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- P – Producing well (as opposed to NP – Non Producing)
- P&A – plugged and abandoned (of a well)
- PEA – Palaeo Environment Study Report
- PADPRT – Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool
- PAL – Palaeo Chart
- PALYN – Palynological Analysis Report
- PAR – Pre-Assembled Rack
- PAGA – Public Address General Alarm
- PAU – Pre-Assembled Unit
- PBDMS – Playback DMSLS Log
- PBR – Polished Bore Receptacle (component of a completion string)
- PBD – Pason Billing System
- PBTD – Plug Back Total Depth
- PBU – Pressure Build Up (applies to integrity testing on valves)
- PCB – Poly Chlorinated BiPhenyl
- PCCL – Perforation Casing Collar Locator Log
- PCDM – Power and Control Distribution Module
- PCKR – Packer
- PCOLL – Perforation and Collar
- PDC – Perforation Depth Control
- PDC – Polycrystalline Diamond Composite (a type of drilling bit)
- PDG/PDHG – Permanent Downhole Gauge
- PDKL – PDK Log
- PDKR – PDK 100 Report
- PDP – Proved Developed Reserves
- PDPM – Power Distribution Protection Module
- PDNP – Proved Developed Not Producing
- PE – Petroleum Engineer
- PE – Professional Engineer
- PEDL – Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (United Kingdom), introduced in the 8th Onshore Licensing Round
- PENL – Penetration Log
- PEP – PEP Log
- PERDC – Perforation Depth Control
- PERFO – Perforation Log
- PERM – Permeability
- PERML – Permeability Log
- PESBG – Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
- PETA – Petrographical Analysis Report
- PETD – Petrographic Data Log
- PETLG – Petrophysical Evaluation Log
- PETPM – Petrography Permeametry Report
- PETRP – Petrophysical Evaluation Report
- PFE – Plate/Frame Heat Exchanger
- PFHE – Plate Fin Heat Exchanger
- PFC – PFC Log
- PFPG – Perforation Plug Log
- PFREC – Perforation Record Log
- PG – Pressure Gauge (Report)
- PGB – Permanent Guide Base
- PGOR – Produced Gas Oil Ratio
- PH – Phasor Log
- PHASE – Phasor Processing Log
- PHOL – Photon Log
- PHYFM – Physical Formation Log
- PI – Productivity Index or (Permit Issued)
- PINTL – Production Interpretation
- PIP – Pipe in Pipe
- PL – Production Licence
- PLEM – Pipeline End Manifold
- PLES -Pipeline End Structure
- PLET – Pipeline End Termination
- PLG – Plug Log
- PLS – Position Location System
- PLT – Production Logging Tool
- PLTQ – Production Logging Tool Quicklook Log
- PLTRE – Production Logging Tool Report
- PMI – Positive Material Identification
- PMV -Production Master Valve
- POB – Personnel on Board
- POBM – Pseudo-Oil-Based Mud
- POF – Permanent Operations Facility
- POOH / POH – Pull Out Of Hole
- PON – Petroleum Operations Notice (United Kingdom)
- POR – Density Porosity Log
- POSFR – Post Fracture Report
- POSTW – Post Well Appraisal Report
- POSWE – Post Well Summary Report
- PP – DXC Pressure Plot Log
- PP – Pump Pressure
- ppcf – Pounds Per Cubic Foot
- PPE – Preferred Pressure End
- PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
- ppg – Pounds Per Gallon
- PPI – Post Production Inspection/Intervention
- PPI – Post Pipelay Installation
- pptf – Pounds (per square inch) Per Thousand Feet (of depth) – a unit of fluid density/pressure
- PPS – Production Packer Setting
- PR2 – Testing regime to API6A Annex F
- PRA – Production Reporting & Allocation
- PREC – Perforation Record
- PRESS – Pressure Report
- PROD – Production Log
- PROTE – Production Test Report
- PROX – Proximity Log
- PRSRE – Pressure Gauge Report
- PSANA – Pressure Analysis
- PSA – Production Sharing Agreement
- PSC – Production Sharing Contract
- PSD – Planned Shut-Down
- PSIA – Pounds Per Square Inch Atmospheric
- PSIG – Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge
- PSL – Product Specification Level
- PSLOG – Pressure Log
- PSP – Pseudostatic Spontaneous Potential
- PSPL – PSP Leak Detection Log
- PSQ – Plug Squeeze Log
- PST – PST Log
- PSV – Pipe Supply Vessel
- PSV – Pressure Safety Valve
- PSVAL – Pressure Evaluation Log
- PTA/S – Pipeline Termination Assembly/Structure
- PTSET – Production Test Setter
- PTTC – Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, United States
- PTW – Permit to Work
- PU – Pick Up (tubing, rods, power swivel, etc.)
- PUD – Proved Undeveloped Reserves
- PUN – Puncher Log
- PUR – Plant Upset Report
- PUWER – Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
- PV – Plastic Viscosity
- PVT – Pressure Volume Temperature
- PVTRE – Pressure Volume Temperature Report
- PW – Produced Water
- PWB – Production Wing Block (XT)
- PWHT – Post Weld Heat Treat
- PWRI – Produced Water Re-Injection
- PWV – Production Wing Valve (also known as a flow wing valve on a Xmas tree)
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