This list is meant for indicative purposes only and should not be relied upon for anything but general
information.
#[edit]
1P - Proven reserves
2D two-dimensional (geophysics)
3D three-dimensional (geophysics)
4D multiple 3Ds acquired over time (the 4th D) over the same
area with the same parameters (geophysics)
A - Appraisal (well)
A[edit]
ACOU Acoustic
AIRG airgun
bbl barrel
B[edit]
BH bloodhound
BO back-off log
BPV back pressure valve (goes on the end of coiled tubing a drill
pipe tool strings to prevent fluid flow in the wrong direction)
BS - Bend Stiffener
BU bottom up
C1 methane
C2 ethane
C3 propane
C4 butane
C6 hexanes
C[edit]
CB core barrel
CD core description
CE CE log
CF completion fluid
CGEL CG EL log
CHROM chromatolog
CL core log
CM choke module
CP - Cathodic Protection
csg casing
CT coiled tubing
D - Development
D[edit]
DC drill centre
DC drill collar(s)
DEPT depth
DF Derrick floor
DH drilling history
DM - dry mate
DP drill pipe
DP dynamic positioning
DR dummy-run log
DR drilling report
E - Exploration
EA - Exploration Asset
E[edit]
EL Electric Log
EM EMOP Log
EPLG Epilog
FC float collar
F[edit]
FI final inspection
FL F log
FS fail safe
G[edit]
GL Gas Lift
GL Ground Level
GLM Gas Lift Mandrel (alternative name for Side Pocket Mandrel)
GLW
GRLOG Grapholog
GS Gas Supplier
GS Gel Strength
HC Hydrocarbons
H[edit]
HI - Hydrogen Index
HL Hook Load
HP Hydrostatic Pressure
HYPJ Hyperjet
I[edit]
IL Induction Log
IR Interpretation Report
JB Junk Basket
JT Joule-Thomson (effect/valve/separator)
JV - Joint Venture
KD Kelly Down
KB Kelly Bushing
J[edit]
K[edit]
L[edit]
LAH Lookahead
LIC License
LL Laterolog
LP Low Pressure
m metre
MARA Maralog
M[edit]
MD Measurements/Drilling Log
MEA Monoethanolamine
MGL Magnelog
MINL Minilog
MLL Microlaterolog
MR Marine Riser
MR - Morning Report
MW Mud weight
NASA Non Active Side Arm (term used in the North Sea for kill
wing valve on a Xmas tree)
NB Nominal Bore
ND - Nipple Down
NG Natural Gas
N[edit]
NS North Sea; can also refer to the North Slope Borough, Alaska,
the North Slope, which includes Prudhoe Bay Oil Field (the largest
US oil field), Kuparuk Oil Field, Milne Point, Lisburne, and Point
McIntyre among others.
OCTG Oil Country Tubular Goods (oil well casing, tubing, and drill
pipe)[10]
OH Openhole
O[edit]
OH Openhole Log
OI - Oxygen Index
OT A Well On Test
OT Off Tree
OUT Oil Up To
PA - Producing Asset
PA - Polyamide
P[edit]
PCKR Packer
PE - Product Emulsion
PE Petroleum Engineer
PE Professional Engineer
PE - Polyethylene
PERM Permeability
PH Phasor Log
PL Production Licence
PP Pump Pressure
pptf Pounds (per square inch) Per Thousand Feet (of depth) a
unit of fluid density/pressure
PV Plastic Viscosity
PW Produced Water
QC Quality control
QL Quicklook Log
Q[edit]
R[edit]
RE Reservoir Engineer
RF Recovery Factor
SB SIT-BO Log
SC Seismic Calibration
S[edit]
SD Sonic Density
SEDIM Sedimentology
SG Static Gradient
SI Shut In well
SI - Structural Integrity
SL Seismic Lines
SN Seat Nipple
SP - Set Point
SPEL Spectralog
SPM Side Pocket Mandrel or Strokes Per Minute (of a positivedisplacement pump)
SR Shear Rate
SSD Sub Sea Level depth (in Metres or Feet, positive value in
downwards direction with respect to the Geoid)
STAB Stabiliser
SURF Subsea/Umbilicals/Risers/Flowlines
SW Salt Water
TA Top Assembly
T[edit]
TD Target Depth
TD Total Depth (depth of the end of the well; also a verb, to reach
the final depth, used as an acronym in this case)
TGOR Total Gas Oil Ratio (GOR uncorrected for gas lift gas
present in the production fluid)
TH Tubing Hanger
TR Temporary Refuge
TT Torque Tool
U[edit]
V[edit]
W[edit]
VO Variation Order
VS Vertical Section
W Watt
WE Well Engineer
WF Water Flooding
Wh White
WH Well History
WI Water Injection
WI Working Interest
WM - Wet Mate
WORKO Workover
WR Wet Resistivity
wt - wall thickness
WT Well Test
WUT Water Up To
XO Cross-Over
X[edit]
Y[edit]
yd yard
yl Holdup Factor
YP Yield Point
yr year
Z[edit]
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