Petroleum Abbreviations

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A

• Abandonment (ABAN)
• Annulus Bore Test (ABT)
• Air Cooled Heat Condenser (HCHC)
• Air Cooled Heat Exchanger (ACHE)
• American Gas Association (AGA)
• Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU)
• Air Handling Unit (AHU)
• Acoustic Log Report (ALR)
• Annual Pressure While Drilling (APWD)
• Array Acoustic Log (ARACL)
• Array Accustic Report (ARRC)
• Accustic Sand Detector (ASD)

B

• Back on Bottom (BOB)
• Back Pressure Valve (BPV)
• Barrel (bbl)
• Barrels Condensate per Day (BCPD)
• Barrels Oil per Day (BOPD)
• Barrels Oil per Hour (BOPH)
• Barrels of Water (BW)
• Below Derrick Floor (BDF)
• Below Ground Level (BGL)
• Below Mean Sea Level (BMSL)
• Below Original Drill Floor (BODF)
• Bit Data Log (BDL)
• Blow Well to Atmosphere (BWTA)
• Blowdown Valve (BDV)
• Blowout Preventer (BOP)
• Blowout Preventer String (BOPS)
• Borehole Geometry Log (BGL)
• Borehole Geometry Tool (BGT)
• Borehole Log (BHL)
• Borehole Pressure Report (BHPRP)
• Bottom Assembly (BA)
• Bottom Hole Locator Log (BHLL)
• Bottom of Logging Interval (BLI)
• Bottom of Pipe (BOP)
• Bottom of Screen (BOS)
• Bottom Sediment Water (BSW)
• Bottoms Up (BU)
• Bottomhole Assembly (BHA)
• Bottomhole Circulating Temperature (BHCT)
• Bottomhole Kickoff Assembly (BHKA)
• Bottomhole Pressure (BHP)
• Bottomhole Temperature (BHT)
• Bridge Plug (BP)
• Buy Back Gas (BBG)

C

• Carbon Dioxide (\(CO_2\))
• Casing Head Hanger (CHH)
• Cast Iron Bridge Plug (CIBP)
• Casing (CSG)
• Casing Flange (CF)
• Casing Pressure (CP)
• Casing Running Tool (CRT)
• Casing Shear Ram (CSR)
• Cathodic Protection (CP)
• Cement Bond Hole (CBH)
• Central Control Consol (CCC)
• Choke & Kill (C&K)
• Choke & Kill Line Friction Pressure (CLFP)
• Clamp Replacement Tool (CRT)
• Closed In Casing Head Pressure (CICHP)
• Closed In Drill Pipe Pressure (CIDPP)
• Constant Bottomhole Pressure (CBP)
• Corrosion Inhibiter (CI)
• Current Oil Water Contact (COWC)

D

• Dead Man Anchor (DMA)
• Deep Water (DW)
• Disolved Oxygen (DO)
• Double Block & Bleed (DB&B)
• Downhole Logging (DHL)
• Downhole Report (DHR)
• Drill Pipe (DP)
• Driller's Control Pannel (DCP)
• Dry well on Paper (DWOP)
• Dual Gradient Drilling (DGD)

E

• Emergency Disconnect Sequence (EDS)
• Emergency Responce Team (ERT)
• Emergency Shut Down (ESD)
• Emergency Task Force (ETS)
• End of Assembly (EOA)
• End of Field Life (EFL)
• End of Well Report (EWR)
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
• Equivalent Mud Weights (EMW)
• Expected Surface Pressure (ESP)
• Expandable Sand Screen (ESS)
• Extended Reach Drilling (ERD)
• Extended Well Test (EWT)
• External Casing Packing (ECP)

F

• Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
• Field Development Options (FDO)
• Field Development Plan (FDP)
• Field Equipment Room (FER)
• Final Inspection (FI)
• First Oil Date (FOD)
• Flowing Casing Pressure (FCP)
• Flowing Tubing Pressure (FTP)
• Fluid to Surface (FTS)
• Fluid Transfer Line (FTL)
• Formation Integrity Test (FIT)
• Free Water Knock Out (FWKO)
• Free Water Level (FWL)
• Full Opening Safety Valve (FOSV)

G

• Gamma Ray Log (GRL)
• Gas Condensate (GC)
• Gas Injector (GI)
• Gas Liquid Ratio (GLR)
• Gas Oil Contact (GOC)
• Gas Oil Ratio (GOR)
• Gel Strength (GS)
• Going In Hole (GIH)
• Ground Elevation (GRE)

H

• High Temperature High Pressure (HPHT)
• Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)
• Hydraulic Horsepower (HHP)
• Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU)
• Hydrocarbon (HC)
• Hydrogen Sulfide (\(H_2S\))
• Hydrostatic Pressure (HP)

I

• Intermediate Pressure (IP)
• Initial Circulating Pressure (ICP)
• Inside Blowout Preventer (IBOP)
• In Line Inspection (ILI)

J

K

• Kick Off Plug (KOP)
• Kick Off Point (KOP)
• Kill Rate Pressure (KRP)
• Kick Tolerance (KT)

L

• Lease Automatic Custody Transfer Unit (LACT Unit)
• Leak-off Pressure (LOP)
• Leak-off Test (LOT)
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
• Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)
• Logging While Drilling (LWD)
• Loss of Well Control (LWC)
• Lost Circulation Material (LCM)
• Low Volumetric Expansion (LVE)

M

• Major Accident Event (MAE)
• Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD)
• Maximum Allowable Annulus Surface Pressure (MAASP)
• Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure (MASP)
• Maximum Anticipated Water Pressure (MAWP)
• Measured Depth (MD)
• Minimum Operating Pressure (MOP)
• Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU)
• Move in and Rig up (MIRU)
• Mud Gas Separator (MGS)
• Mud Log (MUD)
• Mud Weight (MW)

N

• Natural Gas (NG)
• Natural Gas Liquids (NGL)
• Natural Gas Pipeline (NGPL)
• Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
• Nitrogen Dioxide (\(NO_2\))
• Nitrogen Oxide (NOX)

O

P

• Plugged & Abandoned (P&A)

Q

R

S

• Salt Water (SW)
• Salt Water Deposit Well (SWD)
• Shut-in (SI)
• Shut-in Casing Pressure (SICP)
• Shut-in Drill Pipe Pressure (SIDPP)
• Shut-in Tubing Pressure (SITP)
• Slow Pump Pressure (SPP)

T

• Tanks (TKS)
• Tank Battery (TB)
• Tight Hole (TH)
• Top of Cement (TOC)
• Top of Fluid (TOF)
• Total Depth (TD)
• True Vertical Depth (TVD)
• True Vertical Height (TVH)

U

• Underbalanced (UB)
• Underwater Safety Valve (USV)

V

W

• Waiting on Cement (WOC)
• Waiting on Completion Rig (WOCR)
• Water Formation Volume Factor (Bw)
• Wellhead (WH)
• Well Integrity (WI)
• Wellbore (WLBR)
• Wireline (WL)

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