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Gary WhiteheadMember for 17 years 6 months
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Anyone know what this acronym refers to?

It’s appeared on a list of deliverables for an Oil pipeline FEED (Front End Engineering Design), and I’ve not come across the term before.

I guess the RAM part stands for Reliability/Availability/Maintenance, but I’m at a loss about the TOR bit -Terms of Reference maybe?

Thanks,

G

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    Samer Zawaydeh ·
    Dear Gary,

    If you google "RAMTOR" you will get 15,800 hit.

    Chances are it is the name of a company: "RAMTOR INTERNATIONAL. 158 NEW CAVENDISH STREET LONDONW1W 6YP, NL16514277"

    But if you want to continue the Guessing the TOR :)
    T: Testing
    O: Owner
    R: Report

    With kind regards,

    Samer
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    Gary Whitehead ·
    Thanks for the response, Samer

    I tried Google & Wiki already, but couldn’t find anything that would fit
    It won’t be the name of a company since it is appearing in a list of design deliverables

    RAM study is a fairly standard term within O&G for reliabily, availability & maintenance study; so I am fairly sure of that part of the puzzle, it’s just the TOR bit that I’m struggling with.

    Cheers,

    G
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    Mike Testro ·
    Hi Gary

    My guess would be Tested Operations Report.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro
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    Samer Zawaydeh ·
    Dear Gary,

    Another responable guess supported by a published source is:

    TOR: Terms of Reference
    www.shell.com/home/content2/src-en/news_and_library/src_shell_acronyms_0321.html

    Maybe the company that you are working with has its own "Published Acronyms" that you can ask for.

    With kind regards,

    Samer
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    Gary Whitehead ·
    Thanks, Samer. -Terms of Reference was my best guess, too.

    This is for a tender, so I’d like to wait at least until we’ve won the work before peeling back the thin veneer of competence and displaying my ignorance!
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    Samer Zawaydeh ·
    Dear Gary,

    You are most welcome. Another good reference that I used to check is the API (American Petrolum Institute). But unfortuantely I do not have the reference books these days.

    Glad that it was of help :)

    With kind regards,

    Samer

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