toggle menu
Categories
Locations, Regional & international
Business & Finance
Common / Miscellaneous / Community
Medical
Scientific & Educational
Computing & IT
Internet Slang, SMS, Texting & Chat
Governmental & Military
Submit new
Desktop Version
Top Abbreviations
Acronym > Term
Word in meaning
Term > Acronym
Home
/
Common / Miscellaneous / Community
/
Electrical
Common / Miscellaneous / Community
>> Electrical Abbreviations
Look through 3585 acronyms and abbreviations related to Electrical:
XFMR
— Transformer
REQ'D
— Required
MBOE/D
— Thousand Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day
F'C
— Characteristic Concrete Strength
MMGAL
— one million gallons
LAN
— Local Area Network
WC
— Water Closet (in building plans)
MBBLS/D
— Thousand Barrels Per Day
MMSCFD
— Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day
MMBBL/D
— one million barrels of oil per day
MPQT
— Manufacturing Procedure Qualification Test
YTD
— Year To Date
WIKA
— Definition Needed
ETA
— Estimated Time of Arrival
TAPLI
— Tape Listing
U-VALUE
— thermal transmittance (also called U-factor)
IPS/UPS
— Integrated Power System/United Power System, consisting of Independent Power Systems of 12 countries bordering Russia and the Unified Power System of Russia
XPT
— Formation Pressure Test log (Schlumberger)
HAZID
— Hazard Identification
OEM
— Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
RFID
— Radio Frequency Identification
MMBBL
— Million Barrels
GRIDCO
— Any company running a transmission grid (electricity). Also known as a TransCo (US) (electricity)
RTTS
— Retrievable Test-Treat-Squeeze (packer)
PPM
— parts per million
LR
— Lloyd's Register
FNOS
— Final Notice Of Sale
A&G
— Administrative And General Expenses
U.S.C.
— United States Code
ARA
— (in shipping) ports of Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp (oil)
PADPRT
— Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool
GDT
— Gas Down To
ABAN
— Abandonment
TRM
— Transmission Reliability Margin (electricity)
K-VALUE
— thermal conductance
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
SSL
— Structural Slab Level
N2O
— nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
MMBOE
— Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent
DLONG
— Difference in Longitude
FFL
— Finished Floor Level
BBL/D
— Barrel per day
PPE
— Personal Protective Equipment
XMRI
— Extended Range Micro Imager (Halliburton)
U3O8
— triuranium octaoxide (nuclear)
R-VALUE
— thermal resistance
EPA
— Environmental Protection Agency (US)
KPI
— Key Performance Indicator
A
— Ampere
Φ
— Phase
RDF
— Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
IPCC
— Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
VDU
— Visual Display Unit
NTU
— Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
GM3
— Billion cubic metres (measurement – gas)
TBOSIET
— Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training
IP
— Internet Protocol
DO
— Dissolved Oxygen
GFCI, GFI
— Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
AFFF
— Aqueous Film Forming Foam
API
— American Petroleum Institute (oil)
HMAX
— Maximum Wave Height
N0X
— Nitrogen Oxides
CFW
— Continuous Fillet Weld
AC
— Alternating Current
QC
— Quality Control
ASTM
— American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
CO2
— Carbon Dioxide
ZDENP
— Density Log
DA-RTP
— RTP Day ahead real time pricing (regarding Electricity metering)
CTRS
— Centers
PBR
— Polished-Bore Receptacle
MOU
— Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
WATAN
— Water Analysis
PHOL
— Photon Log
TAGOGR
— Thermally Assisted Gas/Oil Gravity Drainage
YR
— Years old
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
MSDS
— Material Safety Data Sheets
Ω
— Ohm
8RD
— eight round
I:P
— Injector To Producer Ratio
WAV3
— Amplitude (in Seismics)
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
TVDSS
— True Vertical Depth SubSea
OECD
— Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
IRR
— Internal Rate of Return
LITDE
— Litho Density Quicklook Log
WABAN
— Well Abandonment Report
R&D
— Research & Development
TRCFR
— Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate
IPO
— Initial Public Offering
RPM
— Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
WAV5
— Compensate Amplitudes
BTU
— British Thermal Unit
MM
— Million
UBHO
— Universal Bottom Hole Orientation (sub)
UBIRE
— Ultrasonic Borehole Imager Report
DOA
— Delegation Of Authority
RF
— Radio Frequency
MTBF
— Mean Time Before Failure
IWOCS
— Installation/Workover Control System
UWILD
— Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Dry Docking
TQM
— Total Quality Management
BIORE
— biostratigraphy study report
PALYN
— Palynological Analysis Report
WAV4
— Two Way Travel Time (in Seismics)
OBEVA
— OBDT Evaluation Report
XMAC-E
— XMAC Elite (Next generation of XMAC)
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
FOBOT
— Fibre Optic Break Out Tray
LCD
— Liquid Crystal Display
NAECA
— National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987
SS
— Subsea, as in a datum of depth, e.g. TVDSS (True Vertical Depth Subsea)
OS&D
— Over, Short & Damage (Report)
MMSCF
— Million Standard Cubic Feet
WALKS
— Walkaway Seismic Profile
CTRL
— Control
HAP'S
— Hazardous Air Pollutants
STOP
— Safety Training Observation Program
OBDTL
— OBDT Log
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
ICT
— Information and Communication Technology
MMBOED
— million barrels of oil equivalent per day
UNCLOS
— United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
NB
— Nominal Bore
NPV
— Net Present Value {economics}
MDF
— Main Distribution Frame
PPE
— Preferred Pressure End
VO
— Variation Order
GIS
— Geographic Information System
BHA
— Bottom Hole Assembly
NORM
— Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
BSDV
— Boarding Shutdown Valve
CPI
— Consumer Price Index
ASME
— American Society of Mechanical Engineers
NRI
— Net Revenue Interest
FACHV
— four-arm calliper log
LPWHH
— Low Pressure Well Head Housing
OT
— Overtime
AMP
— Ampere
USIT
— Ultrasonic imaging tool (cement bond logging)
BLS
— Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor
PM10
— Particulate Matter Less Than 10 Microns In Diameter
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
JV
— Joint Venture
CPI SEPARATOR
— corrugated plate interceptor
LOA
— Letter Of Agreement
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
CCT
— Circuit
PPA
— Pounds Of Proppant Added
SAAS
— Software as a Service
SHOWL
— Show Log
ADR
— Alternative Dispute Resolution
GATT
— General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
SALM
— Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
MMCF/D
— Million Cubic Feet per Day
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
GOSP
— Gas/Oil Separation Plant
BOP
— Bottom of Pipe
ASV
— Annular Safety Valve
LOLER
— Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
VOR
— Variation Order Request
AHU
— Air Handling Unit
CITHP
— closed-in tubing head pressure
CAPEX
— Capital Expenditure
IGS
— Inert Gas System
SUTU
— Subsea Umbilical Termination Unit
M/V
— Mobile Vessel
WHSIP
— Wellhead Shut-In Pressure
AAR
— After Action Review
FID
— Final Investment Decision
ERP
— Emergency Response Plan
QA
— Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
DSS
— Decision Support System
DOT
— Department of Transport
IRC
— Inspection Release Certificate
SITHP
— Shut In Tubing Hanger/Head Pressure (another term for CITHP)
HVAC
— Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
IMF
— International Monetary Fund
JSA
— Job Safety Analysis
JIT
— Just in time
QTY
— Quantity
NTSB
— US National Transportation Safety Board
SAR
— Search And Rescue
GNP
— gross national product (economics)
CO
— Carbon Monoxide
SAT
— Site Acceptance Test
BLDG
— Building
SQ
— Square
AGL
— Above Ground Level
MPS
— Manufacturing Procedure Specification
PLET
— Pipeline End Termination
STD
— Standard
BS&W
— Basic Sediment and Water
OCR
— Optical Character Recognition
QA/QC
— Quality Assurance/Quality Control
CBT
— Computer Based Training
AGA
— American Gas Association
UTA
— Umbilical Termination Assembly
MMHG
— millimeters of mercury
AVR
— Automatic Voltage Regulator (electricity)
SIC
— Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
SCE
— Safety Critical Equipment
SRD
— Seismic Reference Datum, an imaginary horizontal surface at which TWT is assumed to be zero
PTDF
— Power Transfer Distribution Factor (electricity)
ROV/WROV
— Remotely Operated Vehicle/WorkClass Remotely Operated Vehicle
CHOPS
— Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand
RPM
— Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know
OMBO
— One-Man Bridge Operation
ITP
— Inspection And Test Plan
SRD
— Seismic Reference Datum
ROI
— Return on Investment
CITHP
— Closed in Tubing Head Pressure
CFR
— Code of Federal Regulations
IE
— Invert Elevation
JOA
— joint operating agreement
MOPU
— Mobile Offshore Production Unit
MAOP
— Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure
PU
— Pick Up
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
MSA
— Metropolitan Statistical Area
NO
— Number
COD
— Chemical Oxygen Demand
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
FLET
— Flowline End Termination
WSHT
— Well Shoot
FIT
— Formation Integrity Test
RCRA
— Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
GRV
— Gross Rock Volume
ICCP
— Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol
AMSL
— Above Mean Sea Level
NEC
— National Electrical Code
SWL
— Safe Working Load
GND
— Ground
NPS
— Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
PSI
— Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
GT
— Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
EC
— European Commission
ACRS
— Accelerated Cost Recovery System (finance)
DN
— Diameter Nominal
CTOD
— Crack Tip Opening Displacement
WAN
— Wide Area Network
OMB
— Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
MSL
— Mean Sea Level
PPMV
— Parts Per Million by Volume
IMO
— International Maritime Organization
STOIIP
— Stock Tank Oil Initially in Place
EPIRB
— Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
CART
— cam-actuated running tool
BTO/C
— break to open/close (valve torque)
LNG
— Liquefied Natural Gas
LEL
— Lower Explosive Limit
LED
— law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
HAZMAT
— Hazardous Material
MT
— Metric Ton
LOC
— Letter Of Credit
DB
— Decibel
LPG
— Liquid Petroleum Gas
CH4
— Methane, Natural Gas
MERSAR
— Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual
DAT
— wellhead housing drill-ahead tool
GOR
— Gas Oil Ratio
WC(S)
— Water Closet With "S" Trap
PCD
— Pitch Circle Diameter
W
— Watt
BP
— Boiling Point
CAPM
— Capital Asset Pricing Model
OPT
— Options
BLM
— Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
NAS
— United States National Academy of Sciences
KWH
— Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
VIR
— Value-Investment Ratio
UNEP
— United Nations Environment Program
BTM
— Bottom
BOSIET
— Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training
PLEM
— Pipeline End Manifold
STP
— standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
SSD
— Sliding Sleeve Door
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
NMR
— Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
SRT
— Site Receival Test
OSHA
— Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
FTC
— Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
MAWOP
— Maximum Allowable Wellhead Operating Pressure
LMRP
— Lower Marine Riser Package
CGR
— Condensate Gas Ratio
BOD
— Biological Oxygen Demand
CKT
— Circuit
PPI
— Producer Price Index
SCM(MB)
— Subsea Control Module (Mounting Base)
A
— Analog
ERT
— Emergency Response Team
MAWP
— Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
MTTF
— Mean Time To Failure
DOL
— United States Department of Labor
PSE
— Pressure Safety Element
DC
— Direct Current
LWD
— Logging While Drilling
HIPPS
— High Integrity Pressure Protection System
PCB
— Polychlorinated Biphenyls
ETA
— Event Tree Analysis
UN
— United Narions
FSRU
— Floating Storage and Regasification Unit
AL
— Aluminium
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
NORDEL
— association of Nordic electric system operators, comprising Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
ROW
— Right-Of-Way
YD
— Yard
MBOD
— Thousand Barrels of Oil per Day
FWKO
— Free Water Knock Out
DLS
— Dog-Leg Severity
PIC
— Person In Charge
KOP
— Kick-Off Point Directional Drilling
GAO
— Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
D
— Day
FTA
— Fault Tree Analysis
SMS
— Safety Management Systems
ROFR
— Right of First Refusal (finance)
SIMOPS
— SIMultaneous OPerationS
CBL
— Cement Bond Log
EVARE
— Evaluation Report
VRR
— Voidage Replacement Ratio
LIBOR
— London Interbank Offered Rate
AWG
— American Wire Gauge
COA
— Contract Of Affreightment
SEC
— Securities and Exchange Commission (US)
PSR
— Pipe Slip Ram
CAA
— Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
NEMA
— National Electric Manufacturer's Association
NET
— Network
TCP
— Tubing Conveyed Perforating
ODT
— Oil Down To
UNO
— Unless Noted Otherwise
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
NFG
— No Fucking Good, A.k.a. Busted, Non Functional, Broken. Also "New Fucking Guy"
LH
— Left Hand
TBE
— Technical Bid Evaluation
THERP
— Technique For Human Error Rate Prediction
CNG
— Compressed natural gas
NM
— Nautical Mile
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
A/C
— Air Conditioning
MSIP
— Modular Sonic Imaging Platform (Sonic Scanner)
CPI
— Computer Processed Interpretation Log
ALJ
— Administrative Law Judge
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
EIS
— Environmental Impact Statement (US)
ALARP
— As Low as Reasonably Practicable
#
— Number
AFE
— Authorization for Expenditure
SSCSV
— Subsurface Controlled Safety Valve
NTS
— Not To Scale
ROB
— Remain On Board
SIDPP
— Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure
LOS
— Line Of Sight
MMCF
— one million cubic feet (measurement of natural gas)
ACA
— Annual Charge Adjustment (electricity)
DTI
— Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
AAGR
— Average Annual Growth Rate
NIOSH
— National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
EMW
— Equivalent Mud Weight
MASP
— Maximum Allowable Surface Pressure
LOLE
— Loss of Load Expectation (electricity)
MBD
— Million Barrels per Day
LAAR
— Load acting as a resource (ERCOT category) (electricity)
ICP
— Intermediate Casing Point
PM&E
— Protection, mitigation and enhancement
ETD
— Estimated Time of Departure
NAFTA
— North American Free Trade Agreement
LEO
— Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
O3
— Ozone
EQUIP
— Equipment
CUP
— Conditional Use Permit
MMBTU
— Million British Thermal Units
ADR
— Asset Depreciation Range (finance)
PWR
— Power
PGB
— Permanent Guide Base
SCR
— Selective Catalytic Reduction
LMT
— Local Mean Time
MGD
— Million Gallons Per Day
M
— Million
C&I
— Commercial and industrial customers (Electricity transmission)
FERC
— Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
RNR
— Romanian Maritime Register Of Shipping
SSIV
— Subsea Isolation Valve
RH
— Right Hand
PPB
— parts per billion (109)
TRSCSSSV
— Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve
FASB
— Financial Accounting Standards Board
FCITC
— First Contingency Incremental Transfer Capability
STB
— Stock Tank Barrel
CGT
— Capital Gains Tax
MISC
— Miscellaneous
ATM
— Atmosphere
SW
— Switch
OCIMF
— Oil Companies International Marine Forum
MIN
— Minimum
USC
— United States Code (book of laws)
NAICS
— North American Industry Classification System
KW
— Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
S&P
— Standard & Poor's
EM
— Electromagnetic
THRT
— Tubing Hanger Running Tool
UNFCCC
— United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
PVC
— Polyvinyl Chloride
COC
— Certificate Of Conformance
PSM
— Process Safety Management (chemical industry)
ESD
— Electrostatic Discharge
CPI
— Corrugated Plate Interceptor
AEC
— Architecture, Engineering, Construction
EPFS
— Electronic Position Fixing System
NOR
— Notice of Readiness
MJ
— Megajoule
SEC
— Second
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
CSI
— Combinable Seismic Imager (VSP) log (Schlumberger)
CBI
— Confederation of British Industry
DANIDA
— Danish International Development Agency
EBITDA
— Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization. One of a series of esoteric 'EB' (Earnings Before..) financial acronyms, eg, EBT = Earnings Before Taxes; EBIAT = Earnings Before Interest after Taxes; EBIT = Earnings Before Interest and Ta
PQR
— Procedure Qualification Record
BCFD
— Billion Cubic Feet per Day
SCF
— standard cubic feet (of natural gas)
BDV
— Blow Down Valve
CSR
— Corporate Social Responsibility
