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1D One-dimensional (usually a checkshot seismic survey)

2D Two-dimensional

33 CFR 142 Navigation and Navigable Waters, Workplace Safety and Health (US Regulation)

3C Three-component (seismic survey)

3D Three-dimensional

3P Proved, probable, and possible reserves

40 CFR Part 300 National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

4D seismic Time-lapse seismic survey

A Annum

A Appraisal (well)

AADE American Association of Drilling Engineers

AAGR Average annual growth rate

AAODC American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)

AAPG American Association of Petroleum Geologists

AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen

AAR After action reviews

AAV Annulus Access Valve

ABAN Abandonment

ABS American Bureau of Shipping

ABSA Alberta Boilers Safety Association

AC Alaminos Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area

ACHE Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger

ACOU Acoustic

ACP Annular casing pressure

ACP Area contingency plan

ACQU Acquisition log

ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profile (system)

ADEP Awaiting Development with Exploration Potential, referring to an asset

ADIOS Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills, NOAA's oil weathering model

ADROC advanced rock properties report

ADT Applied Drilling Technology, ADT log

AFE Authorization For Expenditure, a process of submitting a business proposal to investors

AFP Active Fire Protection

AFV Annular flow valve

AGM Above ground marker

AGRU acid gas removal unit

AHBDF along hole (depth) below Derrick floor

AHD along hole depth

AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers

AIME American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers

AIP Australian industry participation

AIRG airgun

AIRRE airgun report

AIT Auto-ignition temperature

AIT Array induction tool

AIV Alternate isolation valve

AL Artificial lift

AL appraisal license (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence issued before 1996

ALARP As low as reasonably practicable

ALC aertical seismic profile acoustic log calibration report

ALR acoustic log report

aMDEA activated methyldiethanolamine

AMI area of mutal interest

AMS auxiliary measurement service log; Auxiliary Measurement Sonde (temperature)

AMSL above mean sea level

AMV annulus master valve

ANACO analysis of core logs report

ANARE analysis report

ANP Brazil's National Petroleum Agency

ANPR Advance notice of proposed rulemaking

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOF Absolute open flow

Oilfield Acronym

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Oilfield AcronymAOFP absolute open-flow potential

AOPL Association of Oil Pipe Lines

AP Apalachicola Gulf of Mexico leasing area

APC Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

APD Application for permit to drill

APE Area of potential effect

API American Petroleum Institute

API American Petroleum Institute: organization which sets unit standards in the oil and gas industry

API RP 14G Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Open Type Offshore Production Platforms

API RP 14J Recommended Practice for Design and Hazards Analysis for Offshore Production Facilities

API RP 2D Recommended Practice for Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes

API RP 49 Recommended Practice for Drilling and Well Servicing Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide

API RP 55 Recommended Practices for Oil and Gas Producing and Gas Processing Plant Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide

API RP 59 Recommended Practices for Well Control Operations

API RP 65 Cementing Shallow Water Flow Zones in Deep Water Wells

API RP 75

Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations

and Facilities (3rd ed., May 2004, affirmed 2008)

API RP 76 Contractor Safety Management for Oil & Gas Drilling and Production Operations

API RP 7G Recommended Practice for Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits

API RP 96 Recommended Practice for Deepwater Well Design and Construction

API RP T-1 Recommended Practice for Orientation Program for Personnel Going Offshore for the First Time

API RP T-2

Recommended Practice for Qualification Programs for Offshore Production Personnel Who Work With Anti-Pollution Safety

Devices

API RP T-4 Recommended Practice for Training of Offshore Personnel in Non-Operating Emergencies

API RP T-6

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

API RP T-7 Recommended Practice for Training of Personnel in Rescue of Persons in Water

APM Application for permit to modify

APM Application to drill - modification

APM Asset performance management

APPRE appraisal report

APR Annual performance review

APS active pipe support

ARACL array acoustic log

ARESV analysis of reservoir

ARI azimuthal resistivity image

ARRC array acoustic report

ART Alternate response technologies

ART Actuator running tool

AS array sonic processing log

AS/NZS 4360 Risk management (a publication of Standards Australia)

ASCE American Society of Chemical Engineers

ASCSSV annulus surface controlled sub-surface valve

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASI ASI log

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASNT American Society for Nondestructive Testing

ASP array sonic processing report

ASPO Asociation for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas

ASR Atmosphere-supplying respirator

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM F1166-95 Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment and Facilities

ASV annular safety valve

AT Atwater Valley Gulf of Mexico leasing area

ATD application to drill

atm atmosphere, a unit of pressure

AUV Autonomous underwater vehicle

AV annular velocity or apparent viscosity

AVO Amplitude variation with offset (seismic)

AWB/V annulus wing block/valve (XT)

AWO approval for well operation


Oilfield Acronymb Barrel (42 galUS)

B or b prefix denoting a number in billions

BA Brazos Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

BA Bridging agreement

BA Bottom Assembly (of a riser)

BARS Borehole acoustic reflection survey

BAST Best available and safest technology

bbl Traditional oilfield abbreviation for barrels of oil (42 galUS)

bbl barrel

BBS Behavioral-based safety

BBSM behaviour-based safety management

Bcf billion cubic feet (of natural gas)

Bcfe billion cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)

BCPD barrels condensate per day

BDF below Derrick floor

BDL bit data log

BFOE Brent, Forties, Oseberg, and Ekofisk (oil fields)

BFPD Barrels of fluid per day

BGL borehole geometry log

BGL below ground level (used as a datum for depths in a well)

BGS British Geological Survey

BGT borehole geometry tool

BGWP base of ground-water protection

BH Baker Hughes

BH bloodhound

BHA Bottomhole assembly

BHC BHC gamma ray log

BHCA BHC acoustic log

BHCP Bottomhole circulating pressure

BHCS BHC sonic log

BHCT Bottomhole circulating temperature

BHFP Bottomhole flowing pressure

BHL Bottomhole location

BHL borehole log

BHP Bottomhole pressure

BHP Bottomhole pressure

BHPRP borehole pressure report

BHSRE bottom hole sampling report

BHSS borehole seismic survey

BHST Bottomhole static temperature

BHT Bottomhole temperature

BHTV borehole television report

BINXQ bond index quicklook log

BIOR biostratigraphic range log

BIORE biostratigraphy study report

BIVDL BI/DK/WF/Casing collar locator/gamma ray log

BLI bottom of logging interval

BLM US Bureau of Land Management

BLP Bridge-linked platform

BLPD Barrels of liquid per day

BM Bay Marchand Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

BML Below mud line

BO back-off log

BOB back on bottom

BOD Biological Oxygen Demand

boe Barrels of oil equivalent

boe/d barrels of oil equivalent per day

boed barrel(s) of oil equivalent per day

BOEM Bureau Ocean Energy Management

BOEMRE US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement

BOEPD Barrels of oil equivalent per day

BOM Bill of materials

BOP Blowout preventer


Oilfield AcronymBOP bottom of pipe

BOPD Barrels of oil per day

BOPE Blowout preventer equipment

BOREH borehole seismic analysis

BOSIET basic offshore safety induction and emergency training

BOTHL bottom hole locator log

BOTTO bottom hole pressure/temperature report

BP Boiling point

BP Bubble point

BPD barrels per day

BPFL borehole profile log

BPH barrels per hour

BPLUG baker plug

BPM Barrels per minute

BPV Back pressure valve

BQL B/QL log

Brent crude Collection of contracts and futures contracts regarding oil from the Brent, Forties, Oseberg, and Ekofisk fields

Brownfields Oil or gas fields that are beyond their production plateau but are still producing

BRPLG bridge plug log

BRT below rotary table (used as a datum for depths in a well)

BS Breton Sound Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

BS Bend Stiffener

BS&W Basic sediment and water

BSDV Boarding shutdown valve

BSEE

US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,created by splitting BOEMRE into two parts, BOEM and BSEE, as of

Oct. 1, 2011.

BSEE-0123 US Form for Application for Permit to Drill

BSEE-0123S US Form for Supplemental APD Information Sheet

BSEE-0124 US Form for Application for Permit to Modify

BSEE-0125 US Form for End of Operations Report

BSEE-0126 US Form for Well Potential Test Report

BSEE-0128 US Form for Semiannual Well Test Report

BSEE-0131 US Form for Performance Measures Data

BSEE-0132

US Form for Hurricane and Tropical Storm Evacuation and Production Curtailment Statistics, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

(GOMR)

BSEE-0133 US Form for Well Activity Report

BSEE-0133S US Form for Open Hole Data Report

BSEE-0143 US Form for Facility/Equipment Damage Report

BSEE-0144 US Form for Rig Movement Notification Report

BSEE-0149 US Form for Assignment of Federal OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant

BSEE-1832 US Form for Notification of Incidents of Noncompliance

BSL Below sea level

BSL Burner safety low (burner flame detector)

BSML below sea mean level

BSR Bend strength ratio

BSR Blind shear ram

BSR Bottom simulating reflector

BTEX benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and xylene

BTHL bottom hole log

BTO/C break to open/close (valve torque)

Btu British thermal unit

BU bottom up

BUL bottom up lag

BUR build-up rate

BVO ball valve operator

bwd barrels of water per day (often used in reference to oil production)

BWOC By weight of cement

BWOW By weight of water

BWPD Barrels of water per day

C&E Cause and effect

C&E well completion and equipment cost

C&K Choke and kill


Oilfield AcronymC&S cased and suspended

C/P Consumption/production (ratio)

C1 methane

C2 ethane

C3 propane

C4 butane

C6 hexanes

C7+ heavy hydrocarbon components

CA Chandeleur Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

CA core analysis log

CAGR Compound annual growth rate

CALI calliper log

CALOG circumferential acoustic log

CALVE calibrated velocity log data

CAPEX Capital expenditure

CAPP Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

CART cam-actuated running tool (housing running tool)

CART Cap Replacement Tool

CAS casing log

CAT Connector Actuating Tool

CATS Central Area Transmission System

CB core barrel

CBIL CBIL log

CBL cement bond log (measurement of casing cement integrity)

CBM Coalbed methane

CBM choke bridge module

CBM conventional buoy mooring

CBT Computer-based training

CC Corpus Christi Gulf of Mexico leasing area

CCA Clean Carribbean & Americas

CCHT core chart log

CCL Casing collar locator

CCLP casing collar locator perforation

CCLTP casing collar locator through tubing plug

CCS Carbon capture and storage (or sequestration)

CCW Counterclockwise

CD core description

CDATA core data

CDIS CDI synthetic seismic log

CDP common depth point (geophysics)

