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There are currently 12 names in this directory beginning with the letter N.

NAM

Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV, a joint venture (JV) between Shell and ExxonMobil for the Groningen Gas Field in the Netherlands

Please see SPE technical paper 136927-MS for further technical details on remote operations at NAM

NCS

Norwegian Continental Shelf

NDR

National Data Repository

NGM

Next Generation Mining is the BHP program for their autonomous mining strategy

NOC

National Oil Company

NOOC

New Orleans real-time operations center (Shell acronym)

Please see SPE technical paper 92605-MS for further technical details

NOPSEMA

National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority is Australia's independent regulator for health and safety, well integrity and environmental management for offshore oil and gas activities

NPAI

Not Permanently Attended Installation, the guidelines for which are published here by the Energy Institute

NPD

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

NPT

Non-Productive Time

NUI

Normally unmanned installations

Some of the benefits of NUI are discussed in SPE technical papers 124100-MS, OTC-26863-MS, OTC-29367-MS and OTC-30826-MS

NUI-1Y

Normally Unattended Installations with presence of people on site only once per year (Total acronym)

See example SPE technical paper 197513-MS for further technical details