Oilfield Acronym Update Aug 2015

Oilfield Acronym
MARSEC
NTAS
GAR
DBCP
WQ
OT
ABAN
AGM
AMSL
AOF
AOFP
AGRU
ACOU
ADCP
ALR
ACQU
aMDEA
AFP
APS
ART
ANPR
ADROC
ALC
AAR
ACHE
AIRG
AIRRE
AC
ABSA
AHBDF
AHD
AIV
ART
AADE
AAODC
AAPG
AAPL
ABS
AIChE
AIME
ANSI
API
API
ASNT
ASTM
ASCE
ASME
WAV3
AVO
WellCAP
APC
ANACO
ARESV
ANARE
APR
ACP
AFV
ASV
AV
AAV
AMV
ASCSSV
AWB/V
A
AP
APD
(US Coast Guard) Maritime Security System

(US Department of Homeland Seurity) National Security Advisory System
(World Health Organization) Global Alert and Response
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane
A textural parameter used for CBVWE computations (Halliburton)
A Well On Test
Abandonment
Above ground marker
above mean sea level
Absolute open flow
absolute open-flow potential
acid gas removal unit
Acoustic
Acoustic Doppler Current Profile (system)
acoustic log report
Acquisition log
activated methyldiethanolamine
Active Fire Protection
active pipe support
Actuator running tool
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking
advanced rock properties report
aertical seismic profile acoustic log calibration report
After action reviews
Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger
airgun
airgun report
Alaminos Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Alberta Boilers Safety Association
along hole (depth) below Derrick floor
along hole depth
Alternate isolation valve
Alternate response technologies
American Association of Drilling Engineers
American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Association of Professional Landmen
American Bureau of Shipping
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
American National Standards Institute
American Petroleum Institute
American Petroleum Institute: organization which sets unit standards in the oil and gas industry
American Society for Nondestructive Testing
American Society for Testing and Materials
American Society of Chemical Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Amplitude (in Seismics)
Amplitude variation with offset (seismic)
An IADC standard for well control training
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
analysis of core logs report
analysis of reservoir
analysis report
Annual performance review
Annular casing pressure
Annular flow valve
annular safety valve
annular velocity or apparent viscosity
Annulus Access Valve
annulus master valve
annulus surface controlled sub-surface valve
annulus wing block/valve (XT)
Annum
Apalachicola Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Application for permit to drill
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Oilfield Acronym
APM
ATD
APM
ADT
A
AL
APPRE
AWO
ACP
AMI
APE
ARACL
ARRC
AIT
AS
ASP
AL
ALARP
ASI
ASPO
APM
AOPL
ASEAN
atm
ASR
AT
AIP
AFE
AIT
ADIOS
AUV
AMS
AAGR
ADEP
ARI
BQL
BOB
BPV
BO
BH
BPLUG
BVO
bbl
b
boed
BCPD
BFPD
BLPD
boe
boe/d
BOEPD
BOPD
BWPD
bwd
BPD
BPH
BPM
BGWP
BOSIET
BS&W
BM
BBS
BBSM
BDF
BGL
BML
BRT
Application for permit to modify

application to drill
Application to drill - modification
Applied Drilling Technology, ADT log
Appraisal (well)
appraisal license (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence issued before 1996
appraisal report
approval for well operation
Area contingency plan
area of mutal interest
Area of potential effect
array acoustic log
array acoustic report
Array induction tool
array sonic processing log
array sonic processing report
Artificial lift
As low as reasonably practicable
ASI log
Asociation for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas
Asset performance management
Association of Oil Pipe Lines
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
atmosphere, a unit of pressure
Atmosphere-supplying respirator
Atwater Valley Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Australian industry participation
Authorization For Expenditure, a process of submitting a business proposal to investors
Auto-ignition temperature
Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills, NOAA's oil weathering model
Autonomous underwater vehicle
auxiliary measurement service log; Auxiliary Measurement Sonde (temperature)
Average annual growth rate
Awaiting Development with Exploration Potential, referring to an asset
azimuthal resistivity image
B/QL log
back on bottom
Back pressure valve
back-off log
Baker Hughes
baker plug
ball valve operator
barrel
Barrel (42 galUS)
barrel(s) of oil equivalent per day
barrels condensate per day
Barrels of fluid per day
Barrels of liquid per day
Barrels of oil equivalent
barrels of oil equivalent per day
Barrels of oil equivalent per day
Barrels of oil per day
Barrels of water per day
barrels of water per day (often used in reference to oil production)
barrels per day
barrels per hour
Barrels per minute
base of ground-water protection
basic offshore safety induction and emergency training
Basic sediment and water
Bay Marchand Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Behavioral-based safety
behaviour-based safety management
below Derrick floor
below ground level (used as a datum for depths in a well)
Below mud line
below rotary table (used as a datum for depths in a well)
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Oilfield Acronym
BSL
BSML
BS
BSR
BTEX
BAST
BHCA
BHC
BHCS
BIVDL
BOM
Bcfe
Bcf
BOD
BIOR
BIORE
BDL
BSR
BH
BOP
BOPE
BSDV
BP
BINXQ
BARS
BGL
BGT
BHL
BHPRP
BPFL
BOREH
BHSS
BHTV
BA
BOTHL
BTHL
BOTTO
BHSRE
BLI
BOP
BSR
BU
BUL
BHA
BHCP
BHCT
BHFP
BHL
BHP
BHP
BHST
BHT
ANP
BA
BTO/C
BFOE
BS
BRPLG
BLP
BA
BGS
Btu
BP
BUR
BOEM
BSL
C4
Below sea level

below sea mean level
Bend Stiffener
Bend strength ratio
benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and xylene
Best available and safest technology
BHC acoustic log
BHC gamma ray log
BHC sonic log
BI/DK/WF/Casing collar locator/gamma ray log
Bill of materials
billion cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
Biological Oxygen Demand
biostratigraphic range log
biostratigraphy study report
bit data log
Blind shear ram
bloodhound
Blowout preventer
Blowout preventer equipment
Boarding shutdown valve
Boiling point
bond index quicklook log
Borehole acoustic reflection survey
borehole geometry log
borehole geometry tool
borehole log
borehole pressure report
borehole profile log
borehole seismic analysis
borehole seismic survey
borehole television report
Bottom Assembly (of a riser)
bottom hole locator log
bottom hole log
bottom hole pressure/temperature report
bottom hole sampling report
bottom of logging interval
bottom of pipe
Bottom simulating reflector
bottom up
bottom up lag
Bottomhole assembly
Bottomhole circulating pressure
Bottomhole circulating temperature
Bottomhole flowing pressure
Bottomhole location
Bottomhole pressure
Bottomhole pressure
Bottomhole static temperature
Bottomhole temperature
Brazil's National Petroleum Agency
Brazos Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
break to open/close (valve torque)
Brent, Forties, Oseberg, and Ekofisk (oil fields)
Breton Sound Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
bridge plug log
Bridge-linked platform
Bridging agreement
British Geological Survey
British thermal unit
Bubble point
build-up rate
Bureau Ocean Energy Management
Burner safety low (burner flame detector)
butane
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Oilfield Acronym
BWOC
BWOW
CsF
CALVE
CHDTP
CALI
CART
CAPP
CSUG
CSPG
CART
CAPEX
COTP
CCS
COXY
C&S
CH
CSHN
Csg
csg
CCL
CCLP
CCLTP
CHART
CHP
CHRT
CAS
CRT
CIBP
CP
C&E
CBIL
CDIS
CE
CECAN
CBL
CEME
CET
CERE
CRET
CTRAC
API RP 65
COS
cP
CATS
CNS
COC
COFR
CMTR
CWI
CGEL
CA
CS
d
CO
CH
CHCNC
CHECK
CHKSS
CHKSR
CDR
CIDL
CIDU
CIMV
CIV
COD
By weight of cement
By weight of water
Caesium formate (coincidentally also an acronym of the sole large-scale supplier of caesium formate brine, cabot specialty
fluids.)
calibrated velocity log data
calliper HDT playback log
calliper log
cam-actuated running tool (housing running tool)
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
Cap Replacement Tool
Capital expenditure
Captain of the port
Carbon capture and storage (or sequestration)
carbon/oxygen log
cased and suspended
Cased hole
cased-hole neutron log
Casing
casing
Casing collar locator
casing collar locator perforation
casing collar locator through tubing plug
Casing hanger assembly running tool
casing hanger pressure (pressure in an annulus as measured at the casing hanger)
casing hanger running tool
casing log
Casing Running Tool
cast iron bridge plug
Cathodic Protection
Cause and effect
CBIL log
CDI synthetic seismic log
CE log
CEC analysis
cement bond log (measurement of casing cement integrity)
cement evaluation
cement evaluation tool
cement remedial log
cement retainer setting log
cement tracer log
Cementing Shallow Water Flow Zones in Deep Water Wells
Center for Offshore Safety
Centipoise
Central Area Transmission System
Central North Sea
Certificate of Conformance
Certificate of Financial Responsibility
Certified material test reports
Certified Welding Inspector
CG EL log
Chandeleur Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Chandeleur Sound Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Change (delta)
change out (ex. from rod equipment to casing equipment)
Charlotte Harbor Gulf of Mexico leasing area
CHCNC gamma ray casing collar locator
checkshot and acoustic calibration report
checkshot survey log
checkshot survey report
Chemical Data Reporting rule
chemical injection downhole lower
chemical injection downhole upper
chemical injection metering valve
chemical injection valve
Chemical Oxygen Demand
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Oilfield Acronym
CPI
CVX
CFO
CFC
C&K
CBM
CM
XMT
CHROM
CST
CALOG
CRT
CCA
CGA
CW
CITHP
CMR
CNFDP
CNLFD
DTPB
CSG
CBM
CMP
CWPPRA
CZMP
CFR
CTLF
CT
CTCO
CTD
CTU
CHOPS
COL
Chemical process industries