CDP comprehensive drilling plan

CDR Chemical Data Reporting rule

CDRCL compensated dual resistivity cal. log

CDU control distribution unit

CE CE log

CECAN CEC analysis

CEME cement evaluation

CERCLA US Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

CERE cement remedial log

CESQG Hazardous waste conditionally exempt small quantity generator

CET cement evaluation tool

CF completion fluid

CFC Chlorofluorocarbon

CFD Computational fluid dynamics

CFO Chief financial officer

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CGA Clean Gulf Association

CGEL CG EL log

CGL core gamma log

CGPH core graph log

CGR condensate gas ratio

CGTL compact gas to liquids (production equipment small enough to fit on a ship)

CH Cased hole


Oilfield AcronymCH Charlotte Harbor Gulf of Mexico leasing area

CHART Casing hanger assembly running tool

CHCNC CHCNC gamma ray casing collar locator

CHDTP calliper HDT playback log

CHECK checkshot and acoustic calibration report

CHESM contractor, health, environment and safety management

CHKSR checkshot survey report

CHKSS checkshot survey log

CHOPS Cold heavy oil production with sand

CHP casing hanger pressure (pressure in an annulus as measured at the casing hanger)

CHROM chromatolog

CHRT casing hanger running tool

CIBP cast iron bridge plug

CIDL chemical injection downhole lower

CIDU chemical injection downhole upper

CIKR Critical Infrastructure and key resources

CILD conduction log

CIMV chemical injection metering valve

CITHP closed-in tubing head pressure (tubing head pressure when the well is shut in)

CIV chemical injection valve

CL core log

CLG core log and graph

CM choke module

CMP Coastal Management Program

CMP common midpoint (geophysics)

CMR CMR log

CMTR Certified material test reports

CNCF field-normalised compensated neutron porosity

CND compensated neutron density

CNFDP CNFD true vertical-depth playback log

CNG Compressed natural gas

CNGR compensated neutron gamma-ray log

CNL compensated neutron log

CNLFD CNL/FDC log

CNS Central North Sea

CO change out (ex. from rod equipment to casing equipment)

COA Conditions of Approval

COC Certificate of Conformance

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

COFR Certificate of Financial Responsibility

COL collar log

COMAN compositional analysis

COML compaction log

COMP composite log

COMPR completion program report

COMPU computest report

COMRE completion record log

CONDE condensate analysis report

CONDR continuous directional log

CORAN core analysis report

CORE core report

CORG corgun log

CORIB coriband log

CORLG correlation log

COROR core orientation report

COS Center for Offshore Safety

COTP Captain of the port

COXY carbon/oxygen log

cP Centipoise

CP Cathodic Protection

CP Casing Pressure

CPI Chemical process industries

CPI CPI log (computer-processed interpretation)


Oilfield AcronymCPI separator corrugated plate interceptor

CPICB CPI coriband log

CPIRE CPI report

CRA Corrosion-resistant alloy

Crack spread Difference between the price of crude oil and the price of products made from it

CRET cement retainer setting log

CRM Customer relationship management

CRP control riser platform

CRP common/central reference point (subsea survey)

CRT Clamp Replacement tool

CRT Casing Running Tool

CS Chandeleur Sound Gulf of Mexico leasing area

CsF

Caesium formate (coincidentally also an acronym of the sole large-scale supplier of caesium formate brine, cabot specialty

fluids.)

Csg Casing

CSG Coal Seam Gas

csg casing

CSHN cased-hole neutron log

CSI Combinable Seismic Imager (VSP) log (Schlumberger)

CSMT core sampler tester log

CSO complete seal-off

CSPG Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

CSS Cyclic steam stimulation (method)

CST Chronological Sample Taker log (Schlumberger)

CSTAK core sample taken log

CSTRE CST report

CSUG Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas

CT Coiled tubing

CT Complex total

CTCO coiled tubing clean-out

CTD Coiled tubing drilling

CTLF coil tubing lift frame

CTLF compensated tension lift frame

CTOD crack tip opening displacement

CTRAC cement tracer log

CTU Coiled tubing unit

CUT cutter log

CUTTD cuttings description report

CVX Chevron

CW Clockwise

CWI Certified Welding Inspector

CWOP complete well on paper

CWOR completion work over riser

CWPPRA Coastal Wetlands Protection, Planning & Restoration Act

CYBD cyberbond log

CYBLK cyberlook log

CYDIP cyberdip log

CYDN cyberdon log

CYPRO cyberproducts log

CZMA US Coastal Zone Management Act

CZMP Coastal Zone Management Program

d Change (delta)

D Darcy

D Day

D Development

D&C drilling and completions

DABS Double action bypass sub

DAC Distance amplitude curve

DAC dipole acoustic log

DAFW Days away from work

DARCI Darci log

DART Days Away, Restricted work, or job Transfer


Oilfield AcronymDAT wellhead housing drill-ahead tool

DAZD dip and azimuth display

DBB double block and bleed

DBCP 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane

DC Desoto Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area

DC Drill collar

DC drill centre

DCAL dual caliper log

DCS Distributed Control System

DD Directional drilling

DD Dustin Dome Gulf of Mexico leasing area

DD&A Depreciation, depletion and amortization

DDBHC DDBHC waveform log

DDCV Deep draft caisson vessel

DDET depth determination log

DDM Derrick drilling machine (a.k.a. top drive)

DDNL dual det. neutron life log

DDPT drill data plot log

DECC Department for Energy and Climate Change (UK)

DECT decay time

DEFSU definitive survey report

Delta Difference between plan and performance

DELTA delta-T log

DEN density log

DEPAN deposit analysis report

DEPC depth control log

DESFL deep induction SFL log

DEV development well, Lahee classification

DEVLG deviation log

DEXP D-exponent log

DF Derrick floor

DFIT Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test

DFR drilling factual report

DFT Dry film thickness

DGP dynamic geohistory plot (3D technique)

DH drilling history

DHC depositional history curve

DHCE Downhole completion equipment

DHPTT downhole pressure/temperature transducer

DHSV downhole safety valve

DIBHC DIS BHC log

DIEGR dielectric gamma ray log

DIF drill in fluids

DIL dual-induction log

DILB dual-induction BHC log

DILL dual-induction laterolog

DILLS dual-induction log-LSS

DILSL dual-induction log-SLS

DIM directional inertia mechanism

DINT dip interpretation

DIP dipmeter log

DIPAR dipole acoustic report

DIPBH dipmeter borehole log

DIPFT dipmeter fast log

DIPLP dip lithology pressure log

DIPRE dipmeter report

DIPRM dip removal log

DIPSA dipmeter soda log

DIPSK dipmeter stick log

DIRS directional survey log

DIRSU directional survey report

DIS DIS-SLS log

DISFL DISFL DBHC gamma ray log


Oilfield AcronymDISO dual induction sonic log

DL Dogleg

DL development license (United Kingdom), a type of onshore license issued before 1996

DLIST dip-list log

DLL dual laterolog (deep and shallow resistivity)

DLS dog-leg severity (directional drilling)

DLT Digital linear tape

DM dry mate

DMA dead-man anchor

DMR Discharge monitoring report

DNHO downhole logging

DOA delegation of authority

DOCD Development operations coordination documents

DOE US Department of Energy

DOI US Department of Interior

DOL US Department of Labor

DOO Designation of operator

DOT US Department of Transportation

DOWRE downhole report

dP Delta pressure

DP Dewpoint

DP Dynamically positioned

DP drill pipe

DP dynamic positioning

DPDV dynamically positioned drilling vessel

DPL dual propagation log

DPLD differential pressure levitated device (or vehicle)

DPP Development and production plan

DPRES dual propagation resistivity log

DPS Distinct population segment

DPS Dynamic positioning system

DPSS Dynamically positioned semisubmersible

DPT deeper pool test, Lahee classification

DQLC dipmeter quality control log

DR dummy-run log

DR drilling report

DRI drift log

DRLCT drilling chart

DRLOG drilling log

DRLPR drilling proposal/progress report

DRPG drilling program report

DRPRS drilling pressure

DRREP drilling report

DRYRE drying report

DS Deviation survey, (also directional system)

DSCAN DSC analysis report

DSI dipole shear imager

DSL digital spectralog (Western Atlas)

DSM Drill Site Manager

DSPT cross-plots log

DST Drillstem test

DSTG DSTG log

DSTL drill-stem test log

DSTND dual-space thermal neutron density log

DSTPB drill-stem test true vertical depth playback log

DSTR drill-stem test report

DSTRE drill-stem test report

DSTSM drill-stem test summary report

DSTW drill-stem test job report/works

DSV diving support vessel or drilling supervisor

DT Dry Tortugas Gulf of Mexico leasing area

DTI UK Department of Trade and Industry

DTPB CNT true vertical-depth playback log


Oilfield AcronymDTT depth to time

DW Deep water

DWH Deepwater Horizon

DWOP Deepwater operations plan

DWOP Drilling well on paper (exercise)

DWQL dual-water quicklook log

DWRRA US Deep Water Royalty Relief Act

DWSS dig-well seismic surface log

DXC DXC pressure pilot report

E Young's Modulus

E&A Exploration and Appraisal

E&I Electrical and Instrumentation

E&P Exploration and production

E/W East/west

EA Environmental Assessment

EA Exploration Asset

EAGE European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers

EB East Breaks Gulf of Mexico leasing area

EBIT Earnings before interest and taxes

EBITDA Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

EC East Cameron Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

ECC Emergency control center

ECD Equivalent circulating density

ECHA European Chemicals Agency

ECP External Casing Packer

ECRD Electrically Controlled Release Tool

ECT External Cantilevered Turret

EDM Electro-discharge machining

EDP Exploration Drilling Program Report

EDP Emergency Disconnect Package

EDR Exploration Drilling Report

EDR Electronic Drilling Recorder

EDRC Effective daily recovery capacity (of oil skimmers)

EDS Emergency disconnect sequence

EDS Emergency disconnect system

EEHA Electrical equipment in hazardous areas

EEP Emergency evacuation plan

EER Emergency escape and refuge (system)

EERA Escape, evacuation, and rescue analysis

EEZ US Exclusive Economic Zone

EFH Essential fish habitat

EFL Electrical Flying Lead

EFR Engineering Factual Report

EGMBE Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether

EHT Electric Heat Trace

EHU Electro-Hydraulic Unit

EI Eugene Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

EI&C Electrical instrumentation and control

EIA Environmental impact assessment

EIA US Energy Information Administration

EIS Environmental impact statement

EL The Elbow Gulf of Mexico leasing area

EL Electric Log

ELT Economic Limit Test

EM Electromagnetic

EM EMOP Log

EMG Equivalent Mud Gradient

EMI Electromagnetic inspection

EMOP EMOP Well Site Processing Log

EMP Electromagnetic Propagation Log

EMT Electrical metallic tubing (conduit)

