DC

Definition:

Drilling and Completion

Subject Area 1:

Petroleum Engineering

Abbreviation	Definition	English	German	French
DC	Drill Collar (Schwerstange)				Details
DC	Discharge Capacity				Details
DC	drill centre				Details
DC	direct current				Details
DC	Drill Collar				Details
DC	depth correction				Details
DC	District of Columbia				Details
DC	delayed coker				Details
DC	development well, carbon dioxide				Details
DC	diamond core				Details
DC	digging cellar or digging cellar and slush pits				Details
DC	dually completed				Details
DC	Decision Criteria				Details Remarks
DC	Decline Curve				Details
dc	Dual Completion				Details
DC	Drill collars				Details
DC	Disconnect Coupler				Details
DC	Drill collars				Details
DC	drill and complete				Details
DC	Drilling and Completions				Details
DC	Drilling and Completion				Details
DC	Digital & Cybersecurity				Details
DC.K	Dual Completion Kreuz				Details
DC/F	degree celsius per foot				Details Remarks
DC/K	degree celsius per kilometer				Details Remarks
DC/M	degree celsius per meter				Details Remarks
DC1	Caliper 1-3 (C1) Minus Bit Size (BS)				Details Remarks
DC2	Caliper 2-4 (C2) Minus Bit Size (BS)				Details Remarks
DCA	Development Contract Area				Details
DCA	Decline Curve Analysis				Details
dca	Decline Curve Analysis Forecast				Details
DCA2	Differential caliper (Secondary)				Details Remarks
DCAF	Discipline Controls & Assurance Framework				Details
DCAL	Differential Caliper Log				Details
DCAL	dual caliper log				Details
DCAL	Diff.Caliper				Details Remarks
DCAL	Differential Caliper				Details Remarks
DCALI	Dual Caliper Log				Details
DCAT	Theoretical DWCA Log				Details Remarks
DCAY	decay				Details Remarks
DCB	diamond core bit				Details
DCBC	MCFL Depth Matched Conductivity Buttons				Details Remarks
DCBL	Synthetic CBL from Discriminated				Details Remarks
DCBV	Differential Caliper, Bottom Sensor				Details Remarks
DCC	Data Control Centre				Details
DCC	Decision Cycle Compression				Details
DCC	Decision Cycle Compression e-JMC-Electronic JMC				Details
DCC	Drilling Center Cockpit				Details
DCCL	Casing Collar Locator Depth				Details Remarks
DCCO	Compressional differential coupling				Details Remarks
DCE	Direct Contract Employment				Details
DCF	Discounted Cash Flow (economics)				Details
DCF	LUMP Depth Contact Flag				Details Remarks
DCHM	degree celsius per hundred meters				Details Remarks
DCI	Downhole Chemical Injection				Details
DCI	Decision maker, Consulted, Informed				Details Remarks
DCI	Drilling Complexity Index				Details
DCID	Delta Conductivity for Deep Induction				Details Remarks
DCIM	Delta Conductivity for Medium Induction				Details Remarks
DCL	Dielectric Constant Log				Details
DCLA	Differential Caliper, Real-Time				Details Remarks
DCLAY	dry clay				Details Remarks
DCLSP	digging slush pits				Details
DCLV	DC Low Voltage				Details Remarks
DCM	Dielectric Constant Measurement				Details
DCM	distillate cut mud				Details
DCM	distillate-cut mud				Details
DCN	Design Change Notice				Details
DCNR	Contact Resistance D				Details Remarks
DCNT	Diagnostic Word for Compensated Neutron				Details Remarks
DCOR	Depth Correction				Details Remarks
DCP	Downstream Choke Pressure				Details
DCP	Driller’s Control Panel				Details
DCP	Dry Chemical Powder				Details
DCPH	degree celsius per hour				Details Remarks
DCPM	degree celsius per minute				Details Remarks
DCPS	degree celsius per second				Details Remarks
DCQ	Daily Contracted Quantity (Gas supply contract)				Details
DCR	Daily Cost Report				Details
DCR	Deep Carbonate Revisit				Details
DCR	Design & Construction Regulations				Details
DCR	Deep Carbonate Reservoir				Details
DCS	Distributed Control System				Details
DCS	Document Control System				Details
DCS	Distributed Control System				Details
DCS	Date Circulation Stopped				Details
