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

[edit] B

  • bbl - barrel
  • bcf - billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
  • 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
  • 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
  • bwd - barrel of water per day (often used in reference to oil production)
  • bwpd - barrel of water per day

[edit] C

  • 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
  • CTCO - Coiled Tubing Clean Out
  • CIV - Chemical Injection Valve
  • C7+ - Heavy Hydrocarbon Components

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

[edit] G

  • GBT - Gravity Base Tank
  • GIIP - Gas Initially In Place
  • 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
  • GRV - Gross Rock Volume
  • GTL - Gas To Liquid
  • GTW - Gas To Wire
  • GBS - Gravity Based Structure

[edit] H

  • HSE - Health, Safety and Environment or Health & Safety Executive (United Kingdom)
  • HP - High Pressure
  • HPHT - High Pressure High Temperature
  • HVDC - High Voltage Direct Current

[edit] I

  • ICoTA - Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association
  • ICV - Interval Control Valve
  • ID - Inner Diameter (of a tubular component such as a casing)
  • IPC - Installed Production Capacity
  • I:P - Injector To Producer Ratio

[edit] J

[edit] K

[edit] L

  • LAT - Lowest Astronomical Tide
  • LGR - Liquid Gas Ratio
  • LKO - Lowest Known Oil
  • LMV - Lower Master Valve (on a Xmas tree)
  • LNG - Liquified Natural Gas
  • LOLER - Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
  • LP - Low Pressure
  • LWD - Logging Whislt Drilling

[edit] M

  • mbd - thousand barrels per day
  • mbod - thousand barrels of oil per day
  • MD - Measured Depth
  • MDT - Modular formation Dynamic Tester
  • MIYP - maximum internal yield pressure
  • mmbd - million barrels per day
  • mmbod - million barrels of oil per day
  • mmscfd - million standard cubic feet per day
  • mmstb - million stock barrels

[edit] N

  • 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
  • NRV - Non Return Valve (Chicksan valve that only allows flow in one direction)
  • NPV - Net Present Value
  • NTU - Nephelometric Turbidity Unit

[edit] O

  • OD - Outer Diameter (of a tubular component such as a 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

[edit] P

  • PBR - Polished Bore Receptacle (component of a completion string)
  • PBU - Pressure Build Up (applies to integrity testing on valves)
  • PDG - Permanent Downhole Gauge
  • PE - Petroleum Engineer
  • PGOR - Produced Gas Oil Ratio
  • PLT - Production Logging Tool
  • POOH - Pull Out Of Hole
  • 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
  • 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

[edit] Q

[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)
  • RMS - Ratcheting Mule Shoe

[edit] S

  • scf - standard cubic feet (of natural gas)
  • SCSSSV - Surface Controlled Sub Surface Safety Valve
  • SITHP - Shut In Tubing Hanger Pressure (another term for CITHP)
  • SPM - Side Pocket Mandrel
  • SSSV - Sub-Surface Safety Valve
  • SSV - Surface Safety Valve
  • stb - stock tank barrel
  • STOIIP - Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place
  • STOP - Safety Training Observation Program

[edit] T

[edit] U

  • UKOOA - United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
  • UMV - Upper Master Valve (from a Xmas tree)

[edit] V

  • VIR - Value Investment Ratio
  • VRR - Voidage Replacement Ratio

[edit] W