Offshore Oil and Gas Industry - Abbreviations and Acronyms 
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        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
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                                                            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
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                                                              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
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