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30th Year Anniversary
15th January 2020 saw Trinity International Services celebrate its 30th Anniversary year. The achievements of the organisation is the result of the combined effort of staff, clients, suppliers and advisors working together over the 30 years.
Business Angel for UK’s Strongest Man
Since 2016, Trinity International Services has invested in local man, Paul Benton who presented his idea for running his own gymnasium for world class strongmen.
Grampian Highland Games Tug O’ War League
Trinity International Services continue their long association with the Grampian Games as main sponsor of the Tug O’ War in Grampian Area and at the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering.
Glossary
| ARI | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Forresterhill Complex | Industry |
| ACBE | Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment | Industry |
| AHU | Air Handling Unit | Industry |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | General |
| ACOP | Approved Code of Practice | Industry |
| AVL | Approved Vendors List | Industry |
| ACAS | Arbitration Conciliation Advisory Service | Industry |
| ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practical | Industry |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation | General |
| ALE | Asset Ageing and Life Extension | Industry |
| ALCS | Asset Life Cycle Solutions | Industry |
| AD | Assistant Driller | Industry |
| BRINDEX | Association of British Independent Oil Exploration Companies | Industry |
| ABOI | Association of British Offshore Industries | Industry |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations | General |
| AWHEM | Association of Wellhead Equipment Manufacturers | Industry |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line | General |
| AOG | Australasia Oil & Gas | Industry |
| AEOI | Automatic Exchange of Information | General |
| BOE/BOEPD | Barrel of Oil Equivalent / Per Day | Industry |
| B/D | Barrels of Oil Produced per Day | Industry |
| BPD | Barrels Per Day | Industry |
| BOSIET | Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training | Industry |
| bcf | Billion cubic feet (equiv. 0.83 million tonnes of oil) | Industry |
| BPS | Bits Per Second | Industry |
| BOP | Blow-out Preventer | Industry |
| BROA | British Rig Owners’ Association’ | Industry |
| BTI | British Trade International | Industry |
| BOT | Build Operate Transfer | Industry |
| BOO | Build Own Operate | Industry |
| BOOT | Build Own Operate Transfer | Industry |
| BAR | Builders’ All Risk’ | Industry |
| BBS | Bulletin Board System | General |
| BSC | Business Support Co-ordinator | General |
| BUL | Business Unit Leader | Industry |
| BTW | By The Way | General |
| CATP | Caffeine Access Transport Protocol | General |
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditure | Industry |
| CGT | Capital Gains Tax | General |
| COGS | Careers in the Oil and Gas Sector Association | Industry |
| COTA | Caterers’ Offshore Trade Association’ | Industry |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Industry |
| CCR | Central Control Room | General |
| CER | Central Equipment Room | Industry |
| CLASP | Central Logistics Association for Supply Chain Partnerships Network | Industry |
| CNS | Central North Sea | Industry |
| CVC | Central Vacuum Cleaning System (wet type) | Industry |
| CEPMLP | Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy | Industry |
| CMPT | Centre for Marine & Petroleum Technology | Industry |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | Industry |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer | General |
| CNOOC | China National Offshore Oil Corporation | Industry |
| CPECC | China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation | Industry |
| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority | Industry |
| CE | Clean Earth | Industry |
| CDA | Common Data Access | General |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface | General |
| CMID | Common Marine Inspection Document | Industry |
| CRS | Common Reporting Standard | General |
| CAA | Competent Authority Agreement | General |
| CWG | Competitiveness Work Group | Industry |
| COIN | Completions Intervention Network | General |
| CBI | Confederation of British Industry | General |
| CAR | Construction All Risks Insurance | General |
| C2 | Contact Centres | Industry |
| CEM | Contract Energy Management | Industry |
| COSHH | Control Of Substances Harardous to Health | Industry |
| CRO | Control Room Operator | Industry |
