List of oil field acronyms

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The oil field is full of acronyms and abbreviations of all shapes and sizes.

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[edit] A

  • AADE - American Association of Drilling Engineers
  • AAODC - American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)
  • AFE - Authorization for Expenditure, a process of submitting a business proposal to investors
  • AOF - Absolute Open Flow
  • APD - Application for Permit to Drill
  • API - American Petroleum Institute
  • APS - Active Pipe Support
  • ASV - Annular Safety Valve
  • AV - Annular Velocity or Apparent Viscosity
  • AWO - Approval for Well Operation

[edit] B

  • bbl - barrel
  • bcf - billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
  • BGWP - Base of Group Water Protection
  • BHA - Bottom Hole Assembly (toolstring on coiled tubing or drill pipe)
  • BHP - Bottom Hole Pressure
  • boe - barrel of oil equivalent
  • boed - barrel of oil equivalent per day
  • BOM - Bill of Materials
  • BOP - Blowout preventer
  • bopd - barrel of oil per day
  • bpd - barrel per day
  • BPV - Back Pressure Valve (goes on the end of coiled tubing a drill pipe tool strings to prevent fluid flow in the wrong direction)
  • BRT - Below Rotary Table (used a datum for depths in a well)
  • BS&W - Basic Sediments and Water
  • BUR - Build-Up Rate
  • bwd - barrel of water per day (often used in reference to oil production)
  • bwpd - barrel of water per day

[edit] C

  • CB - Core Barrel
  • CBL - Cement Bond Log (measurement of casing cement integrity)
  • CHP - Casing Hanger Pressure (pressure in an annulus as measured at the casing hanger)
  • CITHP - Closed In Tubing Hanger Pressure (THP when the well is shut in)
  • CT - Coiled Tubing
  • CTD - Coiled Tubing Drilling
  • CTCO - Coiled Tubing Clean Out
  • CIV - Chemical Injection Valve
  • CsF - Caesium Formate (coincidentally also an acronym of the sole large-scale supplier of caesium formate brine, Cabot Specialty Fluids.)
  • csg - casing
  • CWOR- Completion Work Over Riser
  • C7+ - Heavy Hydrocarbon Components
  • CDP - Comprehensive Drilling Plan

[edit] D

  • D&C - Drilling and Completions
  • DC - Drill Collar(s)
  • DD - Directional Driller or Directional Drilling
  • DDM - Derrick Drilling Machine (a.k.a. Top Drive)
  • DHSV - Downhole Safety Valve
  • DHPTT - Downhole Pressure/Temperature Transducer
  • DLL - Dual LateroLog
  • DLS - Dog-Leg Severity (directional drilling)
  • DP - Drill Pipe
  • DPDV - Dynamically-Positioned Drilling Vessel
  • DST - Drill Stem Test
  • DSV - Diving Support Vessel or Drilling SuperVisor
  • DTI - Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)
  • DWOP - Drilling Well on Paper (an theoretical exercise conducted involving the Service provider managers)
  • DPLD _ Differential Pressure Levitated Device (or Vehicle)
  • DIM - Directional Inertia Mechanism

[edit] E

  • ECP - External Casing Packer
  • ECRD - Electrically Controlled Release Tool
  • EGMBE - Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether
  • ELT - Economic Limit Test
  • EOFL - End of Field Life
  • EPIDORIS - Exploration and Production Integrated Drilling Operations and Reservoir Information System
  • ER(D) - Extended Reach (Drilling)
  • ESD - Emergency Shut-Down
  • ESP - Electric Submersible Pump
  • ETAP - Eastern Trough Area Project

[edit] F

  • FC - Float Collar
  • FCP - Final circulating pressure
  • FDS - Functional Design Specification
  • FEWD - Formation Evaluation While Drilling
  • FFM - Full Field Model
  • FH - Full Hole tool joint
  • FIT - Formation Integrity Test
  • FIV - Formation Isolation Valve
  • FLIV - FlowLine injection Valve
  • FLIV _ Flowline Isolation Valve
  • FMECA - Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis
  • FOSV - Full Opening Safety Valve
  • FPSO - Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel
  • FV - Funnel Viscosity or Float Valve
  • FWV - Flow Wing Valve (also known as Production Wing Valve on a Xmas tree)
  • ECD - Equivalent Circulating Density

[edit] G

  • GBS - Gravity Based Structure
  • GBT - Gravity Base Tank
  • GIIP - Gas Initially In Place
  • GL - Gas Lift
  • GLM - Gas Lift Mandrel (alternative name for Side Pocket Mandrel)
  • GLR - Gas Liquid Ratio
  • GLV - Gas Lift Valve
  • GOC - Gas Oil Contact
  • GOR - Gas Oil Ratio
  • GOSP - Gas/Oil Separation Plant
  • GRV - Gross Rock Volume
  • GTL - Gas To Liquid
  • GTW - Gas To Wire

[edit] H

  • HGS - High (specific-)Gravity Solids
  • HL - Hook Load
  • HP - High Pressure
  • HPHT - High Pressure High Temperature (same as HTHP)
  • HSE - Health, Safety and Environment or Health & Safety Executive (United Kingdom)
  • HTHP - High Temperature High Pressure (same as HPHT)
  • HVDC - High Voltage Direct Current
  • HWDP - Heavy-Weight Drill Pipe (sometimes spelled Hevi-Wate)
  • HUD - Hold Up Depth

[edit] I

  • IADC - International Association of Drilling Contractors
  • IBC - Intermediate Bulk Container
  • ICoTA - Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association
  • ICV - Interval Control Valve
  • ID - Inner Diameter (of a tubular component such as a casing)
  • IF - Internal Flush tool joint
  • IPC - Installed Production Capacity
  • IPR - Inflow Performance Relationship
  • I:P - Injector To Producer Ratio
  • ITS - Influx To Surface
  • IWCF - International Well Control Federation

[edit] J

  • JU - Jack-Up drilling rig
  • JT - Joule-Thomson (effect/valve/separator)

[edit] K

  • KOP - Kick-Off Point (directional drilling)
  • KOP - Kick Off Plug
  • KRP-kill rate pressure

[edit] L

  • LAT - Lowest Astronomical Tide
  • LCM - Lost Circulation Material
  • LGR - Liquid Gas Ratio
  • LGS - Low (specific-)Gravity Solids
  • LKO - Lowest Known Oil
  • LMRP - Lower Marine Riser Package
  • LMV - Lower Master Valve (on a Xmas tree)
  • LNG - Liquified Natural Gas
  • LOLER - Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
  • LOT - Leak-Off Test
  • LP - Low Pressure
  • LWD - Logging While Drilling
  • LACT - Lease Automatic Custody Transfer

[edit] M

  • MAASP - Maximum Acceptable [or Allowable] Annular Shut-in Pressure
  • mbd - thousand barrels per day
  • mbod - thousand barrels of oil per day
  • MD - Measured Depth
  • MDSS - Measured Depth Sub-Sea
  • MDT - Modular formation Dynamic Tester
  • MEG - Mono Ethylene Glycol
  • MIYP - maximum internal yield pressure
  • mKB - Meters below Kelly Bushing
  • mmbd - million barrels per day
  • mmbod - million barrels of oil per day
  • mmscfd - million standard cubic feet per day
  • mmstb - million stock barrels
  • MRCV - Multi Reverse Circulating Valve
  • MuSol - Mutual Solvent
  • MWD - Measurement While Drilling
  • MAWP - Maximum Allowable Working Pressure

[edit] N

  • NAPF - Non Aqueous Phase Fluid
  • NASA - Non Active Side Arm (term used in the North Sea for kill wing valve on a Xmas tree)
  • NGL - Natural Gas Liquids
  • NHPV - Net Hydrocarbon Pore Volume
  • NFI - No Further Investment
  • NOC - National Oil Company
  • NPSH - Net Positive Suction Head
  • NRV - Non Return Valve (Chicksan valve that only allows flow in one direction)
  • NPV - Net Present Value
  • NTHF - Non-Toxic High Flash
  • NTU - Nephelometric Turbidity Unit

[edit] O

  • OBM - Oil-Based Mud
  • OCTG - Oil Country Tubular Goods
  • OD - Outer Diameter (of a tubular component such as casing)
  • ODT - Oil Down To
  • OIM - Offshore Installation Manager
  • OOE - Offshore Operation Engineer (senior technical authority on an offshore oil platform)
  • OTL - Operations Team Leader
  • OWC - Oil Water Contact
  • OT - Off Tree

