CCS dictionary
We use a lot of technical terms and abbreviations in our line of work. “CCS” in the heading above is a good example of this. This goes to show that we are not always great at expressing ourselves and being clear in our definitions. Taking inspiration from, among others, the Language Council of Norway, Gassnova has compiled a glossary that we hope you find useful. Feel free to submit suggestions for new words and definitions that ought to be included via postmottak@gassnova.no. As for the explanation of what “CCS” means… Well, naturally you will find that listed under C.
A
Allam process
amine
aquifer
B
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
BioCCS (BECCS)
benchmarking
bio CO2
biomass
C
CCS
Carbon capture and storage
CO2 Capture and Compression
CCC
CO2 equivalents
CO2 management
Less common – appears to be used more generally when dealing with CO2, as opposed to specifically discussing carbon capture & storage
Carbon Capture Plant
CCP
Carbon Dioxide
CO2
Carbon Masterplan Mongstad
CMM
Carbon capture and storage
Same as CCS but often referred to as full term
CCS
Chilled Ammonia Process
CAP
Combined Heat and Power
CHP
carbon capture
carbon emission
carbon storage
carbon tax
cement
climate initiative
climate negative
corrosion
D
decarbonisation
E
Energy Intensive Industries
Ells
Enhanced Oil Recovery
EOR
European Trading Scheme or Emission Trading System
ETS
electrolysis
emission point
energy carrier
energy efficiency
energy source
F
Front End Engineering Design
FEED
Full-scale
FS
fossil fuel-based energy
G
Global CCS Institute
GCCSI
greenhouse gas emissions
H
Health Safety Quality & Environment
HSQE
Health Safety and Environment
HSE
heat integration
hydrocarbon
I
IEA WEO
More commonly referred to as acronym rather than full term
IEA World Energy Outlook
IEAGHG
More commonly referred to as acronym rather than full term
IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC
International Energy Agency
IEA
International Standardisation Organisation
ISO
industrial cluster
infrastructure
inject
K
kilowatt-hour
kWh
L
Life Cycle Cost
LCC
Life Cycle Cost
LCC
Liquefied natural gas
LNG
Liquefied petroleum gas
LPG
Longship
low emission solution
M
Membrane
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
MPE
mobile testing unit
N
NCCS
Norwegian CCS Research Centre
Northern Lights
Norwegian Continental Shelf
NCS
O
operator
Context dependent – Operator when more generic discussion of organisations/participants of an industry/process
Synonyms can also be ‘player’ and ‘participant’ depending on context
P
parts per million (by weight or by volume)
ppm
pipeline
power generation
processing industry
Q
quota market
quota price
R
R&D
Research and Development
renewable
S
Scope Of Work
SOW
Site Query
SQ
Sleipner gas field
Subsea Injection System
SIS
sandstone
seabed
sedimentary rock
subsea
T
TCM
Technology Centre Mongstad
Technology Readiness Levels
TRL
The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
CSLF
U
Umbilical Termination Head
UTH
Umbilical
UMB
Uninterruptible Power Supply
UPS
University of Oslo
UiO
User Fabrication Acceptance Test
UFAT
W
World Energy Outlook
WEO
well
whole chain