Chevron
Chief financial officer
Chlorofluorocarbon
Choke and kill
choke bridge module
choke module
Christmas tree
chromatolog
Chronological Sample Taker log (Schlumberger)
circumferential acoustic log
Clamp Replacement tool
Clean Carribbean & Americas
Clean Gulf Association
Clockwise
closed-in tubing head pressure (tubing head pressure when the well is shut in)
CMR log
CNFD true vertical-depth playback log
CNL/FDC log
CNT true vertical-depth playback log
Coal Seam Gas
Coalbed methane
Coastal Management Program
Coastal Wetlands Protection, Planning & Restoration Act
Coastal Zone Management Program
Code of Federal Regulations
coil tubing lift frame
Coiled tubing
coiled tubing clean-out
Coiled tubing drilling
Coiled tubing unit
Cold heavy oil production with sand
collar log
Brent crude
CSI
CDP
CMP
CRP
CGTL
COML
WAV5
CDRCL
CND
CNGR
CNL
CTLF
CSO
CWOP
CF
COMPR
COMRE
CWOR
CT
COMP
COMAN
CAGR
CDP
CNG
P-wave
CFD
CBT
COMPU
CONDE
GE
CGR
COA
Collection of contracts and futures contracts regarding oil from the Brent, Forties, Oseberg, and Ekofisk fields
Combinable Seismic Imager (VSP) log (Schlumberger)
common depth point (geophysics)
common midpoint (geophysics)
common/central reference point (subsea survey)
compact gas to liquids (production equipment small enough to fit on a ship)
compaction log
Compensate Amplitudes
compensated dual resistivity cal. log
compensated neutron density
compensated neutron gamma-ray log
compensated neutron log
compensated tension lift frame
complete seal-off
complete well on paper
completion fluid
completion program report
completion record log
completion work over riser
Complex total
composite log
compositional analysis
Compound annual growth rate
comprehensive drilling plan
Compressed natural gas
Compressional wave
Computational fluid dynamics
Computer-based training
computest report
condensate analysis report
Condensate gas equivalent
condensate gas ratio
Conditions of Approval
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Oilfield Acronym
CILD
CAT
C/P
CONDR
API RP 76
CHESM
CDU
CRP
CBM
CA
CORAN
CB
CCHT
CDATA
CD
CGL
CGPH
CL
CLG
COROR
CORE
CSTAK
CSMT
CORG
CORIB
CSR
CC
CORLG
CRA
CPI separator
CCW
CPICB
CPI
CPIRE
CTOD
CIKR
XC
X-linked
XMAC
X-over
XO
XOV
XPOR
XPHLOC
DSPT
Heavy oil
Xln
CSTRE
CRM
CUT
CUTTD
CYBD
CYDIP
CYDN
CYBLK
CYPRO
CSS
DARCI
D
D
DAFW
DART
DDBHC
DMA
DECT
DDCV
DESFL
conduction log
Connector Actuating Tool
Consumption/production (ratio)
continuous directional log
Contractor Safety Management for Oil & Gas Drilling and Production Operations
contractor, health, environment and safety management
control distribution unit
control riser platform
conventional buoy mooring
core analysis log
core analysis report
core barrel
core chart log
core data
core description
core gamma log
core graph log
core log
core log and graph
core orientation report
core report
core sample taken log
core sampler tester log
corgun log
coriband log
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corpus Christi Gulf of Mexico leasing area
correlation log
Corrosion-resistant alloy
corrugated plate interceptor
Counterclockwise
CPI coriband log
CPI log (computer-processed interpretation)
CPI report
crack tip opening displacement
Critical Infrastructure and key resources
Cross-connection, cross correlation
Cross-linked (to increase gel viscosity)
Cross-Multipole Array Acoustic log
Crossover
Cross-Over
Cross-Over Valve
Crossplot Porosity
Crossplot Selection for XPHI
cross-plots log
Crude oil with API gravity of 20 or less
Crystalline (minerals)
CST report
Customer relationship management
cutter log
cuttings description report
cyberbond log
cyberdip log
cyberdon log
cyberlook log
cyberproducts log
Cyclic steam stimulation (method)
Darci log
Darcy
Day
Days away from work
Days Away, Restricted work, or job Transfer
DDBHC waveform log
dead-man anchor
decay time
Deep draft caisson vessel
deep induction SFL log
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Oilfield Acronym
DW
DPT
DWH
DWOP
DEFSU
DOA
dP
DELTA
DEN
POR
DECC
DEPAN
DHC
DD&A
DEPC
DDET
DTT
DDM
DF
DOO
DC
DPP
DL
DOCD
DEV
DEVLG
DS
DP
DEXP
DIEGR
Delta
Crack spread
DPLD
DLT
DWSS
DAZD
DINT
DIPLP
DIPRM
DLIST
DIPBH
DIPFT
DIP
DQLC
DIPRE
DIPSA
DIPSK
DAC
DIPAR
DSI
DD
DIM
DIRS
DIRSU
DIBHC
DMR
DISFL
DIS
DAC
DPS
DCS
DSV
DL
DLS
DABS
DBB
DHCE
Deep water
deeper pool test, Lahee classification
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater operations plan
definitive survey report
delegation of authority
Delta pressure
delta-T log
density log
Density Porosity Log
Department for Energy and Climate Change (UK)
deposit analysis report
depositional history curve
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
depth control log
depth determination log
depth to time
Derrick drilling machine (a.k.a. top drive)
Derrick floor
Designation of operator
Desoto Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Development and production plan
development license (United Kingdom), a type of onshore license issued before 1996
Development operations coordination documents
development well, Lahee classification
deviation log
Deviation survey, (also directional system)
Dewpoint
D-exponent log
dielectric gamma ray log
Difference between plan and performance
Difference between the price of crude oil and the price of products made from it
differential pressure levitated device (or vehicle)
Digital linear tape
dig-well seismic surface log
dip and azimuth display
dip interpretation
dip lithology pressure log
dip removal log
dip-list log
dipmeter borehole log
dipmeter fast log
dipmeter log
dipmeter quality control log
dipmeter report
dipmeter soda log
dipmeter stick log
dipole acoustic log
dipole acoustic report
dipole shear imager
Directional drilling
directional inertia mechanism
directional survey log
directional survey report
DIS BHC log
Discharge monitoring report
DISFL DBHC gamma ray log
DIS-SLS log
Distance amplitude curve
Distinct population segment
Distributed Control System
diving support vessel or drilling supervisor
Dogleg
dog-leg severity (directional drilling)
Double action bypass sub
double block and bleed
Downhole completion equipment
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Oilfield Acronym
DNHO
DHPTT
DOWRE
DHSV
DRI
DC
DC
DDPT
DIF
DP
D&C
DRLCT
DFR
DH
DRLOG
DRPRS
DRPG
DRLPR
DR
DRREP
DWOP
DST
DSTW
DSTL
DSTR
DSTRE
DSTSM
DSTPB
DFT
DT
DRYRE
DSCAN
DSTG
DCAL
DDNL
DISO
DLL
DPL
DPRES
DILB
DILL
DIL
DILLS
DILSL
DSTND
DWQL
DR
DD
DXC
PP
DGP
DP
DPS
DP
DPDV
DPSS
EBIT
EBITDA
EPS
EB
EC
E/W
ETAP
ELT
EDRC
EWTA
EHT
downhole logging
downhole pressure/temperature transducer
downhole report
downhole safety valve
drift log
drill centre
Drill collar
drill data plot log
drill in fluids
drill pipe
drilling and completions
drilling chart
drilling factual report
drilling history
drilling log
drilling pressure
drilling program report
drilling proposal/progress report
drilling report
drilling report
Drilling well on paper (exercise)
Drillstem test
drill-stem test job report/works
drill-stem test log
drill-stem test report
drill-stem test report
drill-stem test summary report
drill-stem test true vertical depth playback log
Dry film thickness
Dry Tortugas Gulf of Mexico leasing area
drying report
DSC analysis report
DSTG log
dual caliper log
dual det. neutron life log
dual induction sonic log
dual laterolog (deep and shallow resistivity)
dual propagation log
dual propagation resistivity log
dual-induction BHC log
dual-induction laterolog
dual-induction log
dual-induction log-LSS
dual-induction log-SLS
dual-space thermal neutron density log
dual-water quicklook log
dummy-run log
Dustin Dome Gulf of Mexico leasing area
DXC pressure pilot report
DXC Pressure Plot Log
dynamic geohistory plot (3D technique)
dynamic positioning
Dynamic positioning system
Dynamically positioned
dynamically positioned drilling vessel
Dynamically positioned semisubmersible
Earnings before interest and taxes
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
Earnings per share
East Breaks Gulf of Mexico leasing area
East Cameron Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
East/west
Eastern Trough Area Project
Economic Limit Test
Effective daily recovery capacity (of oil skimmers)
Eglin Water Test Area
Electric Heat Trace
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Oilfield Acronym
EL
E&I
EEHA
EFL
EI&C
EMT
EPCU
ESP
ETU
ECRD
ERW
EDM
EM
EMI
EPT
EMP
ETTD
ESD
ECC
EDP
EDS
EDS
EER
EEP
ERC
ERP
ERT
ERT
ESD
EM
EMOP
EOFL
EOR
EOT
EOW
EWR
EROEI
ENJ
ENGF
EFR
ENG
ENGPD
EPCI
EOR
EN PI
Eni
ERP
EA
EIA
EIS
ERA
ESI
EPLG
EPL
EPLPC
EPTNG
EOS
EVI
ECD
EMG
EMW
EERA
EFH
EUR
C2
EGMBE
EI
Electric Log
Electrical and Instrumentation
Electrical equipment in hazardous areas
Electrical Flying Lead
Electrical instrumentation and control
Electrical metallic tubing (conduit)
Electrical Power Conditioning Unit
Electrical submersible pump
Electrical Test Unit
Electrically Controlled Release Tool
Electric-resistance welded (pipe)
Electro-discharge machining
Electromagnetic
Electromagnetic inspection
Electromagnetic Propagation
Electromagnetic Propagation Log
Electromagnetic Thickness Test
Electrostatic discharge
Emergency control center
Emergency Disconnect Package
Emergency disconnect sequence
Emergency disconnect system
Emergency escape and refuge (system)
Emergency evacuation plan
Emergency response and control
Emergency response plan
Emergency response team
Emergency Response Training
Emergency Shut-Down
EMOP Log
EMOP Well Site Processing Log
End of Field Life
End of operations (report)
End of Tubing
End of well (report)
End Of Well Report
Energy returned on energy invested
Enerjet Log
Engineer Factual Report
Engineering Factual Report
Engineering Log
Engineering Porosity Data
Engineering, procurement, construction, and installation
Enhanced oil recovery
Enhanced Productivity Index Log
Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi S.p.A. (Italy)
Enterprise resource planning
Environmental Assessment
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental impact statement
Environmental risk assessment
Environmental Sensitivity Index
Epilog
EPL Log
EPL-PCD-SGR Log
EPT-NGT Log
Equation of state
Equipment verification inspection
Equivalent circulating density
Equivalent Mud Gradient
Equivalent Mud Weight
Escape, evacuation, and rescue analysis
Essential fish habitat
Estimated ultimate recovery
ethane
Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether
Eugene Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
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Oilfield Acronym
EAGE
ECHA
EU
EVARE
ETA
EW
EWD
ESP
ESPcc
E&A
E&P
EPIDORIS
EA
EDP
EDR
XL
EP
XMRI
ERD
ERW
ECP
XOM
EZSV
FL
FMP
FAT
FAC
FS
FIR
FMEA
FMECA
FIT
FRU
FLT
FTA
FCVE
FOGRMA
FOSC
FDP
FER
FPLAN
FR SIT
FLRA
CNCF
FIL
FCP
FGEOL
FI
FID
FNOS
FRES
FINST
FWR
FONSI
FTM
FIFO
FTP
FCF
FSI
FC
FPS
FPU
FPSO
FSO
FLOG
FL
European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers

