What does A&D stand for in Energy investment banking?

Acquisitions & Divestitures? or Acquisition & Disposals?

I know the essential A&D focus is selling and acquiring oilfield assets but I'm not sure what the correct definition for A&D is.

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Hard to resist the urge to respond with "google it".

Acquisitions and Divestitures, i.e. asset-level M&A.

 

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