+ ABS – Asset Backed Securities
+ AEMERA – Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency
+ AER - Alberta Energy Regulator
+ AIMCo – Alberta Investment Management Corporation
+ ASC – Alberta Securities Commission
+ AUC – Alberta Utilities Commission
+ BBL – barrel
+ BBLS/D – barrels per day
+ BIM – Building Information Modeling
+ BOE – barrel of oil equivalent
+ Brent – North Sea crude benchmark price
+ CaGBC – Canada Green Building Council
+ 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
+ DAB – Development Appeal Board
+ DILBIT – diluted bitumen
+ DIP – debtor in possession
+ EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
+ EIA – U.S. Energy Information Administration
+ EPC – engineering, procurement and construction
+ ESG – Environmental, Social, and Governance (formerly referred to as ‘social license’)
+ E & P – exploration and production
+ FEED – front-end engineering and design
+ FERC – U.S. Federal Energy Regulation Commission
+ Forbearance Agreement – a short term formalized relief arrangement when loan terms are in default
+ FSR – floor space ratio
+ FTC – U.S. Federal Trade Commission
+ GJ – gigajoule
+ GLA – gross leasable area
+ GOA - Government of Alberta
+ GOM – Gulf of Mexico
+ GTA – greater Toronto area
+ GW - gigawatt
+ G&A – general and administrative
+ HOOP – Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
+ IEA – International Energy Agency
+ IFMA – International Facility Management Association
+ IMCO – Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
+ IPO – Initial Public Offering
+ ISO – International Organization for Standardization
+ JV – Joint Venture
+ KV – kilovolt (one thousand volts)
+ KW – kilowatt (one thousand watts)
+ LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
+ LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas
+ LPG – Liquefied Propane Gas
+ MCF – thousand cubic feet
+ MCF/D – thousand cubic feet per day
+ mezz – mezzanine debt
+ MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
+ 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
+ PSP – Public Sector Pension Investment Board
+ RECA – Real Estate Council of Alberta
+ REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
+ RFI – request for information
+ RFP – request for proposals
+ RFQ – request for qualifications
+ ROFR – right of first refusal
+ 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 …
+ TOD – transit oriented development
+ UDI – Urban Development Institute
+ WTI – West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark price
+ WTO – World Trade Organization
+ YYC – YYC Calgary International Airport