Oilfield Abbreviation List (Abbreviated further for Mudlogging)

Guys, please use the abbreviations in this list, they are the official ones. Thanks, Gionata
A Cement cmt Debris deb Firm frm
Abundant abun Cemented cmtd Decrease, d, decr Fissile fis
ing
Accretion, ary accr Cephlapod ceph Deepened dpnd Flake flk
Acicular acic Chalk chk Dense dns Flakey flky
Aglomerate AGL Chert cht Dessication dess Flesh fls
Aggregate agg Chloritic chl Determine dtrm Fluorescence flor
Altered, ing alt Chocolate choc Detrital, us dtrl Foliated fol
Amount amt Clastic cl Diameter dia Foraminifera Foram
Amorphous amor Clay CL Difference dif Formation fm
And & Claystone CLST Direction dir Fossil, iferous fos
Angle angl Clean cln Directional DS Fracture, d, s frac
Survey
Angular ang Clear clr Dirty drty Fragment, ed, frag
al
Anhedral anhed Cluster clus Discontinous discont Friable fri
Anhydrite ANHY Coarse, ly crs Displace, ed, disp From fr
ment
Anhydritic anhyc Coated ctd Disseminated dis
Apparent apr Cobble cbl Distinct dist G
Appear, s app Colour col Distributed distr Gastropod Gast
Approximate, approx Colourless clss Disturbed dstrbd Geologist geol
ly
Arenaceous aren Common com Dolerite DOLR Glassy glsy
Argillaceous arg Compact cpt Dolomite DOL Glauconite, ic glauc
Associated assoc Concentrated conc Dolomitic dol Gloss glos
Average av Concentric cncn Drilled drld Gneiss GNS
Conchiodal conch Drilling Break DB Good gd
B Concretion, ary concr Dusky dsky Grade, d grd
Band, ed bnd Condensate cond Grading grdg
Become, ing bcm Conglomerate CGL E Grain, s, ed gr
Bed bd Conglomeritic cgl Earthy rthy Grainstone grst
Bedded bdd Considerably consid Echinoid, erm Ech Granular granlr
Bedding bdg Consolidated cons Elliptical elip Granule gran
Biotite biot Contact cont Elongate elg Greasy gsy
Black blk Contaminated contam Embedded embd Green gn
Block blck Contorted contor Emulsion emul Grey gy
Blocky blky Convoluted conv Enlarge enlrg Greywacke gywk
Blue bl Coprolites copr Equivalent equiv Ground gr
Botryoidal botry Coral cor Estimate est Group gp
Boulder bldr Correlate, ion corr Euhedral euh Gypsum GYP
Brachiopod Brac Covered cov Evaporite evap Gypsiferous gyp
Break brk Cream crm Excellent ex
Bright br Crenulation cren Exploration, expl H
ary
Brittle brit Crinoid Crin Exposed exp Halite HAL
Broken brkn Cross bedded xbdd Extremely extr Haematite, ic haem
Brown brn Cross bedding xbdg Hairline hrln
Bryozoa bry Cross xlam F Hard hd
laminated
Buff bf Crumbly cmb Facet fac Heavy hvy
Bulbous bulb Crypto crypxln Faint fnt Heterogenous heterog
crystalline
Crytal xl Fair fr High hi
C Crystalline xln Fault, ed flt Homogenous homog
Calcareous/ calc Cubic cu Feldspar fld Horizontal hor
Calcite, ic Cuttings ctgs Feet/foot ft Hornblende hrnbd
Carbonaceous carb Ferro- femg Hydrocarbons HC
magnesian
Carbonate CO3 D Ferruginous fe
Casing csg Dark dk Fibrous fib I
Caving cvg Dead dd Fill, ed, ing fll Igneous ig
Cavity cvt Dead Oil ddo Fine, ly f Illite il
Imbedded imbd Little ltl No show NS Pyroxene pyrxn
Immediate, ly imed Long, length lg Nodule, or nod
Imperfect imperf Loose lse Normal norm Q
Impermeable imperm Low lw Number no. Quartz qtz

