The oil and gas industry uses many jargons, acronyms and abbreviations. Obviously, this list is not anywhere near exhaustive or definitive, but this should be the most comprehensive list anywhere.
Mostly coming from user contributions, it is contextual and is meant for indicative purposes only. It should not be relied upon for anything but general information.
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- 2D - Two dimensional (geophysics)
- 2P - Proved and Probable Reserves
- 3C - Three components seismic acquisition (x,y and z)
- 3D - Three dimensional (geophysics)
- 3DATW - 3 Dimension All The Way
- 3P - Proved, Probable and Possible Reserves
- 4D - Multiple Three dimensional's overlapping each other (geophysics)
- 7P - Prior Preparation and Precaution Prevents Piss Poor Performance, also Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
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- A&D - Acquisition & Divestment
- AADE - American Association of Drilling Engineers[2]
- AAODC - American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)
- AAR - After Action Review (What went right/wrong, dif next time)
- AAV - Annulus Access Valve
- ABAN - Abandonment, (also as AB)
- ABCM - Activity Based Costing Model
- AbEx - Abandonment Expense
- ACHE - Air Cooled Heat Exchanger
- ACOU - Acoustic
- ACQ - Annual Contract Quantity (in reference to gas sales)
- ACQU - Acquisition Log
- ACV - Approved/Authorized Contract Value
- AD - Assistant Driller
- ADE - Asphaltene Deposition Envelop
- ADROC - Advanced Rock Properties Report
- ADN - Azimuthal Density Neutron (Schlumberger)
- ADT - Applied Drilling Technology, ADT Log
- AFC - Approved For Construction
- AFE - Authorization for Expenditure, a process of submitting a business proposal to investors
- AFLD - Annular Fluid Loss Device (ie Halliburton's Twin Flow tool)