NBS
— National Bureau of Standards (US)
AGRU
— Acid Gas Removal Unit
ISO
— International Standard Organisation
NCR
— Nonconformance Report
COC
— Cost Of Capital
PSR
— Pre Startup Review
DMR
— Discharge Monitoring Report
MAX
— Maximum
TRSCSSV
— Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
NIMBY
— Not In My Back Yard
ATC
— Automatic Temperature Control
CT
— Current Transformer
2D
— Two-Dimensional
RVP
— Reid Vapor Pressure (used For Gasoline Volatility)
COMMS
— Communications
BPS
— Bulk Power System (Electricity transmission)
IN
— Inch
DCS
— Distributed Control System
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
P&I
— Protection and Indemnity insurance
MS
— Mass Spectrometer
MBPD
— thousand barrels of oil per day
BOTTO
— bottom hole pressure/temperature report
RI
— Royalty Interest
RNC
— Rigid Nonmetallic Conduit
CDU
— Crude Distillation Unit
VRU
— Vapor Recovery Unit
SNG
— Synthetic Natural Gas
MDT
— Modular formation Dynamic Tester
SEMS
— Safety and Environmental Management Systems
AFL
— Above Floor Level
AAV
— Annulus access valve
DWG
— Drawing
MMBOEPD
— Millions Of Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day
LAT
— Latitude
BPD
— barrels per day
KV
— Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
CAD
— Computer-Assisted Design
COL
— Column
SWOT
— Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
SOLAS
— Safety of Life at Sea
FT
— Feet
MTR
— Mill Test Report
LIC
— License
TCF
— Temporary Construction Facilities
GBS
— Gravity Based Structure
CFTC
— Commodity Futures Trading Commission
SCUBA
— self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
CBM
— Conventional Buoy Mooring
CCL
— Casing Collar Locator
ILO
— International Labor Organization (UN)
RCA
— Root Cause Analysis
TWA
— Time Weighted Averages
CRP
— Conservation Reserve Program (US)
SIWHP
— Shut-In Well-Head-Pressure
PSIG
— Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
HDPE
— High Density Polyethylene Electrical
TSE
— Temperature Safety Element
DTW
— dealer tank wagon (as in, "oil companies setting regional dealer tank wagon pricing") (Oil)
SOW
— Slip-On Wellhead
RTE
— Rotary Table Elevation
CFS
— Cubic Feet per Second
PE
— Polyethylene
LODF
— Line Outage Distribution Factor (electricity)
GAO
— Government Accounting Office
LOR
— Letter of Readiness
HISC
— Hydrogen Induced Stress Cracking
MCFPD
— One Thousand Cubic Feet Of Gas Per Day
LTI(FR)
— Lost Time Incident (Frequency Rate)
UNCCD
— United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
LOS
— Law Of The Sea
GEF
— Global Environmental Facility (environment)
SDG&E
— San Diego Gas & Electric (US)
RTU
— Remote Terminal Unit
DEPAN
— deposit analysis report
POOI
— Pacific Operators Offshore Incorporated
OSRAM
— Oil Spill Risk Analysis Model
PVSV
— Pressure Vacuum Safety Valve
RFA
— Regulatory Flexibility Act (US)
C
— Centigrade
EMP
— Environmental Management Plan
ORICO
— Oriented Core Data Report
GPTG
— Gallons Per Thousand Gallons
EMT
— Electrical Metallic Tubing
DTH
— Dekatherm (defined as 1 million British thermal units, also written "MMBtu") (measurement)
AICHE
— American Institute of Chemical Engineers
PM2.5
— Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Microns In Diameter
ELEC
— ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC, ELECTRICIAN
WPI
— Wholesale Price Index
ADROC
— advanced rock properties report
NO
— Nitric Oxide
DIM
— Dimension
IPP
— Independent Power Producer (electricity)
TRSV
— Tubing Retrievable Safety Valve
AMI
— Advanced Metering Infrastructure
DEXP
— D-exponent log
OPITO
— Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization
BHP
— Bottom Hole Pressure
DEV
— Development
GAL
— Gallon
TEFRA
— Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1985
CCTV
— Closed Circuit Television
LP
— Low Pressure
RCU
— Remote Control Unit
CLR
— Clear
PRIM
— Primary
C&K
— Choke And Kill
AIC
— Ampere Interrupting Capacity
IMT
— Intermediate Metal Conduit
SDL
— Supplier Document List
VLP
— Vertical Lift Performance
ICAP
— Installed Capacity (electricity)
FW
— Fillet Weld
DST
— Drill Stem Test
R
— Radius
IPR
— Inflow Performance Relationship
ICS
— Incident command system
NTE
— Not-To-Exceed
REQ
— Require
AB
— As Built
WRSCSSV
— Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
CDP
— common depth point (geophysics)
MMBOD
— Million Barrels of Oil per Day
DOWRE
— downhole report
FWL
— Free Water Level
ROV
— Remotely Operated Vehicle
DHSV
— Downhole Safety Valve
RHS
— Rectangular Hollow Section
SBT
— Segmented Bond Tool
FA
— Fire Alarm
TRT
— Tree Running Tool
SCSSV
— Surface controlled subsurface safety valves
BBL
— Barrel
DIA
— Diameter
CEMS
— Continuous Emission Monitoring System
CU
— Copper (Latin Cuprum)
CFD
— computational fluid dynamics
WI
— Working Interest
SSCC
— Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking
VERT
— Vertical
CRT
— Casing Running Tool
DMA
— Dead Man Anchor
STFL
— Steel Tube Fly Lead
CONN
— Connection
EOR
— Enhanced Oil Recovery
ELEV
— Elevator
UFLS
— Under frequency load shedding (electricity)
PSC
— Public Service Commission
OA
— Overall
LAH
— Lookahead
SCAL
— Special Core Analysis Laboratory
FSO
— floating storage offloading vessel
DWOP
— Drilling Well On Paper
AICD
— autonomous inflow control device
2P
— proved and probable reserves
LBNL
— Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
CG
— Coast Guard
BIA
— Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
SIWHP
— Shut-in Well Head Pressure
NO
— Normally Open
CIV
— Chemical Injection Valve
HPU
— Hydraulic Power Unit
TEL
— Telephone
3D
— three-dimensional (geophysics)
NEPA
— National Energy Policy Act of 1992
LINCO
— Liner and Completion Progress Report
ECC
— Emergency Control Center
VSI
— Versatile Seismic Imager (Schlumberger VSP tool)
DNV
— Det Norske Veritas
SCBA
— Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
ENGF
— Engineer Factual Report
CEN
— The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
CHESM
— contractor, health, environment and safety management
AUV
— Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
AMDEA
— activated methyldiethanolamine
IWCF
— International Well Control Federation
AIS
— Automatic Identification System
VDL
— Variable Density Log
MDM
— Meter Data Management
BTEX
— Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene
LAS
— Log ASCII Standard
SCADA
— Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
LRA
— Lock Rotor Amps
FTP
— Flowing Tubing Pressure
HAZOP
— Hazard and Operability
SDV
— Shutdown Valve
SPP
— Small power producer (electricity)
LOPA
— Layers of Protection Analysis
NPREP
— National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program
CG
— Center of Gravity (DXS)
MEF
— Modified Energy Factor
SU
— Submersible
GSR
— Gas Supply Realignment (natural gas)
GFCI
— Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
BSL
— Burner Safety Low
DNC
— Digital Nautical Chart
PLT
— Production Logging Tool
CATV
— Cable Television
SUT(A/B)
— Subsea Umbilical Termination (Assembly/Box)
RCM
— Reliability Centred Maintenance
FMECA
— failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis
PEL
— Permissible Exposure Limit
NRC
— National Response Center
ITF
— International Transport Workers' Federation
MARPOL
— International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
ISIP
— Initial Shut in Pressure
DFIT
— Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test
LKO
— Lowest Known Oil
AMV
— Annulus Master Valve
BOEPD
— Barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day
EPO
— Emergency Power Off
RFT
— Repeat Formation Tester
KVNR
— Dutch Register Of Shipping
TRIR
— Total Recordable Incident Rate
FOSV
— Full-Opening Safety Valve
YR
— Year
BSP
— British Standard Pipe
WMU
— World Maritime University
PCM
— Project Cycle Management
LST
— Local Standard Time
DW
— Dishwasher
OCTG
— Oil Country Tubular Goods
GMDSS
— Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
AQ
— Air Quality
GL
— Ground Level
DWT
— Deadweight Ton
DDM
— Derrick Drilling Machine
MMCFD
— One Million Cubic Feet Per Day
PR2
— Testing regime to API6A Annex F
SW
— South West
HSC
— Health and Safety Commission
CVR
— Cover
MOF
— Marine Offloading Facility
EPT
— Electromagnetic Propagation Tool
UHVDC
— Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (electricity)
ASE
— Alliance to Save Energy
NMFS
— National Marine Fisheries Services
ITT
— Invitation To Tender
GWE
— Gigawatt of electric energy (measurement- elect)
CU
— Dental Cuspidor
RWQCB
— Regional Water Quality Control Board
SCOTUS
— Supreme Court of the United States
ENC
— Electronic Navigation Chart
CDM
— Clean Development Mechanism
SHS
— Square Hollow Section
NAAQS
— National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
P&ID
— Piping And Instrument Diagrams
AFV
— Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
ITC
— Investment tax credit (policy)
CP
— Cathodic Protection
KH
— Permeability Thickness
CALOG
— circumferential acoustic log
LSH
— Level Safety High
TTRD
— Through Tubing Rotary Drilling
CRI
— Color Rendering Index
HVAC
— High voltage alternating current (electricity)
HYROP
— Hydrophone Log
CIBP
— Cast Iron Bridge Plug
AD
— Article Continues Below
LOTO
— Lock Out Tag Out
NG
— Natural Gas
HSWA
— Health and Safety at Work Act
RKB
— Rotary Kelly Bushing
PCV
— Pressure Control Valve
INTERCARGO
— International Association Fo Dry Cargo Ship Owners
GR
— Gamma Ray
ERA
— Environmental Risk Assessment
COMAN
— compositional analysis
FPIT
— Free-Point Indicator Tool
NC
— Normally Closed
3C
— Proved, probable and possible Contingent Resources
N
— Newton
LHV
— lower heating value
UR
— Urinal
SSTT
— Subsea Test Tree
LCF
— Longitudinal Centre of Flotation
COSWP
— Code Of Safe Working Practices For Merchant Seamen
MCD
— Mechanical Completion Dossier
AVGMS
— Annulus Vent Gas Monitoring System
LGO
— Light Gas Oil
COE
— Creek Corps of Engineers
UON
— Unless Otherwise Noted
PDG
— Permanent Downhole Gauge
CCS
— China Classification Society
FS
— Fail Safe
SIT
— (Casing) Shoe Integrity Test
ESA
— Endangered Species Act of 1973
OG
— Oil And Gas Directorate
LIHEAP
— Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
GRP
— Glass Reinforced Plastic
PPG
— Pounds Per Gallon
OML
— Oil Mining Lease (petroleum rights)
CC
— Combined Cycle
DGPS
— Differential Global Positioning System
CTU
— Cargo Transport Unit
MBOED
— thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day
PROTE
— Production Test Report
BIMCO
— Baltic and International Maritime Council
RCD
— Rotating Control Device
MP
— Main Pass Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
MSW
— Municipal Solid Waste
MSCF
— One Thousand Standard Cubic Feet
AFUDC
— Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
KBE
— Kelly Bushing Elevation
1P
— Proven reserves
CHS
— Circular Hollow Section
PWD
— Pressure while Drilling
FSBL
— Full Strength Butt Weld
VOC
— Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
SPP
— Stand Pipe Pressure
PRESS
— Pressure
INTERTANKO
— International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
RESDV
— Riser Emergency Shut Down Valve
MOC
— Management Of Change
FB
— footing beam
R&D
— Records And Documentation
BOT
— Bottom
AGC
— Automatic Generation Control
PDKR
— PDK 100 Report
NDT
— Nondestructive Test
MW
— Megawatt (one million watts)
IMDG CODE
— International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
ISO
— Independent System Operator (US) (see also TSO) Responsible for grid management, but does not own assets. (electricity)
MSC
— Master Services Contract
PHI
— Porosity
MCC
— Master Control Center
ICV
— Interval Control Valve
RDF
— Radio Direction Finder
EUE
— External-upset-end
SCF
— Standard Cubic Foot
CAODC
— Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
CEC
— Commission for Environmental Cooperation
ECDIS
— Electronic Chart Display and Information System
ITR
— Inspection Test Record
BOP
— Blowout Preventer
LTG
— Lighting
PIP
— Pump Intake Pressure
DSO
— Distribution System Operator
ICD
— Inflow Control Device
FCO
— UK Foreign And Commonwealth Office
ESP
— Electric Submersible Pump
MEO
— Medium-Earth Orbit
NFW
— New Field Wildcat, Lahee classification
APWD
— Annular Pressure While Drilling
BFI
— Baltic Freight Index
MMSTB
— million stock barrels
ESS
— Energy Storage System, as in grid energy storage (electricity)
CPS
— Cycles Per Second (now Hertz)
AFCI
— Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter
SITP
— Shut In Tubing Pressure
FINST
— final stratigraphic report
KVA
— Kilovolt-Ampere
B
— Billion
NFPA
— National Fire Protection Association
FCU
— Fan Coil Unit
CSG
— Casing
SIT
— System Integration Test (software/hardware Integration)
OVID
— Offshore Vessel Inspection Database
MRCC
— Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
ADIT
— Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes
B
— Bottom
SOBM
— Synthetic Oil Based Mud
PFD
— Process Flow Diagrams
EE
— Energy Efficiency
H2S
— Hydrogen Sulfide
AOF
— Absolute Open Flow
GRMC
— Galvanized Rigid Metal Conduit
PMU
— Phasor measurement unit (electricity)
SCP
— Sustained Casing Pressure
NIHQ
— Nautical Institute Headquarters, London
RP
— Recommended Practice
AG
— Agricultural pipe drain
CL
— Center Line
PI
— Pressure Indicator
PM
— Particulate Matter
PEM
— Proton Exchange Membrane
EW
— Each Way
LDT
— Light Displacement Tonnage
Ø
— Diameter
KB
— Kelly Bushing
MPD
— Thousand Barrels Per Day
OWC
— Oil Water Contact
AIT
— Auto-Ignition Temperature
GWP
— global warming potential (climate)
WC(P)
— Water Closet With "P" Trap
SMC
— Safety Management Certificate
NRV
— Non Return Valve
POB
— Personnel on Board
GPRA
— Government Performance and Results Act
ECS
— Electronic Chart System
AADE
— American Association of Drilling Engineers
MWH
— Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
JRC
— Joint Research Centre
ONAN
— Oil Natural Air Natural (cooling method)
IFO
— Intermediate Fuel Oil
IMC
— Intermediate Metal Conduit
DSM
— Demand Side Management
CBOB
— Conventional Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (Motor Gasoline Blending Component)
CHDTP
— calliper HDT playback log
FACTS
— Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
IHV
— Integrated Hole Volume (of Borehole) (in Cubic Metres)
FCV
— Flow Control Valve
ISGOTT
— International Safety Guide For Oil Tankers And Terminals
TDH
— Total Dynamic Head
TAML
— Technology Advancement For Multilaterals
MOTEMS
— Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards
BA
— Biological Assessment
EIB
— European Investment Bank
NPR
— Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
COP
— Coefficient of Performance
RTP
— Real-Time Pricing
NE
— North-East
SCE
— Southern California Edison Company
WHFP
— Wellhead Flowing Pressure
SRL
— Self Retracting Lifelines/Div>
PTP
— Point to Point Transmission Service (electricity)
PA
— Polyamide
POP
— Pump Out Plug
BGL
— Below Ground Level
FBHP
— Flowing Bottomhole Pressure
EERA
— Escape, Evacuation, And Rescue Analysis
BL
— Barrel
TVA
— Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
HEP
— Habitat Evaluation Procedure
RPD
— Revised Application For Permit To Drill
AQMD
— Air Quality Management District
FONSI
— Finding of no significant impact. See Environmental impact statement (US)
3P
— proved, probable and possible reserves
TBA
— Tertiary Butyl Alcohol
KBG
— Kelly Bushing Height above Ground Level
FLT
— Fault
TGB
— Telecommunications Grounding Busbar
LFMC
— Liquid-Tight Flexible Metal Conduit
CNL
— Compensated Neutron Log
THK
— Thick
SF6
— Sulfur Hexafluoride
CA
— Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
AAPL
— American Association of Professional Landmen
G
— Ground
EER
— Energy Efficiency Ratio
NMHC
— Non Methane Hydrocarbons CO
ECITB
— Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
AIME
— American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc.
DR
— Dead Reckoning
IEA
— International Energy Agency (Paris)
EQ
— Equal
GOC
— Gas Oil Contact
RQ
— Reportable Quantity
SVC
— Static VAR compensator (electricity)
BOEPD
— barrel of oil equivalent per day
HIRA
— Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
EUR
— Estimated Ultimate Recovery
MWA
— Military Warning Area
BTL
— building tightness limit (building tightness)
BCD
— Barrel Per Day, on Calendar Days
CERCLA
— Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
MMCRP
— Mitigation Monitoring And Compliance Reporting Program
ORNL
— Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
CORE
— Core Report
COFR
— Certificate of Financial Responsibility
EF
— Exhaust Fan
A/H
— After Hours
COTP
— Captain Of The Port
GT&C
— General Terms And Conditions
CEQ
— Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
ERO
— Electric Reliability Organization. The US designated NERC as its ERO.
