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1C – Proved Contingent Resources
Interaction 2 A
1P – Proven reserves
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2C – Proved and probable Contingent Resources
About Wikipedia 4 C
2D – two-dimensional (geophysics) 5 D
Community portal
Recent changes 2P – proved and probable reserves 6 E
Contact page 3C – three components seismic acquisition (x,y and z) 7 F
3C – Proved, probable and possible Contingent Resources 8 G
Tools
3D – three-dimensional (geophysics) 9 H
What links here
3P – proved, probable and possible reserves 10 I
Related changes
4D – multiple 3Ds acquired over time (the 4th D) over the same area with the same parameters (geophysics) 11 J
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Special pages 12 K
8rd – eight round (describes the number of revolutions per inch of pipe thread)
Permanent link 13 L
Page information 14 M
Wikidata item A [ edit ]
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Cite this page A – Appraisal (well) 16 O
AADE – American Association of Drilling Engineers[1] 17 P
Print/export
AAPG – American Association of Petroleum Geologists[2] 18 Q
Create a book
AAPL – American Association of Professional Landmen 19 R
Download as PDF
20 S
Printable version AAODC – American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)
21 T
AAV – Annulus Access Valve
Languages 22 U
ABAN – Abandonment, (also as AB and ABD)
Add links 23 V
ABSA – Alberta Boilers Safety Association
24 W
ACHE – Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger 25 X
ACOU – Acoustic 26 Y
ACQU – Acquisition log 27 Z
ADE - Advanced Decision Making Environment 28 See also
ADEP – Awaiting Development with Exploration Potential, referring to an asset 29 References
B [ edit ]
C [ edit ]
D [ edit ]
D - Development
D&C – drilling and completions
D&I - direction and inclinitation (MWD borehole deviation survey) [5]
DAC – dipole acoustic log
DARCI – Darci log
DAS - Data Acquisition System
DAT – wellhead housing drill-ahead tool
DAZD – dip and azimuth display
DBB – double block and bleed
DBP - drillable bridge plug
DC – drill centre
DC – drill collar(s)
DCAL – dual caliper log
DCC – Distance cross course
DCS – Distributed Control System
DD – directional driller or directional drilling
DDC - daily drilling cost
DDC - De-watering and Drying Contract
DDBHC – DDBHC waveform log
DDET – depth determination log
DDM – Derrick drilling machine (a.k.a. top drive)
DDNL – dual det. neutron life log
DDPT – drill data plot log
DDPU - Double drum pulling unit
DEA - diethanol amine
DECC – Department for Energy and Climate Change (UK)
DECT – decay time
DEFSU – definitive survey report
DEH - Direct Electrical Heating
DELTA – delta-T log
DEN – density log
DEPAN – deposit analysis report
DEPC – depth control log
DEPT – depth
DESFL – deep induction SFL log
DEV – development well, Lahee classification
DEVLG – deviation log
DEXP – D-exponent log
DF – Derrick floor
DFI – Design, Fabrication and Installation résumé
DFIT - Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test
DFR – drilling factual report
DGP – dynamic geohistory plot (3D technique)[5]
DH – drilling history
DHC – depositional history curve
DHSV – downhole safety valve
DHPG - downhole pressure gauge
DHPTT – downhole pressure/temperature transducer
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
DISO – dual induction sonic log
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)
DM - dry mate
DMA – dead-man anchor
DMAS - dead-man auto-shear DMAS
DMRP - Density - Magnetic Resonance Porosity (wireline tool)
DMT - Down hole Monitoring Tool
DNHO – downhole logging
DOA – delegation of authority
DOE – Department of Energy, United States
DOWRE – downhole report
DP – drill pipe
DP – dynamic positioning
DPDV – dynamically positioned drilling vessel
DPL – dual propagation log
DPLD – differential pressure levitated device (or vehicle)
DPRES – dual propagation resistivity log
DPT – deeper pool test, Lahee classification
DQLC – dipmeter quality control log
DR – dummy-run log
DR – drilling report
DRI – drift log
DRL - Drilling
DRLCT – drilling chart
DRLOG – drilling log
DRLPR – drilling proposal/progress report
DRO – Discovered Resources Opportunities
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)
DSPT – cross-plots log
DST – drill-stem 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
DSU - drill spacing unit
DSV – diving support vessel or drilling supervisor
