Abbreviations and Terms

• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/EPS, Economic Policy Staff, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/W, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AID, Agency for International Development
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/AND, Office of Andean Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARA/EP, Office of Regional Economic Policy, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• Aramco, The Arabian-American Oil Company
• ARA/MEX, Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• BCF, billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
• BCFD, billion cubic feet per day (of natural gas)
• BD, barrels per day
• B/D, barrels per day
• BIS, Bank for International Settlements
• BNOC, British National Oil Company
• BOP, Balance of Payments
• BP, British Petroleum Company
• Bpd, barrels per day
• BTU, British Thermal Unit
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisors
• CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• CEP, Committee for Energy Policy (of the OECD)
• CEPS, Central Europe Pipeline System
• CFD, cubic feet per day (of natural gas production)
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIEC, Conference on International Economic Cooperation
• CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
• CIEPSM, Council on International Economic Policy Study Memorandum
• CIF, Carriage, Insurance, and Freight
• CIP, Critical Infrastructure Protection
• CMEA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• COET, Crude Oil Equalization Tax
• Comecon, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• COMIDEASTFOR, Commander, Middle East Force
• Con., Congressional
• Con., United States Congress
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CSCE, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCID, Director of Central Intelligence Directives
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DepSecDef, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• DFSC, Defense Fuel Supply Center
• DM, Deutschmark (currency of Germany)
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOE, Department of Energy
• DOE/ERA, Economic Regulatory Administration, Department of Energy
• DOE/IA, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy
• DPS, Defense Planning Staff
• E, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/EP, Office of Regional Economic Policy, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/IMBS, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, and Singapore Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/J, Japan Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/RA, Regional Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/IEP, International Energy Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/IEP/ECC, Office of Energy Consumer-Country Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/IEP/EPC, Office of Energy Producer-Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/IFD, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/IFD/OMA, Office of Monetary Affairs, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/ORF, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/ORF/FSE, Office of Fuels and Energy, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/FSE, Office of Fuels and Energy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EC, European Community
• ECG, Energy Coordinating Group
• ECP, Office of Regional Economic Policy, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• EDDC, Energy Deficient Developing Country
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EMS, European Monetary System
• EPA, Environmental Protection Act
• EPB, Economic Policy Board
• EPCA, Energy Policy and Conservation Act
• ERDA, Energy Research and Development Administration
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/CE, Office of Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/NE, Office of Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Eurodif, European Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment Consortium
• EUR/RPE, Office of OECD, European Community, and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SE, Office of Southern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• Ex-lm Bank, Export-Import Bank of the United States
• FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)
• FEA, Federal Energy Agency
• FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FERC, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• FGN, Federal Government of Nigeria
• FNMA, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
• FOB, Free On Board
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GB, Governing Board (International Energy Agency)
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOF, Government of France
• GOI, Government of Iran
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GON, Government of Norway
• GOV, Government of Venezuela
• GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
• H., United States House of Representatives
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government (United Kingdom)
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IAM, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank)
• ICA, International Communications Agency
• IDA, International Development Association (of the World Bank)
• IDCA, International Development Corporation Agency
• IEA, International Energy Agency
• IEG, International Energy Group
• IEI, International Energy Institute
• IEP, International Energy Program
• IETG, International Energy Technology Group (of the IEA)
• IFC, International Finance Corporation
• IFI, International Financial Institution
• ILO, International Labor Organization of the United Nations
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INFCE, International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/REC, Office of Economic Research and Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IRS, Internal Revenue Service