FT
— foot (unit of length)
CET
— Cement Evaluation Tool
ISF
— ISF Sonic Log
KPSI
— Thousand Pounds per Square Inch
WEG
— Wireline Entry Guide
C
— Conduit
BTMG
— Behind The Meter Generation
EEHA
— Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas
FAA
— Fire Alarm Annunciator
OPRC
— International Convention On Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response And Co Operation
EMI
— Electromagnetic Inspection
KJ
— Key Joint
LIT
— Lead Impression Tool
OOT
— Out of Tolerance
BGL
— Borehole Geometry Log
ER(D)
— Extended Reach (Drilling)
RCI
— Reservoir Characterization Instrument
FIV
— Formation Isolation Valve
BFPD
— Barrels of Fluid Per Day
AQCR
— Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
UAE
— United Arab Emirates
PDM
— Positive Displacement Motors
ELT
— Economic Limit Test
OLF
— Norwegian Oil Industry Association
NYMEX
— New York Mercantile Exchange
GTW
— Gas To Wire
WMPI
— Wet Magnetic Particle Inspection
IPC
— Installed Production Capacity
CTLF
— coil tubing lift frame
GC
— gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
SURF
— Subsea/Umbilicals/Risers/Flowlines
RIK
— Replacement in Kind
SM
— South Marsh Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
COXY
— carbon/oxygen log
E&I
— Electrical and Instrumentation
APD
— Application for Permit to Drill
PBDMS
— Playback DMSLS Log
RS
— Russian Maritime Register Of Shipping
RSE
— Relative Standard Error
USCG
— United States Coast Guard
SGS
— Steel Gravity Substructure
PAC
— Pacific Region
GDE
— Gross Depositional Environment
STAGR
— Static Gradient Survey Report
SI
— International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
EF
— Energy Factor
SO2
— Sulfur Dioxide
NOPR
— Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (US)
FBR
— Fast Breeder Reactor
F
— Fuse
ST&C
— Short Thread and Coupled
IOM
— Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual
ESCO
— Energy Service Company
VMT
— vehicle miles traveled (transportation)
MSC
— Management System Coordinator
LBM
— Pounds Mass
LOA
— Length Over All
APPRE
— appraisal report
OPA
— US Oil Pollution Act Of 1990
NOX
— Nitrogen Oxide
GT
— Gross Tonnage
SDM/U
— Subsea Distribution Module/Unit
IDLH
— Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health
LD
— Lay Down
TAN
— Total Acid Number
AHBDF
— along hole below Derrick floor
INGAA
— Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
ABS
— American Bureau of Shipping
HS
— Significant wave height
MLLW
— Mean Lower Low Water (nautical Charts)
BPV
— Back Pressure Valve
NTP
— National Toxicology Program
MMTPA
— Millions of Metric Tonnes per Annum
GEOPN
— Geological Well Prognosis Report
CIT
— Chartered Institute of Transport
SIRE
— Ship'S Inspection Report
EPA
— Environmental Protection Act
OAPEC
— Organization Of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
CIRM
— International Radio Maritime Committee
NS
— Near Side
RMT
— National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
DPS
— Dynamic Positioning System
PSV
— Pressure safety valve
DMA
— dead-man anchor
WAG
— Water Alternating Gas
ECP
— External Casing Packer
SEM
— Subsea Electronics Module
MTEF
— Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
UNDP
— United Nations Development Program
IRP
— Integrated Resource Plan
PSL
— Product Specification Level
SPF
— Shots Per Foot
HUD
— Hold-Up Depth
DLT
— Digital Linear Tape
POV
— Pressure Operated Valves
PE
— Professional Engineer
PMS
— Planned Maintenance System
ASBA
— Association of Ship Brokers and Agents
POBM
— Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud
XLPE
— Crosslinked Polyethylene
MMCFD
— Million Cubic Feet Day
LMV
— Lower Master Valve
CPP
— Critical Peak Pricing
BSR
— Bottom-Simulating Reflector
AMR
— Automated meter reading also known as Automatic Meter Reading
RE
— Reservoir Engineer
BPA
— Bonneville Power Administration (US)
AAODC
— American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)
EDF
— Electricité de France
EEM
— Energy Efficient Mortgage
MHA
— Major Hazards Analysis
HA
— Hazard Analysis
FL
— floor level
BPLUG
— baker plug
SPBM
— Single Point Buoy Mooring System
ETO
— Electro Technical Officer
SABA
— Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
CERTS
— Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions sposored by the United States Department of Energy and California Energy Commission (US)
ALR
— Acoustic Log Report
MU
— Mustang Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
DEFG
— Distributed Energy Financial Group (US)
HES
— Health, Environment and Safety
HP/IP
— High Pressure And/Or Intermediate Pressure
ANP
— Brazil'S National Petroleum Agency
BUREC
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
QRA
— Quantitative Risk Assessment
SYM
— Symmetric
DR
— Demand Response
PAGA
— Public Address General Alarm
OI
— Oxygen Index
MKB
— Meters Below Kelly Bushing
HC
— Hydrocarbon
HID
— high intensity discharge (electricity)
AEP
— American Electric Power Company, Inc.
DAR
— Dressed All Round
HSE
— Health & Safety Executive Officer
DOI
— United States Department of Interior
TEMP
— Temperature
TDS
— Total Dissolved Solids
EDC
— Electric Distribution Company
MPG
— Miles Per Gallon
CIR
— Circuit
GRI
— Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
EFH
— Essential Fish Habitat
INDWE
— Individual Well Record Report
GVW
— gross vehicle weight (transportation)
NOD
— Notice of Determination
ISF
— International Shipping Federation
IALA
— International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities
SJOFARTSVERKET
— Swedish Register Of Shipping, Swedish Maritime Administration
RENC
— Regional Electronic Navigational Chart Coordinating Centre
OVSP
— Offset Vertical Seismic Profiling
FTG
— Footing
ASCSSV
— Annulus Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve
LCV
— Level Control Valve
SMART
— Support For Maritime Training Scheme
BO
— Biological Opinion
GISB
— Gas Industry Standards Board (now NAESB) (US) (natural gas)
SAN
— Sanitary
TD
— Total Depth
LO
— Lubricating Oil
BW
— Both Ways
COW
— Crude Oil Washing
HPHT
— high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
NPSH
— Net Positive Suction Head
MUSOL
— Mutual Solvent
ATS
— Automatic Transfer Switch
CLC
— International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage
M
— Milli
RSTC
— Rig Safety Training Coordinator
SPR
— Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
BFP
— Bureau Fédéral du Plan (Belgium). (Has responsibilities over economic, social and environmental policy
APA
— Alaska Power Administration
SO3
— Oxides Of Sulfur
WL
— Water Line
GNOME
— General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment
BUR
— Build-Up Rate
MNI
— Member Of The Nautical Institute
IECC
— International Energy Conservation Code
PSO
— Protected Species Observer
KR
— Korean Register of Shipping
FCC
— Fully Cellular Containership
AAU
— Assigned amount units (measurement)
CERA
— Cambridge Energy Research Associates
S
— Wave Shear Wave
2C
— Proved and probable Contingent Resources
UEL
— Upper Explosive Limit
FEIS
— Final Environmental impact statement (US)
CAFE
— Corporationrate Average Fuel Economy
AAQS
— Ambient Air Quality Standards (environment) (US)
EIR
— Environmental Impact Report
DST
— drill-stem test
RRT
— Regional Response Team
PF
— Platform
MVA
— Megavolt Ampere
SMI
— South Marsh Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
UO2
— uranium dioxide (nuclear)
HO
— Hydrographic Office
SPCC
— Spill Prevention Control And Countermeasures
PB
— Pull Box
CWOR
— Completion Work Over Riser
EM
— Emergency
MDO
— Marine Diesel Oil
POE
— power over ethernetinjector
MMGAL/D
— one million gallons per day
RMP
— Reservoir Management Plan
MEG
— Mono-Ethylene Glycol
WHRU
— Waste Heat Recovery Unit
CST
— Chronological Sample Taker log (Schlumberger)
ABSA
— Alberta Boilers Safety Association
FBE
— fusion-bonded epoxy
BOSVA
— British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association
MCP
— Manifold Compression Platform
ACE
— Area Control Error (electricity)
RFI
— Requests For Inspection
MSP
— Maximum Source Pressure
DEIS
— Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
MCS
— Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
SSV
— Surface Safety Valve
ILT
— In-Line Tee
EDP
— Emergency Disconnect Package
BCF
— billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
MBBLS
— Thousand Barrels
LW
— Low Water
O/B
— On Board
DIS
— Draft International Standard
FWV
— Flow Wing Valve
DWG(S)
— Drawing/S
ESP
— Electrostatic Precipitator
NK
— Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
PBU
— Pressure Build-Up
OH
— Open Hole
SAC
— Special Area of Conservation
OBO
— Ore/Bulk/Oil Carrier
OGP
— International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
FRU
— Fast Response Units
IG
— Isolated Ground
EEZ
— Exclusive Economic Zone
DOI
— Department of the Interior (US)
NPT
— Nonproductive Time
SHR
— Shower
P
— Pole
PS
— South Padre Island Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
ISU
— International Salvage Union
SOSREP
— Secretary Of State'S Representative For Marine Salvage And Intervention
CHRT
— casing hanger running tool
AVO
— amplitude versus offset (geophysics)
RUS
— Rural Utilities Service
FI(M)
— free issue (materials)
KOE
— One kilogram oil equivalent (EU) (measurement)
CCS
— Carbon Capture and Storage
TLV
— Threshold Limit Value
OB
— Overbalanced
MSHA
— Mine Safety and Health Administration (US)
PIANC
— Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses
UIC
— Underground Injection Control
VSP
— Vertical Seismic Profile
RO
— Ro Roll On/Roll Off
CHP
— Combined heat and power
EPCIP
— European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
NRT
— National Response Team
IMARE
— Institute of Marine Engineers
PART
— Program Assessment Rating Tool
MH
— Methane Hydrate
GIIP
— Gas Initially In Place
SPMT
— Self Propelled Modular Transporter
SSSV
— Sub-Surface Safety Valve
DLAT
— Difference In Latitude
BU
— Bottom Up
MDAS
— Meter Data Acquisition System
HVI
— High Viscosity Index
DME
— Disturbance Monitoring Equipment
LOP
— Line Of Position
CTD
— Coiled Tubing Drilling
KS
— Kitchen Sink
BOTHL
— bottom hole locator log
ISO-NE
— Independent System Operator of New England, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) (electricity)
RNC
— Raster Navigational Chart
EPRI
— Electric Power Research Institute (US)
PVDF
— Polyvinylidene Fluoride
NACE
— National Association of Corrosion Engineers
MAAC
— Mid Atlantic Area Council (US- geographically within PJM)
FIR
— Failure Investigation Reports
NSOP
— Not Shown On Plan
REACH
— Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, And Restriction Of Chemicals
OASIS
— Open Access Same-time Information System
MCF
— Thousand Cubic Feet
AMBO
— Armenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria Oil Pipeline
MUX
— Make Up Crossover [Crossover X]
AAPG
— American Association of Petroleum Geologists
PT
— Potential Transformer
FPS
— Floating Production System
GSF
— Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
Z
— Zulu (Greenwich mean time)
OPS
— US Office Of Pipeline Safety
MQ
— Marqesas Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
ACEEE
— American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
FMI
— formation micro imaging log (azimuthal microresistivity)
BOE
— Barrel of oil equivalent (international)
NI
— The Nautical Institute
DOE/FE
— United States Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (government)
AVO
— Amplitude Variation with Offset
GEODY
— GEO DYS Log
STEL
— Short Term Exposure Limit
3C
— three components seismic acquisition (x,y and z)
RN
— Release Notes
ALAP
— As Low As Possible
COMPU
— computest report
SICP
— Shut-In Casing Pressure
ONNR
— Office of Natural Resources Revenue (formerly MMS)
EPCI
— Engineering, Procurement, Construction, And Installation
LWOL
— Last Well on Lease
CF
— Cubic Feet
CMP
— Coastal Management Program
OWR
— Oil/Water Ratio
GW
— Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
OPR
— Office Of Planning And Research
OECD
— Organization For Economic Co Operation And Development
STU
— Steel Tube Umbilical
NGL
— Natural Gas Liquid (usually Ethane Or Propane)
EOS
— Equation Of State
HOR
— Horizontal
MTBE
— Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
STOOIP
— Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place
ID
— Internal Diameter
NCP
— US National Oil And Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan
NMVOC
— Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds
TEMPSC
— Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft
CCN
— Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
CRS
— Croatian Register of Shipping
SHDT
— Stratigraphic High-resolution Dipmeter Tool
BPH
— Barrels Per Hour
EPU
— Electrical Power Unit
HLO
— Helicopter Landing Officer
CARB
— California Air Resources Board
NRC
— Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
OOIP
— Original Oil In Place
P&A
— Plug and Abandon
DF
— distribution factor
MBD
— thousand barrels per day
MTSRU
— Maritime Transportation System Recovery Unit
CAAA
— Clean Air Act Amendments
DART
— Days Away, Restricted Work
AFL
— Above Finished Level
GGRG
— Gauge Ring
REV
— Revision
CIP
— Critical Infrastructure Protection (US)
IHR
— Incremental Heat Rate
HFL
— Hydraulic Flying Lead
QAE
— Quality Assurance Engineer
FRARE
— fracture report
MEA
— Monoethanolamine
1C
— Proved Contingent Resources
E
— Young's Modulus
ADT
— Applied Drilling Technology, ADT log
FLMT
— Flowline Manifold Termination
ACC.
— Accession countries (to the European Union) (government)
BACT
— Best Available Control Technology
LD50
— Median Lethal Dose
RAS
— Remedial Action Scheme
PHA
— Process Hazards Analysis
ICSS
— Integrated Controls and Safety System
MT
— Magnetotellurics
ROP
— Rate of Penetration
IPF
— Impact Producing Factors
OOD
— Officer Of the Deck
NOI
— Notice of Intent
LEED
— Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, standard for Green Building design
D
— Development
COMP
— Composite
PIT
— Pressure Integrity Test
BMP'S
— Best Management Practices
MCC
— Motor Control Center (JSC)
OCA
— Offshore Contractors Association
CATS
— Central Area Transmission System
OTDF
— Outage Transfer Distribution Factor
GPIT
— General Purpose Inclinometry Tool
MEIC
— Mechanical Electrical Instrumentation Commission
EWC
— Electric Water Cooler
FOIP
— Freedom Of Information And Protection Of Privacy Act
HVDC
— high-voltage direct-current
FG
— Fracture Gradient
BOPD
— barrel(s) of oil per day
MCE
— Maximum Credible Earthquakes
PHPA
— Partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (mud)
HCAL
— HRCC Calliper (in Logs)(in Inches)
OBC
— Ocean Bottom Cable
SNIP
— Scotland Northern Ireland Pipeline
PAR
— Pre Assembled Rack
PTW
— Permit to Work (UK)
ACHE
— Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger
ABF
— Aquatic Base Flow (Hydropower) (electricity)
PLC
— Power line communication (electricity)
BGT
— Borehole Geometry Tool
TYP
— Typical
BCFE
— Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas Equivalent
CBM
— choke bridge module – XT choke
NYSERDA
— New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
FRS
— Financial Reporting System
EPACT
— Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
CWOP
— complete well on paper
FSA
— Formal Safety Assessment
LBP
— Length Between Perpendiculars
N/S
— North/South
FLDF
— Flying Lead Deployment Frame
AHU
— Air Handler Unit
IOR
— Improved Oil Recovery
C/B
— Circuit Breaker
CJ
— control joint
DW
— Deep Water
SOPEP
— Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans
EGMBE
— Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether
BC
— Code Of Safe Practice For Solid Bulk Cargoes
RIR
— Recordable Incident Rate
MWS
— Marine Warranty Survey
UFC
— Uniform Fire Code
PSAC
— Petroleum Services Association Of Canada
AFV
— Annular Flow Valve
BSML
— below sea mean level
TAR
— True Amplitude Recovery
PNL
— Panel
EF
— Each Face
FO
— Fuel Oil
SW
— Salt Water
OHGP
— Openhole Gravel Pack
PESBG
— Petroleum Exploration Society Of Great Britain
V
— Volt (measurement)
CAER
— Community Awareness and Emergency Response
AMRA
— Automatic Meter Reading Association
APA
— Administrative Procedure Act
SEG
— Society Of Exploration Geophysicists
AL
— Artificial Lift
IMPA
— International Marine Purchasing Association
AOFP
— absolute open flow potential
CES
— Coast Earth Station
BQ
— Bendable Quality
CWA
— Clean Water Act (1977)
OGITF
— Oil & Gas Industry Task Force
SSTMP
— Subsea Templates
PSHL
— Pressure Safety High/Low
OBM
— Oil-Based Mud
FDP
— Field Development Plan
JIS
— Japanese Industry Standard
PAH
— Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons
EI
— Eugene Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
OP
— Operating Procedure
EFL
— Electrical Flying Lead
IRC
— ISO RTO Council
ABT
— Availability based tariff (electricity)
SPCP
— Spill Prevention And Cleanup Plan
PIP
— Pipe-In-Pipe
EPIDORIS
— Exploration and Production Integrated Drilling Operations and Reservoir Information System
MMPA
— Marine Mammals Protection Act
CT
— Controller
PNNL
— Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
MWE
— Megawatt Electric
BROA
— British Rig Owners Association
ERA
— Economic Regulatory Administration (part of United States Department of Energy
BTX
— from BTX process, a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylene (oil)
IHB
— International Hydrographic Bureau
SEDIM
— Sedimentology
PB
— St. Petersburg Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
ASCE
— American Society of Chemical Engineers
DD
— Directional Driller
GRC
— Galvanized Rigid Conduit
PDG/PDHG
— Permanent Downhole Gauge
MWCC
— Marine Well Containment Co.
