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(pdf file downloadable from www.dmar-engr.com) A A&G Administrative And General Expenses AADE American Association Of Drilling Engineers AAGR Average Annual Growth Rate AAPG American Association Of Petroleum Geologists AAQS Ambient Air Quality Standards AAR After Action Reviews AAV Annulus Access Valve ABAN Abandonment ABF Aquatic Base Flow ABS American Bureau Of Shipping ABSA Alberta Boilers Safety Association AC Alternating Current ACA Annual Charge Adjustment ACHE Air Cooled Heat Exchanger ACOU Acoustic ACP Annular Casing Pressure ACP Area Contingency Plan ACQU Acquisition Log ACRS Accelerated Cost Recovery System ADIOS Automated Data Inquiry For Oil Spills ADIT Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes ADROC Advanced Rock Properties Report ADT Applied Drilling Technology AF Arctic Floater AFE Authorization For Expenditure AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam AFP Active Fire Protection AFV Annular Flow Valve AGRU Acid Gas Removal Unit AHBDF Along Hole (Depth) Below Derrick Floor AHD Along Hole Depth AI Artificial Island AIChE American Institute Of Chemical Engineers AIME American Institute Of Mining, Metallurgical, And Petroleum Engineers AIRG Airgun AIRRE Airgun Report AIS Automatic Identification System AIT Array Induction Tool AIT Auto Ignition Temperature AIV Alternate Isolation Valve AL Appraisal Licence AL Artificial Lift ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable ALC Aertical Seismic Profile Acoustic Log Calibration ALR Acoustic Log Report AMDEA Activated Methyldiethanolamine AMNI Associate Member Of The Nautical Institute Amp Ampere AMS Auxiliary Measurement Service Log AMSL Above Mean Sea Level AMV Annulus Master Valve AMVER US Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue ANACO Analysis Of Core Logs Report ANARE Analysis Report ANP Brazil'S National Petroleum Agency ANPR Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking ANSI American National Standards Institute AOF Absolute Open Flow Offshore Oil and Gas Industry ‐ Abbreviations and Acronyms AOFP Absolute Open Flow Potential AOPL Association Of Oil Pipe Lines APCD Air Pollution Control District APD Application For Permit To Drill API American Petroleum Institute APM Application For Permit To Modify APPRE Appraisal Report APS Active Pipe Support AQ Air Quality AQAP Air Quality Attainment Plan AQMD Air Quality Management District ARACL Array Acoustic Log ARB Air Resources Board ARCS Admiralty Raster Chart Service ARESV Analysis Of Reservoir ARI Azimuthal Resistivity Image ARPA Automatic Radar Plotting Aids ARRC Array Acoustic Report ART Actuator Running Tool ART Alternate Response Technologies AS Array Sonic Processing Log ASBA Association Of Ship Brokers And Agents ASCE American Society Of Chemical Engineers ASCSSV Annulus Surface Controlled Sub Surface Valve ASME American Society Of Mechanical Engineers ASP Array Sonic Processing Report ASPO Asociation For The Study Of Peak Oil & Gas ASR Atmosphere Supplying Respirator ASRO Australian Shipping Registration Office ASTM American Society For Testing And Materials ASV Annular Safety Valve ATD Application To Drill atm Atmosphere, A Unit Of Pressure AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle AV Annular Velocity Or Apparent Viscosity AVO Amplitude Variation With Offset (Seismic) AVO Amplitude Versus Offset (Geophysics) AWB/V Annulus Wing Block/Valve (Xt) AWO Approval For Well Operation B BA Brazos Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area BA Bridging Agreement BARS Borehole Acoustic Reflection Survey BAST Best Available And Safest Technology Bbbl Billion Barrels Bbl Barrel(S) Of Oil BBS Behavioral Based Safety BBSM Behaviour Based Safety Management BC Code Of Safe Practice For Solid Bulk Cargoes BCD Barrels Per Calendar Day Bcf Billion Cubic Feet (Of Natural Gas) Bcfd Billion Cubic Feet Per Day Bcfe Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas Equivalent BDF Below Derrick Floor BDI Baltic Dry Index BDL Bit Data Log BDV Blow Down Valve BFI Baltic Freight Index BFOE Brent, Forties, Oseberg, And Ekofisk (Oil Fields) BFPD Barrels Of Fluid Per Day BGL Below Ground Level (Used As A Datum For Depths In A Well) BGL Borehole Geometry Log BGS British Geological Survey www.dmar‐engr.com DMAR Engineering, Inc. ‐ United States | China | Malaysia 2 / 40 Offshore Oil and Gas Industry ‐ Abbreviations and Acronyms BGT Borehole Geometry Tool BGWP Base Of Ground Water Protection BH Bloodhound BHA Bottomhole Assembly BHC Bhc Gamma Ray Log BHCA Bhc Acoustic Log BHCP Bottomhole Circulating Pressure BHCS Bhc Sonic Log BHCT Bottomhole Circulating Temperature BHFP Bottomhole Flowing Pressure BHL Borehole Log BHL Bottomhole Location BHP Bottom Hole Pressure BHPRP Borehole Pressure Report BHSRE Bottom Hole Sampling Report BHSS Borehole Seismic Survey BHST Bottomhole Static Temperature BHT Bottomhole Temperature BHTV Borehole Television Report BIMCO Baltic And International