Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Acronyms Used
in the oil & gas Industry
Table of Contents
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Institutions/Organizations
Geological Sciences
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Geophysical Sciences
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Carbonate Sedimentology
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Petrophysics/Logging
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GeoStatistics/Modelling
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Drilling Technologies
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Reservoir Engineering
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Volumetrics (Resources/Reserves)
29
Engineering
30
i-Field Technologies
32
Information Technology
33
Business Planning
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Meetings/Workshops/Peer Reviews
40
Quality Assurance
40
HSE
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Table of Contents
Professional Associations/Societies
Preface
Why publish a booklet on acronyms ?. Let us imagine a
possible situation:
A young engineer seeks assistance from his direct supervisor
on how to conduct a rock typing study. The supervisor says:
It is easy young fellow. First you get your CCA and MICP
data, sort samples by PTR distribution and Pc behaviour,
check for consistency, plot groups on k-PHI domain, get a
best fit-line and re-group the samples by PG. Later on you
can integrate SCAL, Kr, wettability etc for the RRT grouping.
I hope the workflow is clear to you. The poor engineer is
lost with so many acronyms!
The purpose of this booklet, which captures more than 1000
acronyms related to our Oil & Gas industry is, therefore, to
facilitate the life of all young engineers in their day-to-day
activities. I cannot claim to include all the possible acronyms
as I am sure there are many more which are not referred
here. In this booklet I capture, primarily, the most common
ones utilized in the upstream sector, i.e., the ones related to
G&G, Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering etc. As
far as logging abbreviations are concerned, I avoided using
all commercial names adopted by the Service Companies.
I restricted the acronyms to the most common ones only.
The remaining acronyms pertained to the support disciplines
are here for completeness only and I apologize if I missed
some of them.
Preface
Acknowledgments
I sincerely thank the contribution of all my colleagues at
ADCO and PARTEX for their valuable contributions, by
adding a few acronyms which were missed from the initial
list.
Acknowledgement
Professional Associations/Societies
AADE American Association of Drilling Engineers
AAPG American Association of Petroleum Geologists
AICHE American Institute of Chemical Engineers
APEGGA Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists
and Geophysicists of Alberta
ASA American Statistical Association
ASPO Association for the Study of Peak Oil
CERA Cambridge Energy Research Associates
CSChE Canadian Society or Chemical Engineering
DEA Drilling Engineering Association
EAGE European Association of Geoscientists and
Engineers
ESG Emirates Society of GeoScience
IACMAG International Association of Computer Methods
and Geomechanics
IAGC International Association of GeoChemistry
IAOGP International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
MAPDA Middle Atlantic Petroleum Distribution
Association
NPRA National Petrochemical & Refinery Association
PESA - Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
PICA Petroleum Industry Contractors Association
PJVA Petroleum Joint Venture Association
SCA Society of Core Analysts
SEG Society of Exploration Geophysicists
SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPWLA - Society of Petroleum Well Log Analysts
UKOOA United Kingdom Offshore Operators
Association
WPMA Western Petroleum Markets Association
WRA World Refining Association
Professional Associations / Societies
Institutions/Organizations/Agencies
Institutions/Organizations/Agencies
Institutions/Organizations/Agencies
Geological Sciences
Geological Sciences
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ANHY Anhydrite
DOL Dolomite
FI Fluid Inclusion
FZI Flow Zone Indicator