BWOW
— By Weight Of Water
BCD
— Barrels Per Calendar Day
NPFC
— US National Pollution Funds Center
APPA
— American Public Power Association (electricity)
BBSM
— behaviour-based safety management
ACP
— Annular Casing Pressure
ESI
— Environmental Sustainability Index
MEPC
— Marine Environment Protection Committee
MSA
— Master Service Agreement
PCOLL
— Perforation and Collar
IJC
— International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
FOC
— Fibre Optic Cable
PG
— Pressure Gauge (Report)
MPFM
— Multiphase Flowmeter
XRD
— X-Ray Diffraction
OOW
— Officer of the Watch
NGPSA
— Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (US)
E&P
— Exploration and Production
FI
— Final Inspection
NAVTEX
— Navigational And Meteorological Warning Broadcast Service
QUAD
— Quadrillion Btus
AGD
— Associated Gas Distributors (US)
OGML
— Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease
CT
— Coiled Tubing
BML
— Below Mud Line
BOPM
— Barrels of Oil per Month
EA
— Environmental Assessment, EIAP
AWB/V
— annulus wing block/valve (XT)
CGBF
— Concrete, Gravity Based Structure
CWI
— Certified Welding Inspector
NL
— Night Light
AIMA
— Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (US)
LWR
— Light Water Reactor
ERNS
— Emergency Response Notification System
CDU
— Control Distribution Unit
AWO
— Approval for Well Operation
RK
— Rankin Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
IOC
— Independent Oil Company
DG
— Distributed generation (electricity)
OATT
— Open Access Transmission Tariff (US)
XMAC
— Cross-Multipole Array Acoustic log
ARPA
— Automatic Radar Plotting Aids
PA
— Planning Authority
TAPS
— Trans Alaska Pipeline System
BDF
— below Derrick floor
APE
— Area of potential effect (electricity)
B
— Basin
CYDIP
— cyberdip log
CRA
— Corrosion-Resistant Alloy
POD
— Point of Delivery
VK
— Viosca Knoll Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
DILL
— Dual Induction Laterolog
HT
— High Temperature
C7
— heavy hydrocarbon components
MIYP
— Maximum Internal Yield Pressure
IROL
— Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (electricity)
XOM
— Exxon Mobil Corporation
BOD
— Basis of Design
PN
— North Padre Island Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
PSIG
— Pounds Per Square Inch)
LGR
— Liquid Gas Ratio
PCCL
— Perforation Casing Collar Locator Log
LOT
— Leak-Off Test
BROWN FIELDS
— Fields Beyond Their Production Plateau But Still Producing
BOE
— barrel(s) of oil equivalent
MASP
— Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure
VTIS
— Vessel Traffic Information System
EA
— Equal Angle
IHO
— International Hydrographic Organization
FMS
— Formation Micro Scan Log
CZMA
— US Coastal Zone Management Act
PHMSA
— Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
DP
— Drill Pipe
E95
— like E85 fuel but with less gasoline. A fuel containing a mixture of 95 percent ethanol and 5 percent gasoline
ARR
— Auction Revenue Rights)
PPI
— Post Production Inspection
CPT
— Control Power Transformer
QI
— Qualified Individual
BSL
— Below Sea-Level
RL
— Relative Level
CECAN
— CEC analysis
BBL/SD
— Barrel per day, on stream days
CD
— Candela
RESNET
— Residential Energy Services Network
IACS
— International Association of Classification Societies
G&T
— Generation and transmission utility cooperative (electricity)
BES
— Bulk electric system (Electricity transmission)
MI
— Mineral Insulated
MTLP
— Mini Tension Leg Platform
PJ
— Petajoule
FR
— front-engine, rear drive
HORIZ
— Horizontal
SAGD
— Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage
ISM
— IMO'S International Safety Management
BOPE
— Barrels Of Oil Per Day Equivalent
CFD
— Contract for Difference
LEEA
— Lifting Equipment Engineers Association
BPL
— Broadband over power line
SWEET
— Oil/Gas That Has Low Sulfur Content
MAWP
— Maximum Actual Working Pressure
HP
— Horsepower (measurement)
GSM
— Groupe Speciale Mobile
AESO
— Alberta Electric System Operator
HTGR
— high temperature gas cooled reactor (nuclear)
MSI
— Mechanical and Structural Inspection
TTC
— Total Transfer Capability (electricity)
COLREG
— International Convention On Collision Regulations
PINC
— Potential Incident Of Non Compliance
DHC
— Depositional History Curve
NEFE
— Non Emulsifying Iron Inhibitor
IOC
— International Oil Company
FSI
— Flawless Start Up Initiative
EPS
— Early Production System
SPROF
— Seismic Profile
GTOE
— One billion tons of oil equivalent(EU) (measurement- oil)
QCR
— Quality Control Report
PLTQ
— Production Logging Tool Quicklook Log
BRT
— Below Rotary Table
NEPOOL
— New England Power Pool
RFG
— reformulated gasoline (oil)
EHV
— Extra High Voltage
SEMI
— Semisubmersible
BLP
— Bridge Linked Platform
ESD
— Emergency Shut-Down
BNS
— Business Network Services
BOED
— barrel of oil equivalent per day
DLL
— Dual LateroLog
DFT
— Dry Film Thickness
DLS
— Dogleg Severity
OSPR
— Oil Spill Prevention And Response
CIMV
— Chemical Injection Metering Valve
CSEM
— Center for the Study of Energy Markets (US)
PHA
— Production Handling Agreement
EDR
— Electronic Drilling Recorder
AIV
— Alternate Isolation Valve
SCDES
— Sidewall Core Description
IPE
— International Petroleum Exchange
RSFO
— Regional Supervisor, Office Of Field Operations, For Bsee
AOPL
— Association of Oil Pipe Lines
OTC
— Offshore Technology Conference
BGS
— British Geological Survey
MPN
— Most Probable Number
SHARP
— Sustainable Hydrocarbons Additional Recovery Programme
MIPAL
— Micropalaeo Log
BWR
— Boiling water reactor (nuclear)
UCS
— Unconfined Compressive Strength
SEER
— Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
EQR
— Electric Quarterly Report
FLRA
— field-level risk assessment
MAPP
— Mid Continent Area Power Pool (US)
EEI
— Edison Electric Institute
LBA
— Local Balancing Authority
IO
— Inspection Opening
ETSI
— European Telecommunications Standard Institute
DS
— Deviation Survey
MARSEC
— Maritime Security
FUA
— The Fuel Use Act (US)
MRR
— Material Receipt Report
SSCV
— Subsea Control Valves
GE
— Ground Elevation
SPAR
— Floating Production System
SSRRC
— System Safety And Reliability Review Committee
HGO
— Heavy Gas Oil
BBL
— Barrel Of Oil
AF
— Arctic Floater
PCKR
— Packer
TOC
— Top of Cement
ELCON
— Electricity Consumers Resources Council
POOH
— Pull Out of Hole
ROSF
— Rincon Onshore Separation Facility
INC
— Incident Of Non Compliance
SWDW
— Salt Water Disposal Well
GOC
— General Operators' Certificate
MMBPD
— million barrels per day
DWH
— Deepwater Horizon
SOW
— Statements Of Work
FMP
— Facility Measurement Point
LFL
— Lower Flammable Limit
APCD
— Air Pollution Control District
LSFO
— Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil
SO
— Oil Saturation
VIV
— Vortex Induced Vibration
CCPP
— Combined Cycle Power Plant
CNCF
— field-normalised compensated neutron porosity
SS
— Semisubmersible
PL
— Pipeline
ID
— Inner Diameter
MBOE
— thousand barrels of oil equivalent
GC/MS
— SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
FIV
— Flow-Induced Vibration
MOU
— Mobile Offshore Unit
DIPLP
— dip lithology pressure log
DRB
— Demonstrated Reserve Base
IGO
— Inter-Governmental Organization
GADS
— Generating Availability Data System
E&D
— Exploration and Development
VSD
— Variable Speed Drive
GAPP
— Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
DSV
— Diving Support Vessel
CNJ
— Construction Joint
MSCT
— Mechanical Sidewall Coring Tool
CRP
— common reference point
PRT
— Petroleum Revenue Tax
FLUT
— Full Length Ultrasonic Inspection
AOS
— Authorized Overrun Service
SP
— Spontaneous Potential (Well Log)
CCLP
— Casing Collar Locator Perforation
DEN
— Density Log
EP
— Exploration Plan
CCP
— Controllable Pitch Propeller
CAPP
— Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
VLS
— Vertical Lay System
DELTA
— Difference Between Plan And Performance
CMU
— Cement Masonry Unit
ADITC
— Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit (policy)
IMPA
— International Maritime Pilots' Association
PSH
— Pressure Safety High
FVF
— Formation Volume Factor
HSPF
— Heating Seasonal Performance Factor
SCVF
— Surface Casing Vent Flow
BDL
— Bit Data Log
REA
— Rural Electrification Administration (US)
PCDM
— Power and Control Distribution Module
SCO
— Synthetic Crude Oil
CDD
— Cooling degree day, a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to cool a business
NMHC
— Non-Methane Hydrocarbons
C/C
— Cross Centres
ACC
— Accession countries
HP
— hydrostatic pressure
HTHP
— High Temperature High Pressure
X
— Over Crossover
ISMA
— International Ship Managers Association
NGT
— Natural Gamma Ray Tool
LCL
— Lethal Dose (Low)
BARS
— Borehole Acoustic Reflection Survey
FPSO
— Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel
SNAM
— Societб Nazionale Metanodotti Now Snam S.P.A.
BBL
— Balgzand Bacton Line (BBL Pipeline)
NOGEPA
— Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association
GWH
— Gigawatt hour (one billion watt hours) (measurement- elect)
PR
— Pully Ridge Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
BV
— Bureau Veritas
IPPC
— Integrated Pollution Prevention And Control
CAP
— Condition Assessment Program Survey
AHD
— along hole depth
ACOU
— Acoustic
SENC
— System Electronic Navigational Chart
BPI
— Baltic Panamax Index
PPB
— Pounds Per Barrel
SALM
— Single Anchor Loading Mooring
NTL
— Notice to Lessees and Operators
MMBD
— Million Barrels Per Day
NOP
— Notice of Preparation
MSFL
— Micro SFL Log
VIN
— vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)
PILOT
— Ogitf Successor
GHG
— Green House Gas
PMV
— Production Master Valve
BM
— Bay Marchand Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
NCOB
— No Cargo On Board
GLM
— Gas Lift Mandrel
PBTD
— Plug Back Total Department
CLF
— Current-Limiting Fuse
MAASP
— Maximum Acceptable Annular Surface Pressure
DSL
— digital spectralog (Western Atlas)
SIM
— Similar
ICHCA
— International Cargo Handling Coordination Association
ITL
— Industry Leadership Team
RBP
— Retrievable Bridge Plug
CAISO
— California Independent System Operator Corporation, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US)
MASPCC
— Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure For The Completion Case
PANAMAX
— Ships Able To Transit, And Allowed Transit, Of The Panama Canal
JRP
— Joint Review Panels
CILD
— Conduction Log
NUMAR
— Magnetic Resonance Image Log
SARA
— Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
AFUE
— Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
GL
— Gas Lift
ARI
— Azimuthal Resistivity Image
SHPO
— State Historic Preservation Office (US)
ERC
— Emergency Response And Control
IBC
— Intermediate Bulk Container
ANPR
— Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
BINXQ
— bond index quicklook log
NOM
— Nominal
SPM
— Side Pocket Mandrel
SES
— Satellite Earth Stations and Systems
LWR
— Lazy Wave Catenary Riser
GLE
— Ground Level Elevation
LOA
— Letter of Authority
SOUR
— Oil/Gas With High Sulfur Content
EER
— Emergency Escape And Refuge
ICE
— Internal combustion engine (transportation)
MSRC
— Marine Spill Response Corporation
IF
— Internal Flush tool joint
UHVAC
— Ultra High Voltage Alternating Current (electricity)
DPO
— Dynamic Positioning Operator
MTOE
— One million tons of oil equivalent(EU)
DILB
— dual-induction BHC log
PSD
— Prevention of Significant Deterioration
PDC
— Phasor Data Concentrator
FDS
— Functional Design Specification
DIPAR
— dipole acoustic report
BHA
— Bottomhole Assembly
DCP
— Driller'S Control Panel
BDI
— Baltic Dry Index
GLR
— Gas-Liquid Ratio
EOW
— End Of Well Report
NSA
— Noise Sensitive Area
OMRL
— Oriented Micro-Resistivity Log
RMS
— Ratcheting Mule Shoe
OTL
— Operations Team Leader
OSRP
— Oil Spill Response Plan
FH
— full-hole tool joint
PWR
— pressurized water reactor (nuclear)
OCS
— Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
SONS
— Spills Of National Significance
ADIOS
— Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills
HPHT
— High Pressure High Temperature
POSWE
— Post Well Summary Report
GALV
— Galvanized
TQ
— Training Qualifications
GCI
— Galvanized Corrugated Iron
GIC
— Gas Inventory Charge (natural gas)
CDP
— Comprehensive Drilling Plan
OFO
— Operational Flow Order
MO
— Mobile Originated
SX
— Sabine Pass Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
VSP
— Vertical Seismic Profiling
PUHCA
— Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (US) (electricity)
SBM
— Synthetic Based Mud
PGA
— Purchased Gas Adjustment
IGT
— Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
BFOE
— Brent, Forties, Oseberg, And Ekofisk
IL
— Induction Log
FMC
— Flexible Metal Conduit
HHI
— Hirschman Herfindahl Index
REWL
— Reservoir Evaluation Wireline
FAC
— Fuel Adjustment Clause
FWHP
— flowing well-head pressure
BTI
— British Trade International
GWI
— Gross Working Interest
MISO
— Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc
WOB
— Weight On Bit
NOW
— Non Hazardous Oilfield Waste
FLIV
— Flowline Isolation Valve
FEED
— front-end engineering design
PRS
— Polish Register of Shipping
SB
— Sit Bo Log
VOO
— Vessels Of Opportunity
REL
— Recommended Exposure Limit
ACP
— Area Contingency Plan
HPWBM
— High Performance Water Base Mud
LRG
— Liquefied Refinery Gases
XC
— Cross Connect
FEWD
— Formation Evaluation While Drilling
LMR
— Load Modifying Resource
CAEM
— Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (US)
ATF
— Along Top Flange
BAST
— Best Available and Safest Technology
SSMNF
— Subsea Manifold
CTU
— Coiled Tubing Unit
MGL
— MagneLog
DHPTT
— downhole pressure/temperature transducer
EEP
— Emergency Evacuation Plan
GL
— Germanischer Lloyd
SAM
— Subsea Accumulator Module
PPFG
— Pore Pressure/Fracture Gradient
GTL
— Gas To Liquid
A
— Appraisal (well)
IMB
— International Maritime Bureau
LWOP
— Logging Well on Paper
LSD
— Land Surface Datum
CBM
— Certified Ballast Manufacturer
PW
— Produced Water
CMR
— Combinable Magnetic Resonance
EPACT
— Energy Policy Act of 2005 (US)
HWDP
— Heavy Weight Drill Pipe
OPS
— Operations Report
HNGS
— flasked Hostile Natural Gamma-ray Spectrometry tool
KWE
— kilowatt electric (measurement)
ACQU
— Acquisition log
TF
— Tropical Fresh Load Line
OSRO
— Oil Spill Response Organization
GWE
— Gigawatt of electric energy)
LRP
— Lower Riser Package
LMP
— Locational Marginal Price
NT
— Net Tonnage
ETSF
— Electronic Trading Standard Format
CPI
— Chemical Process Industries
JHA
— Job Hazard Analysis
AI
— Artificial Island
EPSA
— Electric Power Supply Association
ARCS
— Admiralty Raster Chart Service
LIPA
— Long Island Power Authority (US) (electricity)
HHI
— Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (markets)
KRP
— kill rate pressure
WCST
— Well Containment Screening Tool
IEP
— Initial Exploration Plan
SFV
— Straight-Fixed-Variable
BWOC
— By Weight of Cement
BSEE
— Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
DOC
— Document of Compliance
HARP
— Hydrocarbons Additional Recovery Program
LTC
— Long Thread and Coupled
HCA
— High Consequence Areas
SDW
— Summer Dead Weight
SIP
— Shut-In Pressure
WBS
— Wellbore Schematic
IAPH
— International Association Of Ports And Harbors
FPSO
— Floating Production, Storage and Offloading System
LBS
— Lifeboat Stations
SDU/M
— Subsea Distribution Unit/Module
EVI
— Equipment Verification Inspection
CTM
— Coil Tubing Measurement
ASCC
— Alaskan System Coordination Council
ALC
— aertical seismic profile acoustic log calibration report
SSG
— Sidewall Sample Gun
PI
— Productivity Index
C3
— Propane
D&C
— drilling and completions
LDL
— Litho Density Log
GENCO
— Any company doing electricity generation (US) (electricity)
UTM
— Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
RMC
— Rigid Metal Conduit
GVEP
— Global Village Energy Partnership (organization)
OSCP
— Oil Spill Contingency Plan
FELCC
— Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability
STEP
— Southwest Transmission Expansion Plan
NAP
— National Action Plan
EN PI
— Enhanced Productivity Index Log
XOV
— Cross-Over Valve
CART
— Cap Replacement Tool
ADEP
— Awaiting Development with Exploration Potential, referring to an asset
CRP
— control riser platform
CGL
— Core Gamma Log
CHKSR
— checkshot survey report
MQC
— Multi Quick Connection Plate
PFC
— Perfluorocarbon
FDC
— Formation Density Log
FMS
— formation multi-scan log; formation micro-scan log
DIL
— Dual Induction Log
IADC
— International Association of Drilling Contractors
DPP
— Development and Production Plan
TSS'S
— Traffic Separation Schemes
HGS
— High Gravity Solids
HCRF
— Hydrographic Chart Raster Format
ESMAP
— Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
MARA
— MaraLog
PE
— Petroleum Engineer
SUPSALV
— Supervisor Of Salvage (U.S. Navy)
CEC
— California Energy Commission
PCMS
— Polymer Coupon Monitoring System
BCFE
— billion cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
CHCNC
— CHCNC Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator
FSI
— flawless start-up initiative
AV
— Annular Velocity
HEC
— hydroxyethylcellulose
BGWP
— base of ground-water protection
EOT
— End of Tubing
FBE
— Fusion Bonded Epoxy
DMT
— Down hole Monitoring Tool
CESMA
— Confederation Of European Union Shipmasters Associations
FLRA
— Field Level Risk Assessment
CONDE
— condensate analysis report
RACI
— Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed
REEEP
— Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
MEG
— Mono Ethylene Glycol
MD
— Millidarcy
SOL
— System Operating Limit
KVA
— One thousand volt Ampere (measurement)
DSTR
— drill-stem test report
OIM
— Offshore Installation Manager
ECAR
— East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (US)
CS
— Chandeleur Sound Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
BHCT
— Bottomhole Circulating Temperature
FIT
— formation interval tester
ESPCC
— Expected Surface Pressure For The Completion Case
CTCO
— coiled tubing clean-out
CEPII
— Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales Economics think tank
IOPC
— International Oil Pollution Fund
SEFI
— Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative
PTA/S
— Pipeline Termination Assembly/Structure
GTCC
— Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
COOGER
— California Offshore Oil And Gas Energy Resources
HAZ
— Heat-Affected Zone
C&S
— Cased and Suspended
MST
— MST EXP Resistivity Log
MAIN
— Mid America Interconnected Network (US)
FLMPI
— Full Length Magnetic Particle Inspection
HGS
— Highn Gravity Solids
MIST
— Minimum Industry Safety Training
FPC
— Federal Power Commission (US)
MCFD
— Thousand Cubic Feet per Day
KCMIL
— Thousand Circular Mils
MLRA
— Major Land Resource Area
VTS
— Vessel Traffic Service
CEP
— Clean Energy Partnership, a joint hydrogen-project in Europe.
