OBM: Oil-Based Mud.
COVs : Composés Organiques Volatils.
OSPAR : La Convention pour la protection du milieu marin de l'Atlantique du Nord-Est.
PLONOR: Pose Little or NO Risk (to the Environment).
OGP: Oil & Gas Producers.
UKOOA: the UK Offshore Operators Association.
US-EPA: United States-Environmental Protection Agency.
WBF: Water-based Mud.
SBF: Synthetised-based Mud.
MAW: Modified Atlantic Water.
LIW: Levantine Intermediate Water.
EMDW: East Mediterranean Deep Water.
WMDW: West Mediterranean Deep Water.
LCI: Life Cycle Inventory.
DB: dichlorobenzene.
Eq: équivalent.
PAH : Hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques.