AADE |
American Association of Drilling Engineers |
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APD |
Application for Permit to Drill |
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ASV |
Annular Safety Valve |
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AV |
Annular Velocity |
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AWO |
Approval for Well Operation |
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BGWP |
Base of Group Water Protection |
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BHP |
Bottom Hole Pressure |
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BOE |
Barrel of oil equivalent (international) |
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boed |
barrel of oil equivalent per day |
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BOP |
Blowout Preventer |
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bpd |
barrel per day |
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BRT |
Below Rotary Table |
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bwd |
barrel of water per day |
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bwpd |
Barrel Of Water Per Day |
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CB |
Core Barrel |
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CDP |
Comprehensive Drilling Plan |
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CHP |
Casing Hanger Pressure |
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CITHP |
Closed In Tubing Hanger Pressure |
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CIV |
Chemical Injection Valve |
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CsF |
Caesium Formate |
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CSG |
Casing |
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CT |
Coiled Tubing |
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CTCO |
Coiled Tubing Clean Out |
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CWOR |
Completion Work Over Riser |
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D&C |
drilling and completions |
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DC |
Drill Collar |
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DD |
Directional Driller |
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DDM |
Derrick Drilling Machine |
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DHSV |
Downhole Safety Valve |
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DLL |
Dual LateroLog |
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DLS |
Dog-Leg Severity |
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DP |
Drill Pipe |
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DPDV |
Dynamically-Positioned Drilling Vessel |
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DSV |
Drilling SuperVisor |
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ECD |
Equivalent Circulating Density |
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EGMBE |
Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether |
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ELT |
Economic Limit Test |
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EOFL |
End of Field Life |
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EPIDORIS |
Exploration and Production Integrated Drilling Operations and Reservoir Information System |
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ER |
Extended Reach |
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ERD |
Extended Reach Drilling |
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ETAP |
Eastern Trough Area Project |
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FC |
Float Collar |
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FCP |
Final Circulating Pressure |
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FFM |
Full Field Model |
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FIT |
Formation Integrity Test |
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FIV |
Formation Isolation Valve |
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IP |
Injector to Producer Ratio |
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IPC |
Installed Production Capacity |
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ITS |
Influx To Surface |
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IWCF |
International Well Control Federation |
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KOP |
Kick-Off Point Directional Drilling |
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KRP |
kill rate pressure |
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LGR |
Liquid Gas Ratio |
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LGS |
LowGravity Solids |
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LKO |
Lowest Known Oil |
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LMRP |
Lower Marine Riser Package |
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LMV |
Lower Master Valve |
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LOT |
Leak-Off Test |
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LWD |
Logging Whilst Drilling |
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MAASP |
Maximum Acceptable Annular Shut-in Pressure |
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MBOD |
Thousand Barrels of Oil per Day |
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MD |
Measured Department |
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MDSS |
Measured Department Sub-Sea |
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MDT |
Modular formation Dynamic Tester |
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MIYP |
Maximum Internal Yield Pressure |
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MKB |
Meters Below Kelly Bushing |
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MMBD |
Million Barrels Per Day |
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MMBOD |
Million Barrels of Oil per Day |
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MMSCFD |
Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day |
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mmstb |
million stock barrels |
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MuSol |
Mutual Solvent |
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NAPF |
Non Aqueous Phase Fluid |
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NASA |
Non-Active Side Arm |
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NFI |
No Further Investment |
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NHPV |
Net Hydrocarbon Pore Volume |
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NTHF |
Non-Toxic High Flash |
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NTU |
Nephelometric Turbidity Unit |
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OBM |
Oil-Based Mud |
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OCTG |
Oil Country Tubular Goods |
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ODT |
Oil Down To |
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OOE |
Offshore Operation Engineer |
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OTL |
Operations Team Leader |
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PBR |
Polished-Bore Receptacle |
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PBTD |
Plug Back Total Department |
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PBU |
Pressure Build-Up |
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PDC |
Polycrystalline Diamond Composite |
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PDG |
Permanent Downhole Gauge |
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PGB |
Permanent Guide Base |
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PGOR |
Produced Gas Oil Ratio |
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PLT |
Production Logging Tool |
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POBM |
Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud |
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POOH |
Pull Out of Hole |
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ppcf |
Pounds Per Cubic Foot |
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pptf |
Pounds Per Thousand Feet |
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PSD |
Planned Shut-Down |
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PSIA |
Pounds per Square Inch Atmospheric |
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PSL |
Product Specification Level |
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PUR |
Plant Upset Report |
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PV |
Plastic Viscosity |
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PW |
Produced Water |
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PWRI |
Produced Water Re-Injection |
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PWV |
Production Wing Valve |
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RE |
Reservoir Engineer |
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RIH |
Run In Hole |
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RKB |
Rotary Kelly Bushing |
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RMLC |
Request for Mineral Land Clearance |
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RMS |
Ratcheting Mule Shoe |
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RTTS |
Retrievable Test-Treat-Squeeze (packer) |
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salm |
Single Anchor Loading Mooring |
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SBF |
Synthetic Base Fluid |
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SBM |
Synthetic Base Mud |
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SCSSSV |
Surface Controlled Sub Surface Safety Valve |
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SDFN |
Shut Down for Night |
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SDT |
Step Draw-down Test (sometimes SDDT) |
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SG |
Static Gradient |
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SICP |
Shut-In Casing Pressure |
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SIDPP |
Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure |
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SITHP |
Shut In Tubing Hanger Pressure |
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SPP |
Stand Pipe Pressure |
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SPR |
Side Pocket Mandrel |
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SPR |
Strokes Per Minute |
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SSSV |
Sub-Surface Safety Valve |
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SSV |
Surface Safety Valve |
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stab |
Stabiliser |
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STOP |
Safety Training Observation Program |
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swe |
Senior Well Engineer |
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tar |
True Amplitude Recovery |
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TD |
Target Department |
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tgb |
Temporary Guide Base |
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tgor |
Total Gas Oil Ratio |
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thp |
Tubing Hanger Pressure |
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TOC |
Top of Cement |
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TOL |
Top of Liner |
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TOOH |
Trip Out Of Hole |
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tr |
Temporary Refuge |
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TRSCSSSV |
Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve |
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TRSCSSV |
Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve |
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TVD |
True Vertical Department |
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TVDSS |
True Vertical Department Sub Sea |
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UKOOA |
United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
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UMV |
Upper Master Valve (from a Xmas tree) |
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UTA |
Umbilical Termination Assembly |
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VIR |
Value-Investment Ratio |
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VRR |
Voidage Replacement Ratio |
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WAG |
Water-Alternating Gas |
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WBM |
Water-Based Mud |
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wc |
Watercut |
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we |
Well Engineer |
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WEG |
Wireline Entry Guide |
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