AQAP
— Air Quality Attainment Plan
VR
— Vermillion Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
CHP
— Casing Hanger Pressure
CGTL
— compact gas to liquids
OTSG
— One-time Through Steam Generator
BWPD
— barrels of water per day
ERCOT
— Electric Reliability Council Of Texas
CAP
— Capacity Market Programs
ILI
— Inline Inspection
DPDV
— Dynamically-Positioned Drilling Vessel
CDIS
— CDI Synthetic Seismic Log
SAS
— Safety At Sea
ENG
— Engineering Log
ECPA
— Electric Consumers Protection Act (US)
MMCFE
— million cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
NGV
— Natural Gas Vehicle
EAR
— Estimated Additional Resources
ISFSL
— ISF SLS MSFL Log
CPICB
— CPI coriband log
CERCLIS
— Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US)
DIL
— dual-induction log
NASPI
— North American Synchrophasor Initiative
BS
— Breton Sound Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
TT
— Treatment Technique
CRET
— Cement Retainer Setting Log
CSD
— Commission for Sustainable Development (UN)
DILL
— dual-induction laterolog
ODS
— Oxygen Depletion Sensor
STL
— Submerged Turret Loading
FFM
— Full Field Model
NREPA
— National Resource and Environmental Protection Act (US)
EROEI
— Energy Returned On Energy Invested
PMA
— Power Marketing Administration
CO
— change out
MMC
— Market Monitoring Center
WH
— Water Heater
RST
— Reservoir Saturation Tool Log
PBR
— Performance-Based Regulation
FTR
— Financial Transmission Rights
SPCU
— Subsea Power and Control Unit
NERC
— North American Electric Reliability Council
PX
— Power Exchange
MDDQ
— Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity
ECD
— Equivalent Circulating Density
DSV
— Drilling SuperVisor
IIRT
— Initial Incident Response Team
RUE
— Right of Use and Easement
CNGR
— compensated neutron gamma-ray log
WEC
— World Energy Council
IFSMA
— International Federation of Ship Masters Associations
CEEC
— Central and Eastern European Countries
IBOP
— Inside Blowout Preventer
ESP
— Expected Surface Pressure
RAP
— Regulatory Assistance Project
CHECK
— Checkshot and Acoustic Calibration Report
STIMU
— Stimulation Report
MFV
— Modified Fixed Variable
EWB
— Electric Water Boiler
AV
— Apparent Viscosity
XLPE
— Cross Linked Polyethylene
OSLTF
— Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
JU
— Jackup
DSC
— Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes And Containers
RER
— Renewable Energy Rider
OTEC
— ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
GMO
— Genetically modified organism
CNFDP
— CNFD true vertical-depth playback log
ECGD
— Exports Credits Guarantee Department
HAZWOPER
— Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard
UL
— Underwriters Laboratory
CEC
— Council of The European Communities
AMS
— Auxiliary Measurement Service Log
CND
— Compensated Neutron Density
LSA
— Life Saving Appliances
MCHE
— Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger
PAU
— Pre-Assembled Unit
CSPG
— Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
SC
— Shading Coefficient
ORRI
— Overriding Royalty Interest
EOFL
— End of Field Life
ETD
— External Turret Disconnectable
DSTPB
— drill-stem test true vertical depth playback log
RIMS
— Riser Integrity Monitoring System
GEOPR
— Geological Operations Progress Report
SDFD
— Shut Down For Day
FPA
— Federal Power Act (US)
EPCU
— Electrical Power Conditioning Unit
DILSL
— dual-induction log-SLS
DBA
— Decibles
RIH
— Run In Hole
EPV
— Early Production Vessel
BHCP
— Bottomhole Circulating Pressure
ORM
— Other Regulated Materials
LTG
— Lighting Technology Group
RDMO
— Rig Down Move Out
CTR(S)
— Centre/S
CLUP
— Coastal Land Use Plan
BO
— back-off log
MLP
— Maximum Lawful Price
FMS
— Formation Multi Scan Log
TTP
— Through Tubing Perforating
FWL
— From West Line
CIL
— chemical injection line
DT
— Day Tortugas Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
EUEI
— European Union Energy Initiative
SSSV
— Sub Surface Safety Valves
NNR
— National Nature Reserve
FTP
— First Tranche Petroleum
LQ
— Living Quarters
HFE
— Human Factors Engineering
LBF
— Pounds Force
GCAT
— Government Compliance Action Team
FLA
— Full Load Amperes
BTEX
— Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene
FGD
— Flue-gas desulfurization
LRDP
— Long Range Development Plan
FM
— Flowmeter
BOPE
— Blowout Preventer Equipment
CHKSS
— Checkshot Survey Log
COA
— Conditions of Approval
ERT
— Emergency Response Training
SIR
— savings-to-investment ratio (energy conservation investments)
ISDP
— Integrated Ship Design and Production
AFP
— Active fire protection
NYISO
— New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (US)
FEED
— Front End Engineering And Design
PB
— Push-button
DDET
— Depth Determination Log
RAM
— Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
NCSL
— National Conference of State Legislatures (US)
DIF
— Drill-In Fluids
D&I
— direction and inclinitation
BOEM
— Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
DIM
— Directional Inertia Mechanism
MINHERS
— Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Systems Standards
CRP
— Central Reference Point
SFL
— Steel Flying Lead
ERD
— Extended Reach Drilling
ICT
— Independent Coordinator of Transmission (US) (electricity)
YP
— Yield Point
UT
— Ultrasonic Testing
DEPT
— depth
ETAP
— Eastern Trough Area Project
T&D
— Transmission and Distribution
FPU
— floating processing unit
ETBE
— Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
DCLM
— Direct Control Load Management
APR
— Actual peak reduction (e.g. in demand response systems) (electricity)
BOPD
— barrel of oil per day
CEA
— Country Environmental Analysis
GMP
— Green Mountain Power (US) (electricity)
RBS
— Riser Base Spool
EDS
— Emergency Disconnect Sequence
BSR
— Bend Strength Ratio
PUD
— Proved Undeveloped Reserves
ISFGR
— ISF GR Casing Collar Locator Log
MGY
— Million Gallons per Year
INMARSAT
— International Marine Satellite Organization
CEPS
— Centre for European Policy Studies
DRRC
— Demand Response Research Center
ANGTS
— Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System
DDNL
— dual det. neutron life log
LOL
— Limitation Of Owner'S Liability
MLH
— Mud Liner Hanger
IPAA
— Independent Petroleum Association of America (oil)
NUMAST
— National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers
FLNG
— Floating Liquefied Natural Gas
NMDC
— Non Magnetic Drill Collar
MODU
— Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
IH
— Gamma Ray Log
MSIPC
— Multi Stage inflatable Packer Collar
LP
— Liquid petroleum
GOP
— Geological Operations Report
ERGEG
— European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas
CBM
— Capacity Benefit Margin
BLPD
— Barrels of Liquid Per Day
NSA
— Norwegian Shipowners’ Association
M&R
— Measurement And Regulation
NASA
— Non-Active Side Arm
PUC
— Public Utility Commission (electricity)
MOX
— mixed oxide fuel (nuclear)
CSHN
— cased-hole neutron log
FWF
— From Web Face)
DPL
— Dual Propagation Log
CSS
— Code Of Ship Management Standards
CSG
— Coal Seam Gas
LDT
— Lost During Trans Shipment
NRIS
— Network Resource Interconnection Service
SSPLR
— Subsea Pig Launcher/Receiver
IOU
— Investor owned utility (electricity)
MMST
— One Million Short Tons
HEXT
— Hex Diplog
RGS
— Renewable Generating System
EPCM
— Engineering Procurement Construction Management
BHSS
— Borehole Seismic Survey
LDC
— Local distribution company (electricity)
FIP
— flow-induced pulsation
EHU
— Electro-Hydraulic Unit
PUWER
— Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
SLS
— SLS GR Log
IMCA
— International Marine Contractors Association
PLB
— Personal Locator Beacon
MVG
— minimum ventilation guideline (building tightness)
WHO
— World Health Organisation
APM
— Application for Permit to Modify
CPI
— Computer-Processed Interpretation
FPL
— Flow Analysis Log
FWKO
— free water knock-out
CCLTP
— Casing Collar Locator Through Tubing Plug
DGP
— dynamic geohistory plot (3D technique)
AOFP
— absolute open-flow potential
LSF
— Load Shift Factor
PGOR
— Produced Gas Oil Ratio
SPB
— Simple Payback (energy conservation investments)
AL
— Appraisal Licence
RECS
— Residential Energy Consumption Survey (US)
PLSV
— Pipelay Support Vessel
SG
— Static Gradient
MODFLOW
— model of groundwater flow
BHCA
— BHC Acoustic Log
CFL
— Compact Fluorescent Light
KVAR
— one thousand vars (measurement)
UOT
— Unscheduled Overtime
PCA
— Production Concession Agreement
DEAL
— Digital Energy Atlas & Library
DOO
— Designation Of Operator
GSM
— Global System of Moblie
ISFPB
— ISF True Vertical Depth Playback Log
CPU
— Cavern Point Unit
MUNI
— Municipal
IEL
— Induction Electrical Log
IC
— Institutional Controls
LCM
— Lost Circulation Material
UO3
— uranium trioxide (nuclear)
NPCC
— Northeast Power Coordinating Council (US)
IDC
— Interchange Distribution Calculator (electricity)
NGPA
— Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (US)
IEP/DOCD
— IEP and Development Operations Coordination Documents
PPTF
— Pounds Per Thousand Feet
EDRP
— Emergency Demand Response Program
CSS
— Cyclic Steam Stimulation
EMF
— Electro Magnetic Field
RL
— Reduced Level
ASP
— array sonic processing report
MECS
— Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (DOE)
SNS
— Southern North Sea
FCP
— Final Circulating Pressure
OCSLA
— Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (oil)
UKPIA
— United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association Limited
VOSS
— Vessels Of Opportunity Skimming Systems
ANGTA
— Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1977 to build the Alaska gas pipeline
OIP
— Oil-In-Place
HQI
— Habitat Quality Index
DISO
— Dual Induction Sonic Log
WOR
— Water-Oil Ratio
DIPFT
— dipmeter fast log
EIM
— Energy Imbalance Market
AMVER
— US Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue
NPDES
— National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
BHFP
— Bottomhole Flowing Pressure
IGU
— International Gas Union
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (oil)
DRR
— Demand Response resources
ICAB
— International Cargo Advisory Bureau
GFN
— Global Footprint Network
ITS
— "Interruptible Transportation Service" is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas)
BHST
— Bottomhole Static Temperature
GOM
— Gulf Of Mexico
NGSA
— Natural Gas Supply Association (US)
BHC
— BHC Gamma Ray Log
CH
— Charlotte Harbor Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
ICE
— Intercontinental Exchange
GNSED
— Global Network for Sustainable Energy Development
PPT
— Parts Per Thousand
STL
— STL Gamma Ray Log
MWD
— Measurement While Drilling
DBB
— Double Block & Bleed
ETTD
— Electromagnetic Thickness Test
BIVDL
— BI/DK/WF/Casing collar locator/gamma ray log
DILB
— Dual Induction BHC Log
MVB
— Master Valve Block on Xmas Tree
FH
— Full Hole tool joint
SART
— Search and Rescue Radar Transponder
FOSC
— Federal on Scene Coordinator
PCPT
— Piezo-Cone Penetration Test
RCC
— Rescue Coordination Centre
PTO
— Permit to Operate
T
— Top
MERC
— Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) (US)
NASUCA
— National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates(US)
EN
— European Standard
LARS
— Launch and Recovery System
FV
— Funnel Viscosity
CSP
— Curtailment Service Provider
LACT
— Lease Automatic Custody Transfer
DEFSU
— definitive survey report
TAME
— Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether
DWOP
— Deepwater Operations Plan
CB
— Core Barrel
DSU
— drill spacing unit
FPF
— Floating Production Facility
ISSA
— International Ship Supplies Association
DTT
— Depth To Time
EMOP
— EMOP Well Site Processing Log
PAR
— Pre-Assembled Rack
DILLS
— dual-induction log-LSS
NEB
— National Energy Board (Canada)
GA
— General Arrangement
BS&W
— basic sediments and water
IASST
— International Association For Sea Survival Training
FRCC
— Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (US)
SI
— Structural Integrity
DOCD
— Development Operations Coordination Documents
BHTV
— Borehole Television Report
WBS
— Wellbore Stability
RAB
— Regional Advisory Body (US)
NGA
— Natural Gas Act (US)
DWQL
— dual-water quicklook log
SERC
— Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (US)
POLR
— Provider of last resort (electricity)
BRS
— Bulgarian Register of Shipping
ERRA
— Energy Regulators Regional Association
SCHLL
— Schlumberger Log also SCHLO, SCHLU
RSE
— Revenue Stream Estimate (finance)
BWD
— barrels of water per day
ILTA
— International Liquid Terminals Association
BHL
— Bottomhole Location
WT
— Wall Thickness
HGE
— Harmonization Group on ECDIS
CRT
— capacity reservation tariff
AIRG
— Airgun
G/L
— Gas/Liquid
DG
— Directorate-General (EU) (government)
JIB
— Joint Interest Billing
TW
— terawatt (one trillion watts) (measurement)
FLS
— Fluid Sample
AUV
— authonomus underwater vehicle
CSF
— Caesium Formate
EP
— Emergency Power
AMNI
— Associate Member of the Nautical Institute
BHCS
— BHC Sonic Log
WBS
— Wellbore Seismic
IMR
— Inspection, Maintenance and Repair
VPS
— Velocity Seismic Profile
EWR
— End Of Well Report
BLI
— bottom of logging interval
SEMP
— Safety and Environmental Management Plan
BUL
— bottom up lag
P&ID
— Process and Instruments Diagram
RINA
— Royal Institution of Naval Architects
SI
— Shut In well
PBD
— Pason Billing System
FDP
— Field Development Planning
LPH
— Litres per Hour
FOET
— Further Offshore Emergency Training
ETU
— Electrical Test Unit
PHB
— Pre-Hydrated Bentonite
NGH
— Natural Gas Hydrate
LOGGS
— Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System
BHSRE
— bottom hole sampling report
LOGIC
— Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness
I3P
— Independent Third Party
WSSAM
— Well Site Sample
DR
— Dryer
CCLIP
— Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects
AIT
— Array Induction Tool
QHSE
— Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental
PADD
— Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (US)
GTI
— Gas Technology Institute (US)
PDNP
— Proved Developed Not Producing
WGR
— Water Gas Ratio
MDD
— Maximum Daily Delivery Obligations
PCP
— Progressive Cavity Pump
PDC
— Polycrystalline Diamond Compact
ARB
— Air Resources Board (California)
TPIC
— Terminal Person In Charge
LSL
— Level Safety Low
EMP
— Electromagnetic Propagation Log
OSRV
— Oil Spill Response Vessel
IC
— Information Collection
OTAG
— Ozone Transport Assessment Group
RCR
— Remote Component Replacement (Tool)
PMA
— Power Marketing Agency
DP
— Dewpoint Temperatue
MBR
— Minimum Bend Radius
PVT
— Pressure Volume Temperature diagram
FEL
— From East Line
EDR
— Exploration Drilling Report
DR
— dummy-run log
CREF
— Caribbean Renewable Energy Facility
RTU
— Roof Top Unit
ATC
— Available Transfer Capability
LAT
— Lowest Astronomical Tide
MISO
— Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. A Regional Transmission Organization. (US)
EDS
— Emergency Disconnection Sequence
DRLPR
— drilling progress report
SFEIS
— Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (US)
IHMA
— International Harbor Masters' Association
UB
— Underbalanced
FMEA
— failure modes, & effects analysis
BPFL
— Borehole Profile Log
PG&E
— Pacific Gas & Electric
BCPD
— barrels condensate per day
FNL
— From North Line
DSTW
— Drill Stem Test Job Report/Works
OCL
