Glossary

ACT: automatic custody transfer
AE: asphalt emulsion
AOF: absolute open flow
API: American Petroleum Institute
ARO: at a rate of
AW: acid water
BC: barrels condensate
BDO: barrels diesel oil
BHL: bottom hole location
BHP: bottom hole pressure
BHT: bottom hole temperature
BLO: barrels load oil
BLOTBR: barrels load oil to be recovered
BLW: barrels load water
BOE: blow out equipment
BOP: blow out preventer
BP: bridge plug
BS: basic sediment
BSUW: black sulfur water
BPV: back pressure valve
BTM: bottom
BU: build up
CAOFP: calculated absolute open flow potential
CC: casing collar
CG: corrected gravity
CH: choke
CIBP: cast iron bridge plug
CIP: cement in place
CIRC: circulate
CK: choke
CJPF: casing jets per foot
CO: cleaned out
CONDS: condensate
CP: casing pressure
CSG: casing
CSPK: casing packer
CTR: cable tool rig
CUSH: cushion
DC: drill collar
DD: drilled deeper
DF: derrick floor or drilling fluid
DHC: dry hole contribution
DIST: distillate
DM: drilling mud
DO: drilled out
DOC: drilled out cement
DP: drill pipe
DRL: drill
DST: drill stem test
DWT: dead weight tester
ELEV: elevation
F: flowed
FARO: flowed at rate of
FB: fair blow
FBHP: flowing bottom hole pressure
FEL: feet from east line
FER: fluid energy rate
FFP: final flowing pressure
FHH: final hydrostatic head
FL: fluid or fluid level
FNL: feet from north line
FP: flowing pressure or free point
FSH: fish
FSIP: final shut-in pressure
FSL: feet from south line
FTP: flowing tubing pressure
FWL: feet from west line
FG: full gauge
GB: good blow
GCDM: gas cut drilling mud
GCR: gas-condensate ratio
GGE: gauge
GIDP: gas in drill pipe
GIH: going in hole
GIP: gas in pipe
GL: ground level
GOC: gas-oil contact
GOR: gas-oil ratio
GRD: ground
GSO: good show of oil
GTS: gas to surface
HFO: hole full of oil
HH: hydrostatic head
HOCM: heavily oil cut mud
HP: hydrostatic pressure
IHH: initial hydrostatic head
INTFP: intermediate flowing pressure
INTSIP: intermediate shut-in pressure
ISIP: initial shut-in pressure
IG: in gauge
JOA: joint operating agreement
JK: junk
JT: joint
JKB: junk basket
KB: kelly bushing
KO: kicked off
LCM: lost circulation material
LD: land
LFL: low fluid level
LNR: liner
LO: load oil
LPG: liquified petroleum gas
LT: lower or light tubing
LTS: long tubing string
MC: mud cut
MCA: mud cleanout agent
MG: mud gas
MI: move in
MIE: move in equipment
MLU: mud logging unit
MN: midnight
MO: move
MORT: moving off rotary tools
MT: middle tubing
MTD: measured total depth
MTS: mud to surface
MW: muddy water
NEP: net effective pay
NIP: nipple or nipple up
NOJV: non-operated joint venture(s)
NR: no report
NS: no show
NSOFC: no show, odor, fluorescence, cut
OB: off bottom
OCM: oil cut mud
OD: outside diameter
OE: open end
OEG: oil equivalent gas
OH: open hole
OIP: oil in place
ON: overnight
OS: overshot
OTD: old total depth
OTS: oil to surface
OWC: oil-water contact
OWDD: oil well drilled deeper
OWWO: old well worked over
OOG: out of gauge
P: pumped
PB: plug back
PBTD: plug back total depth
PD: per day
PKR: packer
POOH: pulled (pulling) out of hole
POP: put on pump
PPP: pinpoint porosity
PU: pulling unit
R: radioactivity
RBP: retrievable bridge plug
RD: rig down
RGE: range
RIH: running (ran) in hole
RM: ream
RO: reversed out
RPM: revolutions per minute
RR: rotary rig
RU: rig up
SAB: strong air blow
SCF: standard cubic feet
SFP: surface flowing pressure
SIBHP: shut-in bottom hole pressure
SUB: shut-in tubing pressure
SLM: steel line measurement
SN: seating nipple
SOCM: slightly oil cut mud
SPM: strokes per minute
SPD: spud
STBOIP: stock tank barrels oil in place
STS: short tubing string
SULW: sulfur water
SW: salt water
SWCM: salt water cut mud
TA: temporarily abandoned
TD: total depth
TJPF: tubing jet(s) per foot
TOC: top of cement
TP: tubing pressure
TST: true stratigraphic thickness
TSTM: too small to measure
TVD: true vertical depth
TWP: township
UT: upper tubing
WB: water base
WC: water cushion
WCM: water cut mud
WDW: water disposal well
WH: wash
WI: water injection
WL: wireline
WS: whipstock
WW: water well
WP: wash pipe

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