European Chemicals Agency
European Union
Evaluation Report
Event tree analysis
Ewing Bank Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Expand-while-drilling (tools)
Expected surface pressure
Expected surface pressure for the completion case
Exploration and Appraisal
Exploration and production
Exploration and Production Integrated Drilling Operations and Reservoir Information System
Exploration Asset
Exploration Drilling Program Report
Exploration Drilling Report
Exploration Licence (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence issued between the First Onshore Licensing Round (1986)
and the Sixth (1992)
Exploration plan
Extended Range Micro Imager (Halliburton)
Extended Reach (Drilling)
Extended-reach well
External Casing Packer
ExxonMobil
EZSV Log
F log
Facility measurement point
Factory Acceptance Testing
factual report
fail safe
Failure investigation reports
Failure modes and effects analysis
Failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis
fairing intervention tool
Fast response units
fault (geology)
Fault tree analysis
F-curve log
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (US Regulation)
Federal on-scene coordinator
Field development planning
field equipment room
field plan log
Field Representation System Integration Test
field-level risk assessment
field-normalised compensated neutron porosity
FIL log
final circulating pressure
final geological report
final inspection
final investment decision
Final notice of sale
final reserve report
final stratigraphic report
final well report
Finding of No Significant Impact
fire-team member
First in, first out
first tranche petroleum
Fishermen's Contingency Fund
flawless start-up initiative
float collar
Floating production system
Floating production unit
Floating production, storage, and offloading (vessel)
Floating storage and offloading (vessel)
FLOG PHIX RHGX Log
Florida
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Oilfield Acronym
FM
q
FPL
FLOW
FLOPR
FWV
FGBNMS
FIP
FIV
FBHP
FTP
FWHP
FLET
FLIV
FLMT
FSB
FM
FIT
FLS
FLOT
FMC
FMTAN
FX
FSA
SEG-Y
FANAL
FDC
FEWD
FFAC
FIT
FINTP
FIT
FIV
FMI
FMP
FMS
XPT
FT
FTRE
FVF
FSU
FACHV
FP
FG
FRA
FPDM
FRARE
FI(M)
FOB
FWKO
FWL
FPIT
FOB
FEL
FNL
FSL
FWL
FEED
FULDI
FFM
FLMPI
FLUT
FH
FOSV
FDS
FV
FOET
Florida Middle Ground Gulf of Mexico leasing area

Flow
flow analysis log
flow and buildup test report
flow profile report
flow wing valve (also known as production wing valve on a xmas tree)
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
flow-induced pulsation
flow-induced vibration
Flowing bottomhole pressure.
Flowing tubing pressure
Flowing wellhead pressure
Flowline end termination
flowline injection valve
Flowline manifold termination
flowline support base
Flowmeter
fluid identification test
fluid sample
flying lead orientation tool
FMC Technologies
FMT analysis report
Foreign exchange
Formal safety assessment
Format developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data
formation analysis sheet log
formation density log
formation evaluation while drilling
formation factor log
Formation integrity test
formation interpretation
formation interval tester
Formation isolation valve
formation micro imaging log (azimuthal microresistivity)
formation microscan report
formation multi-scan log; formation micro-scan log
Formation Pressure Test log (Schlumberger)
formation tester log
formation testing report
Formation volume factor
Former Soviet Union
four-arm calliper log
Frac pack
Fracture gradient
fracture log
fracture potential and domain modelling/mapping
fracture report
free issue (materials)
Free on board
free water knock-out
free water level
free-point indicator tool
Freight on board
From east line
From north line
From south line
From west line
Front-end engineering and design
full diameter study report
full field model
Full length magnetic particle inspection
Full length ultrasonic inspection
full-hole tool joint
Full-opening safety valves
functional design specification
funnel viscosity or float valve
Further Offshore Emergency Training
Page 11
Oilfield Acronym
FBE
GV
GRC
GA
GR
IH
GRN
GB
GASAN
GC
GC/MS
G/C
GDT
GIIP
GL
GLM
GLV
GLR
GAS
GMAW
GOC
GOR
GOSP
GS
GTL
GTW
GWC
GGRG
GdF
GCT
GS
GA
GL
G-INC
GAAP
GEODY
GPSL
GWREP
GEOCH
GEOEV
GDAT
GDIP
GIS
GPLT
GEOFO
GEOPR
GOP
GEORE
SUMST
GEOL
GEOPN
G&G
GEOP
GJ
GRP
SFERAE
GRSS
GHS
GLT
GCAT
GRSVY
GRAD
GI
GCLOG
GRLOG
GP
fusion-bonded epoxy
Gainesville Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Galvanized rigid conduit
Galveston Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Gamma ray
Gamma Ray Log
Gamma Ray Neutron Log
Garden Banks Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Gas Analysis Report
Gas chromatography
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
Gas Condensate
Gas Down To
Gas Initially In Place
Gas Lift
Gas Lift Mandrel (alternative name for Side Pocket Mandrel)
Gas Lift Valve
Gas Liquid Ratio
Gas Log
Gas metal arc welding
Gas Oil Contact
Gas Oil Ratio
Gas oil separation plant
Gas Supplier
Gas To Liquid
Gas To Wire
Gas/water contact
Gauge Ring
Gaz de France
GCT Log
Gel Strength
General arrangement (of offshore equipment)
General ledger
General US INCs. G-110
Generally accepted accounting principles
GEO DYS Log
Geo Pressure Log
Geo Well Report
Geochemical Evaluation
Geochemical Evaluation Report
Geodetic Datum
Geodip Log
Geographic Information System
Geol Plot Log
Geological & Formation Evaluation Report
Geological Operations Progress Report
Geological Operations Report
Geological Report
Geological Summary Sheet
Geological Surveillance Log
Geological Well Prognosis Report
Geology and geophysics
Geophone Data Log
Gigajoule
Glass Reinforced Plastic
Global Association for the use of knowledge on Fractured Rock in a state of Stress, in the field of Energy, Culture and
Environment
Global Rig Share Solutions group
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
GLT Log
Government Compliance Action Team
Gradient Survey Log
Gradiometer Log
Grand Isle Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Graphic Core Log
Grapholog
Gravel pack
Page 12
Oilfield Acronym
GBT
GBS
GC
GHG
GDP
GRV
GE
GRE
GFCI
GL
GLE
GST
GCC
GOM
GMP
GOMR
GUN
HAPC
HAL
HOA
HA
HAZOP
HAZCOM
HAZID
HAZOP
CESQG
LQG
HAZWOPER
SQG
HRCC
HSMP
HES
HSE
HSSE
HAZ
C7+
HLO
HWDP
HWDP
h
HLO
HUET
HDA
HTM
HFRS
Gravity Base Tank

Gravity Based Structure
Green Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Greenhouse gas
Gross domestic product
Gross Rock Volume
Ground Elevation
Ground Elevation
Ground fault circuit interrupter
Ground Level
Ground Level Elevation (generally in metres above mean sea level)
GST Log
Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates)
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico Program
Gulf of Mexico region
Gun Set Log
Habitat area of particular concern
Halliburton
Hand/on/off (switch)
Hazard analysis
Hazard and operability (analysis)
Hazard communications
Hazard identification (study)
Hazardous Operation
Hazardous waste conditionally exempt small quantity generator
Hazardous waste large quantity generator
Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
Hazardous waste small quantity generator
HCAl of Calliper (in Inches)
Health and safety management plan
Health, environment, and safety
Health, safety, and environmental
Health, safety, security, and environment
Heat Affected Zone
heavy hydrocarbon components
Heavy Load-out (Facility)
Heavy weight drill pipe
Heavy Weight Drill Pipe
Height or thickness
Helicopter Landing Officer
Helicopter underwater egress training
Helideck Assistant
Helideck Team Member
Helix Fast Response System
HWCG
HE
HH
HEXT
C6
HGS
HIPPS
HI
HPWBM
HP
HPGAG
HPHT
HDT
HT
HTHP
HVDC
HCA
HP/IP
HPU
HUD
HL
Helix Well Containment Group (an industry cooperative of 24 deepwater E&P companies working in the Gulf of Mexico)
Henderson Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Henry Hub
Hex Diplog
hexanes
High (Specific-)Gravity Solids
High Integrity Pressure Protection System
High Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
High Performance Water Base Mud
High pressure
High Pressure Gauge
High pressure, high temperature
High Resolution Dipmeter Log
High temperature
High Temperature High Pressure (same as HPHT)
High Voltage Direct Current
High-consequence areas
High-pressure and/or intermediate pressure
High-pressure unit
Hold Up Depth
Hook Load
Page 13
Oilfield Acronym
HCCS
HCM
HDD
HPU
hp
HWP
HH
HPPS
HCAL
HFE
HFL
HHP
HPU
HC
HFC
HISC
H2S
HYROP
HP
HEC
HPG
HYPJ
IDEL
IMAG
ILOGS
IDLH
ISM
IPF
IOR
ICS
IC
INCR
INCRE
GPIT
INDRS
IOC
IPAA
I3P
INDWE
INDT
IEL
IEB
IL
IBP
ICD
IPR
ITS
IC
IM
IEP
IEP/DOCD
IPO
INJEC
IJL
I:P
ILI
ID
INSUR
IBOP
ITP
IRC
IR
ITR
IWOCS
IPC
IEEE
IUG
Horizontal Clamp Connection System

Horizontal Connection Module. To connect the Xmas Tree to the Manifold
Horizontal directional drilling
Horizontal pumping unit
Horsepower
Hot work permit
Howell Hook Gulf of Mexico leasing area
HP Pressure Log
HRCC Calliper (in Logs)(in Inches)
Human Factors Engineering
Hydraulic flying lead
Hydraulic Horsepower
Hydraulic Power Unit
Hydrocarbons
Hydrofluorocarbons
Hydrogen induced stress cracking
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrophone Log
Hydrostatic Pressure
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Hydroxyl propyl guar
Hyperjet
IDEL Log
Image Analysis Report
Image Logs
Immediately dangerous to life or health
IMO's International Safety Management (code)
Impact producing factors
Improved oil recovery
Incident Command System
Incident commander
Incline Report
Incline Report
Inclinometry Tool Log
IND RES Sonic Log
Independent oil company
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Independent third party
Individual Well Record Report
INDT Log
Induction Electrical Log
Induction Electro BHC Log
Induction Log
Inflatable bridge plug
Inflow Control Device
Inflow performance relationship
Influx To Surface
Information collection
Information management
Initial exploration plan
Initial exploration plan and development operations coordination documents
Initial public offering
Injection Falloff Log
Injection Log
Injector To Producer Ratio
In-line inspection (platforms for natural gas pipelines)
Inner or Internal Diameter (of a tubular component such as a casing)
Inrun Survey Report
Inside blowout preventer
Inspection and test plan
Inspection release certificate
Inspection report
Inspection Test Record
Installation/Workover control system
Installed Production Capacity
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Instrument Utility Gas
Page 14
Oilfield Acronym
IDC
ICV
ICSU
IHV
IOW
IP
ICE
IPCC
IBC
ICP
IMT
IP
IAT
IF
ITD
IAWC
IADC
OGP
MARPOL
IEA
ILTA
IMCA
IMO
IMDG
IMF
IOC
IPE
ISO
IWCF
IWCF certification
IP
IR
INGAA
ICV
IPTT
ICoTA
IM
IUR
INVES
ITT
IPLS
IRTJ
ISFBG
ISFCD
ISFGR
ISFSL
ISF
ISFP
ISFPB
ISFL
ISN
JLT
JU
JU
JHA
JSA
JSP
JIP
JITF
JIB
JV
JVP
J
JT
JB
J&A
Intangible Drilling Costs