— Quality Control Log
EFR
— Engineering Factual Report
LT&C
— Long Thread and Coupled
SEQSU
— Sequential Survey
STAB
— Stabiliser
ANACO
— analysis of core logs report
MGO
— Marine Gas Oil
DCS
— Disturbance Control Standard
CCPG
— Colorado Coordinated Planning Group
SSE
— Short Service Employee
FONSI
— Findings Of No Significant Impact
DWSS
— Dig Well Seismic Surface Log
ECHA
— European Chemicals Agency
ENI
— Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Italy)
DIPBH
— dipmeter borehole log
NAESB
— North American Energy Standards Board (formerly GISB)
DWSS
— dig-well seismic surface log
RFSU
— Ready for Start Up
TS
— Tiger Shoal Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
DILLS
— Dual Induction Log-LSS
DXC
— DXC pressure pilot report
DADRP
— Day-Ahead Demand Response Program
CSTAK
— core sample taken log
DIPRM
— dip removal log
UV
— Ultra Violet
HDT
— High Resolution Dipmeter Log
FLPMA
— Federal Land Policy and Management Act (US)
CDA
— Common Data Access
APS
— Active Pipe Support
CZMP
— Coastal Zone Management Program
MSC
— Marine Safety Committee
ARRC
— Array Acoustic Report
OSC
— On-Scene Coordinator
ISFBG
— ISF BHC GR Log
PUR
— Plant Upset Report
RRC
— Rail Road Commission
WROV
— Workclass Remotely Operated Vehicle
IEB
— Induction Electro BHC Log
OPEC
— Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
GDIP
— Geodip Log
FULDI
— full diameter study report
ART
— actuator running tool
FINESSE
— Financing Energy Services for Small Scale Users
GP
— Gravel Pack
FPS
— Firm Peaking Service
LWL
— Length on Water Line
MMS
— Minerals Management Service, (United States)
CP
— Coincident Peak
GLONASS
— Global Navigation Satellite System (Russia)
KT
— Kill Truck
RBOB
— reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending
GDAT
— Geodetic Datum
DRI
— Drift Log
DIBHC
— DIS BHC log
HHP
— Hydraulic Horsepower
FCO
— Financed Constructed and Operated
HOA
— Hand-Off-Automatic Switch
ETSO
— European Transmission System Operators association
NRECA
— National Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (US)
DSTL
— drill-stem test log
ASPO
— Asociation For The Study Of Peak Oil & Gas
EHT
— Electric Heat Trace
ISFP
— ISF Sonic True Vertical Depth Playback Log
TCA
— Total Corrosion Allowance
EMG
— Equivalent Mud Gradient
ARACL
— array acoustic log
FP
— Frac Pack
HLID
— Hydrocarbon Leak And Ignition Database
SNAM
— Societá NAzionale Metanodotti now Snam S.p.A. (Italy)
HLO
— Heavy Load Out
IAT
— Internal Active Turret
DIRS
— Directional Survey Log
UTA/B
— Umbilical Termination Assembly/Box
NTHF
— Non-Toxic High Flash
°C
— Degrees Celsius
MBRO
— Multi-Bore Restriction Orifices
HWB
— Hair Wash Basin
O&G
— Oil And Gas
CERE
— Cement Remedial Log
KMW
— kill mud weight
MADRI
— Mid Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative (US)
BHT
— bottomhole temperature
SNG
— Substitute Natural Gas
WEND
— World Electronic Navigation Database
EB
— Equipment Branch
TP
— Tarpon Springs Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
UKOCS
— Uk Outer Continental Shelf
CNLFD
— CNL/FDC log
NHPV
— Net Hydrocarbon Pore Volume
MDSS
— Measured Department Sub-Sea
SDU
— Sanitary Disposal Unit
NEDRI
— New England Distributed Resources Initiative (US)
DSTW
— drill-stem test job report/works
ASRO
— Australian Shipping Registration Office
QF
— Qualifying Facility
DPRES
— dual propagation resistivity log
NOC
— National Oil Company
ANARE
— Analysis Report
BHL
— Borehole Log
IT
— Interruptible Transportation is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas)
COS
— Center for Offshore Safety
FTP
— Flowing Tubing Plug
DAZD
— Dip and Azimuth Display
SWU
— Separative Work Unit
COL
— Collar Log
GLDF
— Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
H
— Prewash Hose Reel
C1
— Methane
BBBL
— Billion Barrels
CTCO
— Coiled Tubing Clean Out
J&A
— Junked and Abandoned
HTM
— Heideck Team Member
FCF
— Fishermen's Contingency Fund
NGPL
— Natural Gas Plant Liquids
NARUC
— National Association of Regulatory Commissioners
FSB
— flowline support base
RFSU
— Ready For Start-Up
EXL
— Exploration Licence (United Kingdom)
ATD
— application to drill
WAC
— Weak Acid Cation
RF
— Recovery Factor
HDD
— Heating degree days a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to heat a business (conservation)
GE
— Condensate gas equivalent
MBOED
— One million barrels of oil equivalent(EU)
CT
— Combustion turbine (electricity)
HEA
— Habitat Equivalency Analysis
LVOT
— Linear Valve Override Tool
IMLA
— International Maritime Lecturers Association
PDM
— Positive Displacement Motor
COROR
— core orientation report
ECRD
— Electrically Controlled Release Device
BVO
— ball valve operator
BT
— Boundary Trap
DSI
— Dipole Shear Imager
DS
— Drillship
HDA
— Helideck Assistant
SONRE
— Sonic Calibration Report
SREC
— Seismic Record Log
TJ
— TeraJoule
MDEA
— Methyl Diethanolamine (aMDEA)
ITD
— Internal Turret Disconnectable
ICSU
— Integrated Commissioning and Start Up
CPS
— Control Performance Standard
GMP
— Green Mountain Power)
LGX
— Line Group Cross
DIRSU
— directional survey report
VN
— Vernon Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area
MNP
— Merge and Playback Log
FMA
— Finnish Maritime Administration
SV
— Sleeve Valve
LCB
— Longitudinal Centre of Buoyancy
LPN
— Lender Participation Notes
CLASS
— Category In Classification Register
PCB
— Poly-chlorinated biphenyl
BTHL
— Bottom Hole Log
DMRP
— Density Magnetic Resonance Porosity
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization
MCB
— Main Circuit Breaker
CNGR
— Compensated Neutron Gamma Ray Log
DRCC
— Demand Response Coordinating Council (coalition)
CER
— Certified Emission Reduction
CEME
— Cement Evaluation
DEPC
— Depth Control Log
RMATS
— Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study (US) (electricity)
GRN
— Gamma Ray Neutron Log
FLIV
— FlowLine Injection Valve
JIP
— Joint Industry Project
OSV
— Offshore Support Vessel
IBCS
— Integrated Bridge Control System
SPEAN
— Spectral Analysis
LCNLG
— LDT CNL Gamma Ray Log
LGS
— Low-Gravity Solids
IR
— Interpretation Report
SHL
— Surface Hole Location
MBWH
— Multi Bowl Wellhead
C6
— Hexanes
IOLT
— Institute of Logistics and Transport
LEVP
— Low Emissions Vehicle Program
MUDT
— Mud Temperature Log
DO
— Division Order
WACOG
— Weighted Average Cost of Gas
SSG
— WI PWG Seams Steering Group of Western Interconnection PlanningWork Group (US) (electricity)
INDRS
— IND RES Sonic Log
SEIA
— Sustainable Energy Industry Association
NITC
— Normal Incremental Transfer Capability
POBM
— Pseudo Oil Based Mud
CORG
— Corgun Log
IEPE
— Institute of Energy Policy and Economics
HBL
— Hydrostatic Balanced Loading
NNS
— Northern North Sea
DIIS
— Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark)
NMEA
— National Marine Electronic Association
WFT
— Wet Film Thickness
MPFM
— Multi-Phase Flow Meter
CA
— Core Analysis Log
CEP
— Country Environmental Profile
HARP
— Hot Spots Analysis And Reporting Program
FCVE
— F-curve log
PURPA
— Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (US) (electricity)
MOP
— Mobile Offshore Production
MER
— Maximum Efficient Rate
IGCC
— Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle
NWI
— Net Working Interest
C/P
— Consumption/Production
CH
— Cased Hole
CSUG
— Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas
DLC
— Direct load control (regarding Load management)
E85
— E85 fuel: A fuel containing a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline
GWREP
— Geo Well Report
FER
— field equipment room
MCFE
— thousand cubic feet of natural gas equivalent
UNECE
— United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
DPT
— Deeper Pool Test
NEA
— National Energy Act
DELTA
— Delta-T Log
KVAR
— Kilovolt-Amperes Reactive
DRAM
— Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition
DAC
— Dipole Acoustic Log
HVI
— Home Ventilating Institute (AMCA)
CDH
— cooling degree hours (climate)
FANAL
— Formation Analysis Sheet Log
SBF
— Synthetic Base Fluid
RTTS
— Retrievable Test Treat Squeeze
LAOT
— Linear Activation Override Tool
NFI
— No Further Investment
COML
— Compaction Log
HRCC
— HCAl of Calliper (in Inches)
C2
— Ethane
CTRAC
— Cement Tracer Log
PSQ
— Plug Squeeze Log
SHO
— Stab and Hinge Over
WPLAN
— Well Course Plan
IPT
— Internal Passive Turret
NATC
— Non-recallable Available Transfer Capability
LT
— lag time
DR
— Drilling Report
DMDO
— Distillate Marine Diesel Oil
ITB
— Invitation To Bid
DIEGR
— dielectric gamma ray log
WTG
— Wind turbine generator (wind)
LSFO
— Loss Sulfur Fuel Oil
CLG
— Core Log and Graph
CIAC
— Contributions in Aid of Construction
HYPJ
— Hyperjet
DESFL
— deep induction SFL log
GASAN
— Gas Analysis Report
BOREH
— borehole seismic analysis
SLT
— SLT GR Log
CMP
— Common Midpoint
IGSC
— Interim gas supply charge (natural gas)
DF
— Derrick Floor
HCCS
— Horizontal Clamp Connection System
LVEL
— Linear Velocity Log
TABS
— Texas Automated Buoy System
DCAL
— dual caliper log
PFREC
— Perforation Record Log
SEA
— Strategic Environmental Assessment (United Kingdom)
MRO
— Midwest Reliability Organization (US)
FTRE
— Formation Testing Report
ISS
— Interruptible Sales Service
SSCP
— Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline
INSUR
— Inrun Survey Report
EDRC
— Effective Daily Recovery Capacity
OSFR
— Oil Spill Financial Responsibility
RWD
— Reaming While Drilling
PCDC
— Pressure Cased Directional
E&A
— Exploration and Appraisal
EAGE
— European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
IEM
— Internal electricity market (electricity)
R&R
— Roles & Responsibilities
VER
— Vertical
CUT
— Cutter
CRT
— Clamp Replacement tool
SLCO
— Saudi Light Crude Oil
LEAKL
— Leak Detection Log
DLIST
— dip-list log
FFAC
— Formation Factor Log
ROG
— Reactive Organic Gases
CSI
— CSI Log
G&G
— Geology & Geophysics
GLV
— Gas Lift Valve
BA
— Bridging Agreement
NCD
— Non Coincidental Demand
ERIS
— Energy Resource Interconnection Service
GRE
— Ground Elevation (also [GR or GE])
GEOEV
— Geochemical Evaluation Report
GRAD
— Gradiometer Log
NZS
— New Zealand Standard
PWV
— Production Wing Valve
BA
— Balancing Authority
AL
— appraisal license (United Kingdom)
SWAT
— Southwest Area Transmission (US) (electricity)
RFTRE
— Repeat Formation Tester Report
QL
— Quicklook Log
SGR
— State game refuge (US)
DWRRA
— US Deep Water Royalty Relief Act
ITS
— Influx To Surface
TMCB
— Thermal Magnetic Circuit Breaker
MPSP
— Maximum Predicted Surface Pressure
PSIA
— Pounds per Square Inch Atmospheric
MPV
— Multi Purpose Vessel
OD
— outer diameter
CORIB
— coriband log
INT
— Interlock
TWH
— terawatt-hour (one trillion watt hours)
LIC
— License Internal Code
CYBD
— Cyberbond Log
LVI
— Low Viscosity Index
OTDR
— Optical Time Domain Reflectometry
WST
— Well Seismic Tool (checkshot)
CDR
— Chemical Data Reporting Rule
FLOT
— Flying Lead Orientation Tool
PPP
— Purchasing Power Parity
DFR
— Drilling Factual Report
CPUC
— California Public Utilities Commission
RMR
— Reliability Must Run (electricity)
CDATA
— Core Data
KD
— Kelly Down
PREP
— Pacific Regional Energy Programme
CAT
— Connector Actuating Tool
IAIN
— International Association of Institutes of Navigation
W/O
— Workover
TCF
— Trillion cubic feet (measurement)
LOE
— Lease Operating Expenses
CGPH
— Core Graph Log
PBHL
— Proposed Bottom-Hole Location
SGUN
— Squeeze Gun
E
— Exploration
WP
— Working Pressure
OOC
— Offshore Operators Committee
FTM
— fire-team member
IIMS
— International Institute of Marine Surveyors
SSM
— Synchronized system measurement-a WAMS with synchronous sensors in addition to PMUs. See Phasor networks.
CPA
— California Power Authority
RFI
— Request for Interchange
XYC
— Xy Calliper Log)
DP
— Dynamic Positioning
USDOI
— US Department Of Interior
AIRRE
— airgun report
SF
— Strip Footing
MUD
— Mud Log
DSTND
— dual-space thermal neutron density log
GBT
— Gravity Base Tank
PPA
— Power Purchase Agreement (electricity)
PMI
— Positive Material Identification
OTO
— Oil Taxation Office
SSCS
— Subsea Control System
RTG
— Regional Transmission Group (US)
PDP
— Proved Developed Reserves
DSTRE
— drill-stem test report
HKSR
— Hong Kong Shipping Register
CMC
— crown mounted compensators
SWP
— Safe Work Practices
PIFUA
— Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978
EC
— Electrical Code
CAS
— Casing Log
FLOW
— Flow & Buildup Test Report
ONRR
— Office of Natural Resources Revenue
EC
— Electrical Contractor
CL
— Core Log
PSE
— Puget Sound Energy (US) (electricity)
CEPA
— Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
CSHN
— Cased Hole Neutron Log
SEIR
— Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
GAS
— Gas Log
FTR
— Firm Transmission Rights
VT
— Voltage Transformer
CBIL
— CBIL Log
FME
— Free Market Economics
DIP
— Dipmeter Log
CCC
— Carrier Container Council
LOGSM
— Log Sample
FUCO
— Foreign Utility Company
ECRD
— Electrically Controlled Release Tool
GOMR
— Gulf of Mexico Regional
SMPS
— Special Marketing Programs
LSE
— Load Serving Entity
HL
— Hook Load
IBIA
— International Bunker Industry Association
PESGB
— Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
JITF
— Joint Industry Task Force
BR
— Barge
CIDU
— chemical injection downhole upper
OPEX
— Operating Expenditure
NYDER
— New York Department of Environmental Resources
RCCD
— Reverse Circulation Centre Discharge
FSL
— from south line
GEOL
— Geological Surveillance Log
MLO
— Main Lugs Only
DSTL
— Drill Stem Test Log
PEA
— Palaeo Environment Study Report
NHPA
— National Historic Preservation Act (US)
C4
— Butane
IGIC
— Interim gas inventory charge (natural gas)
ASR
— Atmosphere Supplying Respirator
CNS
— Central North Sea
FTS
— Firm Transportation Service
SIPES
— Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States
FMP
— Formation Microscan Report
CCIP
— Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection
POSVCM
— Pipeline Oil Spill Volume Computer Model
HCM
— Horizontal Connection Module.
ONTARIO
— IESO Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (Canada)
LOT
— Linear Override Tool
IOS
— Interconnected Operations Services (electricity)
RCIS
— Reliability Coordinator Information System
INCR
— Incline Report
TDP
— Touch Down Point
CCHT
— Core Chart Log
DSTG
— DSTG Log
JREC
— Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition
NRDA
— National Resource Damage Assessment
IDC
— Intangible Drilling Costs
MBT
— Methylene Blue Test
C&E
— well completion and equipment cost
SCRS
— Sidewall Cores
CMVE
— Competitive Market Value Estimate
GLT
— GLT Log
COMRE
— Completion Record Log
ICOTA
— Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association
SWF
— Shallow Water Flow
OFST
— Offset Vertical Seismic Profile
PHFFU
— Plant Held for Future Use
TRANSCO
— Transmission Company (US) (electricity)
GPLT
— Geol Plot Log
SP
— Shot point (geophysics)
FT
— Formation Tester Log
MD
— Measured Department
HDU
— Horizontal Drive Unit
OMP
— Operation and Maintenance Plan
RSS
— Rig Site Survey
SURRE
— Survey Report
SMES
— Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
DP
— Delta Pressure
PUD
— Public Utility District (electricity)
SPWLA
— Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts[14]
PRCI
— Pipeline Research Council International, Inc.
