Glossary
- API
- This is an acronym for American Petroleum Institute
- ASME
- This is an acronym for American Society for Mechanical Engineers
- ASTM
- This is an acronym for American Society for Testing and Materials
- barg
- Bar gauge pressure
- bbl/d
- US barrel per day
- BS
- This is an acronym for British Standards
- Bscf
- This is an acronym for British Standard Cubic Feet
- CFD
- This is an acronym for Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Cp
- Specific heat capacity
- Cp/Cv
- Ratio of specific heat
- DD
- This is an acronym for Draw-Down
- Dp
- Pressure drop
- DPI
- This is an acronym for Dye Penetrant Inspection
- EN
- This is an acronym for European Norm
- ESP
- This is an acronym for Electric Submersile Pump
- FBHP
- This is an acronym for Flowing Bottom-Hole Pressure
- FD
- This is an acronym for Fixed Design
- FEA
- This is an acronym for Finite Element Analysis
- FPSO
- This is an acronym for Floating Production Storage and Off-Loading vessel
- FTHP
- This is an acronym for Flowing Tubing Head Pressure
- FWHP
- This is an acronym for Flowing Wellhead Pressure
- GVF
- This is an acronym for Gas Volume Fractions.
- GWL
- This is an acronym for Global Web Limited.
- HAZOP
- Hazard and operability study
- HIC
- This is an acronym for Hydrogen Induced Cracking
- HP
- This is an acronym for High Pressure (Stream
- IPR
- This is an acronym for Inflow Performance Relationship
- ISO
- This is an acronym for International Organisation for Standardisation
- LP
- This is an acronym for Low Pressure (Stream)
- LTCS
- This is an acronym for Low Temperature Carbon Steel
- m/s
- Metres per second
- MMscfd
- This is an acronym for Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day
- MPI
- This is an acronym for Magnetic Particle Inspection
- N
- Pressure ratio
- NACE
- This is an acronym for National Association of Corrosion Engineers
- NB
- This is an acronym for Nominal Bore
- P
- Pressure
- PED
- This is an acronym for Pressure Equipment Directive
- PI
- This is an acronym for Productivity Index
- PMI
- This is an acronym for Positive Material Identification
- PRV
- This is an acronym for Pressure Release Valve
- psia
- This is an acronym for Pounds per Square Inch Absolute
- Q
- Flow rate
- Qg
- Actual gas flow rate
- QI
- Actual liquid flow rate
- R&D
- This is an abbreviation for Research and Development
- RT
- This is an acronym for Radiography Test
- SJP
- This is an acronym for Surface Jet Pump
- UD
- This is an acronym for Universal Design
- UT
- This is an acronym for Ultrasonic Test
- W
- Well
- z
- Compressibility factor