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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAPG
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
AGI
American Geological Institute
AGU
American Geophysical Union
AMNH
American Museum of Natural History
ANSP
Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
API
American Petroleum Institute
ARCO
Atlantic Richfield Company
BCR
Bremen Core Repository
BEG
Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
BELI
Balcones Energy Library Inc.
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
CAD
Canadian dollars
CGSI
Cambe Geological Services Inc.
CIPA
California Independent Petroleum Association
CNWRA
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
CRC
Core Research Center (U.S. Geological Survey)
CSPG
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
DAAC
Distributed Active Archive Centers (NASA)
DERL
Denver Earth Resource Library
DOE
Department of Energy
DOI
Department of the Interior
DOSECC
Drilling, Observation, and Sampling of the Earth’s Continental Crust
DSDP
Deep Sea Drilling Project
EAR
Division of Earth Sciences (NSF)
ECR
East Coast Repository
EIA
Energy Information Administration (DOE)
EII
Energy Information Inc.
EOR
Enhanced Oil Recovery
ER
engineering regulation
EUB
Energy and Utility Board of Alberta
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FLMNH
Florida Museum of Natural History
FMNH
Field Museum of Natural History
FY
fiscal year
GCR
Gulf Coast Repository
GLF
Geophysical Log Facility
GMC
Alaska Geologic Materials Center
GP
Geco-Prakla Inc.
GSA
Geological Society of America
HGRC
Herold Geological Research Centers (Denver, Houston, Abilene, Casper)
ICWG
Ice Core Working Group
IHS
Information Handling Service Energy Group (formerly Petroleum Information [PI], Dwights and Petroconsultants)
IMLS
Institute for Museum and Library Services
IODP
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
IOGCC
Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
IOGS
Independent Oil and Gas Service (Kansas)
IPAA
Independent Petroleum Association of America
IRIS
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology
JLL
Jackson Log Library
JOI
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
JOIDES
Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
KE EMu
KE Software Electronic Museum Management System
KGS
Kansas Geological Survey
KU
University of Kansas
KUMIP
University of Kansas Museum of Invertebrate Paleontology
LACM
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
MCZ
Museum of Comparative Zoology
MEL
Midland Energy Library
MGG
Marine Geology and Geophysics Division
MMS
Minerals Management Service
MOU
memorandum of understanding
MSHA
Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSRP
Mineral Science Research Program (USGS)
NARA
National Archives and Records Administration
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA)
NGDC
National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
NGDRS
National Geoscience Data Repository System
NICL
National Ice Core Laboratory
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NMBGMR
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
NMIMT
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
NMMR
National Mine Map Repository
NMNH
National Museum of Natural History
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
NPS
National Park Service
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OCGSL
Oklahoma City Geological Society Library
OCS
outer continental shelf
ODP
Ocean Drilling Program
OILF
Oil Information Library (Ft. Worth, Texas)
OILW
Oil Information Library (Wichita Falls, Texas)
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OOIP
original oil in place
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSM
Office of Surface Mining
PII
Petroleum Information, Inc.
PRI
Paleontological Research Institution
PTTC
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
RELI
Riley Electric Log Inc.
SeaSat
sea satellite
SEG
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
SELGEM
Self Generating Master (Smithsonian database program)
SSPLA
Southern States Professional Log Association
SUI
State University of Iowa
THUMS
Texaco, Humble (now Exxon), Unocal, Mobil, and Shell (consortium)
TMM
Texas Memorial Museum
UCMP
University of California Museum of Paleontology
UMMP
University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
URI
University of Rhode Island
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USBM
U.S. Bureau of Mines
USFS
U.S. Forest Service
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS(D)
U.S. Geological Survey Paleontological Collection, Denver
USNM
U.S. National Museum
USNRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
UW
University of Washington
VMNH
Virginia Museum of Natural History
WCR
West Coast Repository
WOGCC
Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
YPM
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