Integrated Cement Volume (of Borehole)(in Cubic Metres)
Integrated Commissioning and Start Up
Integrated Hole Volume (of Borehole) (in Cubic Metres)
Integrity operating windows
Intellectual property
Intercontinental Exchange
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intermediate Bulk Container
Intermediate Casing Point
Intermediate metal conduit
Intermediate pressure
Internal Active Turret
Internal Flush tool joint
Internal Turret Disconnectable
International Alliance for Well Control
International Association of Drilling Contractors
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
International Energy Agency
International Liquid Terminals Association
International Marine Contractors Association
International Marine Organization
International Maritime Dangerous Goods (code)
International Monetary Fund
International Oil Company
International Petroleum Exchange
International Standards Organization (formally, International Organization for Standardization)
International Well Control Forum
International Well Control Forum Blowout Prevention & Well Control certification
Internet protocol
Interpretation Report
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
Interval Control Valve
Interval pressure transient test
Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association
Inventory management
Inventory Update Reporting
Investigative Program Report
Invitation to tender
IPLS Log
IRTJ Gamma Ray Slimhole Log
ISF BHC GR Log
ISF Conductivity Log
ISF GR Casing Collar Locator Log
ISF SLS MSFL Log
ISF Sonic Log
ISF Sonic True Vertical Depth Playback Log
ISF True Vertical Depth Playback Log
ISF-LSS Log
ISNetworld
J Lay Tower
Jackup
Jack-Up drilling rig
Job hazard analysis
Job safety analysis. Reviews site-specific detailed job hazards. In the final CFR 30 Part 250 subpart S rule, BSEE replaced
references to JHAs with references to JSAs.
Job safety plan
Joint industry project
Joint industry task force
Joint Interest Billing
Joint venture
Joint Venture Partners/Participants
Joule
Joule-Thomson (effect/valve/separator)
Junk Basket
Junked and Abandoned
Page 15
Oilfield Acronym
JIT
KC
KB
KBE
KBG
KD
KPI
KW
KOP
KOP
KMW
KRP
KSA
LSD
LIFO
LL
LARS
LD
LOPA
LWR
LCNLG
LDTEP
LIT
LEAKL
LOT
LACT
LOE
LD
LCL
LOA
LCV
LSH
LSL
LEEA
LOLER
LP
LOGGS
LAOT
LOT
LT
LVOT
LVEL
LINCO
LNG
LNG
LPG
LGR
LP
LDL
LITDE
LEPRE
LIOG
LITHR
LITST
LITRE
LPH
LQ
LL
LFRD
LMAP
LOT
LOTO
LOTO
LAS
LOGRS
LOGSM
LWOP
Just in time
Keathley Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Kelly bushing
Kelly Bushing Elevation (in meters above sea level, or meters above Ground Level)
Kelly Bushing Height above Ground Level
Kelly Down
Key performance indicator
Key West Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Kick Off Plug
Kick-Off Point Directional Drilling
Kill Mud Weight
Kill Rate Pressure
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Land Surface Datum
Last in, first out
Laterolog
Launch & Recovery System
Lay Down (tubing, rods, etc.)
Layers of protection analysis
Lazy-wave catenary riser
LDT CNL Gamma Ray Log
LDT EPT Gamma Ray Log
Lead Impression Tool
Leak Detection Log
Leak-Off Test
Lease Automatic Custody Transfer
Lease Operating Expenses
Lethal dose
Lethal dose (low)
Letter of Authorisation/Agreement/Authority
Level control valve
Level safety high (sensor)
Level safety low (sensor)
Lifting Equipment Engineers Association
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
Limited partnership
Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System
Linear Activation Override Tool
Linear Override Tool
Linear Time or Lag Time
Linear Valve Override Tool
Linear Velocity Log
Liner and Completion Progress Report
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied Natural Gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Liquid Gas Ratio
Liquid penetrant
Litho Density Log
Litho Density Quicklook Log
Litho-Elastic Property Report
Lithography Log
Lithological Description Report
Lithostratigraphic Log
Lithostratigraphy Report
Litres Per Hour
Living quarters
Lloyd Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Load and resistance factor design
Location Map
Lock Open Tool
Lock Out / Tag Out
Lock out tag out
Log ASCII Standard
Log Restoration Report
Log Sample
Logging Well on Paper
Page 16
Oilfield Acronym
LWD
LOGGN
LIBOR
LSBGR
LSSON
LAH
LCM
LTI(FR)
LTIR
LA
LMOGA
LGS
LP
LPWHH
LEL
LFL
LMRP
LMV
LRP
LAT
LKO
LUMI
LU
MRBP
MGL
MP
MPI
NUMAR
MRIRE
MSS
MAGST
MT
MCHE
MP
MHA
MPD
MOC
MSC
MCS
MCM
MCP
MPQT
MPS
MARA
MLF
MMO
MOF
MR
MSRC
MWS
MWCC
MTSRU
MQ
MF
MS
MCS
MSA
MSC
MVB
MI
MRR
MSDS
MTO
MTR
MOT
XPERM
Logging while drilling

Logging Whilst Drilling
London Interbank Offered Rate
Long Spacing BHC GR Log
Long Spacing Sonic Log
Lookahead
Lost Circulation Material
Lost Time Incident (Frequency Rate)
Lost time incident rate
Louisiana
Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Low (specific-)Gravity Solids
Low Pressure
Low Pressure Well Head Housing
Lower explosive limit
Lower flammable limit
Lower marine riser package
Lower Master Valve (on a Xmas tree)
Lower Riser Package
Lowest Astronomical Tide
Lowest Known Oil
Luminescence Log
Lund Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Magna Range Bridge Plug
Magnelog
Magnetic particle
Magnetic particle inspection
Magnetic Resonance Image Log
Magnetic Resonance Image Report
Magnetic Single Shot
Magnetostratigraphic Report
Magnetotellurics
Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger
Main Pass Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Major hazards analysis
Managed Pressure Drilling
Management of Change
Management system coordinator
Manifold & Connection System
Manifold Choke Module
Manifold compression platform
Manufacturing Procedure Qualification Test
Manufacturing Procedure Specification
Maralog
Marine Loading Facility
Marine mammal observer
Marine Offloading Facility
Marine Riser
Marine Spill Response Corporation
Marine Warranty Survey
Marine Well Containment Co. Partners in the nonprofit include BP, BHP Billiton, Apache Corp., Anadarko Petroleum, and
Statoil.
Maritime Transportation System Recovery Unit
Marqesas Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Marsh Funnel (mud viscosity)
Mass spectrometry
Master Control Station
Master service agreement
Master services contract
Master Valve Block on Xmas Tree
Matagorda Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Material Receipt Report
Material Safety Data Sheets
Material Take Off
Material test reports
Materials/Marine Offloading Terminal
Matrix Permeability in the X-Direction
Page 17
Oilfield Acronym
MAASP
MAOP
MASP
MAWOP
MAWP
MASPcc
MGW
MIYP
MSP
Hmax
MSL
MTBF
MTTF
MD
MD
MDSS
M&R
MWD
MWDRE
MD
MSI
MCD
MEM
MEIC
MI
MEPRL
MSD
MSCT
LD50
MJ
MOU
MERCR
MNP
MERG
MPK
mKB
C1
MDL
MH
MDEA
MTBE
MBT
m
MT
MA
MSFL
MSL
MEST
MLL
ML
MPA
MIPAL
MENA
MWA
mD
mmHg
MMboe
MMboed
MMbod
MMbd
MMbpd
MMbtu
MMcfe
MMcf
MMTA
MMscf
Maximum Acceptable (or Allowable) Annular Surface Pressure

Maximum allowable operating pressure
Maximum allowable surface pressure
Maximum allowable wellhead operating pressure
Maximum allowable working pressure
Maximum anticipated surface pressure for the completion case
Maximum gross weight
Maximum Internal Yield Pressure
Maximum source pressure
Maximum Wave Height
Mean sea level
Mean Time Between Failure
Mean time to failure
Measured depth
Measured Depth (see also MDSS)
Measured Depth Sub-Sea
Measurement and regulation
Measurement while drilling
Measurement While Drilling Report
Measurements/Drilling Log
Mechanical and Structural Inspection
Mechanical Completion Dossier
Mechanical earth model
Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Commission
Mechanical integrity
Mechanical Properties Log
Mechanical setting devices
Mechanical Sidewall Coring Tool
Median lethal dose
Megajoule
Memorandum of understanding
Mercury Injection Study Report
Merge and Playback Log
Merge FDC/CNL/Gamma Ray/Dual Laterolog/Micro SFL Log
Merged Playback Log
Meters below Kelly Bushing
methane
Methane Drainage Licence (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence allowing natural gas to be collected "in the course
of operations for making and keeping safe mines whether or not disused"
Methane hydrate (methane clathrate, or fire ice)
Methyl Diethanolamine (aMDEA)
Methyl tertiary butyl ether
Methylene Blue Test
metre
Metric tons
Miami Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Micro SFL Log; Micro-Spherically Focussed Log (resistivity).
Micro Spherical Log
Micro-electrical scanning tool (a dipmeter, aka. MST or FMS).
Microlaterolog
Microlog, or Mud Log
Micropalaeo Analysis Report
Micropalaeo Log
Middle East and North Africa (region)
Military warning area
millidarcy, measure of permeability, with units of area
Millimeters of mercury (a unit of pressure)
million barrels of oil equivalent
million barrels of oil equivalent per day
million barrels of oil per day
million barrels per day
million barrels per day
Million btu
million cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
million cubic feet (of natural gas)
Million metric tons per annum
Million standard cubic feet
Page 18
Oilfield Acronym
mmscfd
mmstb
MMTPA
MMS
MIFR
MINL
MBR
MIST
MS
MC
MO
MODU
MOPU
MOU
MDT
MSIP
MCC
MEA
MEG
MOM
MR
MIRU
STARS
MST
MTT
MLH
MUD
MUDT
MW
MBWH
MPV
MQC
MRCV
MSIPC
MACL
MBRO
MFCT
ML
MPFM
MPFM
MPP
MAC
MU
MuSol
NAAQS
NACE
NGRC
NGDC
NHDA
NIMS
NIPP
NIOSH
NOIA
NOAA
40 CFR Part 300
NOC
NOV
NPDES
NRDA
NRC
NRT
NTP
NWR
NGR
NG
NGH
NGL
million standard cubic feet per day

million stock barrels
Millions of Metric Tonnes per Annum
Minerals Management Service, (United States)
Mini Frac Log
Minilog
Minimum Bend Radius
Minimum Industry Safety Training
Mississippi
Mississippi Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Mobile Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Mobile offshore drilling unit
Mobile offshore production unit
Mobile offshore unit
Modular formation Dynamic Tester
Modular Sonic Imaging Platform (Sonic Scanner)
Molded case circuit breaker
Monoethanolamine
Mono-Ethylene Glycol
Month on month
Morning Report
Move In and Rig Up
MSRC's Spill Team Area Responders network of contractors
MST EXP Resistivity Log
MTT Multi-Isotope Trace Tool
Mud Liner Hanger
Mud Log
Mud Temperature Log
Mud weight
Multi Bowl Wellhead
Multi Purpose Vessel
Multi Quick Connection Plate
Multi Reverse Circulating Valve
Multi Stage inflatable Packer Collar
Multiarm Caliper Log
Multi-Bore Restriction Orifices
Multifinger Calliper Tool
Multilateral
Multi-Phase Flow Meter
Multiphase flowmeter
Multiphase Pump
Multipole Acoustic Log
Mustang Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Mutual Solvent
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
National Geological Records Centre (United Kingdom)
National Geoscience Data Centre (United Kingdom)
National Hydrocarbons Data Archive (United Kingdom)
National Incident Management System
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
National Institute for Occupational Safety, a US agency working to prevent work-related injury and illness
National Ocean Industries Association
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
National Oil Company
National Oilwell Varco
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, authorized by the US Clean Water Act
National resource damage assessment
National Response Corporation
National response team
National Toxicology Program
National wildlife refuge
Natural Gamma Ray
Natural Gas
Natural gas hydrate (methane clathrate, or fire ice)
Natural Gas Liquids
Page 19
Oilfield Acronym
NGPL
NORM
33 CFR 142
NAVIG
NBR
NTU
NHPV
NPSH
NPV
NRI
NEUT
NFW
NPW
NYMEX
N
NGS
NGSS
NGTLD
NGT
NGLQT
NGTR
NCDMB
ND
NOX
NFG
NFI
NOISL
NB
NPS
NASA
NAPF
NDE
NMDC
NP
NRV
NCR
NDT
NGO
NOW
NMHC
NMVOC
NPT
NTHF
NMO
NORSOK
PN
NS
N/S
NNS
NPD
NIMBY
NTE
NOI
NPR
NTL
NMR
NMR
OBEVA
OBDTL
OBCS
OBC
OCSLA
OT
ONRR
ONNR
OFST
Natural gas pipeline

