+ AEMERA – Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency
+ AER - Alberta Energy Regulator
+ ASC – Alberta Securities Commission
+ AUC – Alberta Utilities Commission
+ 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
+ CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage
+ CEAA – Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
+ Chapter 11 – court ordered creditor protection under U.S. bankruptcy law
+ COSIA - Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance
+ CPPIB – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
+ CREB - Calgary Real Estate Board
+ DIP – debtor in possession
+ EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
+ EIA – U.S. Energy Information Administration
+ E & P – exploration and production
+ FERC – U.S. Federal Energy Regulation Commission
+ Forbearance Agreement – a short term formalized relief arrangement when loan terms are in default
+ GJ – gigajoule
+ GLA – gross leasable area
+ GOA - Government of Alberta
+ GOM – Gulf of Mexico
+ GTA – greater Toronto area
+ G&A – general and administrative
+ HOOP – Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
+ IEA – International Energy Agency
+ IFMA – International Facility Management Association
+ IPO – Initial Public Offering
+ JV – Joint Venture
+ KV – kilovolt (one thousand volts)
+ KW – kilowatt (one thousand watts)
+ LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
+ LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas
+ MCF – thousand cubic feet
+ MCF/D – thousand cubic feet per day
+ mezz – mezzanine debt
+ MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
+ MT – metric ton
+ MW – megawatt (1 million watts)
+ NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement
+ NEB – National Energy Board
+ NGLs – natural gas liquids
+ OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
+ P3 – Public Private Partnership
+ PADD – U.S. Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts
+ PPA – Power Purchase Agreement
+ PSAC – Petroleum Services Association of Canada
+ RECA – Real Estate Council of Alberta
+ REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
+ RFI – request for information
+ RFP – request for proposals
+ RFQ – request for qualifications
+ RICS – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
+ RNG – renewal natural gas
+ SAGD – steam assisted gravity drainage
+ SAIT – Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
+ 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
+ YYC – YYC Calgary International Airport
