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January 2012 www.sname.org/sname/mt (glossary )BOEM: Bureau of þÿ OOcean þÿ EEnergy Management, federal agency responsible for managing development of oshore resources BOEMRE: Bureau of þÿ OOcean þÿ EEnergy Management, Regulation and þÿ EEnforcement, recently replaced by Bþÿ O EOEM and BS þÿ E EEEBSEE: Bureau of Safety and þÿ EEnvironmental þÿ EEnforcement, a federal agency responsible for safety and oversight of oshore oil and gas operations Catenary riser: extension of a subsea pipeline attached to a oating production facility Floating production storage and ooad (FPSO): a type of oating production unit used in the energy industry Floating production unit (FPU): a type of energy drilling and production platform FRC: Fast response cutter, a new generation of high-speed þÿ UUnited State þÿ CCoast þÿ GGuard patrol boats Large Cavitation Channel: testing facility in Memphis, Tennessee, part of the þÿ NNaval Surface Warfare þÿ CCenterMinerals Management Service: federal oversight agency replaced by B þÿ O EOEMRþÿ EEMODU: mobile oshore drilling unit Monkey board: a derrickman?s work platform, located up in the derrick on an oshore rig NCOE: the þÿ UUnited States þÿ CCoast þÿ GGuard?s þÿ OOshore þÿ NNational þÿ CCenter of þÿ EExpertise Ocean Star: converted oshore drilling rig, now a museum in þÿ GGalveston, Texas OCS: the outer continental shelf, part of the continental shelf of the þÿ UUnited States Oyster Rockefeller Poopa: signature seafood dish at the Acme þÿ OOyster House in Metairie, þÿ LLouisiana Padeye: the connection between a suction pile and a mooring line Parent craft: a vessel, proven in service, that is used as a model for a new design Personnel basket: device used for transferring people on and o oshore facilities Rail ferry: transport service moving rail cars by sea across the þÿ GGulf of Mexico Riser: the conduit between a subsea well and surface facilities Semisubmersible: a type of oating production unit used in the energy industry Spaghetti bowl: the pipeline infrastructure used in underwater energy-producing facilities Suction pile: a tubular pile used as part of a mooring and foundation system to secure deepwater oating facilities Tension leg platform (TLP): a type of oating production unit used in the energy industry Acronyms, names, and terms appearing in this issue 54_C3_BDept_SNAME_Jan12_P4.indd 6212/22/11 3:45 PM