Terms

These terms and acronyms are used throughout the project:

 * Addax**: A subsidiary of Sinopec


 * BCEG**: Beijing Construction Engineering Group


 * BCF**: Billion Cubic Feet


 * CCCC**: China Communications Construction Company


 * CCECC**: Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation


 * CITCC**: China International Telecommunication Construction Corporation


 * CMEC**: China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation


 * CNEEC**: China National Electric Engineering Co.


 * CNFC**: China Non Ferrous Metal Company


 * CNMC**: China Nonferrous Metals Mining & Construction Inc


 * CNOOC**: China National Offshore Oil Corporation


 * CNPC**: Chinese National Petroleum Company


 * CRBC**: China Road and Bridge Corp.


 * CREC**: China Railway Engineering Corporation


 * CSCEC**: China State Construction Engineering Corp.


 * DRC**: Democratic Republic of the Congo


 * EIA**: Environmental Impact Assessment


 * EITI**: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative


 * EMP**: Environmental Management Plan


 * ENAMCO**: Eritrean National Mining Corporation


 * EXIM**: Export-Import


 * ICBC**: International Commercial Bank of China


 * Corresponding Infrastructure**: All projects or monetary investments that directly or indirectly involve petroleum, natural gas, or strategic minerals as part of the project or monetary investment.s.


 * IMF**: International Monetary Fund


 * JISCO**: Jindal Iron and Steel Company


 * MOG**: Mining, Oil and Gas


 * NORINCO**: China North Industries Group


 * OECD**: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development


 * PNGSM**: Petroleum, Natural Gas and Strategic Minerals


 * SASAC**: State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council


 * SEZ:** Special Economic Zone


 * Sinopec**: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation


 * SOE**: State Owned Enterprise


 * SSNCA**: Sonangol Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola


 * SSI**: Sonangol-Sinopec International


 * TCF**: Trillion Cubic Feet


 * TCME**: Tanzania Chamber of Minerals and Energy


 * WEPs**: Words of Estimative Probability (Highly likely, Likely, Chances are about even, Unlikely, Highly Unlikely)


 * WIETC**: Weihai International Economic and Technical Cooperative Co., Ltd


 * WISCO**: Wuhan Iron & Steel Group


 * ZMDC**: Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation