Chapter 26

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Compiled by T.R. Klett
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Chapter 26 of
Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the
Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah
By USGS Southwestern Wyoming Province Assessment Team

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Acronyms and Initialisms …………………………………………………………………… 2

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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Compiled by T.R. Klett

Abbreviations Cum. Cumulative

D Darcy or darcies
B or bbl Barrel or barrels
EUR Estimated ultimate recovery
BB Billion barrels
°F Degree Fahrenheit
BBL Billion barrels of petroleum liquids;
ft Foot or feet
includes crude oil, condensate, and
natural gas liquids h Hour or hours

BBNGL Billion barrels of natural gas liquids HI Hydrogen index

BBO Billion barrels of crude oil km Kilometer

BBOE Billion barrels of oil equivalent L Liter or liters

BCF Billion cubic feet L Petroleum liquids; includes crude oil,

condensate, and natural gas liquids
BCFG Billion cubic feet of natural gas
lb Pound or pounds
BL Barrels of petroleum liquids;
includes crude oil, condensate, and LNG Liquified natural gas
natural gas liquids m Meter or meters
BNGL Barrels of natural gas liquids Ma Million years ago
BO Barrels of crude oil MB Thousand barrels
BOE Barrels of oil equivalent MBL Thousand barrels of petroleum
Btu/lb British thermal units per pound liquids; includes crude oil,
condensate, and natural gas liquids
BW Barrels of water
MBNGL Thousand barrels of natural gas
°C Degree Celsius
liquids
CF Cubic feet
MBO Thousand barrels of crude oil
CFG Cubic feet of natural gas
MBOE Thousand barrels of oil equivalent
Cond. Condensate
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MCF Thousand cubic feet Acronyms

MCFG Thousand cubic feet of natural gas
AAPG American Association of Petroleum
mD Millidarcy or millidarcies
Geologists
mi Mile
API American Petroleum Institute
min Minute or minutes
AU Assessment unit
MMB Million barrels
EIA Energy Information Administration
MMBL Million barrels of petroleum liquids;
EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act
includes crude oil, condensate, and
of 2000
natural gas liquids
EUR Estimated ultimate recovery
MMBNGL Million barrels of natural gas liquids
GIS Geographic information system
MMBO Million barrels of crude oil
GOR Gas to oil ratio
MMBOE Million barrels of oil equivalent
LGR Liquids to gas ratio
MMCF Million cubic feet
MMS Minerals Management Service
MMCFG Million cubic feet of natural gas
NGL Natural gas liquids
m.y. Million years
OGIFF Oil and gas integrated field file
No. Number
SEG Society of Exploration
OI Oxygen index
Geophysicists
psi/ft Pounds per square inch per foot
TPS Total petroleum system
Ro Vitrinite reflectance, in oil
U.S. or U.S.A. United States of America
scf Standard cubic feet
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
sq. Square

TAI Thermal alteration index

TCF Trillion cubic feet

TCFG Trillion cubic feet of natural gas

TOC Total organic carbon

TWT Two-way travel time

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