• ISR, Industrial Strategic Reserve
• ISTC, International Science and Technology Center
• J, Jimmy Carter
• JC, Jimmy Carter
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JFY, Japanese Fiscal Year
• Kg., kilogram
• LA, Legal Affairs
• LDC, Less-Developed Country
• L/EB, Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic and Business Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• Limdis, limited distribution
• LNG, liquid natural gas
• MBD, million barrels per day
• M/BD, million barrels per day
• MBPD, million barrels per day
• MCF, million cubic feet (of natural gas)
• MDB, Multilateral Development Bank
• Memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MER, Monthly Energy Review
• MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
• MMB, million barrels per day
• MMBD, million barrels per day
• MMB/D, million barrels per day
• MMBTU, million British Thermal Units
• MMT, methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl
• MNC, Multi-National Corporation
• MRA&L, Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics
• MSA, Most Seriously Affected
• MSAS, Most Seriously Affected States
• MSP, Minimum Safeguard Price
• MTN, Multilateral Trade Negotiations
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEA/AFN, Office of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic Affairs, Iraq Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ARP, Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/ECON, Economic Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/EX, Office of Executive Director, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/INS, Office of Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/IRN, Office of Iran Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEB, National Energy Board (Canada)
• NESA, Near East and South Asia
• NFAC, National Foreign Assessment Center (of the CIA)
• NGL, natural gas liquids
• Niact, night action
• NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
• Nodis, no distribution
• NOPR, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• Notal, not to all
• NPR, Naval Petroleum Reserve
• NPR-4, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 in Alaska
• NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• OAPEC, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OCS, Outer Continental Shelf (offshore oil lands administered by the U.S. federal government)
• OECD, Organization for European Cooperation and Development
• OER, Office of Energy Research
• OES, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
• OLADE, Organizacion Latinoamericana de Energia (Latin American Energy Organization)
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OPANAL, Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
• OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• ORPA, Office of Research and Policy Analysis
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSTP, Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Pan Am, Pan American Airlines
• PD, Presidential Determination
• PDRY, People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
• PEMEX, Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico’s state-owned oil company)
• PER/FCA, Office of Foreign Service Career Development and Assignments, Bureau of Personnel, Department of State
• PG, Persian Gulf
• P.L., Public Law
• POL, Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PRC, Policy Review Committee
• Prepcon, preparatory conference
• PRM, Presidential Review Memorandum
• PSVA, Petroleum Supply Vulnerability Assessment
• R&D, Research and Development
• RDF, Rapid Deployment Force
• Ref., reference
• Reftel, reference telegram
• Res., Resolution
• RG, Record Group
• RMS, Resource Management Staff
• RP, Rutherford Poats
• rpt, repeat
• S., United States Senate
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SCC, Special Coordinating Committee
• SDR, Strategic Drawing Rights (from the International Monetary Fund)
• Secdef, Secretary of Defense
• Secstate, Secretary of State
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Secretary of State
• SELA, Sistema Economico Latinoamericana (Latin American Economic System)
• SEQ, Standing Group on Emergency Questions (International Energy Agency)
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SLOC, Sea Line of Communication
• SLT, Standing Group on Long Term Cooperation (of the IEA)
• SOR, Strategic Oil Reserve
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• SPR, Strategic Petroleum Reserve
• SRC, solvent refined coal
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary, Department of State
• TCF, trillion cubic feet (of natural gas)
• TDY, Temporary Duty (US Government)
• Telcon, telephone conversation
• TNC, Terms and Conditions
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State
• TPA, Technical Purchasing Authority
• UAE, United Arab Emirates
• UAEG, United Arab Emirates Government
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCSTD, United Nations Center for Science and Technology Development
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDP, United Nations Development Program
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• US, United States
• USC, Under Secretaries’ Committee
• USCINCEUR, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command
• USD(P), Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• USEC, United States Mission to the European Community
• USG, United States Government
• USICA, United States International Communications Agency
• USLO, United States Liaison Officer, Department of State
• USMEDEL, United States Middle East Delegation
• USMTM, United States Military Training Mission
• USOECD, United States Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• VLCC, Very Large Crude Carrier
• WPI, World Price Index
• WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group
• Z, Zulu Time (Greenwich Mean Time)
• ZB, Zbigniew Brzezinski