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- 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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