NS

Definition:

Nominal Pipe Size

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Abbreviation	Definition
NS	North Sea	Details
NS	North Star (DST tool provider from Canada)	Details
NS	North South (in inclination and well survey)	Details
NS	North Sea; can also refer to the North Slope Borough, Alaska, the North Slope, which includes Prudhoe Bay Oil Field (the largest US oil field), Kuparuk Oil Field, Milne Point, Lisburne, and Point McIntyre among others.	Details
NS	SURINAME	Details
NS	Now Show (s)	Details
ns	no show	Details
NS	Nachtschicht: night shift	Details
NS	Nominal Pipe Size	Details
NS	nanosecond	Details Remarks
ns	nanosecond	Details Remarks
NS	Nasr	Details
NS	North Sector	Details
NS/M	nanosecond per meter	Details Remarks
ns/m	nanosecond per meter	Details Remarks
NSA	North Sea region	Details
NSA1	Negative Sonic Amplitude for Mode 1	Details Remarks
NSA2	Negative Sonic Amplitude for Mode 2	Details Remarks
NSA3	Negative Sonic Amplitude for Mode 3	Details Remarks
NSA4	Negative Sonic Amplitude for Mode 4	Details Remarks
NSAM	NTIK samples, this frame	Details Remarks
NSC	National Security Council	Details
NSC	not suitable for coating	Details
NSCC	(Type of thread like BTC)	Details
NSCO	Near std-deviation of carbon/oxygen None	Details Remarks
NSCR	RST Near Shaper Regulation Factor	Details Remarks
NSD	Non Stop Drilling (see comment)	Details Remarks
NSDPP	New Static Drill Pipe Pressure	Details
NSDR	North South Drift	Details Remarks
NSE	Noise Reduction	Details
NSEN	NSEN Counts	Details Remarks
NSEQ	Sequence Number	Details Remarks
NSF	National Science Foundation	Details
NSF	NutSheel Filter	Details
NSFOC	no show fluorescence or cut	Details
NSG	North Seeking Gyro	Details
NSG	no show gas	Details
NSGB	National Société Générale Bank	Details
NSGs	North-seeking gyrocompasses	Details
NSHN	Navigation Shot Number	Details Remarks
NSIW	Near silicon windows count-rates	Details Remarks
NSL	Near Signal Level	Details Remarks
NSN1	NSEN OUTPUT	Details Remarks
NSN2	NSEN OUTPUT	Details Remarks
NSN3	NSEN OUTPUT	Details Remarks
NSO	No Surface Occupancy	Details
NSO	no show oil	Details
NSPA	RST Near Spectrum A	Details Remarks
NSPB	RST Near Spectrum B	Details Remarks
NSPC	RST Near Spectrum C	Details Remarks
NSPE	National Society of Professional Engineers	Details
NSPE	Noise Spectrum	Details Remarks
NSPS	new source performance standards	Details
NSPS	New Source Performance Standards	Details
NSRT	Noise to Signal Ratio	Details Remarks
NSSC	Nasr Super Complex	Details
NSSP	Nasr Separation Platform	Details
nstd	nonstandard	Details
NSV	Night Drilling Supervisor	Details
NSV	Net Standard Volume	Details Remarks
NSW	Net Standard Weight	Details Remarks
ABNS	Amplitude - Borehole - Near Short Burst	Details Remarks
AFNS	Amplitude - Formation - Near Short Burst	Details Remarks
ANS	Alaskan North Slope	Details
ANSA	Volume of Anhydrite & Salt	Details Remarks
ANSDK	Alexandria Iron and Steel Company	Details
ANSI	American National Standards Institute	Details
ASINs	Amazon Standard Identification Numbers	Details
ATDNSHINC	Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays INCluded	Details
BNS1	PS_1 Nsen	Details Remarks
BNS1_DL	MRPS 1 MRDP 1 Difference Frequency in	Details Remarks
BNS2	MRPS 2 Nsen	Details Remarks
BNS2_DL	MRPS 2 Difference Frequency in Quartz	Details Remarks
BNS3	MRPS 3 Nsen	Details Remarks
BNS3_DL	MRPS 3 Difference Frequency in Quartz	Details Remarks
brnsh	brownish	Details
CINSA	Compania Insular del Nitrogena, S.A. Spain	Details
CNS	Central North Sea	Details
CNS	Compensated Neutron Service	Details
CNSI	Conoco North Sea Inc. Norway	Details
CNSOPB	Canada Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board	Details
CNSOPB	Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board	Details
CNSSC	CN Short Space Counts	Details Remarks
cnxns	connections	Details
COMP_TENSION	The computed tension in the drill string	Details Remarks
Condns	condensate	Details
Cons	consolidated	Details
consol	consolidated	Details
CONSPAIN	Continental Oil Co. of Spain (Conoco Espanola, S.A.) Spain	Details
const	constant	Details
const	construction	Details
CONST	Constant	Details Remarks
consv	conserve, conservation	Details
CPNS	Correction to Sandstone Neutron Porosity	Details Remarks
DENS	Densities Channel	Details Remarks
dense	densely	Details
DNS	Domain Name System	Details
Dns	Dense	Details