GC Gas Chromatograph
GPS Global Positioning System
GRST - Grainstone
HRSS High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy
HST - High Stand System Track
KB Kelly Bushing
LMS Limestone
LRP Low Resistivity Pay
LST Low Stand System Track
MDST - Mudstone
MFS Maximum Flooding Surface
MGIL Mud Gas Isotope Analysis
PG Petrophysical Groups
PKST Packstone
PSD Pore Size Distribution (from NMR)
PTR Pore Throat Radius (from MICP)
RRT Reservoir Rock Type
RST Regressive System Track
SARA Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, Asphaltenes
SB Sequence Boundary
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
SRA Source Rock Analyser
TD Total Depth
TEGC Thermal Expansion Gas Chromatograph
TOC Total Organic Compound
TST Transgressive System Track
TST True Stratigraphic Thickness (Isopach)
TVD True Vertical Depth
TVT True Vertical Thickness (Isochore)
VR - Vitrinite Reflectivity
VSP Vertical Seismic Profile
WKST - Wakestone
XRD X-Ray Difraction
YTF Yet to Find
Geophysical Sciences
Geological Sciences
1D One Dimensional
3D Three Dimensional
AAI Absolute Acoustic Impedance
AAMO Apparent Anisotropic Move Out (WesternGeco)
AFPR Acquisition Foot Print Removal
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AGORA Adaptative Ground Roll Attenuation (from CGG)
AMO Azimuth Move Out
AI Acoustic Impedance
AVA Amplitude Versus Angle
AVAZ Amplitude Versus Azimuth
AVO Amplitude Versus Offset
CDP Common Depth Point
CMP Common Mid Point
DECON - Deconvolution
DMO Dip Move Out
DPC Datum Plane of Computation
FK Frequency Wavenumber
EI Elastic Impedance
FDNAT Frequency-Dependent Noise Attenuation
(CGGVeritas)
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
GLI Generalized Linear Inversion
GPS Global Positioning System
HF High Frequency
HR High Resolution
IMA Internal Multiple Attenuation
LF Low Frequency
MAZ Multi Azimuth
NMO Normal Move Out
OBC Ocean Bottom Cable
OMAF Onshore Abu Dhabi Multiple Attenuation Task
Force
OWT One Way Time
PSDM Pre-Strack Depth Migration
PSTM Pre-Stack Time Migration
Q Quality Factor (describes degree of attenuation and
dispersion)
RAMUR High Resolution Radon Multiple Removal
(CGGVeritas)
RAZ Rich Azimuth
RMS Root Mean Square
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Geological Sciences
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Carbonate Sedimentology
Carbonate Sedimentology
13
Carbonate Sedimentology
14
Petrophysics/Logging
Petrophysics/Logging
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16
GeoStatistics/Modelling
GeoStatistics/Modelling
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Drilling Technologies
Drilling Technologies
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Drilling Technologies
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Drilling Technologies
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Petroleum Engineering/Production
Technology
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Petroleum Engineering/Production
Technology
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Petroleum Engineering/Production
Technology
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Kr - Relative Permeability.
Krg - Relative Permeability to Gas
Kro - Triphasic Relative Permeability to Oil
Krog - Relative Permeability to Oil in presence of Gas
Krow - Relative Permeability to Oil in presence of Water
Krw - Relative Permeability to water
Kw - Brine Permeability
LTPF Low Tension Polymer Flooding
m - Cementation exponent
MEOR Microbial EOR
MICP- Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure
MMP Minimum Miscibility Pressure
MSF Multi-Stage Flash
n - Saturation exponent
Nc - capillary number
No - Oil Corey
Np Cumulative oil produced (material balance)
Nw - Water Corey
N2 - Nitrogen
Pb Bubble Point Pressure
Pc Capillary Pressure
Pd - Dew Point Pressure
PG Petrophysical Groups
Phi Porosity
Ppg Pounds per gallon
PSA Particle Size Analyser
Psi - pound per square inch
PVT Pressure Volume Temperature
RB - Reservoir Barrel
RI - Resistivity index
ROS - Remaining oil saturation
RRT Reservoir Rock Types
SAGD Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
SARA Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, Asphaltenes
SCAL Special Core Analysis
SDM - Semi dynamic method
Sg - Gas Saturation
So - Oil Saturation.
