AAPG |
American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
BOEM |
Bureau of Ocean Energy management |
CAES |
compressed air energy storage |
CERSC |
Central Energy Resources Science Center |
CFR |
Coal Federal Regulations |
CH4 |
methane |
CO2-EOR |
Carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery |
COALQUAL |
USGS coal quality database |
CORE |
Committee on Resource Evaluation |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
DOI |
Department of the Interior |
Doi |
digital object identifier |
EERSC |
Eastern Energy Resources Science Center |
EGS |
enhanced (or engineered) geothermal systems |
EIA |
Energy Information Administration |
EISA |
Energy Independence and Security Act |
EOR |
enhanced oil recovery |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
ERP |
Energy Resources Program |
EUR |
estimated ultimate recoverie |
FORGE |
Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy |
FTE |
full-time equivalent |
GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
GIS |
geographic information system(s) |
GTO |
Geothermal Technologies Office |
IUREAP |
Integrated Uranium Resource and Environmental Assessment Project |
MMS |
Minerals Management Service |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
NCRDS |
National Coal Resources Data System |
NETL |
National Energy Technology Laboratory |
NPR-A |
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PRMS |
Petroleum Resources Management System |
PSH |
pumped-storage hydroelectricity |
PVT |
pressure, volume, and temperature |
QA/QC |
quality assurance and control |
QMS |
Quality Management System |
ROZ |
residual oil zone |