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Abbreviations Used in Oil Industry

Conversion Tables
Drilling
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ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation

Means

Detailed Word & Context if applicable

2P

Proven plus Prabable

AAPG
ABS
API

American association of Petroleum Geologists

American Bureau of Shipping
American Petroleum Institute Gravity

bbl
BCF
BCM
BTU
bwpd

Barrel
Billion Cubic Feet
Billion Cubic Metre
British Thermal Unit
Barrels of water per day

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas Natural Gas at 200-250 kg/cm2

DST
DWT

Drill Stem Test

Dead Weight Tonne

FDP
FPSO
FSO

Field Development Plan

Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading Vessel
Floating Storage & Offloading Vessel

GCV
GIIP

Gross Calorific Value

Gas Initially In Place

GOR

Gas Oil Ratio

Kcal
km

Kilocalorie
Kilometre

lkm
LNG
LPG

Line kilometer
Liquified Natural Gas At atmospheric pressure Natural Gas liquefies below -161C
Liquified Petroleum Gas A mixture of propane and butane

M3
MDRT
MDT
MMbbl
MMBTU
MMSCD
MMscfd
MMstbd
Natural Gas
NCV

Metre Cube
i.e.
1 Metre x 1 Metre x 1 Metre
Measured Depth from Rotary Table
Modulated Dynamic Tester
Million barrels
Million British Thermal Unit

NELP
NGL

New Exploration & Licensing Policy

Natural Gas Liquid Heavier hydrocarbons mainly pentane and hexane

PNG
PSC
PSDM
Psi

Piped Natural Gas

Production Sharing Contract
Pre stack depth Migration
Pounds per square inch

Scf
scfd
SCM
SPE
SPM

Standard Cubic Feet

Standard Cubic Feet per day
Standard Cubic Metre
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Single point Mooring

Million Standard Cubic Feet Per Day

Million Stock tank barrels per day
A blend of gaseous hydrocarbons found below ground which normally contains 60-95% Methane
Net Calorific Value

stb
stbd

Stock tank barrel

Stock tank barrel per day

TCF
TCM

Trillion Cubic Feet

Trillion Cubic Metre

WPC

World Petroleum Congress

CONVERSION TABLES

OIL
Amount Quantity in Common Use

Abbreviation =

Equivalent

Explanation

Equivalent

Explanation

1 cubic metre @ NTP

35.3 Cubic Feet
2.8 MMSCD
4 MMSCMD
4 MMSCMD
1300 SCM
1000 Kcal/SCM
90% of GCV
25.2 SCM
4500 SCMD
220 MW
0.65
0.76 Kg/SCM

1 atmosphere pressure ( 14.7 ibs/sq inch ) and 15 C

GAS
Amount

Quantity in Common Use

Abbreviation

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1
1
1
1
1

Standard Cubic Meter

Cubic Metre
Billion Cubic Metre/Yr
Trillion Cubic Feet
Million Tonne Per Annum(LNG)
MT of LNG
Gross Calorific Value
Net Calorific Value
Million BTU
Mega Watt of Power require
Power from 1 MMSCMD Gas
Specific Gravity of Gas
Density of Gas

SCM
M3
BCM/Yr
TCF
MMTPA(LNG)

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1

GCV
NCV
MMBTU
MW

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3.88 MMSCMD (100% recoverable (20yrs x 365days)

3.60 MMSCMD (Mol Wt. of 18 @365days/annum
1314 SCM(Mol. Wt. 18)

GCV 10000 Kcal/SCM

4440 @ Heat Rate 1850 Kcal/Kwh