DCS	Digital & Cybersecurity				Details
DCSF	Delta Conductivity for SFL				Details Remarks
DCSH	Shear differential coupling				Details Remarks
DCSs	Decision Control Systems				Details
DCST	Stoneley differential coupling				Details Remarks
DCSU	Dry Weight Percent Corrected Sulfur				Details Remarks
DCTR	detector				Details
DCU	delayed coking unit				Details
DC_A	Averaged Rotational Differential Caliper				Details Remarks
AAODC	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)				Details
AAODC	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors				Details
AAODC	See IADC				Details
AAODC	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (veraltet; ersetzt durch IADC)	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolète, remplacé par IADC)	Details
AAODC	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors	American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors	Details
AAODC	See IADC	See IADC	Siehe IADC	Voir IADC	Details
ADC	Advanced Gauge Data Conditioning (Pansystem software)				Details
ADC	Analog-to-Digital Converter				Details
ADC	actual drilling cost				Details
ADC	Analogic Digital Converter				Details Remarks
ADCH	APS ADC Calibration High Reference				Details Remarks
ADCL	APS ADC Calibration Low Reference				Details Remarks
ADCO	Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations				Details
ADCO	Abu Dhabi Co. for Onshore Oil Operations Abu Dhabi				Details
ADCOM	ADress COMission				Details
ADDC	Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs				Details
ADDCAP	Abu Dhabi Drilling Chemicals and Products Ltd. Abu Dhabi				Details
AFUDC	allowance for funds used during construction				Details
APDC	APS Near/Array Corrected Dolomite Porosity Neutron_Porosity_Dolomite				Details Remarks
AUDCO	Audit Committee Meeting				Details
BDC	Backup Domain Controller				Details
BDCM	Bulk Densitiy compensated (Memory)				Details Remarks
BDCM	Bulk Densitiy compensated (Memory)				Details Remarks
BSDC	(barrel per day) per (cycle per second)				Details Remarks
BTDC	before top dead center				Details
CAODC	Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors				Details
CDC	Career Development Center				Details
CDC	Compensated Density Caliper				Details
CDCL	Compensated Densilog Caliper				Details
CDCL	ECS Capture Chlorine Borehole Minus				Details Remarks
CDCL GR	Compensated Densilog Caliper Gamma Ray				Details
CDCR	Deep Induction Electronic Calibrated Real				Details Remarks
CDCX	Deep Induction Electronic Calibrated Quad				Details Remarks
CFDC	Compensated Formation Density Caliper				Details
CIDC	Casing/Pipe Inner Diameter				Details Remarks
CNODC	China National Oil & Gas Exploration & Development Corp. (see CSPC) China				Details
CODC	Casing/Pipe Outside Diameter				Details Remarks
CUDC	Conductivity of the Undisturbed Zone at Downhole Conditions				Details Remarks
CUDC	Conductivity of the Undisturbed Zone at Downhole Conditions				Details Remarks
CVDC	Cost vs Depth Curve (drilling)				Details
CXDC	Conductivity of the Flushed Zone at Downhole Conditions				Details Remarks
CXDC	Conductivity of the Flushed Zone at Downhole Conditions				Details Remarks
DDCV	deep draft caisson vessel				Details
DODC	Development Operations Coordination Document (US Govt GoM Well Permit applic form)				Details
ECDC	Eccentered Caliper Device - C				Details
EDC	Egyption Drilling Company				Details
EDC	Ethylene Dichloride				Details
EDCC	ECS Channel Control Word				Details Remarks
EDCS	ECS Board Counter SLM Status				Details Remarks
EDCTN(R)	education(tor)				Details
EPDC	Electromagnetic Propagation Dielectric				Details Remarks
FADC	Fluid Analyzer Dark Calibration				Details Remarks
FBDC	FBST DIP button average, DC				Details Remarks
FDC	Formation Density Compensated Log				Details
FDC	Formation Density Log				Details
FDC	Formation Density Logging				Details