EMW Equivalent Mud Weight

EN PI Enhanced Productivity Index Log


Oilfield AcronymENG Engineering Log

ENGF Engineer Factual Report

ENGPD Engineering Porosity Data

Eni Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi S.p.A. (Italy)

ENJ Enerjet Log

EOFL End of Field Life

EOR End of operations (report)

EOR Enhanced oil recovery

EOS Equation of state

EOT End of Tubing

EOW End of well (report)

EP Exploration plan

EPA US Environmental Protection Agency

EPCI Engineering, procurement, construction, and installation

EPCM Engineering Procurement Construction Management

EPCU Electrical Power Conditioning Unit

EPIDORIS Exploration and Production Integrated Drilling Operations and Reservoir Information System

EPL EPL Log

EPLG Epilog

EPLPC EPL-PCD-SGR Log

EPS Earnings per share

EPS Early Production System

EPT Electromagnetic Propagation

EPTNG EPT-NGT Log

EPU Electrical Power Unit

ERA Environmental risk assessment

ERC Emergency response and control

ERD Extended Reach (Drilling)

EROEI Energy returned on energy invested

ERP Emergency response plan

ERP Enterprise resource planning

ERT Emergency response team

ERT Emergency Response Training

ERW Electric-resistance welded (pipe)

ERW Extended-reach well

ESA US Endangered Species Act

ESD Electrostatic discharge

ESD Emergency Shut-Down

ESI Environmental Sensitivity Index

ESP Electrical submersible pump

ESP Expected surface pressure

ESPcc Expected surface pressure for the completion case

ETA Event tree analysis

ETAP Eastern Trough Area Project

ETD External Turret Disconnectable

ETTD Electromagnetic Thickness Test

ETU Electrical Test Unit

EU European Union

EUR Estimated ultimate recovery

EVARE Evaluation Report

EVI Equipment verification inspection

EW Ewing Bank Gulf of Mexico leasing area

EWD Expand-while-drilling (tools)

eWell US Electronic Well Permitting and Reporting System

EWR End Of Well Report

EWTA Eglin Water Test Area

EXL

Exploration Licence (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence issued between the First Onshore Licensing Round (1986)

and the Sixth (1992)

EZSV EZSV Log

FAC factual report

FACHV four-arm calliper log

FANAL formation analysis sheet log

FAT Factory Acceptance Testing


Oilfield AcronymFBE fusion-bonded epoxy

FBHP Flowing bottomhole pressure.

FC float collar

FCF Fishermen's Contingency Fund

FCP final circulating pressure

FCV Flow Control Valve

FCVE F-curve log

FDC formation density log

FDP Field development planning

FDS functional design specification

FEED Front-end engineering and design

FEL From east line

FER field equipment room

FERC US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FEWD formation evaluation while drilling

FFAC formation factor log

FFM full field model

FG Fracture gradient

FGBNMS Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

FGEOL final geological report

FH full-hole tool joint

FI final inspection

FI(M) free issue (materials)

FID final investment decision

FIFO First in, first out

FIL FIL log

FINST final stratigraphic report

FINTP formation interpretation

FIP flow-induced pulsation

FIR Failure investigation reports

FIT Formation integrity test

FIT fairing intervention tool

FIT fluid identification test

FIT formation interval tester

FIV Formation isolation valve

FIV flow-induced vibration

FL Florida

FL F log

FLAP Fluid level above pump

FLDF Flying Lead Deployment Frame

FLET Flowline end termination

FLIV flowline injection valve

FLMPI Full length magnetic particle inspection

FLMT Flowline manifold termination

FLNG Floating liquefied natural gas

FLOG FLOG PHIX RHGX Log

FLOPR flow profile report

FLOT flying lead orientation tool

FLOW flow and buildup test report

FLRA field-level risk assessment

FLS fluid sample

FLT fault (geology)

FLUT Full length ultrasonic inspection

FM Florida Middle Ground Gulf of Mexico leasing area

FM Flowmeter

FMC FMC Technologies

FMEA Failure modes and effects analysis

FMECA Failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis

FMI formation micro imaging log (azimuthal microresistivity)

FMP Facility measurement point

FMP formation microscan report

FMS formation multi-scan log; formation micro-scan log

FMTAN FMT analysis report


Oilfield AcronymFNL From north line

FNOS Final notice of sale

FOB Free on board

FOB Freight on board

FOET Further Offshore Emergency Training

FOGRMA Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (US Regulation)

FOIA US Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. Section 552)

FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact

FOSC Federal on-scene coordinator

FOSV Full-opening safety valves

FP Frac pack

FPDM fracture potential and domain modelling/mapping

FPIT free-point indicator tool

FPL flow analysis log

FPLAN field plan log

FPS Floating production system

FPSO Floating production, storage, and offloading (vessel)

FPU Floating production unit

FR US Federal Register

FR SIT Field Representation System Integration Test

FRA fracture log

FRARE fracture report

FRES final reserve report

FRU Fast response units

FS fail safe

FSA Formal safety assessment

FSB flowline support base

FSI flawless start-up initiative

FSL From south line

FSO Floating storage and offloading (vessel)

FSU Former Soviet Union

FT formation tester log

FTA Fault tree analysis

FTM fire-team member

FTP Flowing tubing pressure

FTP first tranche petroleum

FTRE formation testing report

FULDI full diameter study report

FV funnel viscosity or float valve

FVF Formation volume factor

FWHP Flowing wellhead pressure

FWKO free water knock-out

FWL From west line

FWL free water level

FWR final well report

FWV flow wing valve (also known as production wing valve on a xmas tree)

FX Foreign exchange

G&G Geology and geophysics

G/C Gas Condensate

GA Galveston Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

GA General arrangement (of offshore equipment)

GAAP Generally accepted accounting principles

GAR (World Health Organization) Global Alert and Response

GAS Gas Log

GASAN Gas Analysis Report

GB Garden Banks Gulf of Mexico leasing area

GBS Gravity Based Structure

GBT Gravity Base Tank

GC Gas chromatography

GC Green Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area

GC/MS Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

GCAT Government Compliance Action Team

GCC Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates)


Oilfield AcronymGCLOG Graphic Core Log

GCT GCT Log

GDAT Geodetic Datum

GDE Gross Depositional Environment

GdF Gaz de France

GDIP Geodip Log

GDP Gross domestic product

GDT Gas Down To

GE Condensate gas equivalent

GE Ground Elevation

GEMS US Gulf Ecological Management Sites program

GEOCH Geochemical Evaluation

GEODY GEO DYS Log

GEOEV Geochemical Evaluation Report

GEOFO Geological & Formation Evaluation Report

GEOL Geological Surveillance Log

GEOP Geophone Data Log

GEOPN Geological Well Prognosis Report

GEOPR Geological Operations Progress Report

GEORE Geological Report

GFCI Ground fault circuit interrupter

GGRG Gauge Ring

GHG Greenhouse gas

GHS Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

GI Grand Isle Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

GIIP Gas Initially In Place

G-INC General US INCs. G-110

GIS Geographic Information System

GJ Gigajoule

GL General ledger

GL Gas Lift

GL Ground Level

GLE Ground Level Elevation (generally in metres above mean sea level)

GLM Gas Lift Mandrel (alternative name for Side Pocket Mandrel)

GLR Gas Liquid Ratio

GLT GLT Log

GLV Gas Lift Valve

GLW Gas Lift Mandrel

GMAW Gas metal arc welding

GMP Gulf of Mexico Program

GOC Gas Oil Contact

GOM Gulf of Mexico

GOMR Gulf of Mexico region

GOP Geological Operations Report

GOR Gas Oil Ratio

GOSP Gas oil separation plant

GP Gravel pack

GPIT Inclinometry Tool Log

GPLT Geol Plot Log

GPM Gallons Per Mcf

GPM Gallons Per Minute

GPRA The US Government Performance and Results Act

GPSL Geo Pressure Log

GR Gamma ray

GRAD Gradiometer Log

GRC Galvanized rigid conduit

GRE Ground Elevation

GRLOG Grapholog

GRN Gamma Ray Neutron Log

GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic

GRSS Global Rig Share Solutions group

GRSVY Gradient Survey Log

GRV Gross Rock Volume


Oilfield AcronymGS Gas Supplier

GS Gel Strength

GST GST Log

GTL Gas To Liquid

GTW Gas To Wire

GUN Gun Set Log

GV Gainesville Gulf of Mexico leasing area

GWC Gas/water contact

GWREP Geo Well Report

h Height or thickness

H2S Hydrogen sulfide

HA Hazard analysis

HAL Halliburton

HAPC Habitat area of particular concern

HAZ Heat Affected Zone

HAZCOM Hazard communications

HAZID Hazard identification (study)

HAZOP Hazard and operability (analysis)

HAZOP Hazardous Operation

HAZWOPER Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

HC Hydrocarbons

HCA High-consequence areas

HCAL HRCC Calliper (in Logs)(in Inches)

HCCS Horizontal Clamp Connection System

HCM Horizontal Connection Module. To connect the Xmas Tree to the Manifold

HDA Helideck Assistant

HDD Horizontal directional drilling

HDPE High Density Polyethylene

HDT High Resolution Dipmeter Log

HDU Horizontal Drive Unit

HE Henderson Gulf of Mexico leasing area

Heavy oil Crude oil with API gravity of 20 or less

HEC Hydroxyethylcellulose

Henry Hub

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.

