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Units of Energy · Upstream Abbreviations commonly used by Wood Mackenzie

Units of Energy

OIL


mmbbl

b/d

 

million barrels

barrels/day

 

GAS


bcf

tcf

mmcfd

Mcm

Mcmd

bcm

 

billion (109) cubic feet

trillion (1012) cubic feet

million cubic feet per day

million cubic metres

million cubic metres per day

billion (109) cubic metres

 

GAS:OIL RATIO (GOR)


scf/bbl

 

standard cubic feet per barrel

 

OIL EQUIVALENT


boe

mmboe

boe/d

Mtoe

ktoe

 

barrels of oil equivalent

million barrels of oil equivalent

barrels of oil equivalent per day

million tonnes of oil equivalent

thousand tonnes of oil equivalent

 

COAL EQUIVALENT


Mtce

 

million tonnes of coal equivalent

 

OTHER


Mt

mmbtu

 

million tonnes

million British thermal units

 

ELECTRICITY


kWh

MWh

GWh

TWh

 

 

kilowatt hours

megawatt hours

gigawatt hours

terawatt hours

 

 

Upstream Abbreviations commonly used by Wood Mackenzie


2P

3P

BOP

EOR

GOC

OWC

GOR

CGR

KB

RT

LPG

LNG

OIP

STOIP

3D

TD

TVD

SS

proven + probable (reserves)

proven + probable + possible (reserves)

blowout preventer

enhanced oil recovery

gas/oil contact

oil/water contact

gas/oil ratio

condensate/gas ratio

kelly bushing

rotary table

liquefied petroleum gas

liquefied natural gas

oil in place

stock tank oil in place

three-dimensional

total depth

true vertical depth

subsea