Glossary

StepChange Global Digital and Integrated Operations glossary

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There are currently 8 names in this directory beginning with the letter F.
FCW
Full Control of Wells (Total acronym)

FDP
Fast Drill Process (Exxon acronym) <br><br> See example SPE technical papers <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-134580-MS">134580-MS </a>, <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-150208-MS">150208-MS </a>, <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-151133-MS">151133-MS </a>, <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-170751-MS">170751-MS </a> for further technical details

FLiDAR
Floating Light Detection and Ranging (an Equinor acronym)

The Equinor FLiDAR buoy technology is described in a youtube video here

 

FOF
Facilities of the Future (PETRONAS acronym)

FotF
(1) Field of The Future (BP acronym) <br><br> Please see SPE technical papers <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-99777-MS">99777-MS</a>, <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-106859-MS">106859-MS</a>, <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-112145-MS">112145-MS</a>, <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-112149-MS">112149-MS</a> and <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-112194-MS">112194-MS</a> for more technical details <br><br> (2) Facilities of The Future (BP acronym) <br><br> Please see SPE technical paper <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-111957-MS">111957-MS</a> for further technical details <br><br> (3) <a href="https://theogtc.com/site-tools/categories/?category=Facility%20of%20the%20Future">Facility of The Future</a>  (<a href="https://theogtc.com">OGTC</a> acronym)

Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the current, ongoing transformation of manufacturing and industry methods, combined with the latest smart technologies, such as large-scale machine to machine communication and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled hardware deployments

FPSO or FPU
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_production_storage_and_offloading">Floating Production Storage and Offloading</a>

Also known as a floating production unit

The Aker Solutions unmanned FPSO concept is described in the SPE JPT here

Please see SPE technical paper <a href="https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-30905-MS">OTC-30905-MS</a> for further technical details

FPWD
Formation Pressure While Drilling