HES Health, environment, and safety

HEXT Hex Diplog

HFC Hydrofluorocarbons

HFE Human Factors Engineering

HFL Hydraulic flying lead

HFRS Helix Fast Response System

HGS High (Specific-)Gravity Solids

HH Henry Hub

HH Howell Hook Gulf of Mexico leasing area

HHP Hydraulic Horsepower

HI High Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

HI Hydrogen Index

HIPPS High Integrity Pressure Protection System

HIRA Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

HISC Hydrogen induced stress cracking

HL Hook Load

HLO Heavy Load-out (Facility)

HLO Helicopter Landing Officer

Hmax Maximum Wave Height

HNGS Flasked Hostile Natural Gamma-ray Spectrometry tool

HOA Hand/on/off (switch)

HP High pressure

hp Horsepower

HP Hydrostatic Pressure

HP/IP High-pressure and/or intermediate pressure

HPG Hydroxyl propyl guar

HPGAG High Pressure Gauge

HPHT High pressure, high temperature


Oilfield AcronymHPPS HP Pressure Log

HPU High-pressure unit

HPU Horizontal pumping unit

HPU Hydraulic Power Unit

HPWBM High Performance Water Base Mud

HRCC HCAl of Calliper (in Inches)

HRLA High Resolution Laterolog Array (resistivity logging tool)

Hs Significant Wave Height

HSE Health, safety, and environmental

HSE Health & Safety Executive (United Kingdom)

HSMP Health and safety management plan

HSSE Health, safety, security, and environment

HT High temperature

HTHP High Temperature High Pressure (same as HPHT)

HTM Helideck Team Member

HUD Hold Up Depth

HUET Helicopter underwater egress training

HVDC High Voltage Direct Current

HWCG Helix Well Containment Group (an industry cooperative of 24 deepwater E&P companies working in the Gulf of Mexico)

HWDP Heavy weight drill pipe

HWDP Heavy Weight Drill Pipe

HWP Hot work permit

HYPJ Hyperjet

HYROP Hydrophone Log

I:P Injector To Producer Ratio

I3P Independent third party

IADC International Association of Drilling Contractors

IAT Internal Active Turret

IAWC International Alliance for Well Control

IBC Intermediate Bulk Container

IBOP Inside blowout preventer

IBP Inflatable bridge plug

IC Incident commander

IC Information collection

ICD Inflow Control Device

ICE Intercontinental Exchange

ICoTA Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association

ICP Intermediate Casing Point

ICS Incident Command System

ICSS Itegrated Controls and Safety System

ICSU Integrated Commissioning and Start Up

ICV Interval Control Valve

ICV Integrated Cement Volume (of Borehole)(in Cubic Metres)

ID Inner or Internal Diameter (of a tubular component such as a casing)

IDC Intangible Drilling Costs

IDEL IDEL Log

IDLH Immediately dangerous to life or health

IEA International Energy Agency

IEB Induction Electro BHC Log

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEL Induction Electrical Log

IEP Initial exploration plan

IEP/DOCD Initial exploration plan and development operations coordination documents

IF Internal Flush tool joint

IH Gamma Ray Log

IHV Integrated Hole Volume (of Borehole) (in Cubic Metres)

IJL Injection Log

IL Induction Log

ILI In-line inspection (platforms for natural gas pipelines)

ILOGS Image Logs

ILTA International Liquid Terminals Association

IM Information management


Oilfield AcronymIM Inventory management

IMAG Image Analysis Report

IMCA International Marine Contractors Association

IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods (code)

IMF International Monetary Fund

IMO International Marine Organization

IMR Inspection Maintenance and Repair

IMT Intermediate metal conduit

INC US Incident of Noncompliance

INCR Incline Report

INCRE Incline Report

INDRS IND RES Sonic Log

INDT INDT Log

INDWE Individual Well Record Report

INGAA Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

INJEC Injection Falloff Log

INSUR Inrun Survey Report

INVES Investigative Program Report

IOC Independent oil company

IOC International Oil Company

IOR Improved oil recovery

IOW Integrity operating windows

IP Intellectual property

IP Intermediate pressure

IP Internet protocol

IPAA Independent Petroleum Association of America

IPC Installed Production Capacity

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPE International Petroleum Exchange

IPF Impact producing factors

IPLS IPLS Log

IPO Initial public offering

IPR Inflow performance relationship

IPT Internal Passive Turret

IPTT Interval pressure transient test

IR Inspection report

IR Interpretation Report

IRC Inspection release certificate

IRTJ IRTJ Gamma Ray Slimhole Log

ISF ISF Sonic Log

ISFBG ISF BHC GR Log

ISFCD ISF Conductivity Log

ISFGR ISF GR Casing Collar Locator Log

ISFL ISF-LSS Log

ISFP ISF Sonic True Vertical Depth Playback Log

ISFPB ISF True Vertical Depth Playback Log

ISFSL ISF SLS MSFL Log

ISM IMO's International Safety Management (code)

ISN ISNetworld

ISO International Standards Organization (formally, International Organization for Standardization)

ISO 31010 Risk Management Risk Assessment Techniques

ITD Internal Turret Disconnectable

ITP Inspection and test plan

ITR Inspection Test Record

ITS Influx To Surface

ITT Invitation to tender

IUG Instrument Utility Gas

IUR Inventory Update Reporting

IWCF International Well Control Forum

IWCF certification International Well Control Forum Blowout Prevention & Well Control certification

IWOCS Installation/Workover control system

J Joule

J&A Junked and Abandoned


Oilfield AcronymJB Junk Basket

Jewelry Various hardware, such as packers, inside the well attached to production tubing

JHA Job hazard analysis

JIB Joint Interest Billing

JIP Joint industry project

JIT Just in time

JITF Joint industry task force

JLT J Lay Tower

JSA

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.

JSP Job safety plan

JT Joule-Thomson (effect/valve/separator)

JU Jackup

JU Jack-Up drilling rig

JV Joint venture

JVP Joint Venture Partners/Participants

k Permeability

KB Kelly bushing

KBE Kelly Bushing Elevation (in meters above sea level, or meters above Ground Level)

KBG Kelly Bushing Height above Ground Level

KC Keathley Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area

KD Kelly Down

kh permeability thickness (k = permeability, h = height)

KMW Kill Mud Weight

KOP Kick-Off Point Directional Drilling

KOP Kick Off Plug

KPI Key performance indicator

kpsi Thousand pounds per square inch

KRP Kill Rate Pressure

KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

KW Key West Gulf of Mexico leasing area

LA Louisiana

LACT Lease Automatic Custody Transfer

LAH Lookahead

LAOT Linear Activation Override Tool

LARS Launch & Recovery System

LAS Log ASCII Standard

LAT Lowest Astronomical Tide

lbf pounds force

lbm pounds mass

LCL Lethal dose (low)

LCM Lost Circulation Material

LCNLG LDT CNL Gamma Ray Log

LCV Level control valve

LD Lethal dose

LD Lay Down (tubing, rods, etc.)

LD50 Median lethal dose

LDL Litho Density Log

LDTEP LDT EPT Gamma Ray Log

LEAKL Leak Detection Log

LEEA Lifting Equipment Engineers Association

LEL Lower explosive limit

LEPRE Litho-Elastic Property Report

LFL Lower flammable limit

LFRD Load and resistance factor design

LGR Liquid Gas Ratio

LGS Low (specific-)Gravity Solids

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

LIFO Last in, first out

LINCO Liner and Completion Progress Report

LIOG Lithography Log

LIT Lead Impression Tool

LITDE Litho Density Quicklook Log


Oilfield AcronymLITHR Lithological Description Report

LITRE Lithostratigraphy Report

LITST Lithostratigraphic Log

LKO Lowest Known Oil

LL Lloyd Gulf of Mexico leasing area

LL Laterolog

LMAP Location Map

LMOGA Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association

LMRP Lower marine riser package

LMV Lower Master Valve (on a Xmas tree)

LNG Liquefied natural gas

LNG Liquefied Natural Gas

LOA Letter of Authorisation/Agreement/Authority

LOE Lease Operating Expenses

LOGGN Logging Whilst Drilling

LOGGS Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System

LOGRS Log Restoration Report

LOGSM Log Sample

LOLER Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations

LOPA Layers of protection analysis

LOT Leak-Off Test

LOT Linear Override Tool

LOT Lock Open Tool

LOTO Lock out tag out

LOTO Lock Out / Tag Out

LP Limited partnership

LP Liquid penetrant

LP Low Pressure

LPG Liquefied petroleum gas

LPH Litres Per Hour

LPWHH Low Pressure Well Head Housing

LQ Living quarters

LQG Hazardous waste large quantity generator

LRP Lower Riser Package

LSBGR Long Spacing BHC GR Log

LSD Land Surface Datum

LSH Level safety high (sensor)

LSL Level safety low (sensor)

LSSON Long Spacing Sonic Log

LT Linear Time or Lag Time

LTI(FR) Lost Time Incident (Frequency Rate)

LTIR Lost time incident rate

LU Lund Gulf of Mexico leasing area

LUMI Luminescence Log

LVEL Linear Velocity Log

LVOT Linear Valve Override Tool

LWD Logging while drilling

LWOP Logging Well on Paper

LWR Lazy-wave catenary riser

m metre

M or m prefix designating a number in thousands (not to be confused with SI prefix M for mega- or m for milli)

M&R Measurement and regulation

MA Miami Gulf of Mexico leasing area

MAASP Maximum Acceptable (or Allowable) Annular Surface Pressure

MAC Multipole Acoustic Log

Macaroni Very thin tubulars used in drilling and completion activity

MACL Multiarm Caliper Log

MAGST Magnetostratigraphic Report

MAOP Maximum allowable operating pressure

MARA Maralog

MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MARSEC (US Coast Guard) Maritime Security System

MASP Maximum allowable surface pressure


Oilfield AcronymMASPcc Maximum anticipated surface pressure for the completion case

MAST sonic tool (records waveform).

MAWOP Maximum allowable wellhead operating pressure

MAWP Maximum allowable working pressure

Mbd thousand barrels (of oil) per day

Mbod thousand barrels of oil per day

Mboe thousand barrels of oil equivalent

Mboed thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day

Mbpd thousand barrels of oil per day

MBR Minimum Bend Radius

MBRO Multi-Bore Restriction Orifices

MBT Methylene Blue Test

MBWH Multi Bowl Wellhead

MC Mississippi Canyon Gulf of Mexico leasing area

MCC Molded case circuit breaker

MCD Mechanical Completion Dossier

Mcf thousand cubic feet of natural gas

Mcfe thousand cubic feet of natural gas equivalent

MCHE Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger

MCM Manifold Choke Module

MCP Manifold compression platform

MCS Manifold & Connection System

MCS Master Control Station

MD Measured depth

mD millidarcy, measure of permeability, with units of area

MD Measured Depth (see also MDSS)

MD Measurements/Drilling Log

MDEA Methyl Diethanolamine (aMDEA)

MDL

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"

MDSS Measured Depth Sub-Sea

MDT Modular formation Dynamic Tester

MEA Monoethanolamine

MEG Mono-Ethylene Glycol

MEIC Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Commission

MEM Mechanical earth model

MENA Middle East and North Africa (region)

MEPRL Mechanical Properties Log

MERCR Mercury Injection Study Report

MERG Merge FDC/CNL/Gamma Ray/Dual Laterolog/Micro SFL Log

MEST Micro-electrical scanning tool (a dipmeter, aka. MST or FMS).