FDC	Caliper				Details
FDC	formation Density Caliper				Details
FDC	formation density correlated				Details
FDC	Formation Density				Details
FDC-GR	Formation Density-Gamma Ray Logging				Details
FDCNL	formation density compensated neutron log				Details
FEDC	Far Epithermal Detector Counts				Details Remarks
FFDC	Far FDC Count Rate				Details Remarks
FPDC	Fracture Plausibility given by Criterion				Details Remarks
FTDC	Far Thermal Detector Counts				Details Remarks
ftGoldCoast	Foot (Gold Coast)				Details Remarks
FVDC	Corrected Fracture Density: Apparent				Details Remarks
FWDC	Fractional Weight of Dry Clay				Details Remarks
GDC	Gas District Cooling				Details
GDDC	Gas Detector Dark Calibration Data				Details Remarks
GDDC_DL	Gas Detector Dark Calibration Data (Depth				Details Remarks
GPDC	General Process Design Criteria				Details Remarks
GR&DC	Gulf Research and Development Company				Details
GRDC	Gamma Ray Depth Control				Details
GRDC	Gulf Research and Development Company				Details
GWDC	Great Wall Drilling Company				Details
HADC	APS High Resolution Near/Array Corrected				Details Remarks
HBDC	LDS High Resolution Bulk Density				Details Remarks
HDC1	HY_1 Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
HDC1_DL	MRHY 1 Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
HDC2	HY_2 Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
HDC2_DL	MRHY 2 Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
HDC3	HY_3 Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
HDC3_DL	MRHY 3 Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
HVDC	High Voltage Direct Current				Details
Hydc	hydrocarbon				Details
HYDCA	Hydril Type CA joint				Details
hydcarb	hydrocarbon				Details
HYDCS	Hydril Type CS Joint				Details
IADC	International Association of Drilling Contractors				Details
IADC	International Association of Drilling Contractors (formerly AAODC)				Details
IDC	Intangible Drilling Costs				Details
IDCS	Integrated Distribution Control System.				Details
IHRDC	International Human Resources Development Company				Details
IHRDC	International Human Resource Development Corporation				Details
IRDC	IR Drop along Casing				Details Remarks
IWDC	Initial Well Design Criteria				Details
JDC	Japan Drilling Company				Details
JDC	Jar Down pulling tool for C Core option				Details
JODCO	Japan Oil Development Company				Details
LDC	local distribution companies				Details
LDC	laid-down cost				Details
LDC	local distribution company				Details
LDCA	LINC Downhole Coupler Assembly				Details
LDCG	Casing Groningen Corrected Deep				Details Remarks
LDCL	LDS Long-Spaced Control Loop Controller				Details Remarks
LDCS	LDS Short-Spaced Control Loop Controller				Details Remarks
LDCX	lead drill collar				Details
LDDCs	laid(laying) down drill collars				Details
LLDC	Corrected Laterolog Deep Resistivity				Details Remarks
LSDC	Long Spacing Dead Time Clock				Details Remarks
LWDC	Lost Work Day Case				Details
MDC	Message Distribution Center				Details
MDC	Monel drill collars				Details
MDC	Management Development Committee				Details
MDCP	millidarcy per centipoise				Details Remarks
MEDCO	Mediterranean Oil Shipping & Transport Co. SAL Lebanon				Details
MPDC	Mitsubishi Petroleum Development Co. Ltd. Japan				Details
NDC	National Drilling Company				Details
NDC	Neutron Depth Control				Details
NDC	National Drilling Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
NEDC	Near East Development Company				Details
NEDC	Near Epithermal Detector Counts				Details Remarks
NFDC	Near FDC Count Rate				Details Remarks
NGDC	National Geoscience Data Centre (United Kingdom)				Details
NIDC	National Iranian Drilling Company				Details
NIOPDC	National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company				Details
NIORDC	National Iranian Oil Refining & Distribution Company				Details
