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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Abbreviations and Acronym "D"

Abbreviations and Acronym "D"




    D&C - Drilling and Completions
    dBA - Decibles
    DC – Direct Current, elet
    DC - Drill Collar, Drilling
    DCDA - Drilling Control & Data Acquisition
    DCP - Driller's Control Panel
    DCR – Drillers' Control Room, rig eqipment
    DD - Directional Driller
    DD - Directional Drilling
    DDM - AKMH terminology for a Top Drive "Derrick Drilling Maching"
    DDU - Delivered Duty Unpaid
    DE – Diatomaceous Earth (filtration system for cleaning mud)
    DEAL - Digital Energy Atlas & Library
    DFMA – Drill Floor Manipulator Arm
    DGD - Dual gradient Drilling
    DGPS - Differential Global Positioning System
    DHSR - Degrees of Hydrate Suppression Required
    DHSV - Downhole Safety Valve
    DIS - Danish International Register of Shipping - Danish Maritime Authority
    DIS - Draft international standard
    DL - Development Licence
    DLat - difference in latitude
    DLL - Dual LateroLog
    DLong - difference in longitude
    DLS - Dog-Leg Severity
    DMDO - Distillate Marine Diesel Oil
    DNC - Digital Nautical Chart
    DNV - Det Norske Veritas
    DO - Dissolved Oxygen
    DO - Division Order
    DOC - document of compliance
    DOE - US Department Of Energy
    DOT - US Department of Transportation
    DP - Drill Pipe
    DP - Dynamic Positioning
    DPDV - Dynamically-Positioned Drilling Vassal
    DPO - Dynamic Positioning Operator
    DPP - Development and Production Plan
    DPP - Drill Pipe Pressure
    DR - Dead Reckoning
    DR - Delay Rental
    DRT – Drilling Riser Tensioner
    DS - Drillship
    DSC - Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers
    DSM – Drilling Service Module
    DSPL = Drillstring Pressure Losses
    DSS - decision support system
    DST - Drill Stem Test
    DSV - Diving Support Vessel
    DSV - Drilling SuperVisor
    DTH _ down the hole
    DTI - Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
    DTL - Drilling to the Limit.
    DTS - distributed temperature sensing
    DTU – Dry Tree Unit
    DV Tool - stage tool used for cementing
    DW - Drawworks
    DWT - Deadweight tons

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