MF Marsh Funnel (mud viscosity)

MFCT Multifinger Calliper Tool

MGL Magnelog

MGW Maximum gross weight

MH Methane hydrate (methane clathrate, or fire ice)

MHA Major hazards analysis

MI Matagorda Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

MI Mechanical integrity

MIFR Mini Frac Log

MINL Minilog

MIPAL Micropalaeo Log

MIRU Move In and Rig Up

MIST Minimum Industry Safety Training

MIYP Maximum Internal Yield Pressure

MJ Megajoule

mKB Meters below Kelly Bushing

ML Multilateral

ML Mud line

ML Microlog, or Mud Log

MLF Marine Loading Facility

MLH Mud Liner Hanger

MLL Microlaterolog


Oilfield AcronymMM or mm prefix designating a number in millions (or SI unit

MMbd million barrels per day

MMbod million barrels of oil per day

MMboe million barrels of oil equivalent

MMboed million barrels of oil equivalent per day

MMbpd million barrels per day

MMbtu Million btu

MMC US Marine Mammal Commission

MMcf million cubic feet (of natural gas)

MMcfe million cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)

mmHg Millimeters of mercury (a unit of pressure)

MMO Marine mammal observer

MMPA US Marine Mammal Protection Act

MMS Minerals Management Service, (United States)

MMS-131 The former name of the BSEE-0131 form, which must be submitted annually

MMscf Million standard cubic feet

mmscfd million standard cubic feet per day

mmstb million stock barrels

MMTA Million metric tons per annum

MMTPA Millions of Metric Tonnes per Annum

MNP Merge and Playback Log

MO Mobile Gulf of Mexico leasing area

MOC Management of Change

MODU Mobile offshore drilling unit

MOF Marine Offloading Facility

MOM Month on month

MOMR OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report

MOPU Mobile offshore production unit

MOT Materials/Marine Offloading Terminal

MOU Memorandum of understanding

MOU Mobile offshore unit

MP Magnetic particle

MP Main Pass Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

MPA Micropalaeo Analysis Report

MPD Managed Pressure Drilling

MPFM Multiphase flowmeter

MPFM Multi-Phase Flow Meter

MPI Magnetic particle inspection

MPK Merged Playback Log

MPP Multiphase Pump

MPQT Manufacturing Procedure Qualification Test

MPS Manufacturing Procedure Specification

MPV Multi Purpose Vessel

MQ Marqesas Gulf of Mexico leasing area

MQC Multi Quick Connection Plate

MR Marine Riser

MR Morning Report

MRBP Magna Range Bridge Plug

MRCV Multi Reverse Circulating Valve

MRIRE Magnetic Resonance Image Report

MRR Material Receipt Report

MS Mass spectrometry

MS Mississippi

MSA Master service agreement

MSC Management system coordinator

MSC Master services contract

Mscf Thousand standard cubic feet

MSCT Mechanical Sidewall Coring Tool

MSD Mechanical setting devices

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets

MSFL Micro SFL Log; Micro-Spherically Focussed Log (resistivity).

MSI Mechanical and Structural Inspection

MSIP Modular Sonic Imaging Platform (Sonic Scanner)


Oilfield AcronymMSIPC Multi Stage inflatable Packer Collar

MSL Mean sea level

MSL Micro Spherical Log

MSP Maximum source pressure

MSRC Marine Spill Response Corporation

MSS Magnetic Single Shot

MST MST EXP Resistivity Log

MT Magnetotellurics

MT Metric tons

MTBE Methyl tertiary butyl ether

MTBF Mean Time Between Failure

MTO Material Take Off

MTR Material test reports

MTSRU Maritime Transportation System Recovery Unit

MTT MTT Multi-Isotope Trace Tool

MTTF Mean time to failure

MU Mustang Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

MUD Mud Log

MUDT Mud Temperature Log

MuSol Mutual Solvent

MVB Master Valve Block on Xmas Tree

MW Mud weight

MWA Military warning area

MWCC

Marine Well Containment Co. Partners in the nonprofit include BP, BHP Billiton, Apache Corp., Anadarko Petroleum, and

Statoil.

MWD Measurement while drilling

MWDRE Measurement While Drilling Report

MWS Marine Warranty Survey

N Newton

N/S North/south

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers

NAPF Non Aqueous Phase Fluid

NASA Non Active Side Arm (term used in the North Sea for kill wing valve on a Xmas tree)

NAVIG Navigational Log

NB Nominal Bore

NBR Near-bit reamer

NCDMB Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board

NCP US National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan

NCR Nonconformance report

ND Nipple Down

NDE Non Destructive Examination

NDT Nondestructive testing

NEPA US National Environmental Policy Act

NEUT Neutron Log

NFG 'No Fucking Good' used for marking damaged equipment, not to be confused with NG being natural gas

NFI No Further Investment

NFW New Field Wildcat, Lahee classification

NG Natural Gas

NGDC National Geoscience Data Centre (United Kingdom)

NGH Natural gas hydrate (methane clathrate, or fire ice)

NGL Natural Gas Liquids

NGLQT NGT QL Log

NGO Non-governmental organization

NGPL Natural gas pipeline

NGR Natural Gamma Ray

NGRC National Geological Records Centre (United Kingdom)

NGS NGS Log

NGSS NGS Spectro Log

NGT NGT Log

NGTLD NGT LDT QL Log

NGTR NGT Ratio Log

NHDA National Hydrocarbons Data Archive (United Kingdom)


Oilfield AcronymNHPV Net Hydrocarbon Pore Volume

NIMBY Not in my backyard

NIMS National Incident Management System

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety, a US agency working to prevent work-related injury and illness

NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan

NMDC Non Magnetic Drill Collar

NMHC Non-Methane Hydrocarbons

NMO Normal moveout offset (arrival time offset)

NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance

NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Log

NMVOC Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds

NNS Northern North Sea

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOC National Oil Company

NOI Notice of intent

NOIA National Ocean Industries Association

NOISL Noise Log

NORM Naturally occurring radioactive material

NORSOK Norsk Sokkels Konkurranseposisjon, standards for the Norwegian petroleum industry

NOV National Oilwell Varco

NOW Non-hazardous oilfield waste

NOX Nitrogen oxides

NP Non Producing well (as opposed to P

NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, authorized by the US Clean Water Act

NPFC US National Pollution Funds Center

NPR Notice of proposed rulemaking

NPS US National Park Service

NPS Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)

NPSH Net Positive Suction Head

NPT Nonproductive time

NPV Net present value

NPW New Pool Wildcat, Lahee classification

NRC National Response Corporation

NRDA National resource damage assessment

NRI Net Revenue Interest

NRT National response team

NRV Non Return Valve

NS

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.

NTAS (US Department of Homeland Seurity) National Security Advisory System

NTE Not to exceed

NTHF Non-Toxic High Flash

NTL Notice to Lessees and Operators

NTP National Toxicology Program

NTSB US National Transportation Safety Board

NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Unit

NUMAR Magnetic Resonance Image Log

NWR National wildlife refuge

NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange

O&G Oil and Gas

O&M Operations and Maintenance

OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OB Overbalanced

OBC Ocean-bottom cable (seismic collection)

OBCS Ocean Bottom Cable System

OBDTL OBDT Log

OBEVA OBDT Evaluation Report

OBM Oil-Based Mud

OCI Oil Corrosion Inhibitor (Vessels)

OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum

OCL Quality Control Log

OCS Outer Continental Shelf


Oilfield AcronymOCS-G US lease numbering system for blocks on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico

OCSLA OCS Lands Act

OCTG Oil country tubular goods

OD Outer Diameter (of a tubular component such as casing)

ODT Oil Down To

OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OFST Offset Vertical Seismic Profile

OGP International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

OH Open hole

OH Openhole Log

OHC Open Hole Completion

OHGP Openhole gravel pack

OI Oxygen Index

OIM Offshore installation manager

OIP Oil in place

OMB US Office of Management and Budget

OML Oil mining lease

OMRL Oriented Micro-Resistivity Log

ONAN Oil Natural Air Natural cooled transformer

ONNR Office of Natural Resources Revenue (formerly MMS)

ONRR Office of Natural Resources Revenue

OOC Offshore Operators Committee

OOE Offshore Operation Engineer (senior technical authority on an offshore oil platform)

OOIP Original oil in place

OOS Out of service

OOT Out of Tolerance

OP Operating procedure

OPA US Oil Pollution Act of 1990

OPA 90 US Oil Pollution Act of 1990

OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPEX Operating expenditure

OPITO Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization

OPL Operations Log

OPRES Overpressure Log

OPS Operations Report

ORB OPEC reference basket (of crudes)

ORICO Oriented Core Data Report

ORM Other regulated materials (a DOT materials classification)

OS&D Over, Short & Damage (Report)

OSC On-scene coordinator

OSCP Oil spill contingency plan

OSFR Oil spill financial responsibility

OSHA US Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSLTF Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

OSRA Oil spill risk assessment

OSRAM Oil Spill Risk Analysis Model

OSRO Oil spill response organization

OSRP Oil spill response plan

OSRV Oil spill response vessels

OSV Offshore support vessel

OT Overtime

OT A Well On Test

OT Off Tree

OTC Offshore Technology Conference

OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometry

OTIP Operational Testing Implementation Plan

OTJ On the job

OTL Operations Team Leader

OTSG One time Through Steam Generator

OUT Outpost, Lahee classification

OUT Oil Up To

OVCH Oversize Charts


Oilfield AcronymOVID Offshore Vessel Inspection Database

OVSP Offset vertical seismic profiling

OWC Oil Water Contact

OWC Oil-Water Contact

OWR Oil/water ratio

P Pressure

P Producing well (as opposed to NP

P&A Plug and abandon

P&ID Piping and Instrument diagrams

P&L Profit and loss

P/E Price to earnings (ratio)

PA Producing Asset

PA Polyamide

PA Producing Asset with Exploration Potential

PADPRT Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool

PAGA Public Address General Alarm

PAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PAL Palaeo Chart

PALYN Palynological Analysis Report

PAM Passive acoustic monitoring

PAR Pre-Assembled Rack

PART Program Assessment Rating Tool

PAU Pre-Assembled Unit

PB St. Petersburg Gulf of Mexico leasing area

PBD Pason Billing System

PBDMS Playback DMSLS Log

PBHL Proposed Bottom Hole Location

PBR Polished bore receptacle

PBS Ported bypass sub

PBTD Plug Back Total Depth

PBU Pressure Build Up (applies to integrity testing on valves)

PCA Production Concession Agreement

PCB Poly Chlorinated BiPhenyl

PCCL Perforation Casing Collar Locator Log

PCDM Power and Control Distribution Module

PCKR Packer

PCOLL Perforation and Collar

PCP Progressive cavity pump

PCV Pressure control valve

PDC Perforation Depth Control

PDC Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (a type of drilling bit)