NIRPDC	National Iranian Refining & Petroleum Products Distribution Co. Iran				Details
NMDC	Non Magnetic Drill Collar				Details
NMDC	Non Magnetic Drill Collars				Details
NMDC	Non-magnetic drill collar				Details
NMDC	Non magnetic drill collar (also known as Monel Collar)				Details
NODCO	National Oil Distribution Company				Details
NODCO	National Oil Distribution Co. Qatar				Details
OGDC	Oil and Gas Development Corp. Pakistan				Details
OGDCL	Oil & Gas Development Company Limited				Details
PADC	HLDS Pad Contact Quality				Details Remarks
PDC	Perforation Depth Control				Details
PDC	Polycrystalline Diamond Composite (a type of drilling bit)				Details
PDC	Project Document Controller				Details
PDC	Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (for bits)				Details
PDC	Primary Domain Controller				Details
PDC	poly crystalline diamond compact drill bit or cutter				Details
PDC	Gamma Ray Depth Cont rol				Details
PDC	Perforating Formation Collar				Details
PDC	Perforating Fonmation				Details
PDC	Perforating Depth Control				Details
PDC	Collar/Collar Correlation				Details
PDC	power distribution center				Details
PDC	pressure differential controller				Details
PDC	Perforating-Depth Control				Details
PDC	Perforation Depth Control Log				Details
PDC	Perforated Depth Control				Details
PDC	Polycrystalline Diamond Compact				Details
PDC	Polycrystalline diamond cutter				Details
PDCA	Probabilistic Decline Curve Analysis				Details
Pedco	Petroleum Development Corporation				Details
PERDC	Perforation Depth Control				Details
PFDC	Porosity from the FDC tool				Details Remarks
PODC	PO Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
PODC_DL	MRPO Duty Cycle				Details Remarks
QC/DC	Quick Connect/Disconnect Coupler				Details
QFDC	Standard Deviation on Bulk Density Log				Details Remarks
QPDC	Qatar Petroleum Development Company Ltd.				Details
RDC	Reserves Definition Committee				Details
RDCC	DCMAIN Current				Details Remarks
RDCR	reducer				Details
RDCS	Ratio Wt of Dry Clay to Wt of Solids				Details Remarks
RWDC	Restricted Workday Case				Details
SADCOP-MAHRUKAT	Syrian Storing and Distributing Co., Petroleum Products Syria				Details
SBDC	Spectrum B Discriminated Count Rate				Details Remarks
SDC	Synthetic Dip Curves (1-4)				Details
SDC	Sellers Delivery Capacity				Details
SDCA	Additional Dip Curves				Details
SDCG	Standard Deviation of Computed Gamma Ray - Standard_Deviation				Details Remarks
SDCK	side door choke				Details
SGDC	Statistical Uncertainty in Corrected				Details Remarks
sidc	sideritic				Details
SNDC	Sand Control				Details
SPDC	Saudi Petrochemical Development Company				Details
SPDC	Spectrometer Dark Calibration Data				Details Remarks
SPDC_DL	Spectrometer Dark Calibration Data (Depth				Details Remarks
SSDC	Short Spacing Dead Time Clock				Details Remarks
TDC	Technical Design Consultants				Details
TDC	Temporary Defeat Certificate				Details
TIDCO	Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation				Details
TPDC	Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corp. Tanzania				Details
TRNDC	transducer				Details
TVDC	Time Versus Depth Curve (drilling)				Details
UDC	Unit Development Cost				Details
UPDC	United Petroleum Development Company				Details
V0DC	DITE SFL V0 DC test				Details Remarks
VDC1	Volume of Dry Clay #1				Details Remarks
VDC2	Volume of Dry Clay #2				Details Remarks
VDCF	Volume Of Dry Clay Flag				Details Remarks
VDCL	Volume of Dry Clay				Details Remarks
VTFDC	Vertical Thickness FDC CNL Log				Details
WDC	Well Design Criteria (The basis document for designing the well)				Details
WDC	Water Displacement Curve (models)				Details
ZADCO	Zakum Development Company				Details
ZADCO	Zakum Development Co. Abu Dhabi				Details

Abbreviation

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Drill Collar (Schwerstange)