| C3 | Co-ordination & Control Centre | Industry |
| CPIB | Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau | General |
| CRINE | Cost Reduction Initiative for the New Era | Industry |
| CBMPE | Council of British Manufactureres of Petroleum Equipment | Industry |
| CTC | Counter Terrorist Checks | General |
| CCP | Critical Control Point | Industry |
| CISLF | Cross Industry Leadership Forum (UK) | Industry |
| CV | Curriculum Vitae | General |
| CSA | Cyber Security Agency | General |
| DEA | Danish Energy Agency |
| DNOC | Danish North Sea Operations Committee |
| DSOA | Danish Ship Owners’ Association’ |
| DEAL | Data Environment Associated with Lift |
| DSAR | Data Subject Access Request |
| DMLC | Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance |
| DRA | Default Retirement Age |
| DfEE | Department for Education and Employment |
| DTI | Department of Trade & Industry |
| DPC | Design, Procurement & Construction |
| DO | Diesel Oil |
| DARPS | Differential And Relative Positioning System |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| DCS | Distributed Control System |
| DB | Distribution Board |
| DB | Distribution Board |
| DP | Distribution Panel |
| DSV | Diving Support Vessel |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Agency (USA) |
| SSOM | Dutch State Supervision of Mines |
| EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation | General |
| EEEGR | East of England Energy Group | Industry |
| E&I | Electrical and Instrumentation | General |
| E&I | Electrical and Instrumentation | Industry |
| EPOS | Electronic Point of Sale | General |
| EDP | Emergency Distribution Panel | Industry |
| ELSVB | Emergency Low Voltage Switchboard | Industry |
| ERRVA | Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel Association | Industry |
| ERC | Emergency Response Centre | Industry |
| ESD | Emergency Shut Down | Industry |
| EPC | Employment Practices Committee | Industry |
| EULA | End User Licensing Agreement | Industry |
| DGXVII | Energy Directorate of the European Commission | Industry |
| EIC | Energy Industries Council | Industry |
| EPA | Energy Policy & Analysis unit of the DTI | Industry |
| EPFI | Engineer Procure Fabricate and Install | Industry |
| EMTA | Engineering & Marine Training Authority | Industry |
| EMTA | Engineering and Marine Training Organisation | Industry |
| ECITB | Engineering Construction Industry Training Board | Industry |
| EEMUA | Engineering, Equipment & Materials Users’ Association’ | Industry |
| EPC | Engineering, Procurement & Construction | Industry |
| EPCC | Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning | Industry |
| EPCM | Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Management | Industry |
| EPIC | Engineering, Procurement, Installation & Commissioning | Industry |
| EOR | Enhanced Oil Recovery | Industry |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment | General |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment | Industry |
| EMS | Environmental Management System | Industry |
| E&OE | Errors and Omissions Excepted | General |
| ECI | Estimated Chargeable Income | General |
| ECSA | European Community Ship Owners’ Association’ | Industry |
| EU | European Union | Industry |
| E&A | Exploration and Appraisal | Industry |
| E&P | Exploration and Production | Industry |
| ECA | Export Credit Agency | General |
| ECGD | Export Credits Guarantee Department | General |
| XML | eXtensible Markup Language | General |
| FMEA | Failure Mode Effect Analyses | Industry |
| FMEA | Failure Mode Effect Analyses |
| FRC | Fast Rescue Craft |
| FS | Feed Study |
| FSAScot | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FIs | Financial Institutions |
| FSA | Financial Security Arrangement |
| FEM | Finite Element Method |
| FEM | Finite Element Method |
| F&G | Fire and Gas |
| FIFI | Fire Fighting |
| FPAL | First Point Assessment Limited |
| FOC | Flag of Convenience |
| FLOTEL | Floating Hotel |
| FPF | Floating Production Facility |
| FPS | Floating Production System |
| FPSO | Floating Production, Storage & Offloading Vessel |
| FSO | Floating Storage & Offloading Vessel |
| FSU | Floating Storage Unit |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FATCA | Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act |
| FED | Foreign Earnings Deduction |
| FOSS | Forum of Small States |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FEED | Front End Engineering Design |
| FEED | Front End Engineering Design |
| FS | Functional Safety |
| FOET | Further Offshore Emergency Training |
| FOSET | Further Offshore Safety & Emergency Training |
