2008 Annual Report and Accounts

Glossary

API
Measure of crude oil quality
AGM
Annual General Meeting
bbl
Barrel
bcf
Billion cubic feet
boe
Barrels of oil equivalent
boepd
Barrels of oil equivalent per day
bopd
Barrels of oil per day
bwpd
Barrels of water per day
CMS
Caister Murdoch System
CMS III
A group development of five satellite fields linked to CMS
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
CMT
Crisis Management Team
CNG
Compressed Natural Gas
D&PL
Development and Production Lease
DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo
DSBP
Deferred Share Bonus Plan
E&A
Exploration and Appraisal
EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation
EHS
Environment, Health and Safety
EPS
Early Production System
ERC
Energy Resource Consultants
ESOS
Executive Share Option Scheme
EUETS
European Union Emission Trading Scheme
FEED
Front End Engineering and Design
FPSO
Floating Production Storage and Offtake vessel
FRS
Financial Reporting Standard
FTSE 100
Equity index whose constituents are the 100 largest UK listed companies by market capitalisation
FTSE 250
Equity index whose constituents are the next 250 largest UK listed companies after the top 100
GNPC
Group
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Group Company and its subsidiary undertakings
H&S
Health and Safety
HIPO
High Potential Incident
HR
Human Resources
IAS
International Accounting Standard
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFRIC
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
IFRS
International Financial Reporting Standards
IMS
Information Management System
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
km
Kilometres
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate
LNG
Liquid Natural Gas
LTI
Lost Time Incident
LTIFR
LTI Frequency Rate measured in LTIs per million hours worked
mmbbl
Million barrels
mmboe
Million barrels of oil equivalent
mmscfd
Million standard cubic feet per day
OGP
Oil & Gas Producers
P&D
Production and Development
PAYE
Pay As You Earn
PRT
Petroleum Revenue Tax
PSC
Production Sharing Contract
PSP
Performance Share Plan
ROW
Rest of the World
SCT
Supplementary Corporation Tax
SIP
Share Incentive Plan
SMT
Senior Management Team
sq km
Square kilometres
tcf
Trillion cubic feet
toes
Tullow Oil Environmental Standards
TRI
Total Recordable Incidents
TRIFR
Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate
TSR
Total Shareholder Return
UK GAAP
UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
VAT
Value Added Tax
WAEP
Weighted Average Exercise Price
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