MAC
— Multipole Acoustic Log
RBMK
— Russian: Реактор Большой Мощности Канальный = "High Power Channel Type Reactor" (RU)
FWPA
— Federal Water Power Act (US)
GEOFO
— Geological & Formation Evaluation Report
SWA
— Stop Work Authority
WOC
— Water Oil Contact
BCP
— Blackstart Capability Plan
MPP
— Multiphase Pump
PRSRE
— Pressure Gauge Report
CD
— Contract Demand
SCO
— Stranded Cost Obligation (finance)
MTO
— Material Takeoff
MDQ
— Maximum Daily Quantities
DDPT
— Drill Data Plot Log
MEM
— Mechanical Earth Model
JAS
— Joint Association Survey
PERFO
— Perforation Log
GEOCH
— Geochemical Evaluation
MGN
— Marine Guidance Note
SAFE
— Safety Analysis Function Evaluation
TSCA
— Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
WCID
— Well Construction Interface Document
SEIS
— Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
PRA
— Probabilistic Risk Assessment
ART
— Alternate Response Technologies
FLAP
— fluid level above pump
CP
— Certificate Proceeding
NEUT
— Neutron Log
NSDG
— North Sea Decommissioning Group
VOCS
— Volatile Organic Compounds
EDP
— Exploration Drilling Program Report
NWR
— National Wildlife Refuge
LIOG
— Lithography Log
WDR'S
— Waste Discharge Requirements
MDL
— Methane Drainage Licence (United Kingdom)
PV
— photovoltaic (solar)
NRCS
— National Resource Conservation Service (US)
COMPR
— Completion Program Report
GUN
— Gun Set Log
FC
— Float Collar
DSTSM
— drill-stem test summary report
QSE
— Qualifying Scheduling Entity
MIRU
— Move In and Rig Up
RTBM
— Real-Time Balancing Market
RCDS
— Raster Chart Display Systems
IER
— Incremental Energy Rate
EUEF
— European Union Energy Facility
LDTEP
— LDT EPT Gamma Ray Log
DISFL
— DISFL DBHC Gamma Ray Log
CBL
— Customer Baseline Load
CTLF
— compensated tension lift frame
GPM
— Gallons per Mcf
TDT GR
— TDT Gamma Ray Casing Collar Locator Log
M
— mega-
ISFCD
— ISF Conductivity Log
MPK
— Merged Playback Log
PSD
— Planned Shut-Down
GCT
— GCT Log
PERDC
— Perforation Depth Control
FID
— flame ionisation detection
RAC
— Refiners' acquisition cost
MOT
— Materials Offloading Terminal
FPDM
— fracture potential and domain modelling/mapping]
RRO
— Regional reliability organization (US)
NGAA
— Natural Gasoline Association of America (US)
SPI
— Ship/Port Interface
IICL
— Institute of International Container Lessors
ILP
— Integrated Licensing Process
MRX
— Magnetic resonance expert (wireline NMR tool)
SFC
— Solid oxide fuel cell (transportation)
AS
— array sonic processing log
VRP
— Vessel Response Plan
BHPRP
— borehole pressure report
SMLS
— Seamless PipeMPP:
PDPM
— Power Distribution Protection Module
HHP
— High Holding Power
WTP
— Willingness To Pay
RESFL
— Reservoir Fluid
LOT
— Lock Open Tool
TEU
— Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit
CALI
— calliper log
TV/BIP
— Ratio of Total Volume to Bitumen In Place
CCA
— Clean Carribbean & Americas
GFSE
— Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (organization)
IMAG
— Image Analysis Report
RAWS
— Raw Stacks VSP Log
CPP-F
— Critical peak variable
DSPT
— cross-plots log
QR
— Quality Ranking
CIDL
— chemical injection downhole lower
GPSL
— Geo Pressure Log
OES
— Office of Emergency Services
RFTS
— Repeat Formation Tester Sample
BH
— bloodhound
HI
— Hydrogen Index
SPS
— Special Protection System
ERV
— energy-recovery ventilator
EIM
— Energy Improvement Mortgage
PIDX
— Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (oil)
NAPF
— Non Aqueous Phase Fluid
DARCI
— Darci Log
UO4
— uranyl peroxide (nuclear)
SI/TA
— Shut In/Temporarily Abandoned
JT
— Joule-Thomson
DRREP
— drilling report
T
— Topic
UBD
— Underbalanced Drilling
BP
— Bubble Point
HAZCOM
— Hazard Communications Program
NGS
— NGS Log
CBM
— Coalbed Methane
NIETC
— National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (US)
PEX
— Platform Express toolstring (resistivity, porosity, imaging)
E/W
— East/West
GWC
— Gas-Water Contact
OPL
— Operations Log
HAZOP
— Hazardous Operation
SDT
— Step Draw-down Test (sometimes SDDT)
MRBP
— Magna Range Bridge Plug
MTT
— MTT Multi-Isotope Trace Tool
RTCM
— Radio Technical Commission For Maritime
MBR
— Market based Rates
ENJ
— Enerjet Log
GHC
— Gross Inland Consumption
PDCI
— Pacific Direct Current Intertie (US) (electricity)
DRLCT
— drilling chart
MMP
— Mitigation Monitoring Program
CYBLK
— cyberlook log
BBS
— Behavioral-Based Safety
GEOP
— Geophone Data Log
FRES
— Final Reserve Report
SWC
— Side Wall Core
LITHR
— Lithological Description Report
MIFR
— Mini Frac Log
DIPRE
— Dipmeter Report
NCEP
— National Council on Electricity Policy (US) [2]
SAGE
— Scottish Area Gas Evacuation
I/C
— Interruptible /Curtailable (electricity)
SIGTTO
— Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators
DNHO
— Downhole Logging
PRESSEA
— Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources In South East Asia
POSTW
— Post Well Appraisal Report
CA
— Carbon Abatement- increasing carbon neutrality
FRSB
— Fast Response Spill Boat
DECT
— Decay Time
HUET
— Helicopter Underwater Escape Training
CM
— Choke Module
SPFM
— Single Phase Flow Meter
CDRCL
— compensated dual resistivity cal. log
DTPB
— CNT true vertical-depth playback log
SPCCP
— Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan
OPPR
— Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response
SPM
— Synchronized phasor measurement- a WAMS network with synchrophasor sensors (PMUs). (electricity)
PFHE
— Plate Fin Heat Exchanger
NTAC
— Northwest Transmission Assessment Committee (US)
EMS
— Environment measurement sonde
ILI
— In Line Inspection
MARISAT
— Maritime Satellite System
MEDREP
— Mediterranean Renewables Energy Partnership
NURE
— national uranium resource evaluation (US)
PA
— Programmatic Agreement (USACE)
TBT
— Through Bore Tree
SGSI
— Shell Global Solutions International
DDBHC
— DDBHC waveform log
STP
— Submerged Turret Production
SPP
— Statewide Pricing Pilot (US-California)
WDP
— Waste Discharge Permit
DLIST
— Dip List Log
MMO
— Marine Mammal Observers
SGR
— Shale Gouge Ratio
LOW-E
— Low Emissivity
PDC
— Perforation Depth Control
GIA
— Generator Interconnection Agreements
RMU
— Removal Units
SUMRE
— Summary Report
EIPP
— Eastern Interconnection Phasor Project
HVAR
— Highly Valued Aquatic Resource
CORAN
— core analysis report
HCA
— Host Control Area (electricity)
IET
— International emission trading (policy)
PSANA
— Pressure Analysis
LMAP
— Location Map
LEM
— Lower Explosive Mixture
SANDA
— Sandstone Analysis Log
RMS
— Riser Monitoring System
PROD
— Production Log
E95
— E95 fuel
IFTPA
— International Forest Product Transport Association
MEST
— Micro-electrical scanning tool (a dipmeter, aka. MST or FMS).
RFC
— ReliabilityFirst Corporation (US) (electricity)
PCT
— Programmable Communicating Thermostat (electricity)
CALVE
— calibrated velocity log data
PSLOG
— Pressure Log
SDIC
— Sonic Dual Induction
BIOR
— Biostratigraphic Range Log
RES
— Renewable Energy Source
PWB
— Production Wing Block (XT)
OTIP
— Operational Testing Implementation Plan
PIT
— Pump Intake Temperature
DQLC
— Dipmeter Quality Control Log
IUA
— International Underwriting Association
EPLG
— EpiLog
W/C
— Water Cut
MSL
— Micro Spherical Log
STC
— Short Thread and Coupled
PETPM
— Petrography Permeametry Report
PHC
— Passive Heave Compensator
LSSON
— Long Spacing Sonic Log
PREC
— Perforation Record
FWR
— Final Well Report
THAI
— Toe to Heel Air Injection
DC
— Drill Collar
TZ
— Transition Zone
DRYRE
— drying report
SNP
— Sidewall Neutron Porosity
FIT
— fairing intervention tool
PBR
— pebble bed reactor (nuclear)
RAR
— Reasonable Assured Resources
PEDL
— Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (United Kingdom)
HLO
— Heavy Load-out (Facility)
IUR
— Inventory Update Reporting
SMB
— Santa Maria Basin
PENL
— Penetration Log
VA
— Volt-ampere (measurement)
FAC
— Factual Report
MRCV
— Multi Reverse Circulating Valve
STKPT
— Stuck Point
FV
— Float Valve
PSVAL
— Pressure Evaluation Log
MTEP
— Midwest ISO Transmission Expansion Plan 2005 (US)
LSBGR
— Long Spacing BHC GR Log
TFC
— Taper Flange Channel
ITOPF
— International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
DIPSK
— dipmeter stick log
FRA
— Fracture Log
UBI
— Ultrasonic Borehole Imager
BS
— Bend Stiffener
JLT
— J-Lay Tower
SMPC
— Subsea Multiphase Pump
WD
— Water Depth
LOGRS
— Log Restoration Report
EWTA
— Eglin Water Test Area
FT
— Firm Transportation Service
PVTRE
— Pressure Volume Temperature Report
PESA
— Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
OT
— Off Tree
TDD
— Total Depth (Driller)
TCPD
— Tubing-Conveyed Perforating Depth
MCA
— Marine Coastguard Agency
PLES
— Pipeline End Structure
PFPG
— Perforation Plug Log
SONWV
— Sonic Waveform Log
TDM
— Touch Down Monitoring
SIDSM
— Sidewall Sample
LL
— Laterolog
NGR
— Natural Gamma Ray
BOB
— back on bottom
DIPSA
— Dipmeter Soda Log
FCVE
— F Curve Log
WSCA
— Well Services Contractors Association
CD
— Core Description
RESOI
— Residual Oil
DM
— dry mate
CONDR
— Continuous Directional Log
HERS
— Home energy rating standard (conservation)
NRI
— National Rivers Inventory (US)
PPI
— Post Production Intervention
RTEP
— Regional Transmission Expansion Plan
LEPRE
— Litho-Elastic Property Report
SPMT
— Self-Propelled Modular Transporter
RATC
— Recallable Available Transmission Capability
CSMT
— Core Sampler Tester Log
MACL
— Multiarm Caliper Log
SDPBH
— SDP Bottom Hole Pressure Report
CSP
— Country Strategy Paper
NDE
— Non Destructive Examination
ZOI
— Zone of Influence
MSCT
— MSCT Gamma Ray Log
PSV
— Pipe Supply Vessel
CBI
— Computer Based Information
DRLPR
— drilling proposal/progress report
UC
— Universal Column
DINT
— Dip Interpretation
DRPRS
— drilling pressure
DECC
— Department for Energy and Climate Change (UK)
INVES
— Investigative Program Report
BOEM
— Bureau Ocean Energy Management
NTO
— National Training Organization
HTM
— Helideck Team Member
P
— Producing well
IRTJ
— IRTJ Gamma Ray Slimhole Log
SWHE
— Spiral Wound Heat Exchanger
ICT
— Independent Coordinator of Transmission)
SCR
— Special Case Resources (US- NYISO category)
CYDN
— Cyberdon Log
ICAP-SCR
— Installed capacity special case resources (electricity)
XMAC
— E Xmac Elite
DEVLG
— deviation log
XC
— Cross-connection, cross correlation
FGEOL
— final geological report
ARESV
— analysis of reservoir
WBM
— Water Based Mud
ECT
— External Cantilevered Turret
TAC
— Tubing Anchor
FISHWAY
— Fish ladder
FPLAN
— field plan log
BA
— Bottom Assembly (of a riser)
OIAC
— Oil Industry Advisory Committee
INCRE
— Incline Report
PSPL
— PSP Leak Detection Log
SSU
— Subsea Umbilicals
CSTRE
— CST report
NOI
— Notice of Inquiry
HRLA
— High Resolution Laterolog Array
RTO
— Regional transmission organization (US)
NUG
— Non-Utility Generator
RNT
— RNT Log
SSO
— Ship Security Officer
QUAD
— 1015 Btu (a quadrillion in the short scale)
LOGGN
— Logging Whilst Drilling
SCOPIC
— Special Compensation P&I Clause
EL
— Electric Log
LUMI
— Luminescence Log
FIT
— fluid identification test
EL
— Exploration Licence
JB
— Junk Basket
PHYFM
— Physical Formation Log
MVL
— minimum ventilation level (building tightness)
SPT
— Shallower Pool Test
SPWLA
— Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
CB
— Critical branch
RFMTS
— Repeat Formation Tester
ROT
— Remote Operated Tool
RTMS
— Riser Tension Monitoring System
DL
— Development Licence
UKOOA
— United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
MCS
— Manifold & Connection System
NPW
— New Pool Wildcat
FLOPR
— flow profile report
RMLC
— Request for Mineral Land Clearance
SDFN
— Shut Down for Night
MW
— Mud Weight
BRPLG
— bridge plug log
N02
— Nitrogen Dioxide
VLCC
— very large crude carrier (oil)
PPCF
— Pounds Per Cubic Foot
SPS
— Subsea Production Systems
SAMTK
— Sample Taker Log
PUN
— Puncher Log
RESI
— Resistivity Log
CORLG
— correlation log
DRPG
— Drilling Program Report
MRIRE
— Magnetic Resonance Image Report
IRS
— Indian Register of Shipping
NGTLD
— NGT LDT QL Log
CPP-F
— Critical peak fixed
PWRI
— Produced Water Re-Injection
RESAN
— Reservoir Analysis
HHI
— home heating index
NAVIG
— Navigational Log
IUG
— Instrument Utility Gas
PLS
— Position Location System
TD
— Target Department
DH
— Drilling History
PLMA
— Peak Load Management Association (US) (electricity)
DSCAN
— DSC analysis report
SSTV
— Subsea Test Valve
PSA
— Production Sharing Agreement
NGT
— NGT Log
MC
— Metal-Clad Cable
JNCC
— Joint Nature Conservation Committee
OCI
— Oil Corrosion Inhibitor (Vessels)
TLP
— Tension Leg Platform
VDU
— Vacuum Distillation Unit
G/C
— Gas Condensate
INJEC
— Injection Falloff Log
SONCB
— Sonic Calibration Log
SQL
— Siesmic Quicklook Log
DPLD
— Differential Pressure Levitated Device
SBM
— Synthetic Base Mud
MEST
— MEST Log
SHGC
— Solar Heat Gain Coefficient
GRSVY
— Gradient Survey Log
OPRG
— oxygenated fuels program reformulated gasoline (oil)
SCRS
— Slow Circulation Rates
ROWS
— Remote Operator Workstation
AMI
— area of mutal interest
POSFR
— Post Fracture Report
PT
— Pressure Tapping
IJL
— Injection Log
TCI
— Tungsten Carbide Insert
CHROM
— chromatolog
TIMS
— Technical Information Management System
RESL
— Reservoir Log
PSC
— Production-sharing contract
PAL
— Palaeo Chart
FMTAN
— FMT analysis report
RPM
— Reliability Pricing Model.(electricity)
PPR
— Potential Peak Reduction
SAML
— Sample Log
JVP
— Joint Venture Partnership
SOSC
— State On-Scene Coordinator
HRV
— heat-recovery ventilator
PON
— Petroleum Operations Notice (United Kingdom)
EF
— Earth Fault
TBL
— Transmission business line (electricity)
SR
— Speculative resources For example, regarding uranium deposits. (nuclear)
GS
— Gel Strength
TA
— Top Assembly
PTTC
— Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, United States
MLF
— Marine Loading Facility
DRLOG
— Drilling Log
NGSS
— NGS Spectro Log
PFE
— Plate/Frame Heat Exchanger
PBR
— performance based rates (electricity)
SPCC
— Spill Prevention, Containment and Countermeasure Plan
GPIT
— Inclinometry Tool Log
PLTRE
— Production Logging Tool Report
MWDRE
— Measurement While Drilling Report
CF
— Completion Fluid
OHC
— Open Hole Completion
HPGAG
— High Pressure Gauge
NFTZ
— Non Free Trade Zone
ENGPD
— Engineering Porosity Data
CPIRE
— CPI report