Sorg Residual Oil Saturation after gas flood
Sorw Residual Oil Saturation after water flood
SP Surfactant Polymer Flood
SRB Straight Run Benzene
SRB - Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
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SS Steady State
STB Stock Tank Barrel
Sw - Water Saturation
SWAG Simultaneous WAG
Swc - Connate Water
Swi Irreducible Water Saturation
Swin - Initial Water Saturation
TAN Total Acid Number
THAI Toe-to-Heel Air Injection
TSR Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction
UCG Underground Coal Gasification
USBM - US Bureau of Mines, Wettability indices
USS Unsteady State
WAG Water Alternating Gas
Wi Cumulative water injected (material balance)
Wp Cumulative water produced (material balance)
_ Density
_ Viscosity
_ Interfacial Tension
_ Porosity
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Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Engineering
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Reservoir Engineering
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Volumetrics (Resources/Reserves)
Volumetrics (Resources/Reserves)
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Engineering
Engineering
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Engineering
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i-Field Technologies
CWE - Collaborative Work Environment
DCSs Decision Control Systems
DHFC - Down Hole Flow Control
DHV - Digital Hydraulic Valve
DOAMS Digital OilField and Asset Management System
DOFF Digital Oil Field of the Future
DSI - Discrete Smooth Interpolation
DTS Distributed Temperature Sensor
EMI Electromagnetic Imaging
FDIS Field Data Interface System
IAOM Integrated Asset Operations Module
ICD Inflow Control Device
ICV Inflow Control Valves
i-Field Intelligent Field
MRC - Maximum Reservoir Contact
PDHG Permanent Downhole Gauge
PDHMS- Pressure Downhole Monitoring System
ROSS - Remotely Operated Sliding Sleeves
RTDT Real Time Data Transmission
RTOS Real Time Operations Center
RTU - Remote Terminal Unit
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCU- Surface Control Unit
SDACS - Surface Data Acquisition and Control System
SPRM Smart Pilot Reservoir Monitoring
i-Field Technologies
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Information Technology
Information Technology
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Information Technology
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Information Technology
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Information Technology
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Business Planning
ARPR Annual Reservoir Performance Report
BP Business Plan
CAR Corporate Activity Report
CFDP Conceptual Field Development Plan
DCC Decision Cycle Compression
e-JMC Electronic JMC
EOFL End of Field Life
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
FFD Full Field Development
FFDP Full Field Development Project
FP Finance Proposal
JIP Joint Industry Project
JMC Joint Management Commission
IAG Integrated Asset Group
IAM Integrated Asset Meeting
LTDP Long Term Development Plan
MPAP Major Project Approval Process
MSC Maximum Sustainable Capacity
NFA No Further Activity
NFI No Further Investment
PID Project Identification Document
RFC Ready for Commissioning
SOR Statement of Requirements
TOR Terms of Reference
Information Technology
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Meetings/Workshops/Peer Reviews
DCC- Decision Cycle Compression
FINCO Finance Committee
IAG Integrated Asset Group
IAM Integrated Asset Meeting
ISH Industry Shareholder
JMC Joint Management Commission
LTCW Long Term Capacity Workshop
MCM Monthly Coordination Meeting (between the Fields
and Asset Teams)
NTK Need to Know
PDISC Petroleum Development Integrated SubCommittee Meeting
SH Shareholder
TBA To Be Announced
TCM Technical Committee Meeting
TFG Technology Focus Group
VAR Value Assurance Review
Meetings/Workshops/Peer Reviews
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Quality Assurance
BSC Balance Score Card
EPM Enterprise Project Management
FFDP Full Field Development Plan
KPI Key Performance Indicator
MPAP Major Project Approval Process
QCAT Quality Criticality Assessment Team
TFG Technology Focus Group
Quality Assurance
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HSE
HSE
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HSE
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HSE
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SD Surface Decompression
SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage
SIL Safety Integrity Level
STEL Short Term Exposure Limit
SWL Safe Working Load
TENR Technologically Enhanced Natural Radiation
THSE Technical HSE
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TPI Third Party Inspection
TRA Task Risk Assessment
TRIR Total Reportable Injury Rate
TSA Technical Safety Audit
TWA Time Weighted Average
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
VAFR vehicle Accident Frequency Rate
VDU Visual Display Unit
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
WBV Whole Body Vibration
HSE
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