AIOC Chirag Oil Project Environmental & Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Units and Abbreviations February 2010 i Final Units and Abbreviations Units B Billion barg 1 bar (gauge) = 14.5 psi bbl Barrel (6.2898 barrels = 1 m3) bpd Barrels per day Bq/kg Bequerels per kilogram (measure of radioactivity) Bstb Billion standard barrels cm Centimetre cm3 Cubic centimetre cm/year Centimetres per year dB Decibel dB (A) A weighted unit of sound intensity weighted in favour of frequencies audible to the human ear dBht(species) A metric for estimating the behavioural effects of noise on marine species dB LAEQ Sound pressure level dB re. 1 Pa Decibels relative to one micropascal g Grams ha Hectare hr Hour Hs Significant wave height Hz Hertz (Measure of frequency) K One thousand (e.g. 500K = 500,000) keV Kiloelectron volt (one thousand electron volts) kg Kilograms km Kilometre km Square kilometre kNm3 Thousand cubic metre at normal conditions kW Kilowatts LC50 Lethal Concentration 50. The concentration of a chemical which kills 50% of a sample population. l Litres l/hr Litres per hour m Metres M Million m TVD BRT Depth in Metres (True Vertical Depth) (Below the Rotary Table) m/hour Metres per hour m/s Metres per second m Square metres m Cubic metres m3/day Cubic metres per day m3/hour Cubic metres per hour mbbl Thousand barrels mbgl Meters below ground level mbpd Thousand barrels per day mbwd Thousand barrels of water per day mbwpd Thousand barrels of water per day Mbopd Thousand barrels of oil per day Microns m Micrometers g Micrograms g/g Micrograms per gram g/m3 Micrograms per cubic meter g/l Micrograms per litre Pa Micro Pascal mg Milligrams mg/l Milligrams per litre mg/m3 Milligrams per cubic metre AIOC Chirag Oil Project Environmental & Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Units and Abbreviations February 2010 ii Final mg/Nm3 Milligrams per cubic meter (at normal conditions) ml Millilitres mm Millimetres mm/day Millimetres per day mm/hr Millimetres per hour mm/month Millimetres per month MMscf Million standard cubic feet MMscfd Million standard cubic feet per day MMBtu Million British thermal units MMscf Million standard cubic feet MMscfd Million standard cubic feet per day MMstb Million standard barrels m/s Metres per second Mstb/day Thousand barrels per day Mstbd Thousand barrels per day MW Megawatt pH -log 10 H+ (Measure of acidity or alkalinity) PM10 Particulate matter measuring 10m in diameter ppb Parts per billion ppbv Parts per billion by volume ppm Parts per million ppmv Parts per million by volume PSI Pounds per square inch lb/MMscf Pounds of water per million standard cubic feet 1Q Quarter one (of year) s Second scf Standard cubic feet scf/bbl Standard Cubic Feet per Barrel Sm Standard cubic metres Sm3/hr Standard cubic metres per hour ktonne Thousand tonnes t Tonnes t/day Metric tonnes per day US$ US dollars US$M US dollars (Millions) yr Year “ Inches % Percent %v Percentage by volume %w Percentage by weight %ile Percentile C Degrees centigrade Approximately Greater than +/- Plus/minus Less than AIOC Chirag Oil Project Environmental & Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Units and Abbreviations February 2010 iii Final Chemicals Elements and Compounds 241Am Americium As Arsenic Ba Barium BCM Bromochloromethane BTEX Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene Cd Cadmium CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CH4 Methane CO Carbon Monoxide CO2 Carbon Dioxide CO2 Eq Carbon dioxide equivalent Cr Chromium 137Cs Caesium Cu Copper Fe Iron H2S Hydrogen Sulphide HCFC Hydrochloroflurocarbon HFCs Hydrofluorocarbons Hg Mercury HNO3 Nitric Acid KCl Potassium Chloride KOH Potassium Hydroxide MEG Mono Ethylene Glycol N2 Nitrogen N2O Nitrous Oxide NO Nitrogen Oxide NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NOx Nitrogen Oxides NPD Naphthalenes, phenanthrenes and dibenzothiophenes PAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Pb Lead 210Pb Radioactive form of lead PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls PFCs Perfluorocarbons PHB Pre Hydrated Bentonite Ra Radium SOx Sulphur Oxides SO2 Sulphur Dioxide TEG Tri-ethylene Glycol THPS Tetrakyshydroxymethyl phosphonium sulphate Zn Zinc Abbreviations ACG Azeri - Chirag - Gunashli ADMS3 Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling System Version 3 ADR European Agreement concerning International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road AERMOD A Computer programme that models air dispersion AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam AFS Anti Fouling Systems AIOC Azerbaijan International Operating Company AMEA Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan ANAS Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences API American Petroleum Institute AQS Air Quality Standard ARB Azerbaijan Red Data Book ASA Applied Science Associates AIOC Chirag Oil Project Environmental & Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Units and Abbreviations February 2010 iv Final ASY Azerbaijan Statistical Yearbook ATA Amec-Te