ROC
— Reactive Organic Compounds
SWD
— Salt Water Disposal Well
GEORE
— Geological Report
MEPRL
— Mechanical Properties Log
SRP
— Salt River Agricultural Improvement & Power District (US) (electricity)
PSA
— Production Service Agreement
SQL
— Seismic Quicklook Log
XRF
— X-Ray Fluorescence
MLL
— MicrolateroLog
SSMAR
— Synthetic Seismic Marine Log
MR
— Marine Riser
RCL
— Retainer Correlation Log
SUBC
— Self Unloading Bulk Carrier
UKCS
— United Kingdom Continental Shelf
PIER
— Public Interest Energy Research (CEC)
SC
— Seismic Calibration
USBR
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
LOA
— Letter of Authorisation
TOU
— Time of use (rate) (electricity)
DL
— development license (United Kingdom)
PHPU
— Platform Hydraulic Power Unit
NGDC
— National Geoscience Data Centre (United Kingdom)
NYPSC
— New York Public Service Commission
R/P
— Reserve on Production
EPTNG
— EPT-NGT Log
TEFC
— Totally Enclosed Fan-Cooled
SITT
— Single TT Log
NP
— Non Producing well
SOO
— Suspension of Operation
HPPS
— HP Pressure Log
LTG
— Lighting Technology Greenhouse
UWT
— Ultrasonic Welding Line
NGPL
— Natural Gas Pipeline Company
PETLG
— Petrophysical Evaluation Log
NGTR
— NGT Ratio Log
SCAP
— Scallops Log
GS
— Gas Supplier
SD
— Sonic Density
RGGI
— Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
MINL
— MiniLog
PTSET
— Production Test Setter
RET/EE
— IAF Renewable Energy Technology & Energy Efficiency Investment Advisory Facility
MPA
— Micropalaeo Analysis Report
SHA
— Sensor Harness Assembly
PL
— Production Licence
CUTTD
— cuttings description report
IIASA
— International Institute for Applied System Analysis
OSRA
— Oil Spill Risk Assessment
THP
— Tubing Hanger Pressure
PWHT
— Post Weld Heat Treat
SONWR
— Sonic Waveform Report
PM
— Project Management
TDT
— TDT Log
BSR
— Blind Shear Rams
FINTP
— formation interpretation
OOE
— Offshore Operation Engineer
ROE
— Return of Equity (finance)
CSO
— complete seal-off
WI
— Water Injection
DR
— Delay Rental
MCM
— Manifold Choke Module
TSO
— Transmission System Operator) (electricity)
GCLOG
— Graphic Core Log
PFC
— PFC Log
TDL
— Total Depth (Logger)
ROZ
— Recoverable Oil Zone
POR
— Density Porosity Log
UFL
— Upper Flammable Limit
OBCS
— Ocean Bottom Cable System
MT
— Motor Temperature
PP
— Pump Pressure
EPLPC
— EPL-PCD-SGR Log
RITT
— Riser Insertion Tube (Tool)
TDS
— Top Drive System
PROX
— Proximity
DR
— Dummy Run Log
NOIA
— National Ocean Industries Association
RROCK
— Routine Rock Properties Report
UWI
— Unique Well Identifier
SEDL
— Sedimentology Log
PVC
— Photovoltaic Cell
PETD
— Petrographic Data Log
SECGU
— Section Gauge Log
EA
— Exploration Asset
NHDA
— National Hydrocarbons Data Archive (United Kingdom)
SSD
— Sub Sea Level depth
SPH
— SPH Log
MR
— Morning Report
SYNRE
— Synthetic Seismic Report
PV
— Plastic Viscosity
WH
— White
LIFT
— Licence Information for Trading
POLES
— Prospective on Long Term Energy Systems
LITRE
— Lithostratigraphy Report
OUT
— Oil Up To
SSWI
— Subsea Well Intervention
PETRP
— Petrophysical Evaluation Report
TCR
— Transition Cost Recovery (Mechanism)
MSS
— Magnetic Single Shot
ML
— MicroLog
TDU
— Transmission Dependent Utility (electricity)
PNP
— Proved Not Producing
SUML
— Summarised Log
SSE
— steady-state efficiency
PV
— Pressure/Vacuum
ND
— Nipple Down
LPC
— London Processing Centre
ROA
— Return of Assets (finance)
REOR
— Reorientation Log
WM
— Washing Machine
TNDTG
— Thermal Neutron Decay Time/Gamma Ray Log
SAFE
— Safety Award for Excellence
PERM
— Permeability
ILOGS
— Image Logs
MF
— Marsh Funnel (mud viscosity)
PSP
— Pseudostatic Spontaneous Potential
PAM
— Passive Acoustic Monitoring
PD
— Preliminary Determination
GRLOG
— Grapholog
MCP
— Motor Circuit Protection
SKPLT
— Stick Plot Log
RM
— Rulemaking
SPE
— Society of Petroleum Engineers
TAPS
— Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (natural gas)
WSSD
— World Summit on Sustainable Development
FR
— Full Requirements
WSPP
— Western Systems Power Pool (US)
LITST
— Lithostratigraphic Log
TFE
— Totalfinaelf
WSR
— Well Shoot Report
ROCT
— Rotary Coring Tool
WCC
— Work Control Certificate
MERCR
— Mercury Injection Study Report
REZ
— Renewable Energy Zone (United Kingdom)
STRAT
— Stratigraphy
DC
— drill centre
RFLNG
— Ready for Liquefied Natural Gas
PLG
— Plug Log
MBS
— Macro economic Budget Support
SEDHI
— Sedimentary History
NPD
— Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
PST
— PST Log
LT
— Linear Time
SP
— Spare
SR
— Shear Rate
UCTE
— Union for the Coordination of the Transport of Electricity, the power transmission system of continental Europe
PB
— Panic Button
OH
— Openhole
POF
— Permanent Operations Facility
SLA
— Specific Leakage Area
PH
— Phasor Log
RFI
— request for interest
UVLS
— Under voltage load shedding (electricity)
PA
— Producing Asset
SI
— Scale Inhibitor
TCI
— Tunsgten Carbide Insert
RSS
— Rotary Steerable Systems
RTS
— Remote Test Station
TBS
— Town border station
ML
— Mud Log
SPP
— Southwest Power Pool Inc., a Regional Transmission Organization (US)
TCU
— Thermal Combustion Unit
OT
— A Well On Test
NGLQT
— NGT QL Log
CYPRO
— cyberproducts log
UMS
— Universal Measurement System
TWTT
— Two-Way Travel Time
OVCH
— Oversize Charts
SIMCON
— Simultaneous Construction
SPOP
— Spontaneous Potential Log
STSH
— String Shot
TSH
— Temperature Safety High
WO/O
— Waiting on Orders
XPOR
— Crossplot Porosity
PDKL
— PDK Log
RE-PE
— Re-Perforation Report
SW
— Switchboard Wound
SEDRE
— Sedimentology REport
MPD
— Managed Pressure Drilling
SEPAR
— Separator Sampling Report
RPCM
— Ring Pair Corrosion Monitoring
PHASE
— Phasor Processing Log
UMV
— Upper Master Valve (from a Xmas tree)
OPRES
— Overpressure Log
PETA
— Petrographical Analysis Report
NS
— North Sea
POD
— Plan of Development
PERML
— Permeability Log
MFCT
— Multifinger Calliper Tool
SP
— Spare Part
NGO
— Non Governmental Organisationen
RAC
— Ratio Curves
SPEL
— SpectraLog
NOISL
— Noise Log
TUTB
— Topside Umbilical Termination Box
NGRC
— National Geological Records Centre (United Kingdom)
PPC
— Powered Positioning Caliper
VAR
— Volt-ampere reactive (measurement)
RIGMO
— Rig Move
SOC
— Statement of Overriding Considerations
SYSEI
— Synthetic Seismogram Log
SHOCK
— Shock Log
TFL
— Through Flow Line
RC
— Reliability Coordinator
TA
— Temporarily Abandoned well
UA
— Unequal Angle
PPS
— Production Packer Setting
SSSL
— Supplementary Seismic Survey Licence
ST
— Shunt Trip
SOP
— Shear Out Plug
PEP
— PEP Log
SURFR
— Surface Sampling Report
STGL
— Stratigraphic Log
TVBDF
— True Vertical Depth Below Derrick Floor
TAPVE
— Tape Verification
SUMST
— Geological Summary Sheet
MAGST
— Magnetostratigraphic Report
SIS
— Safety Instrumented Systems
WHP
— Wellhead Pressure
SOP
— Suspension of Production
SMA
— Small Amount
SMO
— Suction Module
RLOF
— Rock Load-out Facility
SEAL
— Shearwater Elgin Area Line
USDOE
— United States Department Of Energy
SES
— Seafarers Education Service
SURVL
— Survey Chart Log
PRA
— Production Reporting & Allocation
RESEV
— Reservoir Evaluation
WSP
— Well Seismic Profile
SHOCK
— Shcok Log
RCKST
— Rig Checkshot
TOL
— Top of Liner
SSM
— Subsea Manifolds
ROP
— Rate of Perforation
STRRE
— Stratigraphy Report
SWE
— Senior Well Engineer
TOP
— Transmission Operator (electricity)
VRS
— Vapor Recovery System
SPCAN
— Special core analysis
USDOT
— United State Department of Transportation
U/S
— Under Side
SPS
— Submerged Production System
PPI
— Post Pipelay Installation
VERLI
— Verification Listing
PE
— Product Emulsion
PINTL
— Production Interpretation
SN
— Seat Nipple
TUN
— Tundish
TWTTL
— Two-Way Travel Time Log
TB
— Tubing Puncher Log
WQ
— A textural parameter used for CBVWE computations (Halliburton)
STC
— STC Log
WOC
— Wait on Cement
WCMC
— World Conservation Monitoring Centre
SPA
— Special Protection Areas
TOC
— Total Organic Content
UG
— Under Ground
SL
— Seismic Lines
WY
— Water Year (measurement)
TH
— Tubing Hanger
VTMS
— Vessel Traffic Management Services
VDR
— Voyage Data Recorder
WESUR
— Well Summary Report
XMT
— XMas Tree
ZDL
— Compensated Z-Densilog
TGOR
— Total Gas Oil Ratio
WRI
— World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
TGB
— Temporary Guide Base
WELP
— Well Log Plot
WTI
— West Texas Intermediate (US)
UPR
— Upper Pipe Ram
VISME
— Viscosity Measurement
T
— Topology
US DOE
— United States Department of Energy
TLL
— Timber Load Line
WAMS
— Wide area measurement system- see description in phasor measurement unit article. (electricity)
TVDSS
— True Vertical Department Sub Sea
TLOG
— Technical Log
TRANSCO
— Transcontinental Pipeline
ULBC
— Ultra Large Bulk Carrier
WPC
— Water Pollution Control
TVD
— True Vertical Department
ULCC
— Ultra Large Crude Carrier (oil)
WUT
— Water Up To
TEN
— Trans-European Networks (electricity)
TIE
— Tie In Log
URR
— Ultimately Recoverable Resources
UOX
— uranium oxide (nuclear)
UPB
— Unmanned Production Buoy
UCAP
— Unforced Capacity
TSR
— Transmission Service Requests
TOE
— Ton of oil equivalent (EU)
TWT
— Two way time
YM
— Young's modulus
TMD
— Total Measured Depth in a wellbore
TGT
— Tank Gross Test
TPERF
— Tool Performance
WORKO
— Workover
WSL
— Well Site Log
WLSUM
— Well Summary
WPQ/S
— Weld Procedure Qualification/Specification
TUM
— Tracked Umbilical Machine
THERM
— Thermometer Log
USCE
— United States Army Corporation of Engineers
WSO
— Water Shut Off
TORAN
— Torque and Drag Analysis
TOH
— Trip Out of Hole
TOOH
— Trip Out Of Hole
UMTRA
— Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (US)
VCG
— Vertical Centre of Gravity
UFJ
— Upper Flex Joint
WSTL
— Well Site Test Log
UBS
— Universal Bulk Ship
ZD
— Zone Description
TRA
— Tracer Log
W
— Wire
TIW
— Texas Iron Works
TLR
— Procedures Transmission Line Loading Relief Procedures (electricity)
VSA
— Voltage Stability Analysis
WIRAB
— Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (US)
TWT
— Two-Way Time (seismic)
WCD
— Worst Case Discharge
URT
— Universal Running Tool
WSCC
— Western Systems Coordinating Council (US)
VPP
— Variable peak pricing (electricity)
USEPA
— U.s. Environmental Protection Agency
WRS
— Well Report Sepia
WSOG
— Well Specific Operation Guidelines
WHM
— Wellhead maintenance
XO
— Cross-Over
WLTS
— Well Log Tracking System
WT
— Well Test
WHMIS
— WorkPlace Hazardous Material Information Systems
WELDA
— Well Data Report
WLC
— Wireline Composite Log
VSPRO
— Vertical Seismic Profile
WSSVP
— WSS VSP Raw Shots
UNDESA
— UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
WO
— Well in Work Over
VPP
— Variable Pitch Propeller
TREP
— Test Report
WOE
— Well Operations Engineer
XYC
— XY Calliper Log (Halliburton)
WOW
— Wait On Weather
TRIP
— Trip Condition Log
WPR
— Well Prognosis Report
TVDPB
— True Vertical Depth Playback Log
USV
— Underwater Safety Valves
TVELD
— Time and Velocity to Depth
WQCB
— Water Quality Control Board
TEG
— Tri Ethylene Glycol
TNDT
— Thermal Neutron Decay Time
WLL
— WireLine Logging
VERTK
— Vertical Thickness
WEA
— World Energy Assessment
TFM
— TaskForceMajella Research Project
UCR
— Unsafe Condition Report
UF6
— uranium hexaflouride (nuclear)
WSS
— Well Services Supervisor
UMCA
— Umbilical Midline Connection Assembly
VTISF
— Vertical Thickness ISF Log
TEG
— Triethylene Glycol
VTSS
— Vessel Traffic Separation Scheme
VLBC
— Very Large Bulk Carrier
VELL
— Velocity Log
TT
— Torque Tool
WECC
— Western Electricity Coordinating Council (US)
Z
— Depth axis in Cartesian coordinate system
WF
— Water Factor
TEG
— Thermal Electric Generator
URR
— Ultimate Recoverable Resources
WIT
— Water Investigation Tool
XL
— oExploration Licence
WIPSP
— WIP Stock Packer
WSE
— Well Seismic Edit
YL
— Holdup Factor
TDTCP
— TDT CPI Log
UCH
— Umbilical Connection Housing
WSSVS
— WSS VSP Stacks
WITS
— Well Site Information Transfer System
TO
— Transmission owner (electricity)
UKOOG
— United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group
WFAC
— Waveform Acoustic Log
WOM
— Wait on Material
WSERE
— Well Seismic Edit Report
TOFS
— Time of first surface sample (on seismic trace)
WSU
— Well Service Unit
TVRF
— True Vertical Depth versus Repeat Formation Tester
VDENL
— Variation Density Log
WQCA
— Water Quality Control Act
TFX
— Toxic Effects
TOFD
— Time of first data sample (on seismic trace)
WCRE
— World Commission on Renewable Energy
TLI
— Top of Logging Interval
VTDLL
— Vertical Thickness Dual Laterolog
TIH
— Trip Into Hole
TSI
— Temporarily Shut In
VTFDC
— Vertical Thickness FDC CNL Log
UTC
— Universal Time
VAWT
— vertical axis wind turbine (wind)
WAR
— Well Activity Report
TOF
— Top Of Fish
WLTS
— Well Log Transaction System
WSSUR
— Well Seismic Survey Plot
TR
— Temporary Refuge
XPERM
— Matrix Permeability in the X-Direction
VS
— Vertical Section
WH
— watthour (measurement)
WIS
— Wave Information Study
XPHLOC
— Crossplot Selection for XPHI
WEEA
— World Energy Efficiency Organization
WGEO
— Well Geophone Report
WC
— Watercut
WB
— Welded Beam
WE
— Well Engineer
TREAT
— Treatment Report
WSCL
— Well Site Core Log
ULCGR
— Uncompressed LDC CNL Gamma Ray Log
TRD
— Total Report Data
WOA
— Well Operations Authorization
WP
— Well Proposal
TRANSO
— National Transmission Corporation (Philippines)
W/C
— Water Cushion
TIEBK
— Tieback Report
WSS
— Working Spread Sheet (for logging)
XLN
— Crystalline (minerals)
VP
— Vapour pressure
TRA
— Top Riser Assembly
VERAN
— Verticality Analysis
WSSOF
— WSS Offset Profile
WGFM
— Wet Gas Flow Meter
VLTCS
— Very Low Temperature Carbon Steel
WESTR
— Well Status Record
UCSU
— Upstream Commissioning and Start-Up
WAVF
— Waveform Log
WGUNT
— Water Gun Test
VXT
— Vertical Christmas Tree
WEQL
— Well Equipment Layout
USFWS
— US Fish and Wildlife
TRANSO
— Transcontinental Pipeline (US) (natural gas)
WVS
— Well Velocity Survey
TSA
— Thermally Sprayed Aluminium
UGF
— Universal Guide Frame
TMCM
— Tranverse Mercator Central Meridian
VERIF
— Verification List
TRACL
— Tractor Log
WOS
— West of Shetland
VWL
— Velocity Well Log
WQC
— Water Quality Certificate
WM
— Wet Mate
XL
— Exploration Licence
WF
— Water Flooding
WHIG
— Whitehouse Gauge
WR
— Wet Resistivity
WC
— Welded Column
WP
— Weather Proof
TELER
— Teledrift Report
Show More Results
72