PDG/PDHG Permanent Downhole Gauge

PDKL PDK Log

PDKR PDK 100 Report

PDM Positive Displacement Motor

PDNP Proved Developed Not Producing

PDP Proved Developed Reserves

PDPM Power Distribution Protection Module

PDR Pressure differential ratio

PE Pensacola Gulf of Mexico leasing area

PE Polyethylene

PE Petroleum Engineer

PE Production Engineer

PE Polyethylene

PEA Palaeo Environment Study Report

PEDL Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (United Kingdom), introduced in the 8th Onshore Licensing Round

PEL Permissible exposure limit

PEMEX Petroleos Mexicanos SA

PENL Penetration Log

PEP PEP Log

PERDC Perforation Depth Control

PERFO Perforation Log


Oilfield AcronymPERM Permeability

PERML Permeability Log

PESA Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association

PESGB Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain

PETA Petrographical Analysis Report

PETD Petrographic Data Log

PETLG Petrophysical Evaluation Log

PETPM Petrography Permeametry Report

PETRP Petrophysical Evaluation Report

PEX Platform Express toolstring (resistivity, porosity, imaging)

PFC Perfluorocarbon

PFC PFC Log

PFD Process flow diagrams

PFE Plate/Frame Heat Exchanger

PFHE Plate Fin Heat Exchanger

PFPG Perforation Plug Log

PFREC Perforation Record Log

PG Pressure Gauge (Report)

PGB Permanent Guide Base

PGOR Produced Gas Oil Ratio

PH Phasor Log

PHA Process hazards analysis

PHASE Phasor Processing Log

PHB Pre-Hydrated Bentonite

PHC Passive Heave Compensator

Phi Porosity

PHMSA US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

PHOL Photon Log

PHPU Platform Hydraulic Power Unit

PHYFM Physical Formation Log

PI Port Isabel Gulf of Mexico leasing area

PI Pressure indicator

PI Productivity index

PIC Person in charge

PINC Potential incident of noncompliance

PINTL Production Interpretation

PIP Pipe in Pipe

PIT pressure integrity test

PJ Petajoule

PL Pipeline

PL South Pelto Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

PL Production Licence

PLC Programmable logic controller

PLC Public limited company

PLEM Pipeline End Manifold

PLES Pipeline End Structure

PLET Pipeline End Termination

PLG Plug Log

PLS Position Location System

PLSV Pipelay Support Vessel

PLT Production logging tool

PLTQ Production Logging Tool Quicklook Log

PLTRE Production Logging Tool Report

PM Preventive Maintenance

PM Particulate matter

PM Project management

PMI Positive Material Identification

PMV Production Master Valve

PN North Padre Island Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

PNP Proved Not Producing

POB Personnel on Board

POBM Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud

POE Plan of exploration


Oilfield AcronymPOF Permanent Operations Facility

PON Petroleum Operations Notice (United Kingdom)

POOH Pull out of hole

POOH / POH Pull Out Of Hole

POR Density Porosity Log

POSFR Post Fracture Report

POSTW Post Well Appraisal Report

POSWE Post Well Summary Report

PP Pore pressure

PP DXC Pressure Plot Log

PP Pump Pressure

PPA Pounds of proppant added

ppb Parts per billion

ppcf Pounds Per Cubic Foot

PPE Personal protective equipment

PPE Preferred Pressure End

ppg Pounds Per Gallon

PPI Post Production Inspection/Intervention

PPI Post Pipelay Installation

ppm Parts per million

PPS Production Packer Setting

ppt Parts per thousand

pptf Pounds (per square inch) Per Thousand Feet (of depth)

PQR Procedure qualification record

PR Pully Ridge Gulf of Mexico leasing area

PR2 Testing regime to API6A Annex F

PRA Probabilistic risk assessment

PRA Production Reporting & Allocation

PRCI Pipeline Research Council International, Inc.

PREC Perforation Record

PRESS Pressure Report

PROD Production Log

PROTE Production Test Report

PROX Proximity Log

PRSRE Pressure Gauge Report

PS South Padre Island Gulf of Mexico leasing area

PSA Production Service Agreement

PSANA Pressure Analysis

PSC Production-sharing contract

PSC Production Sharing Contract

PSD Particle size distribution

PSD Prevention of significant deterioration

PSD Planned Shut-Down

PSE Pressure safety element

PSH Pressure safety high (sensor)

PSHL Pressure safety high low

psi Pounds per square inch

PSIA Pounds Per Square Inch Atmospheric

PSIG Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge

PSL Pressure safety low (sensor)

PSL Product specification level

PSL Product service line

PSL Product Specification Level

PSLOG Pressure Log

PSM Process safety management

PSO Protected species observer

PSP Pseudostatic Spontaneous Potential

PSPL PSP Leak Detection Log

PSQ Plug Squeeze Log

PSR Pipe slip ram

PSR Pre-startup review

PST PST Log

PSV Pressure safety valve


Oilfield AcronymPSV Pipe Supply Vessel

PSV Pressure Safety Valve

PSVAL Pressure Evaluation Log

PTA/S Pipeline Termination Assembly/Structure

PTO Permit to Operate

PTSET Production Test Setter

PTTC Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, United States

PTW Permit to Work

PU Pumping unit

PU Pick Up (drill pipe, bha, tubing, rods, power swivel, etc.)

PUD Proved Undeveloped Reserves

PUN Puncher Log

PUR Plant Upset Report

PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations

PV Plastic viscosity

PV Pore volume

PVC Polyvinyl chloride

PVC Pressure control valve

PVDF Polyvinylidene Fluoride

PVSV Pressure vacuum safety valves

PVT Pit Volume Total (Mud Logging)

PVT Pressure Volume Temperature

PVTRE Pressure Volume Temperature Report

PW Produced Water

P-wave Compressional wave

PWB Production Wing Block (XT)

PWHT Post Weld Heat Treat

PWRI Produced Water Re-Injection

PWV Production Wing Valve (also known as a flow wing valve on a Xmas tree)

q Flow

QA Quality assurance

QA/QC Quality assurance/quality control

QAE Quality assurance engineer

QC Quality control

QCR Quality Control Report

QHSE Quality, health, safety, and environmental

QI Qualified individual

QL Quicklook Log

QOQ Quarter on quarter

QR Quality ranking

QRA Quantitative risk assessment

R&D Records and documentation

R&D Research and development

R&M Refining and marketing rate

R&R Roles and responsibilities

RAC Ratio Curves

RACI Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed

RAM Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability

RAWS Raw Stacks VSP Log

RBD Risk-based design

RBI Risk-based inspection

RBP Retrievable Bridge Plug

RBW Remaining body wall

RCA Root Cause Analysis

RCD Rotating Control Device

RCI Reservoir Characterization Instrument

RCKST Rig Checkshot

RCL Retainer Correlation Log

RCM Reliability Centred Maintenance

RCR Remote Component Replacement (Tool)

RCRA US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RCU Remote Control Unit

RDMO Rig Down Move Out


Oilfield AcronymRDS Royal Dutch/Shell

RE Reservoir Engineer

REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals

REL Recommended exposure limit

REOR Reorientation Log

RE-PE Re-Perforation Report

RESAN Reservoir Analysis

RESDV Riser Emergency Shut Down Valve

RESEV Reservoir Evaluation

RESFL Reservoir Fluid

RESI Resistivity Log

RESL Reservoir Log

RESOI Residual Oil

REWL Reservoir Evaluation - Wireline

REZ Renewable Energy Zone (United Kingdom)

RF Recovery Factor

RFI Request for interest

RFI Requests for inspection

RFID Radio-frequency identification

RFLNG Ready for Liquefied Natural Gas

RFMTS Repeat Formation Tester

RFP Request for proposal

RFSU Ready For Start-Up

RFT Repeat Formation Tester

RFTRE Repeat Formation Tester Report

RFTS Repeat Formation Tester Sample

RIGMO Rig Move

RIH Run in hole

RIK Replacement in kind

RIMS Riser Integrity Monitoring System

RIR Recordable incident rate

RITT Riser Insertion Tube (Tool)

RK Rankin Gulf of Mexico leasing area

RKB Rotary Kelly Bushing (a datum for measuring depth in an oil well)

RLOF Rock Load-out Facility

RMC Rigid metal conduit

RMLC Request for Mineral Land Clearance

RMP Reservoir Management Plan

RMS Ratcheting Mule Shoe

RMS Riser Monitoring System

RN Release notes

RNT RNT Log

ROCE Return on capital employed

ROCT Rotary Coring Tool

ROI Return on investment

ROIC Return on invested capital

ROP Rate of Perforation

ROT Remote Operated Tool

ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle

ROW Right of way

ROWS Remote Operator Workstation

ROZ Recoverable Oil Zone

RP Recommended practice

RPCM Ring Pair Corrosion Monitoring

RPD Revised application for permit to drill

RPM Revised application for permit to modify

RPM Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)

RQ Reportable quantity

RROCK Routine Rock Properties Report

RRT Regional response team

RSFO Regional Supervisor, Office of Field Operations, for BSEE

RSS Rig Site Survey

RSS Rotary Steerable Systems


Oilfield AcronymRST Reservoir Saturation Tool (Schlumberger) Log

RSTC Rig safety training coordinator

RT Real time

RT Regular time

RT Rotary table

RTTS Retrievable Test-Treat-Squeeze (packer)

RUE Right-of-use and easement

RVP Reid vapor pressure

RWD Reaming While Drilling

S&P Standard & Poors

SA Sabine Pass (Louisiana) Gulf of Mexico leasing area

SaaS Software as a service

SABA Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus

SABS Single action bypass sub

SAFE Safety analysis function evaluation (charts)

SAGD Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage

SAGE Scottish Area Gas Evacuation

SALM Single Anchor Loading Mooring

SAM Subsea Accumulator Module

SAML Sample Log

SAMTK Sample Taker Log

SANDA Sandstone Analysis Log

SAT SAT Log

SAT Site Acceptance Test

SB SIT-BO Log

SBF Synthetic Base Fluid

SBM Synthetic-based mud

SBT Segmented Bond Tool

SC Seismic Calibration

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCAL Special core analysis

SCAP Scallops Log

SCBA Self-contained breathing apparatus

SCDES Sidewall Core Description

SCE Safety-critical equipment

scf standard cubic feet (of natural gas)

SCHLL Schlumberger Log also SCHLO, SCHLU

SCM Supply chain management

SCM Subsea Control Module (Mounting Base)