[edit] P

  • PAU - Pre-Assembled Unit
  • PBR - Polished Bore Receptacle (component of a completion string)
  • PBTD - Plug Back Total Depth
  • PBU - Pressure Build Up (applies to integrity testing on valves)
  • PDC - Polycrystalline Diamond Composite (a type of drilling bit)
  • PDG - Permanent Downhole Gauge
  • PE - Petroleum Engineer
  • PGB - Permanent Guide Base
  • PGOR - Produced Gas Oil Ratio
  • PLT - Production Logging Tool
  • POBM - Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud
  • POOH - Pull Out Of Hole
  • ppcf - Pounds Per Cubic Foot
  • ppg - Pounds Per Gallon
  • PPI - Post Production Inspection/Intervention
  • PPI - Post Pipelay Installation
  • pptf - Pounds (per square inch) Per Thousand Feet (of depth) - a unit of fluid density/pressure peculiar to Shell
  • PRA - Production Reporting & Allocation
  • PSL - Product Specification Level
  • PSIA - Pounds Per Square Inch Atmospheric
  • PSIG - Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge
  • PUR - Plant Upset Report
  • PUWER - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
  • PV - Plastic Viscosity
  • PVT - Pressure Volume Temperature
  • PW - Produced Water
  • PWRI - Produced Water Re-Injection
  • PWV - Production Wing Valve (also known as a flow wing valve on a Xmas tree)
  • PSD - Planned Shut-Down
  • PMV - Production Master Valve

[edit] Q

  • QC - Quality control, the process of meeting products and services to consumer expectations

[edit] R

  • RE - Reservoir Engineer
  • RFT - Repeat Formation Tester
  • RIH - Run In Hole
  • RKB - Rotary Kelly Bushing (a datum for measuring depth in an oil well)
  • RMLC - Request for Mineral Land Clearance
  • RMS - Ratcheting Mule Shoe
  • RTTS - Retrievable Test-Treat-Squeeze (packer)
  • ROP - Rate of Penetration

[edit] S

  • SALM - Single Anchor Loading Mooring
  • SBM - Synthetic Base Mud
  • SBF - Synthetic Base Fluid
  • SCM - Subsea Control Module
  • scf - standard cubic feet (of natural gas)
  • SCSSSV - Surface Controlled Sub Surface Safety Valve
  • SDFN - Shut Down For Night
  • SDT - Step Draw-down Test (sometimes SDDT)
  • Semi (or Semi-Sub) - Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig
  • SG - Static Gradient
  • SICP - Shut-In Casing Pressure
  • SIDPP - Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure
  • SIT - System Integration Test
  • SITHP - Shut In Tubing Hanger Pressure (another term for CITHP)
  • SPE - Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • SPM - Side Pocket Mandrel or Strokes Per Minute (of a positive-displacement pump)
  • SPP - Stand Pipe Pressure
  • SSSV - Sub-Surface Safety Valve
  • SSTT - Subsea Test Tree
  • SSV - Surface Safety Valve
  • stab - Stabiliser
  • stb - stock tank barrel
  • STOIIP - Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place
  • STOP - Safety Training Observation Program
  • SWE - Senior Well Engineer
  • SV - Sleeve Valve

[edit] T

[edit] U

  • UFJ - Upper Flex Joint
  • UKOOA - United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
  • UMV - Upper Master Valve (from a Xmas tree)
  • URT - Universal Running Tool
  • UTA - Umbilical Termination Assembly

TDS : Top Drive system

[edit] V

  • VIR - Value Investment Ratio
  • VLP - Vertical Lift Performance
  • VRR - Voidage Replacement Ratio

[edit] W

  • WAG - Water Alternating Gas (describes an injection well which alternates between water and gas injection)
  • WBM - Water-Based Mud
  • WC - Watercut
  • WE - Well Engineer
  • WEG - Wireline Entry Guide
  • WI - Water Injection
  • WLL - WireLine Logging
  • WHM - Wellhead maintenance
  • WHP - Wellhead Pressure
  • WOB - Weight On Bit
  • WOC - Wait on Cement
  • WOE - Well Operations Engineer (a key person of Well services)
  • WOM - Wait on Material
  • WOW - Wait On Weather
  • WRSCSSV - Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
  • WSS - Well Services Supervisor (leader of Well services at the wellsite)

[edit] X

  • XMT - XMas Tree (Christmas Tree, the valve assembly on a production well-head)
  • XO - Cross-Over

[edit] Y

  • yl - Holdup Factor
  • YP - Yield Point

[edit] See also

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