Unconventional oil and gas: Economic Impact Assessment and scenario development of unconventional oil and gas in Scotland

Common abbreviations

AUD : Australian Dollar

Bbl : Barrel

Bcf: Billion cubic feet

Bcm: Billion cubic metres

BGS : British Geological Survey

CBM : Coal bed methane

CCC : Committee on Climate Change

CO ₂: Carbon dioxide

DECC : Department of Energy and Climate Change (incorporated into newly formed Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy in July 2016)

GDP : Gross Domestic Product

GHG : Greenhouse gas

GSP : Gross State Product

GVA : Gross Value Added

IoD : Institute of Directors

LNG : Liquified natural gas

LPG : Liquified petroleum gas

m ³: Cubic metre

MMBOE : Millions of barrel of oil equivalent

MMbbl : Millions of barrels

NGLs: Natural gas liquids

ONS : Office for National Statistics

p/therm: Pence per therm

PHIA : Public Health Impact Assessment

SIMD : Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

Tcf: Trillion cubic feet

Tcm: Trillion cubic metres

UKCS : UK Continental Shelf

UKOOG : United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas

UOG : Unconventional Oil and Gas

USD : US Dollar