| G | Gas |
| G/C | Gas Condensate |
| GA | General Alarm |
| GA | General Arrangement |
| 3G | Global Governance Group |
| GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
| GPS | Global Petroleum Show & Conference |
| GMPs | Good Management Practices |
| GIF | Graphic Interchange Format |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| GOPS | Gross Overload Protection System |
| GoM | Gulf of Mexico |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
| HIRA | Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment |
| HSE | Health & Safety Executive |
| HS&E | Health Safety & Environment |
| HSE | Health, Safety, Environment |
| HSES | Health, Safety, Environment and Security |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning |
| HLO | Helicopter Landing Officer |
| HUET | Helicopter Underwater Escape Training |
| HMG | Her Majesty’ Government’ |
| HMSO | Her Majesty’ Satationery Office’ |
| HMT | Her Majesty’ Theatre (Aberdeen)’ |
| HMT | Her Majesty’ Treasury’ |
| HF | High Frequency |
| HILF | HSE Industry Liaison Forum |
| HILF | HSE Industry Liaison Forum |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion | General |
| IPP | Independent Power Project | Industry |
| ILT | Industry Leadership Team ~ part of PILOT | Industry |
| IMDA | Info-communications Media Development Authority | General |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology | General |
| IEP | Infrastructure and Energy Projects Directorate of BTI Industry Forum | Industry |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering | General |
| IR | Inland Revenue | General |
| IRAS | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore | General |
| ITF | Innovation and Technology Forum | General |
| ITG | Innovation and Technology workGroup | Industry |
| IEMA | Institute of Environmental Management | Industry |
| IP | Institute of Petroleum | Industry |
| IE | Instrument Earth | General |
| IER | Instrument Equipment Room | Industry |
| ISDN | Integrated Service Digital Network | General |
| IP | Intellectual Property | General |
| IUOOC | Inter Union Offshore Oil Committee | Industry |
| IMS | Interim Management Statement | General |
| TF2 | Interim title for the successor group to the OGITF | Industry |
| IADC | International Association of Drilling Contractors | Industry |
| IAGC | International Association of Geophysical Contractors | Industry |
| OGP | International Association of Oil & Gas Producers | Industry |
| IBAN | International Bank Account Number | General |
| ICONS | International Commission on Shipping | Industry |
| MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships | Industry |
| SOLAS | International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea | Industry |
| STCW | International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers | Industry |
| CPI | International’ Corruption Perceptions Index’ | General |
| IEA | International Energy Agency | Industry |
| ILC | International Labour Conference | Industry |
| ILO | International Labour Organization | Industry |
| IMCA | International Marine Contractors Association | Industry |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization | Industry |
| IPLOCA | International Pipe Lines Offshore Contractors Association | Industry |
| ISM Code | International Safety Management Code | Industry |
| ISPS | International Ship and Port Security | Industry |
| ISSA | International Ship Suppliers Association | Industry |
| ISO | International Standards Organisation | Industry |
| ITF | International Transport workers Federation | Industry |
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol | General |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider | General |
| UOOC | Inter-Union Offshore Oil Committee | Industry |
| ITB | Invitation to Bid | Industry |
| ITT | Invitation to Tender | Industry |
| IS | Irish Sea | Industry |
| ISOCON | Irish Sea Offshore Contractors Association | Industry |
| JIP | Joint Industry Programme |
| JIP | Joint Industry Project |
| JOA | Joint Operating Agreement |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| JV | Joint Venture |
| JVs | Joint Ventures |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicators |
| KTP | Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| LMI | Labour Market Information |
| LOGIC | Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness |
| LAWS | Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems |
| LIFT | Licence Initiative for Trading |
| LIFT | License Information for Trading |
| LOLER | Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gasses |
