Common Oil Field Abbreviations

aa abd abdt acdz ACT addn AE amt anhy alys ann AOF API appx arg ARO art avg AW B/ BA(W) BC bd(d) BDO bent BF(H) BHL BHP BHT bl bldg bledg blk blkt BLO BLOTBR BLW BN (0) (W) B(0)(W) BOE BOP BOP (D) (H) BP brkn brn BS BSUW BPV brg B(S)W BTM BU brk CAOFP carb CC CFGP (D) (H) CG eg as above abandon(ed) abundant acidize(d) automatic custody transfer addition asphalt emulsion amount anhydrite analysis annulus absolute open flow American Petroleum Institute approximate(ly) argillaceous at a rate of attempt(ed) average acid water base barrels acid (water) barrels condensate bed (ded) barrels diesel oil bentonite barrels fluid per (hour) bottom hole location bottom hole pressure bottom hole temperature black building bleeding block blanket barrels load oil barrels load oil to be recovered barrels load water barrels new (oil) (water) barrels (oil (water) blow out equipment blow out preventer barrels oil per (day) (hour) bridge plug broken brown basic sediment black sulfur water back pressure valve bearings barrels (salt) water bottom build up broke or break calculated absolute open flow potential carbonaceous casing collar cubic feet gas per (day) (hour) corrected gravity coarse grained
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CH chl cht CIBP CIP CIRC CK CJPF cl cmt CO C02 comm compl cond CONDS cong conn cont coord corr corro CP cplg cr CSG CSPK etc CTR CUSH cvgs ex (In) d D&A DC DD dec deer deg delr deaden* dev DF DHC dia direc displ DIST dk DM dn dns DO DOC dol(o) DP dpn DRL

choke channel chert cast iron bridge plug cement in place circulate choke casing jets per foot chloride cement cleaned out carbon dioxide communicate(d) complete(d) condition or conduct condensate conglomerate connection continue coordinates correct(ion) corrosion casing pressure coupling core casing casing packer contact cable tool rig cushion cavings coarse crystalline day dry and abandoned drill collar drilled deeper decide or decision decrease degree deliver determine detrital deviat(ed) (ion) derrick floor or drilling fluid dry hole contribution diameter direction displace(d) distillate dark drilling mud down dense drilled out drilled out cement dolomite drill pipe deepen drill

Abbreviations
DST DWT elec ELEV emul equiv est estab eval F FARO FB FBHP fed FEL FER FFP fg FHH FL fluor FNL F/O Fm. foss FP fr frac FSH FSIP FSL FTP FWL fx(ln) FG GB GCDM GCR GGE GIDP GIH GIP GL glauc GOC GOR Gr. GRD grn gry GSO GTS drill stem test dead weight tester electric elevation emulsion equivalent estimate(d) establish(ed) evaluate(d) flowed flowed at rate of fair blow flowing bottom hole pressure federal feet from east line fluid energy rate final flowing pressure fine grain(ed) final hydrostatic head fluid or fluid level fluorescentfce) feet from north line farmout Formation fossiliferous flowing pressure or free point from fracture fish final shut-in pressure feet from south line flowing tubing pressure feet from west line finely crystalline full gauge good blow gas cut drilling mud gas-condensate ratio gauge gas in drill pipe going in hole gas in pipe ground level glauconitic gas-oil contact gas-oil ratio Group ground green gray good show of oil gas to surface gravity gypsum hydrogen sulfide hard hole full of oil hydrostatic head high heavily oil cut mud heavily oil and gas cut mud horizontal HP hr IF(P) IHH immed imp incl incr irth inj int insp INTFP IP(F) (P) INTSIP ISIP inst IG J&A JK JT JKB KB KO LCM LD LFL lith litho 1m In LNR LO loc LPG Is lse LT LTS lv max Mb. MC MCA md. med MG MI MIE min. min MLU MN MO MORT MT MTD MTS MW mx(ln) NEP NIP

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g*y gyp
H2S hd HFO HH hi HOCM HO&GCM horiz

hydrostatic pressure hour initial flow(ing) (pressure) initial hydrostatic head immediate impression inclusions or including increase inhibitor or inhibit inject interval inspect intermediate flowing pressure initial potential (flowing) (pumping) intermediate shut-in pressure initial shut-in pressure install in gauge junked and abandoned junk joint junk basket kelly bushing kicked off lost circulation material land low fluid level lithology lithographic lime line liner load oil locate or location liquified petroleum gas limestone lease lower or light tubing long tubing string leave maximum member mud cut mud cleanout agent millidarcies medium mud gas move in move in equipment minute minimum mud logging unit midnight move moving off rotary tools middle tubing measured total depth mud to surface muddy water medium crystalline net effective" pay nipple or nipple up

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NOJV NR NS NSOFC N2 O&GCM OB OCM OD OE OEG OH OIP ON ool opn opr orig OS ostn OTD OTS