Naturally occurring radioactive material
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Workplace Safety and Health (US Regulation)
Navigational Log
Near-bit reamer
Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
Net Hydrocarbon Pore Volume
Net Positive Suction Head
Net present value
Net Revenue Interest
Neutron Log
New Field Wildcat, Lahee classification
New Pool Wildcat, Lahee classification
New York Mercantile Exchange
Newton
NGS Log
NGS Spectro Log
NGT LDT QL Log
NGT Log
NGT QL Log
NGT Ratio Log
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board
Nipple Down
Nitrogen oxides
'No Fucking Good' used for marking damaged equipment, not to be confused with NG being natural gas
No Further Investment
Noise Log
Nominal Bore
Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
Non Active Side Arm (term used in the North Sea for kill wing valve on a Xmas tree)
Non Aqueous Phase Fluid
Non Destructive Examination
Non Magnetic Drill Collar
Non Producing well (as opposed to P
Non Return Valve
Nonconformance report
Nondestructive testing
Non-governmental organization
Non-hazardous oilfield waste
Non-Methane Hydrocarbons
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds
Nonproductive time
Non-Toxic High Flash
Normal moveout offset (arrival time offset)
Norsk Sokkels Konkurranseposisjon, standards for the Norwegian petroleum industry
North Padre Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
North Sea; can also refer to the North Slope Borough, Alaska, the North Slope, which includes Prudhoe Bay Oil Field (the
largest US oil field), Kuparuk Oil Field, Milne Point, Lisburne, and Point McIntyre among others.
North/south
Northern North Sea
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Not in my backyard
Not to exceed
Notice of intent
Notice of proposed rulemaking
Notice to Lessees and Operators
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Log
OBDT Evaluation Report
OBDT Log
Ocean Bottom Cable System
Ocean-bottom cable (seismic collection)
OCS Lands Act
Off Tree
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
Office of Natural Resources Revenue (formerly MMS)
Offset Vertical Seismic Profile
Page 20
Oilfield Acronym
OVSP
OIM
OOE
OOC
OPITO
OSV
OTC
OVID
O&G
OCIMF
OCI
OCTG
ODT
OIP
OML
ONAN
Brownfields
SO
OSCP
OSFR
OSLTF
OSRO
OSRP
OSRV
OSRAM
OSRA
OUT
OWC
Sweet
Sour
OWR
OBM
OWC
OTJ
OTSG
1D
OSC
MOMR
ORB
OH
OHC
OHGP
OH
OPEX
OP
OTIP
O&M
OPL
OPS
OTL
OTDR
OECD
OAPEC
OPEC
ORICO
OMRL
OEM
OOIP
ORM
OOS
OOT
OCS
OD
OUT
OS&D
OB
OPRES
Offset vertical seismic profiling

Offshore installation manager
Offshore Operation Engineer (senior technical authority on an offshore oil platform)
Offshore Operators Committee
Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization
Offshore support vessel
Offshore Technology Conference
Offshore Vessel Inspection Database
Oil and Gas
Oil Companies International Marine Forum
Oil Corrosion Inhibitor (Vessels)
Oil country tubular goods
Oil Down To
Oil in place
Oil mining lease
Oil Natural Air Natural cooled transformer
Oil or gas fields that are beyond their production plateau but are still producing
Oil saturation
Oil spill contingency plan
Oil spill financial responsibility
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
Oil spill response organization
Oil spill response plan
Oil spill response vessels
Oil Spill Risk Analysis Model
Oil spill risk assessment
Oil Up To
Oil Water Contact
Oil/gas that has low sulfur content
Oil/gas with high sulfur content
Oil/water ratio
Oil-Based Mud
Oil-Water Contact
On the job
One time Through Steam Generator
One-dimensional (usually a checkshot seismic survey)
On-scene coordinator
OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report
OPEC reference basket (of crudes)
Open hole
Open Hole Completion
Openhole gravel pack
Openhole Log
Operating expenditure
Operating procedure
Operational Testing Implementation Plan
Operations and Maintenance
Operations Log
Operations Report
Operations Team Leader
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Oriented Core Data Report
Oriented Micro-Resistivity Log
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Original oil in place
Other regulated materials (a DOT materials classification)
Out of service
Out of Tolerance
Outer Continental Shelf
Outer Diameter (of a tubular component such as casing)
Outpost, Lahee classification
Over, Short & Damage (Report)
Overbalanced
Overpressure Log
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Oilfield Acronym
OVCH
OT
OI
PCKR
PAL
PEA
PALYN
PSD
PM
ppb
ppm
ppt
PBD
PAM
PHC
PDKR
PDKL
PENL
PE
PEP
PFC
PCOLL
PCCL
PDC
PERDC
PERFO
PFPG
PREC
PFREC
PDG/PDHG
PGB
POF
k
PERM
PERML
kh
PEL
PTO
PTW
PIC
PPE
POB
PJ
PETD
PETA
PETPM
PEMEX
PE
PESA
Oversize Charts
Overtime
Oxygen Index
Packer
Palaeo Chart
Palaeo Environment Study Report
Palynological Analysis Report
Particle size distribution
Particulate matter
Parts per billion
Parts per million
Parts per thousand
Pason Billing System
Passive acoustic monitoring
Passive Heave Compensator
PDK 100 Report
PDK Log
Penetration Log
Pensacola Gulf of Mexico leasing area
PEP Log
Perfluorocarbon
Perforation and Collar
Perforation Casing Collar Locator Log
Perforation Depth Control
Perforation Depth Control
Perforation Log
Perforation Plug Log
Perforation Record
Perforation Record Log
Permanent Downhole Gauge
Permanent Guide Base
Permanent Operations Facility
Permeability
Permeability
Permeability Log
permeability thickness (k = permeability, h = height)
Permissible exposure limit
Permit to Operate
Permit to Work
Person in charge
Personal protective equipment
Personnel on Board
Petajoule
Petrographic Data Log
Petrographical Analysis Report
Petrography Permeametry Report
Petroleos Mexicanos SA
Petroleum Engineer
Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
PEDL
PESGB
PON
PTTC
PETLG
PETRP
PFC
PH
PHASE
PHOL
PHYFM
PU
PIP
PSR
PSV
PLSV
PL
Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (United Kingdom), introduced in the 8th Onshore Licensing Round
Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
Petroleum Operations Notice (United Kingdom)
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, United States
Petrophysical Evaluation Log
Petrophysical Evaluation Report
PFC Log
Phasor Log
Phasor Processing Log
Photon Log
Physical Formation Log
Pick Up (drill pipe, bha, tubing, rods, power swivel, etc.)
Pipe in Pipe
Pipe slip ram
Pipe Supply Vessel
Pipelay Support Vessel
Pipeline
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Oilfield Acronym
PLEM
PLET
PRCI
PTA/S
P&ID
POE
PSD
PUR
PV
PFHE
PFE
PEX
PHPU
PBDMS
P&A
PBTD
PLG
PSQ
PBR
PCB
PA
PDC
PAH
PE
PE
PVC
PVDF
PP
PV
Phi
PI
PBS
PLS
PDM
PMI
POSFR
PPI
PPI
PWHT
POSTW
POSWE
PINC
pptf
lbf
lbm
PPA
ppcf
ppg
psi
PSIA
PSIG
PCDM
PDPM
PAR
PAU
PPE
B or b
MM or mm
M or m
PHB
P
PSANA
PADPRT
PBU
PCV
PVC
PDR
Pipeline End Manifold

Pipeline End Termination
Pipeline Research Council International, Inc.
Pipeline Termination Assembly/Structure
Piping and Instrument diagrams
Plan of exploration
Planned Shut-Down
Plant Upset Report
Plastic viscosity
Plate Fin Heat Exchanger
Plate/Frame Heat Exchanger
Platform Express toolstring (resistivity, porosity, imaging)
Platform Hydraulic Power Unit
Playback DMSLS Log
Plug and abandon
Plug Back Total Depth
Plug Log
Plug Squeeze Log
Polished bore receptacle
Poly Chlorinated BiPhenyl
Polyamide
Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (a type of drilling bit)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Polyethylene
Polyethylene
Polyvinyl chloride
Polyvinylidene Fluoride
Pore pressure
Pore volume
Porosity
Port Isabel Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Ported bypass sub
Position Location System
Positive Displacement Motor
Positive Material Identification
Post Fracture Report
Post Pipelay Installation
Post Production Inspection/Intervention
Post Weld Heat Treat
Post Well Appraisal Report
Post Well Summary Report
Potential incident of noncompliance
Pounds (per square inch) Per Thousand Feet (of depth)
pounds force
pounds mass
Pounds of proppant added
Pounds Per Cubic Foot
Pounds Per Gallon
Pounds per square inch
Pounds Per Square Inch Atmospheric
Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge
Power and Control Distribution Module
Power Distribution Protection Module
Pre-Assembled Rack
Pre-Assembled Unit
Preferred Pressure End
prefix denoting a number in billions
prefix designating a number in millions (or SI unit
prefix designating a number in thousands (not to be confused with SI prefix M for mega- or m for milli)
Pre-Hydrated Bentonite
Pressure
Pressure Analysis
Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool
Pressure Build Up (applies to integrity testing on valves)
Pressure control valve
Pressure control valve
Pressure differential ratio
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Oilfield Acronym
PSVAL
PG
PRSRE
PI
PIT
PSLOG
PRESS
PSE
PSH
PSHL
PSL
PSV
PSV
PVSV
PVT
PVTRE
PSR
PSD
P/E
PRA
PQR
PFD
PHA
PSM
PGOR
PW
PWRI
PA
PA
P
PSL
PSL
PSL
PCA
PINTL
PL
PROD
PLT
PLTQ
PLTRE
PPS
PRA
PSA
PSC
PROTE
PTSET
PWB
PWV
PSC
PI
P&L
PART
PLC
PCP
PM
C3
PBHL
PSO
PDNP
PDP
PNP
PUD
3P
PUWER
PROX
POBM
PSP
Pressure Evaluation Log

Pressure Gauge (Report)
Pressure Gauge Report
Pressure indicator
pressure integrity test
Pressure Log
Pressure Report
Pressure safety element
Pressure safety high (sensor)
Pressure safety high low
Pressure safety low (sensor)
Pressure safety valve
Pressure Safety Valve
Pressure vacuum safety valves
Pressure Volume Temperature
Pressure Volume Temperature Report
Pre-startup review
Prevention of significant deterioration
Price to earnings (ratio)
Probabilistic risk assessment
Procedure qualification record
Process flow diagrams
Process hazards analysis
Process safety management
Produced Gas Oil Ratio
Produced Water
Produced Water Re-Injection
Producing Asset
Producing Asset with Exploration Potential
Producing well (as opposed to NP
Product service line
Product specification level
Product Specification Level
Production Concession Agreement
Production Interpretation
Production Licence
Production Log
Production logging tool
Production Logging Tool Quicklook Log
Production Logging Tool Report
Production Packer Setting
Production Reporting & Allocation
Production Service Agreement
Production Sharing Contract
Production Test Report
Production Test Setter
Production Wing Block (XT)
Production Wing Valve (also known as a flow wing valve on a Xmas tree)
Production-sharing contract
Productivity index
Profit and loss
Program Assessment Rating Tool
Programmable logic controller
Progressive cavity pump
Project management
propane
Proposed Bottom Hole Location
Protected species observer
Proved Developed Not Producing
Proved Developed Reserves
Proved Not Producing
Proved Undeveloped Reserves
Proved, probable, and possible reserves
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
Proximity Log
Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud
Pseudostatic Spontaneous Potential
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Oilfield Acronym
API RP T-2
PSP Leak Detection Log