Maritime Council BIOR Biostratigraphic Range Log BIORE Biostratigraphy Study Report BIVDL Bi/Dk/Wf/Casing Collar Locator/Gamma Ray Log BLI Bottom Of Logging Interval BLP Bridge Linked Platform BLPD Barrels Of Liquid Per Day BM Bay Marchand Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area BML Below Mud Line BMP’s Best Management Practices BO Back Off Log BO Biological Opinion BOB Back On Bottom BOD Basis of Design BOD Biological Oxygen Demand boe Barrels Of Oil Equivalent BOEM US Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management BOEPD Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day boepd, boe/d, boed Barrel Of Oil Equivalent Per Day BOM Bill Of Materials BOP Blowout Preventer BOP Bottom Of Pipe BOPD Barrels Of Oil Per Day BOPE Barrels Of Oil Per Day Equivalent BOPE Blowout Preventer Equipment BOPM Barrels Of Oil Per Month BOREH Borehole Seismic Analysis BOSIET Basic Offshore Safety Induction And Emergency Training BOSVA British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association BOTHL Bottom Hole Locator Log BOTTO Bottom Hole Pressure/Temperature Report BP Boiling Point BP Bubble Point bpd Barrels Per Day BPFL Borehole Profile Log BPH Barrels Per Hour BPI Baltic Panamax Index BPLUG Baker Plug BPV Back Pressure Valve BR Barge BROA British Rig Owners Association Brown Fields Fields Beyond Their Production Plateau But Still Producing BRPLG Bridge Plug Log BRS Bulgarian Register Of Shipping www.dmar‐engr.com DMAR Engineering, Inc. ‐ United States | China | Malaysia 3 / 40 Offshore Oil and Gas Industry ‐ Abbreviations and Acronyms BRT Below Rotary Table BS Breton Sound Area Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area BS&W Basic Sediment & Water BSDV Boarding Shutdown Valve BSEE US Bureau Of Safety And Environmental Enforcement BSL Below Sea Level BSL Burner Safety Low BSML Below Sea Mean Level BSR Bend Strength Ratio BSR Blind Shear Ram BSR Blind Shear Rams (Blowout Preventer) BSR Bottom Simulating Reflector BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene BTHL Bottom Hole Log BTI British Trade International BTO/C Break To Open/Close (Valve Torque) BTU British Thermal Unit BU Bottom Up BUL Bottom Up Lag BUR Build Up Rate BV Bureau Veritas BVO Ball Valve Operator BWOC By Weight Of Cement BWOW By Weight Of Water BWPD Barrels Of Water Per Day C C (cent.) Centigrade C&E Well Completion And Equipment Cost C&K Choke And Kill C&S Cased And Suspended C/P Consumption/Production (Ratio) C1 Methane C2 Ethane C3 Propane C4 Butane C6 Hexanes C7+ Heavy Hydrocarbon Components CA Core Analysis Log CAA Clean Air Act CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments CAD Computer Assisted Design CAER Community Awareness And Emergency Response CALI Calliper Log CALOG Circumferential Acoustic Log CALVE Calibrated Velocity Log Data CAODC Canadian Association Of Oilwell Drilling Contractors CAP Condition Assessment Program Survey CAPEX Capital Expenditure CAPP Canadian Association Of Petroleum Producers CART Cam Actuated Running Tool (Housing Running Tool) CART Cap Replacement Tool CAS Casing Log CATS Central Area Transmission System CB Core Barrel CBI Computer Based Information CBI Confederation Of British Industry CBIL Cbil Log CBL Cement Bond Log CBM Choke Bridge Module CBM Coalbed Methane CBM Coalbed Methane CBM Conventional Buoy Mooring CBT Computer Based Training www.dmar‐engr.com DMAR Engineering, Inc. ‐ United States | China | Malaysia 4 / 40 Offshore Oil and Gas Industry ‐ Abbreviations and Acronyms CCA Clean Carribbean & Americas CCC Carrier Container Council CCHT Core Chart Log CCL Casing Collar Locator CCLP Casing Collar Locator Perforation CCLTP Casing Collar Locator Through Tubing Plug CCP Controllable Pitch Propeller CCS Carbon Capture And Storage (Or Sequestration) CCS China Classification Society CD Core Description CDA Common Data Access CDATA Core Data CDIS Cdi Synthetic Seismic Log CDP Common Depth Point (Geophysics) CDP Comprehensive Drilling Plan CDR Chemical Data Reporting Rule CDRCL Compensated Dual Resistivity Cal. Log CDU Control Distribution Unit CECAN Cec Analysis CEME Cement Evaluation CEN European Committee For Standardization CENELEC European Committee For Electro Technical Standardization CEPA Canadian Energy Pipeline Association CERCLA US Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation And Liability Act CERE Cement Remedial Log CES Coast Earth Station CESMA Confederation Of European Union Shipmasters Associations CET Cement Evaluation Tool CF Completion Fluid Cf Cubic Feet CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics CFR Code Of Federal Regulations Cfs Cubic Feet Per Second CG Center of Gravity CG Coast Guard CGBF Concrete, Gravity Based Structure CGL Core Gamma Log CGPH Core Graph Log CGR Condensate Gas Ratio CGT Capital Gains Tax CGTL Compact Gas To Liquids CH Cased Hole CH Charlotte Harbor Gulf Of Mexico Leasing Area CHCNC Chcnc Gamma Ray Casing
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