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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Abbreviations and Acronym "M"

Abbreviations and Acronym "M"



    1. to assemble or makeup parts to form a whole
    2. to screw together two pieces (of pipe)
    3. to mix or prepare a tank of mud
    4. to make up for lost time
    M - Meter
    M/U - Make up (refers to screwing pipe together)
    M/V - Mobile Vessel
    M1 - methyl orange alkalinity (of filtrate)
    MAASP - Maximum Allowable Annular Shut-in pressure!
    MAC - Manual alarm callpoint
    MAINTOPS – Maintenance Operations
    Marisat - Maritime satellite system
    MARPOL 73/78 - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
    MARSEC - Maritime Security
    MASP - Maximum Anticipated Surface Pressure
    MAWP - Maximum Actual Working Pressure
    MAWP - Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
    MB - Mud Bucket
    Mbbls - Thousand Barrels
    Mbbls/d - Thousand Barrels per Day
    mbd - thousand barrels per day
    mbod - thousand barrels of oil per day
    Mboe - Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent
    Mboe/d - Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day
    mbr - Member. distinctly identifiable sections within a given geological horizon, ie: the Suhindol mbr of the Etropol formation.
    MCA - Marine Coastguard Agency
    MCC - Master Control Center
    MCC – Motor Control Center
    MCE - Maximum Credible Earthquakes
    Mcf - Thousand Cubic Feet (of gas)
    MCFD - Thousand Cubic Feet Per Day
    MCFPD - One Thousand Cubic Feet of Gas Per Day
    MD - Measured Depth
    mD - millidarcy
    MDL - Methane Drainage Licence
    MDO - Marine Diesel Oil
    MDRT - measured depth from rotary table
    MDSS - Measured Depth Sub-Sea
    MDT - Modular formation Dynamic Tester
    MEG - Mono Ethylene Glycol
    MEO - medium earth orbit (for satellite configuration)
    MEPC - Marine Environment Protection Committee
    MERSAR - Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual
    MFE - Multi-flow-evaluator, form of DST
    Mgd - million gallons per day
    MGN - Marine Guidance Note
    MGO - Marine Gas Oil
    MGS - Mud Gas Separator
    Mgy - million gallons per year
    MH - Mouse Hole
    MI - Machinery Interface (part of the On Track system), Sense EDM terminology
    MI - Mineral Interest
    MIRU - Move in Rig up
    MIS - Management information system
    MISICP - Maximum Initial Shut-in Casing Pressure
    MIYP - Maximum Internal Yield Pressure
    mKB - Meters below Kelly Bushing
    ML - Mud line
    MLLW - Mean Lower Low Water
    MLS - Mud Logging System
    MM - Million
    MM - Mitigation Measure
    MMbbl(s) - Million Barrels
    mmbd - million barrels per day
    mmbod - million barrels of oil per day
    MMboe - Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent
    MMboepd (or mmboepd) - Millions of barrels of oil equivalent per day
    mmBtu - Million British Thermal Units
    MMcf - Million Cubic Feet
    MMcf/d - Million Cubic Feet per Day
    MMcfd - Million cubic feet day
    MMCRP - Mitigation Monitoring and Compliance Reporting Program
    MMP - Mitigation Monitoring Program
    MMPA - Marine Mammals Protection Act
    MMS - Minerals management service - Agency of US DoI
    MMscfd - million standard cubic feet per day
    mmstb - million stock barrels
    MMstb - million stock barrels
    MNI - Member of the Nautical Institute
    MO - Mobile
    MODU - Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
    MOL - Main oil line
    MOP - Margin of Over Pull
    MOP - mobile offshore production
    MOPU - Mobile Producing Unit
    MOTEMS - Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards
    MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
    MP - Mud Pump
    MPD - Managed Pressure Drilling
    Mpd - thousand barrels per day
    MPN - Most Probable Number
    MRCC - maritime rescue coordination centre
    MSC - Marine Safety Committee
    MSDS - Materials Safety Data Sheet
    MSL - Mean Sea Level
    MTLP - Mini Tension Leg Platform
    MU - has several meanings:
    MuSol - Mutual Solvent
    MUX - Make Up Crossover [Crossover - X]
    MVA - Megavolt-Amperes
    MW - Megawatts
    MW - Mud Weight,
    MW1 - Mud Weight, Old mud weight
    MW2 - Mud Weight, New mud weight
    MWD – Measure While Drilling

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