| LD | Liquidated Damages |
| LQ | Living Quarters |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LDPE | Low Density Polyethene Plant |
| LSA | Low Specific Activity |
| MCP | Malaria Control Plan | Industry |
| MOC | Management of Change | Industry |
| MS | Management System | Industry |
| MAIB | Marine Accident Investigaton Branch | Industry |
| MCA | Maritime & Coastguard Agency | Industry |
| MCR | Maritime Control Room | Industry |
| MLC, 2006 | Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 | Industry |
| MRT | Mass Rapid Transit | General |
| MSA | Master Service Agreement | Industry |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet | Industry |
| MSC | Medic Safety Coordinator | Industry |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | Industry |
| MEOS | Middle East Oil & Gas Show | Industry |
| MBOE | Million Barrels Oil Equivalent | Industry |
| Mt | Million tonnes | Industry |
| MBOEPD | Millions of Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day | Industry |
| mmcfd | Millions of cubic feet of gas per day | Industry |
| MUFA | Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids | General |
| MAPS | Movement and Personel tracking System | Industry |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions | General |
| MUSE | Multi-User Simulated Environment | General |
| NET | National Electrotechnical Training organisation |
| NTO | National Training Organisation |
| NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council |
| NGLs | Natural Gas Liquids |
| NC2 | Network & Claims Centre |
| NIC | Network Information Centre |
| NNTP | Network News Transport Protocol |
| NATO | No Action, Talk Only |
| NINJA | No Income, No Job, No Assets |
| NGOs | Non Givernmental Organisations |
| NUI | Normally Unmanned Installation |
| NOPEF | Norsk Olje-Og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund / NORWEGIAN OIL & PETROCHEMICAL WORKERS UNION |
| NORSOK | Norsk Sokkels Konkurranseposisjon |
| NSOAF | North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum |
| NMD | Norwegian Maritime Directorsate |
| NRO | Norwegian Oil Operators’ Association’ |
| OLF | Norwegian Oil Operators’ Association’ |
| NPD | Norwegian Petroleum Directorate |
| NRB | Not Required Back |
| NOA | Notice of Assessment |
| OH | Occupational Health |
| OGSP | Official Government Selling Price |
| OCA | Offshore Contractors’ Association’ |
| ODE | Offshore Deseign Engineering |
| OIAC | Offshore Industry Advisory Committee |
| OILC | Offshore Industry Liaison Committee |
| OIM | Offshore Installation Manager |
| ONS | Offshore Northen Seas |
| OPITO | Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation |
| OSEA | Offshore South East Asia |
| OTC | Offshore Technology Conference |
| OWIC | Offshore Wind Industry Council |
| O | Oil |
| OG | Oil & Gas Directorate of the DTI |
| OGITF | Oil & Gas Industry Task Force |
| O&G | Oil and Gas |
| OCTG | Oil Country Tubular Goods |
| OIAC | Oil Industry Accounting Committee |
| OIAC | Oil Industry Advisory Committee |
| OLF | Oljeindustriens Landsforening (Norwegian Oil Industry Association) |
| bbl | One Barrel of Oil |
| OPEX | OPerating EXpenditure |
| O & M | Operations & Maintenance |
| OSPAR | Oslo & Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic |
| OMIS | Overseas Market Introduction Service |
| PLQ | Permanent Living Quarters | Industry |
| PTW | Permit To Work | Industry |
| PIC | Person In Charge | Industry |
| PLB | Personal Locator Beacon | Industry |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment | Industry |
| POB | Personnel On Board | Industry |
| PDVSA | Petroleos de Venezuela | Industry |
| PESGB | Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain | Industry |
| PRT | Petroleum Revenue Tax | Industry |
| P&A | Plug and Abandon | General |
| POP | Point of Presence also Post Office Protocol | General |
| PPP | Point to Point Protocol | General |
| PVC | Poly Vinyl Chloride | General |
| PUFA | PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acids | General |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | General |
| PPM | Pre-Production Meeting | Industry |
| PSV | Pressure Safety Valve | Industry |
| PSSR | Pressure Systems Safety Regulations | Industry |
| PDQ | Pretty Dash- Quick’ | General |
| PFEER | Prevention of Fire, Explosion and Emergency Response regulations | Industry |
| PSA | Production Sharing Agreement | Industry |
| PIPE | Productivity Improvement in Partnership with Employers | Industry |
| PMC | Project Management Contract | Industry |
| PUWER | Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations | Industry |