DTI – Department of Trade and Industry (UK) (obsolete; superseded by dBERR, which was then superseded by DECC)
DTPB – CNT true vertical-depth playback log
DTT – depth to time
DVT - Differential Valve Tool (for cementing multiple stages)
DWOP – drilling well on paper (a theoretical exercise conducted involving the service-provider managers)
DWQL – dual-water quicklook log
DWSS – dig-well seismic surface log
DXC – DXC pressure pilot report
E [ edit ]
E – Exploration
E&A – Exploration and Appraisal
E&I – Electrical and Instrumentation
E&P – Exploration and Production
EA – Exploration Asset
EAGE – European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers[6]
ECD – Equivalent Circulating Density
EDG/EDGE - Emergency Diesel Generator
ECMS – Electrical Control and Monitoring System
ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ECP – External Casing Packer
ECRD – Electrically Controlled Release Device (for abandoning stuck wireline tool from cable)
ECT - External Cantilevered Turret
EDP – Exploration Drilling Program Report
EDP – Emergency Disconnect Package
EDR – Exploration Drilling Report
EDR – Electronic Drilling Recorder
EDS – Emergency Disconnection Sequence
EEHA - Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Areas (IECEx)
EFL – Electrical Flying Lead
EFR – Engineering Factual Report
EHT – Electric Heat Trace
EGMBE – Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether
EHU - Electro-Hydraulic Unit
EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment
ELEC TECH - Electronics Technician (See also: ETech)
ELT – Economic Limit Test
EL – Electric Log
EM – EMOP Log
EMCS - Energy Management and Control Systems
EMD – Equivalent Mud Density
EMG – Equivalent Mud Gradient
EMOP – EMOP Well Site Processing Log
EMP – Electromagnetic Propagation Log
EMS - Environment measurement sonde (wireline multi-caliper) [6]
EMW – Equivalent Mud Weight
EN PI – Enhanced Productivity Index Log
ENG – Engineering Log
ENGF – Engineer Factual Report
ENGPD – Engineering Porosity Data
Eni – Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi S.p.A. (Italy)[7]
ENJ – Enerjet Log
ENMCS - Electrical Network Monitoring and Control System
EOFL – End of Field Life
EOR – Enhanced Oil Recovery
EOT – End of Tubing
EOT - Electric Overhead Travelling
ELV - Extra Low Voltage
EOW – End Of Well Report
EPCM/I – Engineering Procurement Construction & Management/Installation
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 – Early Production System
EPT – Electromagnetic Propagation
EPU – Electrical Power Unit
EPTNG – EPT-NGT Log
EPV - Early Production Vessel
ER(D) – Extended Reach (Drilling)
ERT – Emergency Response Training
ESD – Emergency Shut-Down
ESHIA - Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment
ESIA - Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
ESP – Electric Submersible Pump
ETAP – Eastern Trough Area Project
ETD – External Turret Disconnectable
ETECH – Electronics Technician (See also: Elec Tech)
ETTD – Electromagnetic Thickness Test
ETU – Electrical Test Unit
EUE – External-upset-end (tubing connection)
EUR – Estimated Ultimate Recovery
EVARE – Evaluation Report
EWMP - Earthworks/Electrical Works/Excavation Works Management Plan
EWR – End Of Well Report
EXL – or XL, Exploration Licence (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence issued between the First Onshore Licensing Round (1986) and the Sixth (1992)
EZSV – EZSV Log
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G [ edit ]
H [ edit ]
I [ edit ]
J [ edit ]
K [ edit ]
KBE – Kelly Bushing Elevation (in meters above sea level, or meters above Ground Level)
KBUG – Kelly Bushing under ground (drilling up in coal mines, West Virginia, Baker & Taylor Drilling)
KCI - Potassium Chloride (KCI) mud
KD – Kelly Down
KMW - Kill Mud Weight
KOP – Kick-Off Point Directional Drilling
KOP – Kick Off Plug
KP – Kilometre post
KRP – Kill Rate Pressure
KB – Kelly Bushing
KBG – Kelly Bushing Height above Ground Level
KT - Kill Truck
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M [ edit ]
M or m – prefix designating a number in thousands (not to be confused with SI prefix M for mega- or m for milli)
m – metre
MAASP – Maximum Acceptable [or Allowable] Annular Surface Pressure
MAC – Multipole Acoustic Log
MACL – Multiarm Caliper Log
MAE - Major Accident Event
MAGST – Magnetostratigraphic Report
MAOP – Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
MARA – Maralog
MAST - sonic tool (records waveform).
MAWP – Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
MBC - Membrane Brine Concentrator
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
MBP - Mixed Bed Polisher
Mbpd – thousand barrels of oil per day
MBR - Minimum Bend Radius
MBRO – Multi-Bore Restriction Orifices
MBT – Methylene Blue Test
MBWH - Multi Bowl Wellhead
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 – Monocolumn Platform
MCS – Manifold & Connection System
MCS – Master Control Station
mD – millidarcy, measure of permeability, with units of area
MD – Measured Depth (see also MDSS)
MDRT - Measured Depth referenced to Rotary Table zero datum
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 referenced to Mean Sea Level zero datum - "Sub Sea" level
MDT – Modular formation Dynamic Tester
MDR - Mud Damage Removal (acid bullheading)
MEA – Monoethanolamine
MEG – Mono-Ethylene Glycol
MEIC - Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Commission
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).[10]
MF – Marsh Funnel (mud viscosity)
MFCT – Multifinger Calliper Tool
MGL – Magnelog
MGPS - Marine Growth Prevention System
MLH – Mud Liner Hanger
MIFR – Mini Frac Log
MINL – Minilog
MIPAL – Micropalaeo Log
MIRU – Move In and Rig Up
MIST – Minimum Industry Safety Training
MIT - Mechanical Integrity Test
MIYP – Maximum Internal Yield Pressure
mKB – Meters below Kelly Bushing
ML – Microlog, or Mud Log
MLL – Microlaterolog
MLF – Marine Loading Facility
MM or mm – prefix designating a number in millions (or SI unit – millimetre)
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
MMcf – million cubic feet (of natural gas)
MMcfe – million cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
MMS – Minerals Management Service, (United States)
mmscfd – million standard cubic feet per day
MMTPA – Millions of Metric Tonnes per Annum
mmstb – million stock barrels
MNP – Merge and Playback Log
MODU – Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (Either of Jack-up Drill Rig or Semi-submersible Rig or Drill Ship)
MOF – Marine Offloading Facility
MOPO - Matrix of Permitted Operations
MOPU – Mobile Offshore Production Unit (to describe: Jack-up Production Rig, or Semi-submersible Production Rig, or Floating Production and or storage ship - See also FPO
and FPSO definitions
MOT – Materials/Marine Offloading Terminal
MOV - Motor Operated Valve
MPA – Micropalaeo Analysis Report
MPD – Managed Pressure Drilling
MPFM – Multi-Phase Flow Meter
MPK – Merged Playback Log
MPP – Multiphase Pump
MPQT – Manufacturing Procedure Qualification Test
MPS – Manufacturing Procedure Specification
MPSP — Maximum Predicted Surface Pressure
MPSV - Multi-Purpose Support Vessel
MPV – Multi Purpose Vessel
MQC – Multi Quick Connection Plate
MR – Marine Riser
MR - Mixed Refrigerant
MR - Morning Report
MRBP - Magna Range Bridge Plug
MRCV – Multi Reverse Circulating Valve
MRIT - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tool
MRIRE – Magnetic Resonance Image Report
MRR - Material Receipt Report
MRT - Marine Riser Tensioners
MRT - Mechanical Run Test
MRX - Magnetic resonance expert (wireline NMR tool) [9]
MSCT – Mechanical Sidewall Coring Tool [10]
MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet
MSFL – Micro SFL Log; Micro-Spherically Focussed Log (resistivity).
