Appendix A: Acronyms

and Abbreviations
AIME American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
API American Petroleum Institute
BaSO4 barium sulfate, barite
bbl barrel/barrels
BF buoyancy factor (fraction)
BHA bottom-hole assembly
BHP bottom-hole pressure
BHT bottom-hole temperature
BOP blowout preventer
BOPD barrels of oil per day
BPV back-pressure valve
CapEx capital expenditure
CCL casing collar locator
Cf coefficient of friction
CIBP cast-iron bridge plug
CO2 carbon dioxide
CO–3 carbonate radical
CrO3 chromium trioxide
CT coiled tubing
CTD coiled tubing drilling
CTU coiled tubing unit
DNV Det Norske Veritas
DP drill pipe
EPDM ethylene propylene diene monomer
EPR ethylene propylene rubber (also EPM)
ESP electric submersible pump
EUE external upset end
FKM fluoroelastomer
frac fracture stimulation
gal gallon/gal
GPGP grind, polish, grind, polish
GPM gallons per minute
H2S hydrogen sulfide
HCl hydrochloric acid
HF hydrofluoric acid

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HNBR hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber

HP horsepower, high-pressure
HSE health, safety and environment
HTHP high temperature high pressure
HUET Helicopter Underwater Escape Training
HWDP heavy-weight drillpipe
HWO hydraulic workover
IADC International Association of Drilling Contractors
ICoTA Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association of SPE
ID inside diameter
in inch/in.
KWM kill weight mud
lbf pound force
lbm pound mass
LCM lost circulation material
LNG liquefied natural gas
LWD logging while drilling
MAWP maximum anticipated well pressure
MCF 1000 standard cubic feet (of gas)
micron one millionth of an inch (1/1000,000 in or microinch)
MPD managed pressure drilling
MW mud weight (fluid density)
MWD measurement while drilling
NEFE nonemulsifying iron sequestered (acid)
NORM naturally occurring radioactive material
NORSOK Norsk Sokkels Konkuranseposisjon
OBM oil-based mud
OCTG oil country tubular goods
OD outside diameter
OIM offshore installation manager
OTC Offshore Technology Conference
P&A plugged and abandoned
PBR polished bore receptacle
PDC polycrystalline diamond compact (bit)
PEEK polyether ether ketone
pH negative logarithm of para-hydronium ion concentration
ppb pound per barrel
ppf pound per foot or lb./ft.
psi pounds per square inch or lb./in2
PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
PTO power takeoff
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PWD pressure while drilling

Rc Rockwell hardness
RCD rotating control device
ROI return on investment
ROP rate of penetration
RPM revolutions per minute
rt. round thread
SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers
Spec specification (API)
SPPP strip, polish, plate, polish process
Stanolind Standard Oil of Indiana
SWPP strip, weld, plate, polish process
TD total depth
TIW Texas Iron Works
TPC Technical Publications Committee of IADC
UBD underbalanced drilling
UHMWPE ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene
VBRs variable bore rams
WBM water-based mud
WIO working interest owner
WPC World Petroleum Congress