SCO Synthetic crude oil

SCOTUS Supreme Court of the United States

SCP Sustained casing pressure

SCR Steel catenary riser

SCRS Sidewall Cores

SCSSSV Surface-controlled subsurface safety valve

SCSSV Surface-controlled subsurface safety valve

SCUBA Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

SD Sonic Density

SDFD Shut Down For Day

SDFN Shut Down For Night

SDIC Sonic Dual Induction

SDL Supplier Document List

SDM/U Subsea Distribution Module/Unit

SDPBH SDP Bottom Hole Pressure Report

SDT Step Draw-down Test (sometimes SDDT)

SDU/M Subsea Distribution Unit/Module

SDV Shutdown valve

SEA Site-specific environmental assessment

SEA Special end area

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment (United Kingdom)

SEC US Securities and Exchange Commission

SECGU Section Gauge Log

SEDHI Sedimentary History


Oilfield AcronymSEDIM Sedimentology

SEDL Sedimentology Log

SEDRE Sedimentology Report

SEG Society of Exploration Geophysicists

SEG-Y Format developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical data

SEIS Supplemental environmental impact statement

SEM Subsea Electronics Module

Semi Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig

SEMP Safety and environmental management plan as defined in API RP 75

SEMS Safety and Environmental Management System policy, as defined in US regulation CFR 30 Part 250 Subpart S

SEP Supplemental exploration plan

SEPAR Separator Sampling Report

SEQSU Sequential Survey

SFERAE

Global Association for the use of knowledge on Fractured Rock in a state of Stress, in the field of Energy, Culture and

Environment

SFL Steel Flying Lead

SG Static Gradient

SGR Shale Gouge Ratio

SGS Steel Gravity Substructure

SGSI Shell Global Solutions International

SGUN Squeeze Gun

SHA Shallow hazard assessment

SHA Sensor Harness Assembly

SHDT Stratigraphic High Resolution Dipmeter Tool

SHL Surface hole location

SHO Stab and Hinge Over

SHOCK Shock Log

SHOWL Show Log

SI Shut In well

SI/TA Shut In/Temporarily Abandoned

SICP Shut-In Casing Pressure

SIDPP Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure

SIDSM Sidewall Sample

SIGTTO Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators

SIMCON Simultaneous Construction

SIMOPS Simultaneous Operations

SIP Shut In Pressure

SIPES Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States

SIS Safety instrumented systems

SIT System Integration Test

SIT Shoe Integrity Test

SITHP Shut In Tubing Hanger/Head Pressure (another term for CITHP)

SITP Shut-in tubing pressure

SITT Single TT Log

SIWHP Shut-in Well Head Pressure

SKPLT Stick Plot Log

SL Seismic Lines

SLB Schlumberger

SLCO Saudi Light Crude Oil (benchmark crude)

SLS SLS GR Log

SLT SLT GR Log

SM South Marsh Island Gulf of Mexico leasing area

SMA Small Amount

SMAW Shielded metal arc welding

SME Small and medium sized enterprises

SME Subject matter expert

SMI South Marsh Island Gulf of Mexico leasing area

SMLS Seamless PipeMPP:

SMO Suction Module

SMPC Subsea Multiphase Pump: Pump, which can increase flowrate and pressure of the untreated wellstream

SMS Safety management systems

SN Seat Nipple

SNAM Societ? NAzionale Metanodotti now Snam S.p.A. (Italy)


Oilfield AcronymSNIP Scotland-Northern Ireland Pipeline

SNP Sidewall Neutron Porosity

SNS Southern North Sea

SO Oil saturation

SOBM Synthetic oil-based mud

SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea

SONCB Sonic Calibration Log

SONRE Sonic Calibration Report

SONS Spills of national significance

SONWR Sonic Waveform Report

SONWV Sonic Waveform Log

SOP Standard operating procedure

SOP Suspension of production

SOPEP Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan

SOR Statement of requirement

SOSC State on-scene coordinator

Sour Oil/gas with high sulfur content

SOW Statements of work

SOW Slip-On Wellhead

SOX US Sarbanes-Oxley Act (also called the US Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act)

SP South Pass Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

SP Set Point

SP Shot point (geophysics)

SP Spontaneous Potential (Well Log)

SPBM Single-point buoy mooring system

SPCAN Special core analysis

SPCC Spill prevention control and countermeasures

SPCU Subsea Power and Control Unit

SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers

SPEAN Spectral Analysis

SPEL Spectralog

spf Shots per foot

SPFM Single Phase Flow Meter

SPH SPH Log

SPM Side Pocket Mandrel or Strokes Per Minute (of a positive-displacement pump)

SPMT Self-Propelled Modular Transporter

SPOP Spontaneous Potential Log

SPP Stand Pipe Pressure

SPPE Safety and pollution prevention equipment

SPR US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

SPROF Seismic Profile

SPRP Spill prevention and response plan

SPS Submerged production system

SPS Subsea Production Systems

SPT Shallower Pool Test, Lahee classification

SPWLA Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (formerly the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts)

SQG Hazardous waste small quantity generator

SQL Seismic Quicklook Log

SR Shear Rate

SRD Seismic Reference Datum, an imaginary horizontal surface at which TWT is assumed to be zero

SREC Seismic Record Log

SRL Self-retracting lifelines

SRT Site Receival Test

SS Semisubmersible (MOU)

SS Ship Shoal Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

SS Stainless steel

SS Subsea, as in a datum of depth, e.g. TVDSS (True Vertical Depth Subsea)

SSCC Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking

SSCP Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline

SSCS Subsea Control System

SSCSV Subsurface-controlled safety valve

SSCV Subsea control valves

SSD Sub Sea Level depth (in Metres or Feet, positive value in downwards direction with respect to the Geoid)


Oilfield AcronymSSD Sliding Sleeve Door

SSE Short service employee

SSG Sidewall Sample Gun

SSIV Subsea isolation valve

SSM Subsea Manifolds

SSMAR Synthetic Seismic Marine Log

SSPLR Subsea Pig Launcher/Receiver

SSSL Supplementary Seismic Survey Licence (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence

SSSV Subsurface safety valve

SSSV Sub-Surface Safety Valve

SSTI Subsea tie in

SSTT Subsea test tree

SSTT Subsea Test Tree

SSTV Subsea Test Valve

SSU Subsea Umbilicals

SSV Subsea safety valve

SSV Surface safety valve

SSWI Subsea Well Intervention

ST Sidetrack

ST South Timbalier Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

ST Stock Tank - A measurement of liquids taken at specific pressure and temperature conditions

STAB Stabiliser

STAGR Static Gradient Survey Report

STARS MSRC's Spill Team Area Responders network of contractors

STB Stock tank barrel

STC STC Log

STEL Short-term exposure limit

STFL Steel Tube Fly Lead

STGL Stratigraphic Log

STIMU Stimulation Report

STKPT Stuck Point

STL STL Gamma Ray Log

STL Submerged Turret Loading

STOIIP Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place

STOOIP Stock tank oil initially in place

STOP Safety Training Observation Program

STP Standard temperature and pressure

STP Submerged Turret Production

STRAT Stratigraphy, stratigraphic

STRRE Stratigraphy Report

STSH String Shot

STU Steel Tube Umbilical

SUML Summarised Log

SUMRE Summary Report

SUMST Geological Summary Sheet

SUPSALV US Navy Supervisor of Salvage

SURF Subsea/Umbilicals/Risers/Flowlines

SURFR Surface Sampling Report

SURRE Survey Report

SURVL Survey Chart Log

SUT(A/B) Subsea Umbilical Termination (Assembly/Box)

SUTA Subsea umbilical termination assembly

SUTU Subsea Umbilical Termination Unit

SV Sleeve Valve or Standing Valve

Sw Water saturation

SW Salt Water

SWA Stop work authority

S-wave Shear wave

SWD Salt Water Disposal Well

SWE Senior Well Engineer

Sweet Oil/gas that has low sulfur content

Sweetening The removal of hydrogen sulfide from gases

SWF Shallow water flow


Oilfield AcronymSWHE Spiral Wound Heat Exchanger

SWL Safe working load

SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

SWP Safe work practices

SWP Safe working pressure

SWSS Sperm whale seismic study

SX Sabine Pass (Louisiana) Gulf of Mexico leasing area

SYNRE Synthetic Seismic Report

SYSEI Synthetic Seismogram Log

t Time

T well flowing to Tank

TA Temporarily Abandoned well

TA Top Assembly

TABS Texas Automated Buoy System

TAC Tubing Anchor

TAGOGR Thermally Assisted Gas/Oil Gravity Drainage

TAML Technology Advancement for Multilaterals

TAN Total Acid Number

TAPLI Tape Listing

TAPS Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (also called Alyeska Pipeline)

TAPVE Tape Verification

TAR True Amplitude Recovery

Tare Weight of empty container

TB Tubing Puncher Log

TBM Tendon buoyancy module

TBT Through Bore Tree

TCA Total Corrosion Allowance

Tcf Trillion cubic feet

TCF Temporary Construction Facilities

TCF Trillion Cubic Feet(of gas)

TCI Tunsgten Carbide Insert (a type of rollercone drillbit)

TCO Tengizchevroil

TCO Total cost of ownership

TCP Tubing-conveyed perforating

TCPD Tubing-Conveyed Perforating Depth

TCU Thermal Combustion Unit

TD Target Depth

TD Total Depth (depth of the end of the well; also a verb, to reach the final depth, used as an acronym in this case)

TDD Total Depth (Driller)

TDH Total dynamic head

TDL Total Depth (Logger)

TDM Touch Down Monitoring

TDP Touch Down Point

TDS Top Drive System

TDS Total Dissolved Solids

TDT TDT Log

TDT GR TDT Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator Log

TDTCP TDT CPI Log

TEFC Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled

TEG Tri-Ethylene Glycol

TEG Thermal Electric Generator

TELER Teledrift Report

TEMP Temperature Log

TEMPSC Totally enclosed motor-propelled survival craft

TFE TotalFinaElf (obsolete; Now Total S.A.) major French multinational oil company

TFL Through Flow Line

TFM TaskForceMajella Research Project

Tfx Toxic effects

TGB Temporary Guide Base

TGOR Total Gas Oil Ratio (GOR uncorrected for gas lift gas present in the production fluid)

TH Tubing Hanger

THAI Toe-to-heel air injection (method)


Oilfield AcronymTHERM Thermometer Log

THERP Technique for human error rate prediction

THP Tubing Hanger Pressure (pressure in the production tubing as measured at the tubing hanger)