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Impression imp Lower lwr Numerous num Quartzite qtzt
Include, sion, d incl Lumpy lmpy Quartzitic qtzc
Increase, d, ing incr Lustre lstr O Quartzose qtzs
Indeterminate indet Lutite lut Object obj
Indistinct indst Occasional occ R
Interbedded intbd M Ochre och Range, ing rng
Intercrystalline intxln Macrofossil macrfos Odour od Rare rr
Interest int Magnetic magn Oil O or o Recover, y, ies rec
Intergranular intgran Magnetite mag Olive olv Recrystallised rxln
Intergrown intgwn Manganese mang Olivine olvn Red rd
Interlaminated intlam Mark mk Oolite, ic ool Regular reg
Interpretation intpt Marl MAL Opaque opq Remains rem
Interval, s int Marly mrly Open, ed op Replace, ment rep
Intraclast intcl Maroon mar Orange orng Reservoir resvr
Intraformation intfm Massive mass Organic org Residue, al resd
al
Intragranular intragran Material mat Othoclase orth Resinous rsns
Intrusive, ion intr Matrix mtx Ostracod Ost Returns ret
Invertebrate inv Maximum max Oxidised ox Rhombic rhmb
Iridescent irid Measured meas Rhyolite RHY
Iron fe Measured MD P Ripple rip
Depth
Irregular irreg Medium med Packstone pkst Rock rk
Metal, ic met Pale pa Round, ed rnd
J Metamorphic metam Part, ly pt Rounding rndg
Jasper jasp Mica mic Patch, y ptch Rough rgh
Joint, ed, s jt Micaceous micac Pearly prly Rubbly rub
Micro micr Pebble pbl
K Microcrytalline micrxln Petroleum petr S
Kaolin, ite, itic kaol Microfossil micrfos Phosphatic phos Saline sal
Kick Off Point KOP Micrograined micrgr Pink pk Salinity S
Micromicaceou micrmic Pinpoint pp Sample, s smpl
s
L Middle mid Pitted pitd Sand SD
Laminae, ted lam Milky mky Plagioclase plag Sandstone SST
Laminations lamss Mineral, ised mnrl Plastic plas Sandy sdy
Large lrg Minimum min Platy plty Scarce scr
Layer lyr Minor mnr Polished pol Scattered scat
Leach lch Miscellaneous misc Polyhalite polyh Schist SCH
Leached lchd Moderate, ly mo Poor p Secondary 2ndry
Lens lns Mollusc, a Mol Poorly ply Sediment, ary sed
Lenticular lent Montmorillonit mont Poor Returns PR Serpentine serp
e
Light Lt Most mst Porosity por Shale SH
Lignite LIG Mostly mstly Possible pos Shaley shy
Lignitic lig Mottled mot Predominantly pred Shell, s shls
Lime lm Mud Cake CK Preserved presv Silica sil
Limestone LST Mudstone MDST Pressure press Siliceous silic
Limey lmy Muscovite musc Probably prob Silt SLT
Limonite, ic lim Prominant prom Siltstone SLTST
Liquid liq N Psuedo psdo Silty slty
Lithic Lithc No, non, nil n Purple purp Size sz
Lithoclast Lithcl No returns NR Pyrite pyr Slight, ly sl
Lithology lith No sample nsmpl Pyroclastic pyro Small sm
Smooth Sm Upper up
Soft sft
Soluable sol V
Solution soln Variable var
Some sm Varicoloured varic
Sorted srt Vein vn
Sorting srtg Veribrate vtb
Sparry(calc) spar Very v
Sphericle sph Vesicular ves
Splinter splt Visible vis
Splintery splty Vitreous vit
Spot spt Volcanic volc
Spotted sptd Volume vol
Stain stn Vuggy vug
Sticky stcky
Stippled stip W

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Stone st Wackstone wkst
Stratified strat Washed wshd
Streak, s strts Water wtr
Streaming strmng Wavy wvy
Striated stri Waxy wxy
Stringer strgr Weak wk
Strong strg Weathered wthrd
Structure struc Weight w
Sub sb Well w
Sub Angular sb ang White wh
Sub Rounded sb rnd With w/
Sucrosic suc
Swab, bing, swbd
bed
Swelling swlg X
Xenomorphic xeno
T
Tabular tab Y
Tan tn Yellow yel
Texture text
Thick thk Z
Thickness thkns Zeolite zeo
Thin thn Zone zn
Throughout thru
Tight tite
To -
Tough tgh
Trace tr
Translucent transl
Transparent transp
Tubing tub
Tuff TF
Tuffaceous tf
U
Unconformity unc
Unconsolidated uncons
Unidentifiable unid
Uniform uni
Unsorted unsrt

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WIRELINE
Schlumberger
Apparent resistivity of formation water Rwa Resistivity of Uninvaded Formation Rt
Borehole Compensated Sonic Log GHC Saturation Exponent n(exp)
Borehole Temperature Log BTL Sidewall Neutron Porosity Log SNP
Calculated Resistivity of formation water Rwc Thermal Decay Time Log TDT
Caliper Log CL Thermal Neutron Decay Time Log TDT-B
Casing Collar Locator CCL Variable Density Log VDL
Cement Bond Log CBL Water saturation as % of pore volume Sw
Cement Top Locator CTL Water saturation in flushed zone as % pore volume Sxo
Cementation Factor m(exp)
Combination density-micro SFL tool FRT
Compensated Dual Spacing Neutron Log CNL
Compensated Fomation Density log FDC
Core Sample Taker CST
Density of Pore Fluid pliq
Density of Rock Matrix pma
Diameter of Hole dh
Diameter of Invaded Zone di
Dual Induction Laterlog DIL
Dual Laterlog (sequential type) DLL
Dual Laterlog (simultaneous type) DLT
Dual Spacing Thermal Decay Time Log TDT-K
Electrical Survey ES
Formation Factor F
Formation Interval Tester FIT
Gamma Ray Log GR
Gamma Ray Neutron log GNT
High Resolution Dipmeter HDT
Induction-electrical Survey IES
Induction-spherically focused log IEF
Interval Transit Time ∆t
Interval Transit Time of pore fluid ∆ tf
Interval Transit Time of Rock ∆ tma
Irreducible Water Saturation as a % of pore volume Swi
Laterlog LL
Litho Density Tool LDT
Log Derived Density Pb
Long Spaced Sonic LSS
Microlaterolog MLL
Microlog ML
Microlog-Proximity Log MPL
Micro-spherically focused log MicroS
FL
Natural Gamma Ray Tool NGT
Porosity ∅
Repeat Formation Tester RFT
Resistivity of Adjacent Formation Rs
Resistivity of Flushed Zone Rxo
Resistivity of Formation 100% saturated with Ro
formation water of resistivity Rw
Resistivity of Formation Water Rw
Resistivity of Mud Rm
Resistivity of Mud Cake Rmc
Resistivity of Mud Filtrate Rmf

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