PST Log
Public Address General Alarm
Public limited company
Pull out of hole
Pull Out Of Hole
Pully Ridge Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Pump open force. Used in drilling jar hydraulic calculations.
Pump Pressure
Pumping unit
Puncher Log
Qualified individual
Quality assurance
Quality assurance engineer
Quality assurance/quality control
Quality control
Quality Control Log
Quality Control Report
Quality ranking
Quality, health, safety, and environmental
Quantitative risk assessment
Quarter on quarter
Quicklook Log
Radio-frequency identification
Rankin Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Ratcheting Mule Shoe
Rate of Perforation
Ratio Curves
Ratio of Total Volume (ore and overburden) to Bitumen In Place
Raw Stacks VSP Log
Ready for Liquefied Natural Gas
Ready For Start-Up
Real time
Reaming While Drilling
Recommended exposure limit
Recommended practice
Recommended Practice for Deepwater Well Design and Construction
Recommended Practice for Design and Hazards Analysis for Offshore Production Facilities
Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and
Facilities (3rd ed., May 2004, affirmed 2008)
Recommended Practice for Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits
Recommended Practice for Drilling and Well Servicing Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide
Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Open Type Offshore Production Platforms
Recommended Practice for Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes
Recommended Practice for Orientation Program for Personnel Going Offshore for the First Time
Recommended Practice for Qualification Programs for Offshore Production Personnel Who Work With Anti-Pollution Safety
Devices
API RP T-6
API RP T-4
API RP T-7
Recommended Practice for Training and Qualifications of Personnel in Well Control Equipment and Techniques for
Completion and Workover Operations on Offshore Locations Recommended Practices for Well Control Operations
Recommended Practice for Training of Offshore Personnel in Non-Operating Emergencies
Recommended Practice for Training of Personnel in Rescue of Persons in Water
API RP 55
API RP 59
RIR
R&D
ROZ
RF
R&M
RRT
RSFO
REACH
RT
RVP
RN
RCM
Recommended Practices for Oil and Gas Producing and Gas Processing Plant Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide
Recommended Practices for Well Control Operations
Recordable incident rate
Records and documentation
Recoverable Oil Zone
Recovery Factor
Refining and marketing rate
Regional response team
Regional Supervisor, Office of Field Operations, for BSEE
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals
Regular time
Reid vapor pressure
Release notes
Reliability Centred Maintenance
PSPL
PST
PAGA
PLC
POOH
POOH / POH
PR
POF
PP
PU
PUN
QI
QA
QAE
QA/QC
QC
OCL
QCR
QR
QHSE
QRA
QOQ
QL
RFID
RK
RMS
ROP
RAC
TV/BIP
RAWS
RFLNG
RFSU
RT
RWD
REL
RP
API RP 96
API RP 14J
API RP 75
API RP 7G
API RP 49
API RP 14G
API RP 2D
API RP T-1
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Oilfield Acronym
RAM
RBW
RCR
RCU
ROT
ROWS
ROV
REZ
REOR
RFMTS
RFT
RFTRE
RFTS
RE-PE
RIK
RQ
RFI
RMLC
RFP
RFI
R&D
RESAN
RCI
RE
RESEV
REWL
RESFL
RESL
RMP
RST
RESOI
RESI
RACI
RCL
RBP
RTTS
ROCE
ROIC
ROI
RPD
RPM
RPM
RCKST
RDMO
RIGMO
RSTC
RSS
ROW
RUE
RMC
RPCM
RESDV
RITT
RIMS
RMS
AS/NZS 4360
ISO 31010
RBD
RBI
RNT
RLOF
R&R
RCA
ROCT
RKB
RSS
RT
Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability

Remaining body wall
Remote Component Replacement (Tool)
Remote Control Unit
Remote Operated Tool
Remote Operator Workstation
Remotely Operated Vehicle
Renewable Energy Zone (United Kingdom)
Reorientation Log
Repeat Formation Tester
Repeat Formation Tester
Repeat Formation Tester Report
Repeat Formation Tester Sample
Re-Perforation Report
Replacement in kind
Reportable quantity
Request for interest
Request for Mineral Land Clearance
Request for proposal
Requests for inspection
Research and development
Reservoir Analysis
Reservoir Characterization Instrument
Reservoir Engineer
Reservoir Evaluation
Reservoir Evaluation - Wireline
Reservoir Fluid
Reservoir Log
Reservoir Management Plan
Reservoir Saturation Tool (Schlumberger) Log
Residual Oil
Resistivity Log
Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed
Retainer Correlation Log
Retrievable Bridge Plug
Retrievable Test-Treat-Squeeze (packer)
Return on capital employed
Return on invested capital
Return on investment
Revised application for permit to drill
Revised application for permit to modify
Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
Rig Checkshot
Rig Down Move Out
Rig Move
Rig safety training coordinator
Rig Site Survey
Right of way
Right-of-use and easement
Rigid metal conduit
Ring Pair Corrosion Monitoring
Riser Emergency Shut Down Valve
Riser Insertion Tube (Tool)
Riser Integrity Monitoring System
Riser Monitoring System
Risk management (a publication of Standards Australia)
Risk Management Risk Assessment Techniques
Risk-based design
Risk-based inspection
RNT Log
Rock Load-out Facility
Roles and responsibilities
Root Cause Analysis
Rotary Coring Tool
Rotary Kelly Bushing (a datum for measuring depth in an oil well)
Rotary Steerable Systems
Rotary table
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Oilfield Acronym
RCD
RROCK
RDS
RIH
SA
SX
SWP
SWL
SWP
SAFE
SEMP
SEMS
SPPE
SIS
SMS
SOLAS
STOP
SCE
SW
SWD
SAML
SAMTK
SANDA
SAT
SLCO
SCAP
SLB
SCHLL
SNIP
SAGE
SDPBH
SMLS
SN
SECGU
SEDHI
SEDIM
SEDL
SEDRE
SBT
SC
SL
SPROF
SQL
SREC
SRD
SCBA
SCUBA
SPMT
SRL
SS
Semi
SWE
SHA
SEPAR
SEQSU
SP
SGR
SHA
SWF
SPT
SR
S-wave
SGSI
SMAW
SS
SOPEP
SHOCK
Rotating Control Device

Routine Rock Properties Report
Royal Dutch/Shell
Run in hole
Sabine Pass (Louisiana) Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Sabine Pass (Louisiana) Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Safe work practices
Safe working load
Safe working pressure
Safety analysis function evaluation (charts)
Safety and environmental management plan as defined in API RP 75
Safety and Environmental Management System policy, as defined in US regulation CFR 30 Part 250 Subpart S
Safety and pollution prevention equipment
Safety instrumented systems
Safety management systems
Safety of Life at Sea
Safety Training Observation Program
Safety-critical equipment
Salt Water
Salt Water Disposal Well
Sample Log
Sample Taker Log
Sandstone Analysis Log
SAT Log
Saudi Light Crude Oil (benchmark crude)
Scallops Log
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Log also SCHLO, SCHLU
Scotland-Northern Ireland Pipeline
Scottish Area Gas Evacuation
SDP Bottom Hole Pressure Report
Seamless PipeMPP:
Seat Nipple
Section Gauge Log
Sedimentary History
Sedimentology
Sedimentology Log
Sedimentology Report
Segmented Bond Tool
Seismic Calibration
Seismic Lines
Seismic Profile
Seismic Quicklook Log
Seismic Record Log
Seismic Reference Datum, an imaginary horizontal surface at which TWT is assumed to be zero
Self-contained breathing apparatus
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
Self-Propelled Modular Transporter
Self-retracting lifelines
Semisubmersible (MOU)
Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig
Senior Well Engineer
Sensor Harness Assembly
Separator Sampling Report
Sequential Survey
Set Point
Shale Gouge Ratio
Shallow hazard assessment
Shallow water flow
Shallower Pool Test, Lahee classification
Shear Rate
Shear wave
Shell Global Solutions International
Shielded metal arc welding
Ship Shoal Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan
Shock Log
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Oilfield Acronym
SSE
STEL
SP
spf
SHOWL
SDFD
SDFN
SIP
SITHP
SI
SI/TA
SDV
SICP
SIDPP
SITP
SIWHP
SPM
ST
SCDES
SCRS
SNP
SIDSM
SSG
Hs
SIMCON
SIMOPS
SABS
SALM
SPFM
SITT
SPBM
SB
SAT
SRT
SEA
SV
SSD
SOW
SLS
SLT
SMA
SME
SNAM
SEG
SIPES
SIGTTO
SPE
SPWLA
SaaS
SONCB
SONRE
SD
SDIC
MAST
SONWV
SONWR
SM
SMI
PS
SP
PL
ST
SNS
SCAL
SPCAN
SEA
SPEAN
Short service employee