MSI – Mechanical and Structural Inspection
MSIP - Modular Sonic Imaging Platform (Sonic Scanner) [11]
MSIPC – Multi Stage inflatable Packer Collar
MSL – Mean Sea Level
MSL – Micro Spherical Log
MSS – Magnetic Single Shot
MST – MST EXP Resistivity Log
MSV - Multipurpose Support Vessel
MTBF - Mean Time Between Failure
MT - Motor Temperature; DMT Parameter for ESP motor
MTO - Material Take-Off
MTT – MTT Multi-Isotope Trace Tool
MUD – Mud Log
MUDT – Mud Temperature Log
MuSol – Mutual Solvent
MVB – Master Valve Block on Xmas Tree
MVC - Minimum Volume Commitment
MW – Mud weight
MWD – Measurement While Drilling
MWDRE – Measurement While Drilling Report
MWS – Marine Warranty Survey
N [ edit ]
O [ edit ]
P [ edit ]
Q [ edit ]
QC – Quality control
QCR – Quality Control Report
QL – Quicklook Log
R [ edit ]
S [ edit ]
T [ edit ]
U [ edit ]
V [ edit ]
W [ edit ]
W – Watt
W/C – Water Cushion
WCC - Work Control Certificate
WABAN – Well Abandonment Report
WAC - Weak Acid Cation
WAG – Water Alternating Gas (describes an injection well which alternates between water and gas injection)
WALKS – Walkaway Seismic Profile
WAS - Well Access System
WATAN – Water Analysis
WAV3 – Amplitude (in Seismics)
WAV4 – Two Way Travel Time (in Seismics)
WAV5 – Compensate Amplitudes
WAVF – Waveform Log
WBM – Water-Based drilling Mud
WBS - Well Bore Schematic
WBS - Work Breakdown Structure
WC – Watercut / Wildcat well
WCT - Wet Christmas Tree
WE – Well Engineer
WEG – Wireline Entry Guide
WELDA – Well Data Report
WELP – Well Log Plot
WEQL – Well Equipment Layout
WESTR – Well Status Record
WESUR – Well Summary Report
WF – Water Flooding
WGFM - Wet Gas Flow Meter
WFAC – Waveform Acoustic Log
WGEO – Well Geophone Report
WGR - Water Gas Ratio
WGFM – Wet Gas Flow Meter
WGUNT – Water Gun Test
Wh – White
WH – Well History
WHIG – Whitehouse Gauge
WHM – Wellhead Maintenance
WHP – Wellhead Pressure
WHSIP - Wellhead Shut-In Pressure
WI – Water Injection
WI – Working Interest
WIKA - Definition Needed
WIR - Water Intake Risers
WIT- Water Investigation Tool
WITS – Well Site Information Transfer System
WIPSP – WIP Stock Packer
WLC – Wireline Composite Log
WLL – Wireline Logging
WLSUM – Well Summary
WLTS Well Log Tracking System
WLTS – Well Log Transaction System
WM - Wet Mate
WHM – Wellhead Maintenance
WHMIS – WorkPlace Hazardous Material Information Systems
WHP – Wellhead Pressure
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 – Wait(ing) On Weather
WP – Well Proposal or Working Pressure
WPC – Water Pollution Control
WPLAN – Well Course Plan
WPQ/S/T – Weld Procedure Qualification/Specification/Test
WPR – Well Prognosis Report
WQ – A textural parameter used for CBVWE computations (Halliburton)
WQCA – Water Quality Control Act
WQCB – Water Quality Control Board
WR – Wireline Retrievable (as in a WR Plug)
WR – Wet Resistivity
WRS – Well Report Sepia
WRSCSSV – Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
WSCL – Well Site Core Log
WSE – Well Seismic Edit
WSERE – Well Seismic Edit Report
WSHT – Well Shoot
WSL – Well Site Log
WSO – Water Shut Off
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 benchmark crude
WUT – Water Up To
WVS – Well Velocity Survey
X [ edit ]
Y [ edit ]
yd – yard
yl – Holdup Factor
YP – Yield Point
yr – year
Z [ edit ]
BOL
CK - Context: Notes on drilling logs
OOA – Context: OOA Group
MDT- Modular Dynamic Tester <Schlumberger>
RDT - Reservoir Description Tool <Halliburton>
SPM - Context: Notes on drilling logs
SPR - Context: Notes on drilling logs
SPUD
SPV
THF
URB
WWS
Oilfield terminology
References [ edit ]
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2. ^ http://www.aapg.org Maastrichtian-Danian chalk in Block 2/5 (Norway). In: Chalk Geoscience Workshop.
3. ^ a b
http://www.standard.no/PageFiles/1315/D-010r3.pdf PL006, 018, 067, 2–3 Dec 1996, NPD Stavanger, Extended Abstracts.
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5. ^ van Dijk, J.P. (1993); Three-dimensional quantitative restoration of central Mediterranean 11. ^ "OCTG (casing and tubing)" . Network International Oilfield Glossary. Network
Neogene basins. In: Spencer, A.M. (Ed.). Generation, accumulation and production of International.
Europe's hydrocarbons III. Special publication of the European Association of Petroleum 12. ^ http://www.sferae.org
Geologists No. 3, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 267–280. 13. ^ http://www.snam.it
6. ^ http://www.eaeg.org 14. ^ http://www.spe.org
7. ^ http://www.eni.com 15. ^ http://www.spwla.org
8. ^ van Dijk, J.P. (1998); Analysis and modelling of fractured reservoirs. SPE paper 50570, 16. ^ http://www.total.com
Europec; European Petroleum Conference, Vol.1, 31–43. 17. ^
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