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Drilling Abbreviations For Reporting PDF
Drilling Abbreviations For Reporting PDF
Drilling Abbreviations for Drilling Reports
ACZ ‐ acidize
ACZD ‐ acidized
AD ‐ authorized depth
ADDL ‐ additional
AFE ‐ Authority for Expenditure
AIR ‐ average injection rate
ALL ‐ allowable
ANH ‐ anhydrite
API ‐ American Petroleum Institute
AR ‐ acid residue
BAR ‐ barrels acid residue
BBL ‐ barrel
BHA ‐ bottom hole assembly
BHP ‐ bottom hole pressure
BHPF ‐ bullet holes per foot
BHT ‐ bottom hole temperature
BK ‐ break, broke
BKDN ‐ break down, broke down
BL ‐ blow
BLR ‐ bailer
BO ‐ barrels oil
BOLYR ‐ barrels oil load yet to recover
BOP ‐ blowout preventer
BOPD ‐ barrels oil per day
BOT ‐ bottom
BPD ‐ barrels per day
BPM ‐ barrels per minute
BPV ‐ back pressure valve
BS ‐ bottom settlings
BW ‐ barrels water
BWPD ‐ barrels of water per day
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C
C/O ‐ clean out
CB ‐ core barrel
CCL ‐ casing collar locator
CD ‐ calendar day
CH ‐ chert
CH ‐ casing head
CHG ‐ change
CI ‐ close in
CIP ‐ closed in pressure
CIRC ‐ circulate
CIV ‐ chemical injection valve
CIWOS ‐ closed in waiting on storage
CK ‐ choke
CL ‐ collar locator
CM ‐ condition
CMT ‐ cement
COMM ‐ communication
COMP ‐ complete
COND ‐ condition
CONTG ‐ continuing
CONTR ‐ contract, contractor
CONX ‐ connection
COR ‐ corrected, correction
CP ‐ casing head pressure
CSG ‐ casing
CT ‐ cable tools
CTL ‐ cumulative time lost
CTU ‐ coil tubing unit
CVGS ‐ cavings
CZR ‐ centralizer
DC ‐ drill collar
DD ‐ drill deeper
DEG ‐ degree
DESGN ‐ designated
DFE ‐ derrick floor elevation
DIC ‐ diamond core
DISM ‐ dismantle
DISPL ‐ displace
DK ‐ derrick
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DN ‐ down
DOLO ‐ dolomite
DP ‐ drill pipe
DRIBL ‐ drillable
DRLD ‐ drilled
DRLG ‐ drilling
DST ‐ drill stem test
DWA ‐ drilling with air
DWKS ‐ draworks
DWM ‐ drilling with mud
DWO ‐ drilling with oil
DWSW ‐ drilling with salt water
DWW ‐ drilling with water
EL ‐ electric log
ENG ‐ engine
EQPT ‐ equipment
ERD ‐ extended reach drilling
ESA ‐ estimated schedule allowable
EST ‐ estimated
°F ‐ degrees Fahrenheit
FBH ‐ flowing by heads
FE ‐ floating equipment
FIH ‐ finish in hole
FJ ‐ fishing job, flush job
FL ‐ fluid level
FLD ‐ flowed
FLG ‐ flowing
FLSHD ‐ flushed
FLU ‐ fluid
FNSH ‐ finish
FORM ‐ formation
FP ‐ flowing pressure
FPI ‐ free‐point indicator
FPSO ‐ floating production storage offloading vessel
FRAC ‐ fracture
FSHD ‐ fished
FSHG ‐ fishing
FV ‐ float valve
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FW ‐ fresh water
FWKO ‐ free water knock out
GAL ‐ gallon
GB ‐ gun barrel
GBW ‐ gelled brine water
GCM ‐ gas cut mud
GE ‐ ground elevation
GIH ‐ going in hole
GL ‐ gas lift
GND ‐ ground
GOM ‐ Gulf of Mexico
GOR ‐ gas to oil ratio
GPFV ‐ Gravel Pack Flapper Valve
GPM ‐ gallon per minute
GR ‐ gamma ray
GR&N ‐ gamma ray and neutron
GTV ‐ gravity
GV ‐ gas volume
GVNM ‐ gas volume not measured
HD ‐ hard
HP ‐ hydrostatic pressure
HVY ‐ heavy, heavily
HW ‐ hook‐wall
IND ‐ indicator, indicated
INJ ‐ inject, injection
INT ‐ interval
IP ‐ initial production
JB ‐ junk basket
JK ‐ junk
JS ‐ junk snatcher
JSPF ‐ jet shots per foot
JT ‐ joint
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K
KDB ‐ Kelly drive bushing
KDBE ‐ Kelly drive bushing elevation
KH ‐ reservoir flow capacity
KLD ‐ killed
KO ‐ kickoff
KOP ‐ kickoff point
KW ‐ killed well
LD ‐ laid down
LH ‐ left hand
LIH ‐ left in hole, lost in hole
LL ‐ Laterolog
LM ‐ lime
LNR ‐ liner
LOC ‐ location
LS ‐ long string
LT ‐ light
M/A ‐ mud anchor
MA ‐ mud acid
MAG ‐ magnetic
MATL ‐ material
MAX ‐ maximum
MCF ‐ thousand cubic feet
MCFD ‐ thousand cubic feet per day
MD ‐ measured depth
MD‐ft ‐ millidarcy feet
MDC ‐ monel drill collar
MED ‐ medium
MI ‐ move in
MIN ‐ minute, minimum
ML ‐ Microlog
MLL ‐ Microlaterolog
MMCFD ‐ million cubic feet per day
MOBM ‐ mineral‐oil‐based mud
MV ‐ move
MWD ‐ measurement while drilling