| PA | Public Address | Industry |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network | General |
| PO | Purchase Order | Industry |
| QRA | Quantified Risk Assessment |
| RPA | Radiation Protection Advisor |
| RO | Radio Operator |
| RMT | Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers’ Trade Union |
| REMF | Real Estate Mutual Fund |
| ROV | Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| R & M | Repair & Maintenance |
| RIDOR | Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
| RFC | Request For Comments |
| RFI | Request For Information |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| ROW | Rest of the World |
| RevPAR | Revenue Per Available Room |
| RSS | Rich Site Summary |
| RGIT | Robert Gordon Institute of Technology |
| RGU | Robert Gordon University |
| SALSA | Safe and Local Supplier Approval |
| SCIG | Safety Case Improvements Group |
| SFA | Saturated Fatty Acids |
| SATRO | Science and Technology Regional Organisation |
| SCDI | Scottish Council for Development and Industry |
| SVQ | Scottish Vocational Qualification |
| SAR | Search and Rescue |
| SRC | Search and Rescue Craft |
| SDV | Seawater Desalination Vessel |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
| SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SICC | Singapore International Commercial Court |
| SIMC | Singapore International Mediation Centre |
| SMEs | Small and Medium sized Enterprises |
| SMEs | Small to Medium Sized Enterprises |
| SWIFT | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| SPE | Society of Petroleum Engineers |
| SOSR | Some Other Substantial Reason |
| SNS | Southern North Sea |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| STCW | Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping |
| SBV | Standby Vessel |
| SPN | Stretch Performance Network |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SIM | Subscriber Identity Module Card |
| SURF | Subsea, Umbilical, Riser and Flowline |
| ITG2 | Successor to ITG |
| Supplier | Supplier of goods, and contractors or subcontractors delivering services |
| SCM | Supply Chain Management |
| SMDS | Switched Multimegabit Data Service |
| SDSL | Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| SYSOP | System Operator |
| TRA | Task Risk Assessment | Industry |
| TRA | Tax Risk Assessment | Industry |
| TAC | Technology Advosory Committee | Industry |
| TMT | Technology, Media and Telecommunications | General |
| TER | Telecom Equipment Room | Industry |
| TT | Telegraphic Transfer | General |
| TLQ | Temporary Living Quarters | Industry |
| TR | Temporary Refuge | Industry |
| AMAC | The Association of Mature American Citizens | General |
| NOGEPA | The Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association | Industry |
| OECD | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | General |
| PPWG | The Progressive Partnering Work Group | Industry |
| TOWS | Thermal Over the Side Working Suit | Industry |
| 3D | Three-dimensional space | General |
| TQM | Total Quality Management | Industry |
| TROIF | Total Recordable Offshore Illness Frequency | Industry |
| TULRA | Trade Union Labour Relations Act | General |
| TUPE | Transfer of Undertakings & Protection of Employment Regulations | Industry |
| T & D | Transmission & Distribution | Industry |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol | General |
| TGWU | Transport & General Workers Union | Industry |
| tcf | Trillion cubic feet of gas | Industry |
| T3 | Trinity International Services Ltd. | Industry |
| TAT | Turnaround Activity Time | Industry |
| UPS | Unified Planning System |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| URLs | Uniform Resource Locators |
| URN | Uniform Resource Name |
| URN | Unique Reference Number |
| USP | Unique Selling Proposition |
| UKCS | United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
| UKOOA | United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| VCI | Value Contracting Initiative |
| NOVA | Venture capital fund for oil and gas industry development |
| VAIO | Video Audio Integrated Operation |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| WSCA | Well Services Contractors’ Association’ |
| WoB | West of Britain |
| WoS | West of Shetland |
| WAIS | Wide Area Information Servers |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WTD | Working Time Directive |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
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Trinity International Services Limited
7 Bon Accord Square
Aberdeen, AB11 6DJ
Tel: +44 (0)1224 211755