DNS1	DP_1 Nsen	Details Remarks
DNS1_DL	MRDP 1 Difference Frequency in Quartz	Details Remarks
DNS2	MRDP 2 Nsen	Details Remarks
DNS2_DL	MRDP 2 Difference Frequency in Quartz	Details Remarks
DNS3	MRDP 3 Nsen	Details Remarks
DNS3_DL	MRDP 3 Difference Frequency in Quartz	Details Remarks
DNSCM	Density Neutron Standoff Caliper MultiLink	Details
ENSO	Paleo-El Niño-Southern Oscillation	Details
FINST	Final Stratigraphic Report	Details
FNSH	finish	Details
FONSI	finding of no significant impact	Details
Förderzins	Production tax	Details
Free Ex Ins	FREE of any EXtra INSurance (Owners)	Details
GENS	GENeralS or general cargo	Details
GNS	German North Sea	Details
gns	gneiss	Details
GNs	Global Networks	Details
gnsh	greenish	Details
Guns	Gunsite	Details
hdns	hardness	Details
hdnss	hardness	Details
HGNS	HILT Gamma Ray Neutron Sonde	Details
HGNS	HILT Gamma-Ray Neutron Sonde	Details
HNS	Hexanitrostilbene (type of perforating explosives from SLB)	Details
HNS	very high temperature perforation charge explosive; hexanitrostilbene	Details
IANS	Interpretation answer	Details Remarks
ins	insulate, insulation	Details
ins	insurance	Details
insole	insoluble	Details
inst	instantaneous	Details
inst	institute	Details
INST	Tool Message Status	Details Remarks
Inst Ser	Special Instrument Service Sp	Details
inst(d)(g)(l)	install(ed)(ing)(tion)	Details
instr	instrument, instrumentation	Details
insuff	insufficient	Details
insul	insulate	Details
INSUR	Inrun Survey Report	Details
INSZ	GRA Status	Details Remarks
Lans	Lansing	Details
Lens	a permeable, often small sedimentary deposit bordered by impermeable rock	Details
lns	lense	Details
LNSLPD	Linear least square fit slope of the peak	Details Remarks
LNSLPU	Linear least square fit slope of the peak	Details Remarks
LT (LTONS)	Long TONS.	Details
MARICONSULT	Technical support to Transmed Algeria	Details
mins	minute	Details Remarks
MINS	APS Minitron Status Word	Details Remarks
MPNS	MEST Power Cartridge Negative Supply	Details Remarks
MTONS	Metric Tonnes	Details
NNS	Northern North Sea	Details
NNS	Northern North Sea	Details
OCENSA	Oleoducto Central S.A. Colombia	Details
ONSHOL	OMV Switzerland Holding AG	Details
PANS	MRPA Nsen	Details Remarks
PANS_DL	MRPA Difference Frequency in Quartz Gauge	Details Remarks
PNS	Neutron Sandstone Porosity	Details Remarks
PNSI	Neutron Shale Index	Details Remarks
PXNS	Crossplot Porosity for Neutron-Sonic	Details Remarks
RADIANS	radian	Details Remarks
RANS	Ratio of Limestone Porosities	Details Remarks
rsns	resinous	Details
RTNS	returns	Details
SDNSC	Slim Density Neutron Standoff Caliper	Details
SENS	sensor	Details Remarks
SNS	Southern North Sea	Details
SNS1	Tool Sensor Number 1	Details Remarks
SNS2	Tool Sensor Number 2	Details Remarks
SNS3	Tool Sensor Number 3	Details Remarks
SNS4	Tool Sensor Number 4	Details Remarks
SNS5	Tool Sensor Number 5	Details Remarks
SPINS	Spinner Size	Details
Stens	Stensvad	Details
SYNSCP	synchroscope	Details
TANSTAAFL	There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch	Details
Tens	Tensleep	Details
tens	str tensile strength	Details
TENS	Tension	Details Remarks
TENS	Cable Tension	Details Remarks
TIMEINST	Time_Instant	Details Remarks
TNS	tight no show	Details
tons	tons	Details
tons/cd	tons per calendar day	Details
tons/yr	tons per year	Details
trans	transfer(ed)(ing)	Details
trans	transformer	Details
trans	transmission	Details
TRANSCO	Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Details
transl	translucent	Details
TransMed	Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline Company	Details
TRANSMED	Transmediterranean Pipeline Co. Ltd. (also TNPC) Algeria	Details
transp	transparent	Details
transp	transportation	Details
trnsl	translucent	Details
trnsp	transparent	Details
uncons	unconsolidated	Details
unconsol	unconsolidated	Details
UNSCOM	United Nations Special Commission	Details
VSNS	Volume of Shale from NPHI-sonic Xplot	Details Remarks
WNSO	water not shut off	Details

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North Sea

Details

North Star (DST tool provider from Canada)

Details

North South (in inclination and well survey)

Details

North Sea; can also refer to the North Slope Borough, Alaska, the North Slope, which includes Prudhoe Bay Oil Field (the largest US oil field), Kuparuk Oil Field, Milne Point, Lisburne, and Point McIntyre among others.