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N
ND ‐ nipple down
NE ‐ non‐emulsifying
NG ‐ no gauge
NMDC ‐ non‐magnetic drill collar
NONMAG ‐ non‐magnetic
NPT ‐ non‐productive time
NPT ‐ Nephelometric Turbidity Units
NPX ‐ new pool exempt
NR ‐ no report
NSG ‐ no show of gas
NSO ‐ no show of oil
NU ‐ nipple up
O&G ‐ oil and gas
O/E ‐ open‐end
OBM ‐ oil‐based mud
OCC ‐ Oil Conservation Commission
OEM ‐ oil emulsion mud
OFS ‐ oil string flange
OHGP ‐ openhole gravel pack
OIH ‐ oil in hole
OL ‐ oil load
OLTR ‐ oil load to recover
OPNS ‐ operations
OS ‐ overshot
P&A ‐ plug and abandon
P&R ‐ pull and run
P/U ‐ pick up, pull up
P/U ‐ pickup
PB ‐ plugback
PBD ‐ plugged back depth
PBTD ‐ plugback total depth
PC ‐ pin collar
PE ‐ pumping equipment
PERF ‐ perforating, perforations
PG ‐ plug
PI ‐ Productivity Index
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PKR ‐ packer
PLD ‐ pulled
PLG ‐ pulling
PMPD ‐ pumped
POB ‐ people on board
POB ‐ pulled off bottom
POH ‐ pull out of hole
POOH ‐ pull out of hole
POROS ‐ porosity
POTC ‐ potential
PPD ‐ pumped
PPG ‐ pounds per gallon
PPMCL ‐ parts per million chlorides
PPMCLI ‐ parts per million chlorides
PREP ‐ prepare, preparing
PRES ‐ pressure
PROD ‐ produce, production
PRSR ‐ pressure
PSI ‐ pounds per square inch
PSPG ‐ pounds sand per gallon
PU ‐ pumping unit
PVT ‐ pressure volume temperature
PWOW ‐ pumping with other
RB ‐ red beds
RBR ‐ rubber
RD ‐ rig down
RDF ‐ reservoir drill‐in fluid
RDMOL ‐ rig down move off location
RDTP ‐ roundtrip
RECD ‐ received
RECOV ‐ recover, recovery
RED ‐ reduce
REFD ‐ refined
REG ‐ regular
REPL ‐ replace
RH ‐ right hand
RLSD ‐ released
RMD ‐ reamed
RNG ‐ running
ROT ‐ rotary, rotate
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RPT ‐ report
RRC ‐ Railroad Commission
RT ‐ roundtrip
RT ‐ round trip
RTCB ‐ round trip to change bits
RTNR ‐ retainer
RTVBL ‐ retrievable
RU ‐ rig up
RUMI ‐ rig up and move in
RVS ‐ reverse
RVSD ‐ reversed
S/O ‐ shakeout
S/O ‐ slack off
S/T ‐ sidetrack, sidetracked
SCR ‐ scratcher
SCSSV ‐ surface‐controlled subsurface safety valve
SD ‐ shut down
SD ‐ sand
SH ‐ shale
SICP ‐ shut‐in casing pressure
SIDP ‐ shut‐in drill pipe pressure
SJ ‐ safety joint
SL ‐ slight, slightly
SLM ‐ steel line measurement
SLT ‐ salt
SM ‐ small
SN ‐ seating nipple
SPF ‐ shot per foot
SPM ‐ strokes per minute
SQZ ‐ squeeze, squeezed
SRO ‐ surface readout
SS ‐ short string
SS ‐ string shot
SSCV ‐ subsurface control valve
SSTT ‐ subsurface test tree
ST ‐ start, started
ST ‐ slope test
STT ‐ shunt tube technology
STAB ‐ stabilizer
STABLZ ‐ stabilizer
STDG ‐ standing
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STDS ‐ stands
STG ‐ storage
STM ‐ steel tape measurement
STPGP ‐ single‐trip perforate and gravel pack
STPFP ‐ single‐trip perforate and frac pack
SULF ‐ sulfur
SURF ‐ surface
SVC ‐ service
SVCU ‐ service unit
SW ‐ salt water
SWBD ‐ swabbed
SWBG ‐ swabbing
SWS ‐ sidewall samples
SWU ‐ swab unit
SX ‐ sacks
T&R ‐ tubing and rods
TA ‐ temporarily abandon
TBG ‐ tubing
TCP ‐ tubing conveyed perforating
TD ‐ total depth
THD ‐ thread
TIH ‐ trip in hole
TJ ‐ tool joint
TOT ‐ throughout test
TP ‐ tubinghead pressure
TRTD ‐ treated
TRTG ‐ treating
TS ‐ temperature survey
TSIC ‐ temperature survey indicated cement
TSTG ‐ testing
TSTM ‐ too small to measure
TTL ‐ total time lost
TVD ‐ total vertical depth
UR ‐ under ream
VAC ‐ vacuum
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VES ‐ visco elastic surfactant
VIS ‐ viscosity
VS ‐ velocity survey
VS ‐ vertical section
w/ ‐ with
W/H ‐ wellhead
W/O ‐ workover
W/O ‐ without
WI ‐ water injection
WIH ‐ went in hole
WKD ‐ worked
WKG ‐ working
WL ‐ waterloss
WLYR ‐ water load yet to recover
WO ‐ waiting on
WOC ‐ waiting on cement to set
WOO ‐ waiting on orders
WOR ‐ waiting on repairs
WOW ‐ waiting on weather
WS ‐ whipstock
WSHD ‐ washed
WSHG ‐ washing
WT ‐ weight
WTD ‐ waited
WTG ‐ waiting
WTR ‐ water
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