
R-Selous Scouts – Rhodesian – Selous Scouts
RSHA – Reichssicherheitshauptamt(Reich Security Main Office)
RSM – Regimental Sergeant Major
RST – Rugby School Thailand
RTS – Remote Tie-in System
RTSF – Royal Thai Special Forces (Thai)
RV – Research Vessel
RWDGM – Right Worshipful District Grand Master
RWM – Right Worshipful Master
S&TA – Safety & Training Authority
SAC – Surface Air Consumption
SAD – Standard American Diet
Move here from below
SALM – Single Anchor Leg Mooring
SAR – Search And Rescue
SARS – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SAS – Siam Air Sports
SAT – Saturation
SBL – Short Baseline
SBM – Single Buoy Mooring
SBV – Standby Vessel
SC – Scottish Constitution
SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCM – Subsea Control Modules
SCORPIO – Submersible Craft for Ocean Repair, Positioning, Inspection, and Observation
SCR – Steel Catenary Risers
SCS – Stolt Comex Seaway (Norway)
SCUBA – Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SCV – Stolt Core Vehicle (Stolt Standardised Remotely Operated Vehicle)
SD – Sicherheitsdienst
SDM – Subsea Deflection Monitoring
SDS – Statens Dykker Skole (The Norwegian States Diving School)
SDS – Students for a Democratic Society (United States of America)
SEA – Southeast Asia Supply Company (CIA front operation)
SEATO – Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEDCO – Southeastern Drilling Company (United States of America)
SF – Special Forces
SF KJ – Svenska Flottan – Swedish Costal Hunter
SIGTTO – Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators
SIMOPs – Simultaneous Operations
SINTEF – Stiftelsen for Industriell og Teknisk Forskning (The Foundation for Industrial and Technical Research) (Norway)
SIT – Silicon Intensified Target
SLS – Secondary Life Support (Bailout)
SLUT – Stud Loading & Unloading Tool
SMS-I – Schlauchabhängiges Schwimmtauchgerät I (Semi-closed Circuit Rebreather)
SNCO – Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
SND – Standard Nigerian Diet
SNS – Stolt Nielsen Seaway (Norway)
SNSA – Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Norway)
SO – Stolt Offshore (Norway)
SOE – Special Operations Executive
SOG – Speed Over Ground
SOG – Studies and Observation Group
SOGETRAM – Société Générale de Travaux Maritimes et Fluviaux
SOLAS – International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
SOS – Save Our Souls/Save Our Ship
SPA – Single Point Authority
SPAR – Single Point Anchor Reservoir
SPAR – Submarine Pipe Alignment Rig (Taylor Diving)
SPC – Single Point of Command
SPDC – Shell Petroleum Development Company
SPHC – Self Propelled Hyperbaric Craft
SPHL – Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat
SPM – Single Point Mooring
SPMB – Single Point Mooring Buoy
SPV – Sparebanken Vest (Norway)
SRC – Surface Rate Consumption
SS – Schutzstaffel (Germany)
SS – Shift Supervisor
SS – Steam Driven Ship
SS7 – Subsea 7
SSBL – Super Short Base Line
SSCP – Safe Supervisors Competency Program
SSCV – Semi-Submersible Crane Vessel
SSE – Short Service Employees
SSFC – Southern Service Helicopter Corporation (Vietnam)
SSI – Sub Sea International
SSIV – Sub-Sea Isolation Valve
SSOL – Sub Sea Offshore Limited (United Kingdom)
SSPS – Sedco Phillips Semi-Submersible
SSRV – Submersible Submarine Rescue Vessel
SSV – Safety and Standby Vessel
STL – Submerged Turret Loading
STOL – Short Take-off & Landing
SUR-D-O2 – Surface Decompression with Oxygen Periods
SUS – Skandinavisk Undervanns Service
SVHC – Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company
SWIFT – Subsea Water Injection Facilities and Tieback (Magnus oil field)
SWL – Safe Working Load
TCP – Treatment Compression Platform
TEMPSC – Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft
TGAOTU – The Great Architect of the Universe
TGB – Temporary Guide Base
THB – Thai Baht
TIG – Tungsten Inert Gas
TLP – Tension Leg Platform
TLS – Tiltable Lay System (Tiltable Lay Tower
TMS – Tether Management System
TNT – Trinitrotoluene
TQ – Tahitian Queen
TQ – Torque
TRACO – Transport Container
TSD – Troms Sjøforsvarets District (Troms Sea Defence District) (Norway)
TUP – Transfer Under Pressure (Wet Pot)
TV2 – Television Two (Norwegian private Television Broadcaster)
UAE – United Arab Emirates
UAM – Uskadeliggjøring Av Miner (Harbour Clearance Commando) (Norway WWII)
UDD – Democracy Against Dictatorship
UDT – Underwater Demolition Team
UER – Undesired Event Report
UGLE – United Grand Lodge of England
UGUK – Oil & Gas UK
UHF – Ultra High Frequency
UK – United Kingdom
UKCS – United Kingdom Central Sector
UK-SAS – British – Special Air Service
ULIS – Unité Légère d’Intervention Sous Marine
ULM – Utskreven Ledende Menig (Nato grade OR1+)
UNOCAL – Union Oil Company of California (United States of America)
USA – United States of America
USAF – United States Air Force
USAID – United States Agency for International Development
US-ARMY-GB – United States Army Ranger – Green Beret
USMC – United States Marine Corps
USN – United States Navy
USNS – United States Naval Ship
US-NAVY-CD – United States Navy – Clearance Diver
US-NAVY-NS – United States Navy – Navy Seal
USBL – Ultra Short Baseline
USPA – United States Parachute Association
USSR – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USV – Unmanned Surface Vehicle
UT – Ultrasonic Testing
UTA – Umbilical Termination Assemblies
UTC – Coordinated Universal Time
UTH – Umbilical Termination Head
UTT – Unnslipningstrenings Tank (Submarine Escape Training Tank)
UWH-1 – Underwater Welding Habitat No 1 (Taylor Diving)
UXO – Unexploded Explosive Ordnance
VAT – Value-Added Tax
VC – Victoria Cross
VCM – Vertical Connector Module
VHF – Very High Frequency
VIC – Very Important Criminal
VIP – Very Important Person
VOC – Dutch East India Company
VSAT – Very Small Aperture Terminal (used for satellite communication)
VSD – Vestlandets Sjøforsvarets District (West Country Sea Defence District) (Norway)
VSI – Vertical Speed Indicator
VSL – Volume of The Sacred Law
WALOR – Western Australian Lodge of Research
WASP – Oceaneering Atmospheric Diving Suit
WAV – WestAfricaVentures
WHO – World Health Organisation
WHP – Wellhead Platform
WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction
WODECO – Western Offshore Drilling and Exploration Company (United States of America)
WOW – Waiting on Weather
WT – Wall Thickness
WUE – Wilhelmsen Underwater Engineering (Norway)
WS – Winston’s Specials
WWI – World War One
WWII – World War Two
YAP – Young Advancing Person
YF – Yard Floating
YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association
YPF – Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales
YS – The Confederation of Vocational Unions
ZANU – Zimbabwe African National Union
ZAPU – Zimbabwe African People’s Union
ZESCO – Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation