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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
)
X
Y
Z
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