Abbreviations
non-operated joint venture(s) no report no show no show, odor, fluorescence, cut nitrogen oil and gas cut mud off bottom oil cut mud outside diameter open end oil equivalent gas open hole oil in place overnight oolitic open operator original overshot oilstain old total depth oil to surface oil-water contact oil well drilled deeper old well worked over out of gauge pumped plug and abandon pump and flow porosity and permeability paraffin plug back plug back total depth percent per day perforated) permeability per foot packer pipeline pulled pulling pump pulled (pulling) out of hole put on pump porosity possible potential parts per million pinpoint porosity prepare pressure probable or problem procedure produce pulling unit quartz rods and tubing rods and pump radioactivity red beds retrievable bridge plug RD rd rec recmd recv rel repl repr req refer RGE RIH RM rng rmv RO RPM rpt RR rr Rt rtnr RU Rw S&F SAB sal sat scat SCF sd sec sep SFP (S)SG sh SI(C)(P) SIBHP silk SITB sli SLM slt(st) SN (S)SO SOCM spl SPM SPD spt sqz ss
St

owe OWDD
OWWO OOG P P&A P&F P&P par PB PBTD pet PD perf perm Pi PKR P.L. pld Pig pmp POOH POP por poss pot ppm PPP prep press prob proc prod PU qtz R&T R&P R rbds RBP

STBOIP std stk stn STS SULW surv surf SW

rig down red recover recommend receive released replace repair request retrieve range running (ran) in hole ream running remove reversed out revolutions per minute report rotary rig rare true resistivity retainer rig up water resistivity swab and flow strong air blow salinity saturate(d) scattered standard cubic feet sand section separator surface flowing pressure (slight) show gas shale shut-in (casing) (pressure) shut-in bottom hole pressure siliceous shut-in tubing pressure slightly steel line measurement silt(stone) seating nipple (slight) show oil slightly oil cut mud sample strokes per minute spud spot squeeze sandstone state stock tank barrels oil in place standard or stand staked stain short tubing string sulfur water survey surface salt water

Abbreviations
swb SWCM sx T/ TA tbg TD temp TJPF T.O. TOC TP tr trt trmt tst TST TSTM TVD TWP u UT
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vac vel

swab salt water cut mud sack top temporarily abandoned tubing total depth temperature tubing jet(s) per foot tool open top of cement tubing pressure trace treat treatment test true stratigraphic thickness too small to measure true vertical depth township unit upper tubing very vacuum velocity

vert vis vol vole vug w/ w/o WB WC WCM WDW wgt wh WH WI W.I. wk WL WO (C)(0) WS wtr WW WP xln yell zn

vertical viscosity volume volcanic vuggy with without water base water cushion water cut mud water disposal well weight white wash water injection working interest weak wireline waiting on (cement) (orders) whipstock water water well wash pipe crystalline yellow zone

Conversion Chart3
To Convert: Linear units inches (in.) feet (ft) miles (mi) nautical miles (nmi) meters (m) centimeters (cm) kilometers (km) kilometers (km) Area units square feet (ft2) square miles (mi2) acres (ac) square meters (m2) square kilometers (km2) hectares (ha) Volume units cubic feet (ft3) cubic meters (m3) cubic meters (m) metric tons (MT) thousand cubic feet (mcf) million cubic feet (mmcf) billionb cubic feet (bcf) trillion cubic feet (tcf) gallons (gal) liters (L) liters (L) barrels (bbl) barrels (bbl) barrels (bbl) Mass units pounds (lb) kilograms (kg) short tons (ton) metric tons (MT) Pressure units pound-force per square inch (psi) pound-force per square inch (psi) kilopascals (kPa) kilopascals (kPa) bars (bar) bars (bar) Energy units British thermal units (Btu) kilojoules (kJ) To Convert: Temperature degrees Celsius(C) degrees Celsius (C) degrees Fahrenheit (F) kelvins (K) To: centimeters (cm) meters (m) kilometers (km) kilometers (km) feet (ft) inches (in.) miles (mi) nautical miles (nmi) square meters (m2) square kilometers (km2) hectares (ha) square feet (ft2) square miles (mi2) acres (ac) cubic meters (m3) cubic feet (ft3) barrels (bbl) barrels (bbl) cubic meters (m3) thousand cubic meters (thousand m3) million cubic meters (million m3) billion0 cubic meters (billion m3) liters (L) gallons (gal) barrels (bbl) cubic meters (m3) metric tons (MT) liters (L) kilograms (kg) pounds (lb) metric tons (MT) short tons (ton) kilopascals (kPa) bars (bar) pound-force per square inch (psi) bars (bar) pound-force per square inch (psi) kilopascals (kPa) kilojoules (kJ) British thermal units (Btu) Multiply By: 2.54 0.305 1.609 1.852 3.281 0.394 0.621 0.540 0.093 2.590 0.405 10.764 0.386 2.471 0.028 35.315 6.290 7.34 (approx.) 28.317 28.317 28.317 28.317 3.785 0.264 0.0063 0.159 0.14 (approx.) 158.987 0.454 2.205 0.907 1.102 6.895 0.069 0.145 0.01 14.504 100 1.055 0.948 Use Formula: (C x 9/5) + 32 C + 273.15 (F-32)x5/9 K-273.15

To:
degrees FahrenheitfF) kelvins (K) degrees Celsius (C) degrees Celsius (C) Miscellaneous 1F/100ft=1.8C/100m 1 C/km = 0.055F/100 ft =2.9F/mi million year interval = m.y. million years before present = Ma billion years before present = Ga

3 ^ more information on units and converstans, see7te b 1 billion = 109.

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