Short-term exposure limit
Shot point (geophysics)
Shots per foot
Show Log
Shut Down For Day
Shut Down For Night
Shut In Pressure
Shut In Tubing Hanger/Head Pressure (another term for CITHP)
Shut In well
Shut In/Temporarily Abandoned
Shutdown valve
Shut-In Casing Pressure
Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure
Shut-in tubing pressure
Shut-in Well Head Pressure
Side Pocket Mandrel or Strokes Per Minute (of a positive-displacement pump)
Sidetrack
Sidewall Core Description
Sidewall Cores
Sidewall Neutron Porosity
Sidewall Sample
Sidewall Sample Gun
Significant Wave Height
Simultaneous Construction
Simultaneous Operations
Single action bypass sub
Single Anchor Loading Mooring
Single Phase Flow Meter
Single TT Log
Single-point buoy mooring system
SIT-BO Log
Site Acceptance Test
Site Receival Test
Site-specific environmental assessment
Sleeve Valve or Standing Valve
Sliding Sleeve Door
Slip-On Wellhead
SLS GR Log
SLT GR Log
Small Amount
Small and medium sized enterprises
Societ? NAzionale Metanodotti now Snam S.p.A. (Italy)
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States
Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (formerly the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts)
Software as a service
Sonic Calibration Log
Sonic Calibration Report
Sonic Density
Sonic Dual Induction
sonic tool (records waveform).
Sonic Waveform Log
Sonic Waveform Report
South Marsh Island Gulf of Mexico leasing area
South Marsh Island Gulf of Mexico leasing area
South Padre Island Gulf of Mexico leasing area
South Pass Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
South Pelto Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
South Timbalier Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Southern North Sea
Special core analysis
Special core analysis
Special end area
Spectral Analysis
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Oilfield Acronym
SPEL
SWSS
SPH
SPRP
SPCC
SONS
SWHE
SP
SPOP
SGUN
PB
SHO
STAB
SS
SPP
S&P
scf
SOP
ASTM F1166-95
STP
SOSC
SOR
SOW
SG
STAGR
STC
SAGD
SCR
SFL
SGS
STFL
STU
SDT
SKPLT
STIMU
STL
ST
STB
STOIIP
STOOIP
SWA
SEA
SHDT
STGL
STRRE
STRAT
SWOT
STSH
STKPT
SSD
SME
SPS
STL
STP
SAM
SCM
SSCS
SSCV
SDM/U
SDU/M
SEM
SSIV
SSM
SMPC
SSPLR
SPCU
SPS
Spectralog
Sperm whale seismic study
SPH Log
Spill prevention and response plan
Spill prevention control and countermeasures
Spills of national significance
Spiral Wound Heat Exchanger
Spontaneous Potential (Well Log)
Spontaneous Potential Log
Squeeze Gun
St. Petersburg Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Stab and Hinge Over
Stabiliser
Stainless steel
Stand Pipe Pressure
Standard & Poors
standard cubic feet (of natural gas)
Standard operating procedure
Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment and Facilities
Standard temperature and pressure
State on-scene coordinator
Statement of requirement
Statements of work
Static Gradient
Static Gradient Survey Report
STC Log
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
Steel catenary riser
Steel Flying Lead
Steel Gravity Substructure
Steel Tube Fly Lead
Steel Tube Umbilical
Step Draw-down Test (sometimes SDDT)
Stick Plot Log
Stimulation Report
STL Gamma Ray Log
Stock Tank - A measurement of liquids taken at specific pressure and temperature conditions
Stock tank barrel
Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place
Stock tank oil initially in place
Stop work authority
Strategic Environmental Assessment (United Kingdom)
Stratigraphic High Resolution Dipmeter Tool
Stratigraphic Log
Stratigraphy Report
Stratigraphy, stratigraphic
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
String Shot
Stuck Point
Sub Sea Level depth (in Metres or Feet, positive value in downwards direction with respect to the Geoid)
Subject matter expert
Submerged production system
Submerged Turret Loading
Submerged Turret Production
Subsea Accumulator Module
Subsea Control Module (Mounting Base)
Subsea Control System
Subsea control valves
Subsea Distribution Module/Unit
Subsea Distribution Unit/Module
Subsea Electronics Module
Subsea isolation valve
Subsea Manifolds
Subsea Multiphase Pump: Pump, which can increase flowrate and pressure of the untreated wellstream
Subsea Pig Launcher/Receiver
Subsea Power and Control Unit
Subsea Production Systems
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Oilfield Acronym
SSV
SSTT
SSTT
SSTV
SSTI
SUT(A/B)
SUTA
SUTU
SSU
SSWI
SS
SURF
SSSV
SSSV
SSCSV
SMO
SSCC
SUML
SUMRE
SCADA
SEIS
SEP
SSSL
SABA
SDL
SCM
SCOTUS
SHL
SSV
SURFR
SCSSSV
SCSSV
SURVL
SURRE
SOP
SCP
SBF
SCO
SOBM
SSMAR
SYNRE
SYSEI
SBM
SIT
TAPLI
TAPVE
TD
TP
TFM
TDTCP
TDT GR
TDT
TLOG
THERP
TAML
TELER
TEMP
TSE
TSH
TA
TSI
TCF
TGB
TR
TBM
TCO
TLP
Subsea safety valve

Subsea test tree
Subsea Test Tree
Subsea Test Valve
Subsea tie in
Subsea Umbilical Termination (Assembly/Box)
Subsea umbilical termination assembly
Subsea Umbilical Termination Unit
Subsea Umbilicals
Subsea Well Intervention
Subsea, as in a datum of depth, e.g. TVDSS (True Vertical Depth Subsea)
Subsea/Umbilicals/Risers/Flowlines
Subsurface safety valve
Sub-Surface Safety Valve
Subsurface-controlled safety valve
Suction Module
Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking
Summarised Log
Summary Report
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Supplemental environmental impact statement
Supplemental exploration plan
Supplementary Seismic Survey Licence (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence
Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
Supplier Document List
Supply chain management
Supreme Court of the United States
Surface hole location
Surface safety valve
Surface Sampling Report
Surface-controlled subsurface safety valve
Surface-controlled subsurface safety valve
Survey Chart Log
Survey Report
Suspension of production
Sustained casing pressure
Synthetic Base Fluid
Synthetic crude oil
Synthetic oil-based mud
Synthetic Seismic Marine Log
Synthetic Seismic Report
Synthetic Seismogram Log
Synthetic-based mud
System Integration Test
Tape Listing
Tape Verification
Target Depth
Tarpon Springs Gulf of Mexico leasing area
TaskForceMajella Research Project
TDT CPI Log
TDT Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator Log
TDT Log
Technical Log
Technique for human error rate prediction
Technology Advancement for Multilaterals
Teledrift Report
Temperature Log
Temperature safety element
Temperature safety high (sensor)
Temporarily Abandoned well
Temporarily Shut In
Temporary Construction Facilities
Temporary Guide Base
Temporary refuge
Tendon buoyancy module
Tengizchevroil
Tension leg platform
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Oilfield Acronym
Henry Hub
Sweetening
GPRA
TCU
TEG
TNDT
TNDTG
TAGOGR
TSA
THERM
TPI
Mbd
Mboe
Mboed
Mbod
Mbpd
Mcf
Mcfe
kpsi
Mscf
TPI
3C
3D
TLV
TBT
TFL
TTRD
TTP
TIE
TIEBK
TS
t
TVELD
TOFD
TOFS
4D seismic
TWA
THAI
TPERF
TA
TDS
TOC
TOL
TLI
TRA
TUTB
TUTA
TORAN
TT
TAN
TCA
TCO
Terajoule
Test Report
Testing regime to API6A Annex F
Texas
Texas Automated Buoy System
Texas Iron Works (valve)
The Elbow Gulf of Mexico leasing area
The former name of the BSEE-0131 form, which must be submitted annually
The Henry hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts traded on NYMEX. It is a point on the natural gas
pipeline system in Erath, Louisiana.
The removal of hydrogen sulfide from gases
The US Government Performance and Results Act
Thermal Combustion Unit
Thermal Electric Generator
Thermal Neutron Decay Time
Thermal Neutron Decay Time/Gamma Ray Log
Thermally Assisted Gas/Oil Gravity Drainage
Thermally Sprayed Aluminium
Thermometer Log
Third-party inspector
thousand barrels (of oil) per day
thousand barrels of oil equivalent
thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day
thousand barrels of oil per day
thousand barrels of oil per day
thousand cubic feet of natural gas
thousand cubic feet of natural gas equivalent
Thousand pounds per square inch
Thousand standard cubic feet
Threads per inch
Three-component (seismic survey)
Three-dimensional
Threshold limit value
Through Bore Tree
Through Flow Line
Through Tubing Rotary Drilling
Through-tubing perforating
Tie In Log
Tieback Report
Tiger Shoal Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Time
Time and Velocity to Depth
Time of first data sample (on seismic trace)
Time of first surface sample (on seismic trace)
Time-lapse seismic survey
Time-weighted average
Toe-to-heel air injection (method)
Tool Performance
Top Assembly
Top Drive System
Top of cement
Top Of Liner
Top of Logging Interval
Top Riser Assembly
Topside Umbilical Termination Box
Topsides umbilical termination assembly
Torque and Drag Analysis
Torque Tool
Total Acid Number
Total Corrosion Allowance
Total cost of ownership
TD
TDD
TDL
TDS
TDH
Total Depth (depth of the end of the well; also a verb, to reach the final depth, used as an acronym in this case)
Total Depth (Driller)
Total Depth (Logger)
Total Dissolved Solids
Total dynamic head
TJ
TREP
PR2
TX
TABS
TIW
EL
MMS-131
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Oilfield Acronym
TGOR
TMD
TOC
TQM
TRCFR
TRIR
TRD
TFE
TEFC
TEMPSC
TDM
TDP
Tfx
TRA
TUM
TRACL
bbl
TQ
TAPS
TT
TZ
TSI
TMCM
TT
TREAT
TRT
TEG
Tcf
TCF
TRIP
TIH
TOH
TOOH
TAR
TVD
TVBDF
TVDPB
TVDSS
TVRF
TAC
TH
THP
THRRT
THRT
TB
TRSV
TRSCSSSV
TRSCSSV
TCP
TCPD
TCI
WAV4
2D
TWT
TWTT
TWTTL
DTI
UKOCS
UWA
URR
UBI
UBIRE
USIT
UT
UWT
UV
UCH
Total Gas Oil Ratio (GOR uncorrected for gas lift gas present in the production fluid)
Total measured depth
Total Organic Content/Carbon
Total Quality Management
Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate
Total recordable incident rate
Total Report Data
TotalFinaElf (obsolete; Now Total S.A.) major French multinational oil company
Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled
Totally enclosed motor-propelled survival craft
Touch Down Monitoring
Touch Down Point
Toxic effects
Tracer Log
Tracked Umbilical Machine
Tractor Log
Traditional oilfield abbreviation for barrels of oil (42 galUS)
Training qualifications
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (also called Alyeska Pipeline)
Transit Time Log
Transition zone
Transportation security incidents
Tranverse Mercator Central Meridian
Travel time
Treatment Report
Tree Running Tool
Tri-Ethylene Glycol
Trillion cubic feet
Trillion Cubic Feet(of gas)
Trip Condition Log
Trip Into Hole
Trip Out of Hole
Trip Out Of Hole
True Amplitude Recovery
True vertical depth
True Vertical Depth Below Derrick Floor
True Vertical Depth Playback Log
True vertical depth subsea
True Vertical Depth versus Repeat Formation Tester
Tubing Anchor
Tubing Hanger
Tubing Hanger Pressure (pressure in the production tubing as measured at the tubing hanger)
Tubing hanger running and retrieval tool
Tubing Hanger Running Tool
Tubing Puncher Log
Tubing Retrievable Safety Valve
Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve
Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
Tubing-conveyed perforating
Tubing-Conveyed Perforating Depth
Tunsgten Carbide Insert (a type of rollercone drillbit)
Two Way Travel Time (in Seismics)
Two-dimensional
Two-Way Time (seismic)
Two-way travel Time
Two-Way Travel Time Log
UK Department of Trade and Industry
UK outer continental shelf
Ultimate work authority
Ultimately recoverable resources
Ultrasonic Borehole Imager
Ultrasonic Borehole Imager Report
Ultrasonic imaging tool (cement bond logging)
Ultrasonic testing
Ultrasonic welding line
Ultraviolet
Umbilical Connection Housing
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Oilfield Acronym
UMCA
UTA/B
ULCGR
UCS
UB
UBD
UIC
UWILD
USV
UWI
UKCS
UKOOA
UKOOG
UN
USC
USGS
UBHO
UGF
URT
UTM
UPB
UOT
UEL
UFL
UFJ
UMV
UPR
UCSU
BLM
BSEE
USCG
CZMA
CERCLA
DWRRA
DOE
DOI
DOL
DOT
PHMSA
eWell
ESA
EIA
EPA
EEZ
FERC
FR
USFWS
BSEE-0123
BSEE-0124
BSEE-0149
BSEE-0125
BSEE-0143
BSEE-0132
BSEE-1832
BSEE-0133S
BSEE-0131
BSEE-0144
BSEE-0128
BSEE-0123S
BSEE-0133
BSEE-0126
FOIA
USGC
GEMS
INC
Umbilical Midline Connection Assembly

