List of Oil Field Acronyms - B

B

  • B or b – prefix denoting a number in billions
  • bbl – barrel
  • BBSM – behaviour-based safety management
  • BCPD - barrels condensate per day
  • Bcf – billion cubic feet (of natural gas)
  • Bcfe – billion cubic feet (of natural gas equivalent)
  • BDF – below Derrick floor
  • BDL – bit data log
  • BGL – borehole geometry log
  • BGL – below ground level (used as a datum for depths in a well)
  • BGS – British Geological Survey
  • BGT – borehole geometry tool
  • BGWP – base of ground-water protection
  • BH – bloodhound
  • BHA – bottom hole assembly (toolstring on coiled tubing or drill pipe)
  • BHC – BHC gamma ray log
  • BHCA – BHC acoustic log
  • BHCS – BHC sonic log
  • BHCT – bottomhole circulating temperature
  • BHL – borehole log
  • BHP – bottom hole pressure
  • BHPRP – borehole pressure report
  • BHSRE – bottom hole sampling report
  • BHSS – borehole seismic survey
  • BHT – bottomhole temperature
  • BHTV – borehole television report
  • BINXQ – bond index quicklook log
  • BIOR – biostratigraphic range log
  • BIORE – biostratigraphy study report
  • BIVDL – BI/DK/WF/Casing collar locator/gamma ray log
  • BLI – bottom of logging interval
  • BO – back-off log
  • boe – barrel(s) of oil equivalent
  • boed – barrel(s) of oil equivalent per day
  • boepd – barrel(s) of oil equivalent per day
  • BOB – back on bottom
  • BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand
  • BOM – Bill of materials
  • BOP – Blowout preventer
  • BOP – bottom of pipe
  • bopd – barrel(s) of oil per day
  • BOREH – borehole seismic analysis
  • BOSIET – basic offshore safety induction and emergency training
  • BOTHL – bottom hole locator log
  • BOTTO – bottom hole pressure/temperature report
  • bpd – barrels per day
  • BPH – barrels per hour
  • BPFL – borehole profile log
  • BPLUG – baker plug
  • BPV – back pressure valve (goes on the end of coiled tubing a drill pipe tool strings to prevent fluid flow in the wrong direction)
  • BQL – B/QL log
  • BRPLG – bridge plug log
  • BRT – below rotary table (used as a datum for depths in a well)
  • BSEE – US: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (Formerly the MMS)
  • BSR – blind shear rams (blowout preventer)
  • BSML – below sea mean level
  • BS&W – basic sediments and water
  • BTEX – benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and xylene
  • BTHL – bottom hole log
  • BTO/C – break to open/close (valve torque)
  • BTU – British thermal units
  • BU – bottom up
  • BUL – bottom up lag
  • BUR – build-up rate
  • BVO – ball valve operator
  • bwd – barrels of water per day (often used in reference to oil production)
  • bwpd – barrels of water per day

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