THRRT Tubing hanger running and retrieval tool

THRT Tubing Hanger Running Tool

TIE Tie In Log

TIEBK Tieback Report

TIH Trip Into Hole

TIW Texas Iron Works (valve)

TJ Terajoule

TLI Top of Logging Interval

TLOG Technical Log

TLP Tension leg platform

TLV Threshold limit value

TMCM Tranverse Mercator Central Meridian

TMD Total measured depth

TNDT Thermal Neutron Decay Time

TNDTG Thermal Neutron Decay Time/Gamma Ray Log

TOC Top of cement

TOC Total Organic Content/Carbon

TOFD Time of first data sample (on seismic trace)

TOFS Time of first surface sample (on seismic trace)

TOH Trip Out of Hole

TOL Top Of Liner

TOOH Trip Out Of Hole

TORAN Torque and Drag Analysis

TP Tarpon Springs Gulf of Mexico leasing area

TPERF Tool Performance

TPI Third-party inspector

TPI Threads per inch

TQ Training qualifications

TQM Total Quality Management

TR Temporary refuge

TRA Top Riser Assembly

TRA Tracer Log

TRACL Tractor Log

TRCFR Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate

TRD Total Report Data

TREAT Treatment Report

TREP Test Report

TRIP Trip Condition Log

TRIR Total recordable incident rate

TRSCSSSV Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve

TRSCSSV Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve

TRSV Tubing Retrievable Safety Valve

TRT Tree Running Tool

TS Tiger Shoal Gulf of Mexico leasing area

TSA Thermally Sprayed Aluminium

TSCA US Toxic Substances Control Act

TSE Temperature safety element

TSH Temperature safety high (sensor)

TSI Transportation security incidents

TSI Temporarily Shut In

TT Travel time

TT Torque Tool

TT Transit Time Log

TTP Through-tubing perforating

TTRD Through Tubing Rotary Drilling

TUM Tracked Umbilical Machine

TUTA Topsides umbilical termination assembly

TUTB Topside Umbilical Termination Box

TV/BIP Ratio of Total Volume (ore and overburden) to Bitumen In Place

TVBDF True Vertical Depth Below Derrick Floor


Oilfield AcronymTVD True vertical depth

TVDPB True Vertical Depth Playback Log

TVDSS True vertical depth subsea

TVELD Time and Velocity to Depth

TVRF True Vertical Depth versus Repeat Formation Tester

TWA Time-weighted average

TWT Two-Way Time (seismic)

TWTT Two-way travel Time

TWTTL Two-Way Travel Time Log

TX Texas

TZ Transition zone

UB Underbalanced

UBD Underbalanced drilling

UBHO Universal Bottom Hole Orientation (sub)

UBI Ultrasonic Borehole Imager

UBIRE Ultrasonic Borehole Imager Report

UCH Umbilical Connection Housing

UCS Unconfined compressive strength

UCSU Upstream Commissioning and Start-Up

UEL Upper explosive limit

UFJ Upper Flex Joint

UFL Upper flammable limit

UGF Universal Guide Frame

UIC Underground Injection Control

UKCS United Kingdom Continental Shelf

UKOCS UK outer continental shelf

UKOOA United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association

UKOOG United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group

ULCGR Uncompressed LDC CNL Gamma Ray Log

UMCA Umbilical Midline Connection Assembly

UMV Upper Master Valve (from a Xmas tree)

UN United Nations

UOT Unscheduled overtime

UPB Unmanned Production Buoy

UPR Upper Pipe Ram

URR Ultimately recoverable resources

URT Universal Running Tool

USC United States Code

USCG US Coast Guard

USFWS US Fish & Wildlife Service

USGC US Gulf Coast

USGS United States Geological Survey

USIT Ultrasonic imaging tool (cement bond logging)

USV Underwater safety valve

UT Ultrasonic testing

UTA/B Umbilical Termination Assembly/Box

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

UV Ultraviolet

UWA Ultimate work authority

UWI Unique Well Identifier

UWILD Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Dry Docking

UWT Ultrasonic welding line

VAT Value-added tax

VDENL Variation Density Log

VDL VDL Log (Variable Density Log)

VDU Vacuum Distillation Unit, used in processing bitumen

VELL Velocity Log

VERAN Verticality Analysis

VERIF Verification List

VERLI Verification Listing

VERTK Vertical Thickness

VIR Value Investment Ratio

VISME Viscosity Measurement


Oilfield AcronymVIV Vortex induced Vibration

VK Viosca Knoll Gulf of Mexico leasing area

VLCC Very large crude carrier

VLP Vertical Lift Performance

VLS Vertical Lay System

VLTCS Very Low Temperature Carbon Steel

VME Von Mises equivalent

VN Vernon Gulf of Mexico leasing area

VO Variation Order

VOC Volatile organic compounds

VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds

VOO Vessels of opportunity

VOR Variation Order Request

VOSS Vessels of opportunity skimming systems

VR Vermillion Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

VRR Voidage Replacement Ratio

VRU Vapor recovery unit

VS Vertical Section

VSD Variable speed drive

VSI Versatile Seismic Imager (Schlumberger VSP tool)

VSP Vertical Seismic Profile

VSPRO Vertical Seismic Profile

VTDLL Vertical Thickness Dual Laterolog

VTFDC Vertical Thickness FDC CNL Log

VTISF Vertical Thickness ISF Log

VWL Velocity Well Log

VXT Vertical Christmas Tree

W Watt

W/C Water cut

W/C Water Cushion

W/O Workover

WABAN Well Abandonment Report

WAG Water Alternating Gas (describes an injection well which alternates between water and gas injection)

WALKS Walkaway Seismic Profile

WAR Well activity report

WATAN Water Analysis

WAV3 Amplitude (in Seismics)

WAV4 Two Way Travel Time (in Seismics)

WAV5 Compensate Amplitudes

WAVF Waveform Log

WBM Water-based mud

WBS Wellbore schematic

WBS Wellbore seismic

WBS Wellbore stability

WC West Cameron Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

WC Watercut

WC Wildcat well

WCD Worst-case discharge (scenario)

WCEP Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership

WCID Well construction interface document

WCP Well containment plan

WCST Well containment screening tool

WD Water depth

WD West Delta Area Gulf of Mexico leasing area

WE Well Engineer

WEG Wireline Entry Guide

WELDA Well Data Report

WellCAP An IADC standard for well control training

WELP Well Log Plot

WEQL Well Equipment Layout

WESTR Well Status Record

WESUR Well Summary Report

WF Water Flooding


Oilfield AcronymWFAC Waveform Acoustic Log

WFT Weatherford

WFT Wet film thickness

WGEO Well Geophone Report

WGFM Wet Gas Flow Meter

WGR Water Gas Ratio

WGUNT Water Gun Test

WH Wellhead

Wh White

WH Well History

WHCE Wellhead/tree completion equipment

WHFP Wellhead flowing pressure

WHIG Whitehouse Gauge

WHM Wellhead Maintenance

WHMIS WorkPlace Hazardous Material Information Systems

WHP Wellhead pressure

WHRU Waste heat recovery unit

WHSIP Wellhead Shut-In Pressure

WI Water Injection

WI Working Interest

WIPSP WIP Stock Packer

WIT Water Investigation Tool

WITS Well Site Information Transfer System

WL Wireline

WLC Wireline Composite Log

WLL Working load limit (WLL)

WLL Wireline Logging

WLSUM Well Summary

WLTS Well Log Tracking System

WLTS Well Log Transaction System

WM Wet Mate

WMA Wildlife management area

WMPI Wet magnetic particle inspection

WO Workover

WO Well in Work Over

WO/O Waiting on Orders

WOA Well Operations Authorization

WOB Weight On Bit

WOC Wait on Cement

WOC Water Oil Contact (or Oil Water Contact)

WOE Well Operations Engineer (a key person of Well services)

WOM Wait(ing) on Material

WOR Water-Oil Ratio

WORKO Workover

WOS West of Shetland, oil province on the UKCS

WOW Waiting on weather

WP Well Proposal or Working Pressure

WPC Water Pollution Control

WPLAN Well Course Plan

WPQ/S Weld Procedure Qualification/Specification

WPR Well Prognosis Report

WPS Welding procedure specification

WQ A textural parameter used for CBVWE computations (Halliburton)

WQCA Water Quality Control Act

WQCB Water Quality Control Board

WR Walker Ridge Gulf of Mexico leasing area

WR Wireline Retrievable (as in a WR Plug)

WR Wet Resistivity

WROV WorkClass Remotely Operated Vehicle, used for subsea construction and maintenance

WRS Well Report Sepia

WRSCSSV Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve

WSCL Well Site Core Log

WSE Well Seismic Edit


Oilfield AcronymWSERE Well Seismic Edit Report

WSHT Well Shoot

WSL Well Site Log

WSM Water Shut Off

WSO Well Site Manager

WSOG Well Specific Operation Guidelines

WSP Well Seismic Profile

WSR Well Shoot Report

WSS Well Services Supervisor (leader of Well services at the wellsite)

WSS Working Spread Sheet (for logging)

WSSAM Well Site Sample

WSSOF WSS Offset Profile

WSSUR Well Seismic Survey Plot

WSSVP WSS VSP Raw Shots

WSSVS WSS VSP Stacks

WST Well Seismic Tool (checkshot)

WSTL Well Site Test Log

WSU Well Service Unit

wt wall thickness

WT Well Test

WTI West Texas Intermediate (crude benchmark)

WTO World Trade Organization

WUT Water Up To

WVS Well Velocity Survey

XC Cross-connection, cross correlation

XL



XL



X-linked Cross-linked (to increase gel viscosity)

Xln Crystalline (minerals)

XLPE Cross-linked Polyethylene

XMAC Cross-Multipole Array Acoustic log

XMAC-E XMAC Elite (Next generation of XMAC)

XMRI Extended Range Micro Imager (Halliburton)

XMT Christmas tree

XMT/XT/HXT XMas Tree (Christmas Tree, the valve assembly on a production well-head)

XO Cross-Over

XOM ExxonMobil

XOV Cross-Over Valve

X-over Crossover

XPERM Matrix Permeability in the X-Direction

XPHLOC Crossplot Selection for XPHI

XPOR Crossplot Porosity

XPT Formation Pressure Test log (Schlumberger)

XRD X-ray diffraction

XRF X-ray fluorescence

XYC XY Calliper Log (Halliburton)

YM Young's Modulus

YOY Year on year

YP Yield point

YTD Year to date

Z Depth, in the geosciences referring to the depth dimension in any x,y,z data.

ZDENP Density Log

ZDL Compensated Z-Densilog

ZOI Zone of Influence


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