Umbilical Termination Assembly/Box
Uncompressed LDC CNL Gamma Ray Log
Unconfined compressive strength
Underbalanced
Underbalanced drilling
Underground Injection Control
Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Dry Docking
Underwater safety valve
Unique Well Identifier
United Kingdom Continental Shelf
United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group
United Nations
United States Code
United States Geological Survey
Universal Bottom Hole Orientation (sub)
Universal Guide Frame
Universal Running Tool
Universal Transverse Mercator
Unmanned Production Buoy
Unscheduled overtime
Upper explosive limit
Upper flammable limit
Upper Flex Joint
Upper Master Valve (from a Xmas tree)
Upper Pipe Ram
Upstream Commissioning and Start-Up
US Bureau of Land Management
US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,created by splitting BOEMRE into two parts, BOEM and BSEE, as of
Oct. 1, 2011.
US Coast Guard
US Coastal Zone Management Act
US Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
US Deep Water Royalty Relief Act
US Department of Energy
US Department of Interior
US Department of Labor
US Department of Transportation
US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
US Electronic Well Permitting and Reporting System
US Endangered Species Act
US Energy Information Administration
US Environmental Protection Agency
US Exclusive Economic Zone
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
US Federal Register
US Fish & Wildlife Service
US Form for Application for Permit to Drill
US Form for Application for Permit to Modify
US Form for Assignment of Federal OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant
US Form for End of Operations Report
US Form for Facility/Equipment Damage Report
US Form for Hurricane and Tropical Storm Evacuation and Production Curtailment Statistics, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
(GOMR)
US Form for Notification of Incidents of Noncompliance
US Form for Open Hole Data Report
US Form for Performance Measures Data
US Form for Rig Movement Notification Report
US Form for Semiannual Well Test Report
US Form for Supplemental APD Information Sheet
US Form for Well Activity Report
US Form for Well Potential Test Report
US Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. Section 552)
US Gulf Coast
US Gulf Ecological Management Sites program
US Incident of Noncompliance
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Oilfield Acronym
OCS-G
MMC
MMPA
NEPA
NCP
NPS
NPFC
NTSB
SUPSALV
OSHA
OMB
OPA
OPA 90
RCRA
SOX
SEC
SPR
TSCA
VDU
VIR
VAT
VRU
VSD
VDENL
VO
VOR
Jewelry
VDL
VELL
VWL
VERIF
VERLI
VR
VN
VXT
VLP
VS
VSP
VSPRO
VERTK
VTDLL
VTFDC
VTISF
VERAN
VLCC
VLTCS
Macaroni
VOO
VOSS
VK
VISME
VRR
VOC
VOCs
VME
VIV
WOC
WOM
WO/O
WOW
WALKS
WR
WHRU
WAG
WATAN
W/C
W/C
US lease numbering system for blocks on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico
US Marine Mammal Commission
US Marine Mammal Protection Act
US National Environmental Policy Act
US National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan
US National Park Service
US National Pollution Funds Center
US National Transportation Safety Board
US Navy Supervisor of Salvage
US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
US Office of Management and Budget
US Oil Pollution Act of 1990
US Oil Pollution Act of 1990
US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
US Sarbanes-Oxley Act (also called the US Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act)
US Securities and Exchange Commission
US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
US Toxic Substances Control Act
Vacuum Distillation Unit, used in processing bitumen
Value Investment Ratio
Value-added tax
Vapor recovery unit
Variable speed drive
Variation Density Log
Variation Order
Variation Order Request
Various hardware, such as packers, inside the well attached to production tubing
VDL Log (Variable Density Log)
Velocity Log
Velocity Well Log
Verification List
Verification Listing
Vermillion Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Vernon Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Vertical Christmas Tree
Vertical Lift Performance
Vertical Section
Vertical Seismic Profile
Vertical Seismic Profile
Vertical Thickness
Vertical Thickness Dual Laterolog
Vertical Thickness FDC CNL Log
Vertical Thickness ISF Log
Verticality Analysis
Very large crude carrier
Very Low Temperature Carbon Steel
Very thin tubulars used in drilling and completion activity
Vessels of opportunity
Vessels of opportunity skimming systems
Viosca Knoll Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Viscosity Measurement
Voidage Replacement Ratio
Volatile organic compounds
Volatile Organic Compounds
Von Mises equivalent
Vortex induced Vibration
Wait on Cement
Wait(ing) on Material
Waiting on Orders
Waiting on weather
Walkaway Seismic Profile
Walker Ridge Gulf of Mexico leasing area
Waste heat recovery unit
Water Alternating Gas (describes an injection well which alternates between water and gas injection)
Water Analysis
Water Cushion
Water cut
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Oilfield Acronym
WD
WF
WGR
WGUNT
WI
WOC
WPC
WQCA
WQCB
Sw
WSM
WUT
WBM
WC
WOR
W
WFAC
WAVF
WFT
Tare
WOB
WPQ/S
WPS
WABAN
WAR
C&E
WCID
WCP
WCST
WPLAN
WELDA
WE
WEQL
T
WGEO
WH
WO
WELP
WLTS
WOA
WOE
WPR
WP
WRS
WSE
WSERE
WSP
WSSUR
WSU
WSS
WSHT
WSR
WSCL
WITS
WSL
WSSAM
WSTL
WSOG
WESTR
WLSUM
WESUR
WT
WVS
WBS
WBS
WBS
WH
Water depth
Water Flooding
Water Gas Ratio
Water Gun Test
Water Injection
Water Oil Contact (or Oil Water Contact)
Water Pollution Control
Water Quality Control Act
Water Quality Control Board
Water saturation
Water Shut Off
Water Up To
Water-based mud
Watercut
Water-Oil Ratio
Watt
Waveform Acoustic Log
Waveform Log
Weatherford
Weight of empty container
Weight On Bit
Weld Procedure Qualification/Specification
Welding procedure specification
Well Abandonment Report
Well activity report
well completion and equipment cost
Well construction interface document
Well containment plan
Well containment screening tool
Well Course Plan
Well Data Report
Well Engineer
Well Equipment Layout
well flowing to Tank
Well Geophone Report
Well History
Well in Work Over
Well Log Plot
Well Log Transaction System
Well Operations Authorization
Well Operations Engineer (a key person of Well services)
Well Prognosis Report
Well Proposal or Working Pressure
Well Report Sepia
Well Seismic Edit
Well Seismic Edit Report
Well Seismic Profile
Well Seismic Survey Plot
Well Service Unit
Well Services Supervisor (leader of Well services at the wellsite)
Well Shoot
Well Shoot Report
Well Site Core Log
Well Site Information Transfer System
Well Site Log
Well Site Sample
Well Site Test Log
Well Specific Operation Guidelines
Well Status Record
Well Summary
Well Summary Report
Well Test
Well Velocity Survey
Wellbore schematic
Wellbore seismic
Wellbore stability
Wellhead
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Oilfield Acronym
WHFP
DAT
WHM
WHP
WHCE
WC
WD
WOS
WTI
WFT
WGFM
WMPI
WR
Wh
WHIG
WCEP
WMA
WIPSP
WL
WLC
WEG
WLL
WR
WRSCSSV
WI
WLL
WSS
W/O
WO
WORKO
WHMIS
WTO
WCD
WSSOF
WSSVP
WSSVS
XMAC-E
XMT/XT/HXT
XRD
XRF
XYC
YOY
YP
E
YM
BF
CHH
CP
CJP
ZDL
XLPE
DDR
ZDENP
Z
D
DFIT
DSL
DSM
DM
DSA
DFL
EPS
ES
EPU
EHU
EDR
EPCM
Wellhead flowing pressure

wellhead housing drill-ahead tool
Wellhead Maintenance
Wellhead pressure
Wellhead/tree completion equipment
West Cameron Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
West Delta Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area
West of Shetland, oil province on the UKCS
West Texas Intermediate (crude benchmark)
Wet film thickness
Wet Gas Flow Meter
Wet magnetic particle inspection
Wet Resistivity
White
Whitehouse Gauge
Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership
Wildlife management area
WIP Stock Packer
Wireline
Wireline Composite Log
Wireline Entry Guide
Wireline Logging
Wireline Retrievable (as in a WR Plug)
Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
Working Interest
Working load limit (WLL)
Working Spread Sheet (for logging)
Workover
Workover
Workover
WorkPlace Hazardous Material Information Systems
World Trade Organization
Worst-case discharge (scenario)
WSS Offset Profile
WSS VSP Raw Shots
WSS VSP Stacks
XMAC Elite (Next generation of XMAC)
XMas Tree (Christmas Tree, the valve assembly on a production well-head)
X-ray diffraction
X-ray fluorescence
XY Calliper Log (Halliburton)
Year on year
Yield point
Young's Modulus
Young's Modulus
Buoyancy factor
Casing head housing
Casing Pressure
Cellar jet pump
Compensated Z-Densilog
Cross-linked Polyethylene
Daily drilling report
Density Log
Depth, in the geosciences referring to the depth dimension in any x,y,z data.
Development
Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test
digital spectralog (Western Atlas)
Drill Site Manager
dry mate
Dual studded adapter
Dynamic flow level
Early Production System
Electric stability. OBM property measured in the rigsite.
Electrical Power Unit
Electro-Hydraulic Unit
Electronic Drilling Recorder
Engineering Procurement Construction Management
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Oilfield Acronym
EXL
XL
ECT
ETD
HNGS
FLNG
FCV
FLAP
FMH
FLDF
GPM
GPM
GLW
GDE
HIRA
HSE
HDPE
HRLA
HDU
HI
IMR
IPT
ICSS
MTU
ML
PLES
PVT
PJSM
PM
PE
PMV
SIT
SFL
SLM
SSCP
TOF
TLC
THS
BOEMRE
VSI
VLS
wt
WIT
Pwf
WLTS
WST
WSO
WHSIP
WM
WC
WROV
YTD
ZOI
External Cantilevered Turret
External Turret Disconnectable
Flasked Hostile Natural Gamma-ray Spectrometry tool
Floating liquefied natural gas
Flow Control Valve
Fluid level above pump
Flutted mandrel hanger
Flying Lead Deployment Frame
Gallons Per Mcf
Gallons Per Minute
Gas Lift Mandrel
Gross Depositional Environment
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Health & Safety Executive (United Kingdom)
High Density Polyethylene
High Resolution Laterolog Array (resistivity logging tool)
Horizontal Drive Unit
Hydrogen Index
Inspection Maintenance and Repair
Internal Passive Turret
Itegrated Controls and Safety System
Mobile testing unit. Used in well testing.
Mud line
Pipeline End Structure
Pit Volume Total (Mud Logging)
Pre job safety meeting
Preventive Maintenance
Production Engineer
Production Master Valve
Shoe Integrity Test
Static flow level
Steel line measurement
Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline
Top of fish
Tough logging conditions. Used to run logs with pipe
Tubing head spool
US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
Versatile Seismic Imager (Schlumberger VSP tool)
Vertical Lay System
wall thickness
Water Investigation Tool
Well flowing pressure
Well Log Tracking System
Well Seismic Tool (checkshot)
Well Site Manager
Wellhead Shut-In Pressure
Wet Mate
Wildcat well
WorkClass Remotely Operated Vehicle, used for subsea construction and maintenance
Year to date
Zone of Influence
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Application for permit to modify

Below sea level

Chemical process industries

European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers

Florida Middle Ground Gulf of Mexico leasing area

Gravity Base Tank

Horizontal Clamp Connection System

Intangible Drilling Costs

Logging while drilling

Maximum Acceptable (or Allowable) Annular Surface Pressure

million standard cubic feet per day

Natural gas pipeline

Offset vertical seismic profiling

Pipeline End Manifold

Pressure Evaluation Log

PSP Leak Detection Log

Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability

Rotating Control Device

Short service employee

Subsea safety valve

Umbilical Midline Connection Assembly

Wellhead flowing pressure

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