Rig Glossary: Abbreviations

AC
API
BHA
BOP
DC
EDR
HCR
HP
HPU
ID
JPP
JSA
KB
LP
MACP
MSDS
OD
OEM
PDC
POOH
PPE
PVT
RIH
ROP
RPM
SCBA
SCR
TD
VFD
WOB
WOC
X/O
  Alternate Current
American Petroleum Institute
Bottom Hole Assembly
Blowout Preventer
Direct Current
Electronic Drilling Recorder
Hydraulically Controlled Remote Valve
High Pressure
Hydraulic Power Unit
Inside Diameter
Job Planning Process
Job Safety Analysis
Kelly Bushing
Low Pressure
Maximum Allowable Casing Pressure
Material Safety Data Sheet
Outside Diameter
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Poly Diamond Crystalline
Pull Out Of the Hole
Personal Protective Equipment
Pit Volume Totalizer
Run In the Hole
Rate Of Penetration
Rotations Per Minute
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
Silicon Controlled Rectifier
Total Depth
Variable Frequency Drive
Weight On Bit
Waiting On Cement
Cross Over Sub


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