+ AEMERA – Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency
+ AER - Alberta Energy Regulator
+ `BBL – barrel
+ BBLS/D – barrels per day
+ BOE – barrel of oil equivalent
+ Brent – North Sea crude benchmark price
+ CapEx – capital expenditures
+ CAPP - Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
+ cap rate – capitalization rate
+ CBD – Central Business District
+ CCAA – Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
+ CEAA – Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
+ COSIA - Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance
+ CPPIB – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
+ CREB - Calgary Real Estate Board
+ EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
+ E & P – exploration and production
+ FERC – U.S. Federal Energy Regulation Commission
+ GJ - gigajoule
+ GOA - Government of Alberta
+ GTA – greater Toronto area
+ IPO – Initial Public Offering
+ JV – Joint Venture
+ KV – kilovolt (one thousand volts)
+ KW – kilowatt (one thousand watts)
+ LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
+ MCF – thousand cubic feet
+ MCF/D – thousand cubic feet per day
+ mezz – mezzanine debt
+ MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
+ MW – megawatt (1 million watts)
+ NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement
+ NEB – National Energy Board
+ NGLs – natural gas liquids
+ P3 – Public Private Partnership
+ PADD – U.S. Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts
+ PSAC – Petroleum Services Association of Canada
+ RECA – Real Estate Council of Alberta
+ REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
+ RFP – request for proposals
+ RFQ – request for qualifications
+ SAGD – steam assisted gravity drainage
+ S & P – Standard & Poors
+ sub – subsidiary
+ sub. – subordinated
+ tic toc – we’ll see …
+ UDI – Urban Development Institute
+ WTI – West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark price
+ WTO – World Trade Organization
