Page 21 - Air and Gas Drilling Manual

= gallons
gals
= degrees Celsius
° C List of Abbreviations
Hg = mercury
° F = degrees Fahrenheit
IADC = International Association of
° F/ft = degrees Fahrenheit per foot
Drilling Contractors
° R = degrees Rankin ID = inside diameter
acfm = actual cubic feet per minute in = inch or inches
acfm = actual cubic feet per minute KE = kinetic energy per unit
AISI = American Iron and Steel volume
Institute KOP = kick off point
API = American Petroleum Institute lb/ft = pounds per foot
2
ASME = American Society of lb/ft , abs = pounds per square foot,
Mechanical Engineers absolute
3
bbl/hr = barrels per hour lb/ft = pounds per cubic foot
BHA = bottomhole assembly lb/gal = pounds per gallon
BOP = blowout preventor lb/hp-hr = pounds per horsepower hour
cfm = cubic feet per minute lb/lb-mole = pounds per pounds mole
cps = centipoises lb/sec = pounds per second
dP = differential pressure lbs = pounds
2
DTH = down the hole lb-sec/ft = pound seconds per square
EU = external upset foot
FS = factor of safety m/hr = meters per hour
ft = foot or feet m/sec = meters per second
3
ft/hr = feet per hour m /sec = cubic meters per second
ft/lb = foot pounds Max. = maximum
ft/sec = feet per second Min. = minimum
2
ft /sec = square feet per second mm = millimeters
3
ft /min = cubic feet per minute MOP = margin-of-overpull
3
ft /sec = cubic feet per second MWD = measure-while-drilling
3
2
ft-lb/ft = foot pounds per cubic foot N/m , abs = newtons per square
ft-lb/lb = foot pounds per pound meter, absolute
3
ft-lb/lb-°R = foot pounds per pounds N/m = Newton per cubic meter
2
degrees Rankin N-sec/m = Newton seconds per
ft-lb/sec = foot pounds per second square meter
gal/bbl = gallons per barrel OD = outside diameter
gal/hr = gallons per hour PDC = polycrystalline diamond
gal/min = gallons per minute compact
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