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Acquisition & Divestment

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Abbreviation	Definition	English	German	French
ad	Außendurchmesser\|\|	outer diameter	Außendurchmesser	diamètre extérieur	Details
AD	Assistant Driller				Details
AD	ANDORRA				Details
AD	Associated Dissolved (natural gas)				Details
AD	actual drilling				Details
AD	authorized depth				Details
AD	Allowable deviation				Details Remarks
ad	Außendurchmesser	Outside Diameter			Details
AD	Angular Dispersion				Details Remarks
aD	außer Dienst	Retired			Details
AD	Acquisition & Divestment				Details
AD12	Average Difference of Channels NAC1 and				Details Remarks
AD13	Anomaly on Diameter Relative to Pads 1 and None				Details Remarks
AD23	Average Difference Channels NAC2 and NAC3				Details Remarks
AD24	Anomaly on Diameter Relative to Pads 2 and None				Details Remarks
AD34	Average Difference Channels NAC3 and NAC4				Details Remarks
AD41	Average Difference Channels NAC4 and NAC1				Details Remarks
ADA	Air Drilling Assosiates				Details
ADAA	Average Diameter of Ultrasonic Caliper				Details Remarks
ADAS	Downhole applied shift				Details Remarks
ADB	Asian Development Bank (—)				Details
ADBD	Dummy Borehole Diameter				Details Remarks
ADBP	Dummy Borehole Pressure				Details Remarks
ADBT	Dummy Borehole Temperature				Details Remarks
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
add	additive				Details
ADDC	Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs				Details
ADDCAP	Abu Dhabi Drilling Chemicals and Products Ltd. Abu Dhabi				Details
addl	additional				Details
ADE	Asphaltene Deposition Envelop				Details
ADEP	Awaiting Development with Exploration Potential, referring to an asset				Details
ADEP	Acquisition Depth				Details Remarks
ADEPT	Adaptive Electromagnetic Propagation Log				Details
ADEPT	Asset Development Evaluation and Planning Tool				Details
ADES	AIT Diagnostic Executive Summary				Details Remarks
ADESCO	Abu Dhabi Emergency Committee of Offshore Operators				Details
ADEV	Standard Deviation Output				Details Remarks
ADF	Automatic Diverter Flowmeter				Details
ADG	ADC Gain				Details Remarks
ADGAS	Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co. Ltd. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADH	adhesive				Details
ADHD	APS Array Detectors High Voltage DAC Value None				Details Remarks
ADHS	APS Detector High Voltage Status Word				Details Remarks
ADHV	APS Array Detectors Measured High Voltage				Details Remarks
ADIA	Average Borehole Diameter				Details Remarks
ADIPEC	Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Conference				Details
adj	adjustable				Details
ADJS	Adjusted Sonic Travel Time				Details Remarks
ADKL	Aderklaa (Geological formation in Austria)				Details
ADKL.KG	Aderklaa konglomerat (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa Conglomerate			Details
ADKL.S	Aderklaa Schichten (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa bedding			Details
ADKLKG	Aderklaa konglomerat (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa Conglomerate			Details
ADKLS	Aderklaa Schichten (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa bedding			Details
ADL	above detection level				Details
ADM	Administration Manager				Details
adm	administration, administrative				Details
ADM	Asset Development Manager				Details
ADM	Asset Development Manager				Details
ADM	Architecture Development Process				Details
ADMA	Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company				Details
ADMA-OPCO	Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADMA-OPCO	Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company				Details
ADN	Azimuthal Density Neutron (Schlumberger)				Details
ADN	Azimuthal Density Neutron				Details
ADN	Azimuthal Density Neutron Tool				Details Remarks
ADNATCO	Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADNOC	Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Abu Dhabi				Details
ADNOC	Abu Dhabi National Oil Company				Details
ADNOC	Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company				Details
ADNOC-FOD	Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution Abu Dhabi				Details
ADNOCT	ADNOC Global Trading LTD				Details
ADO	ADC Offset				Details Remarks
ADOM	adomite				Details
ADP	automatic data processing				Details
ADP	Allowable deviation from plan				Details Remarks
ADP	Andorran peseta				Details Remarks
ADP	Additional Development Potential				Details
ADP	Area Development Planning				Details
ADP	Asset Development Plan				Details
ADP	Annual Delivery Programme				Details Remarks
ADP	Abu Dhabi Ports				Details
ADP	Adapted Development Plan				Details
ADPC	Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company				Details
ADPC	Abu Dhabi Petroleum Co. Ltd. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADPINV	Abu Dhabi Petroleum Investments LLC				Details
ADPO	Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Limited (Borouge)				Details
ADPPOC	Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Operating Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
adpt	adapter				Details
ADR	Appropriate Dispute Resolution (see comment)				Details Remarks
ADR	Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route	European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road			Details Remarks
ADR	American Depositary Receipt				Details
ADR	Abandonment, Decommissioning, Restoration				Details
ADR	Additional Design Request				Details
ADR	Abandonment, Decommissioning and Reclamation costs				Details
ADRE	A - Housing Potential Difference				Details Remarks
ADRI	Arrow Drift				Details Remarks
ADRIC	Abu Dhabi Research & Innovation Center				Details
ADROC	Advanced Rock Properties Report				Details
ADS2	APS Detector Discriminator Counter 2				Details Remarks
ADSC	Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding Company				Details
ADSC	The International Association of Foundation Drilling				Details
ADSL	Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line				Details
ADSL	APS Detector Discriminator Counter 1				Details Remarks
ADSM	Adstar Distributed Storage Manager				Details
adspn	adsorption				Details
ADST	Asphaltene Dispersant Testing				Details
ADST	Averaged Stoneley Slowness				Details Remarks
ADT	Applied Drilling Technology, ADT Log				Details
ADT	Array Dielectric Tool (SLB tool)				Details
ADT	Abstract Data Type				Details
ADT	actual drilling time				Details
advan	advanced				Details
ADVL	Additive Volume				Details Remarks
ADWEA	Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority				Details
AADE	American Association of Drilling Engineers				Details
AADE	American Association of Drilling Engineers	American Association of Drilling Engineers	American Association of Drilling Engineers	Association américaine des ingénieurs de forage	Details
BAD	bad				Details Remarks
BADEA	Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa				Details
BADF	Bad Hole Flag				Details Remarks
BADH	Bad Hole Indicator				Details Remarks
BADL	RST Bad Level Flag, Sigma Phase 1				Details Remarks
BADL_DIAG	RST Bad Level Diagnostic				Details Remarks
BADR	Banque de l’Agriculture et du Développement Rural				Details
BWAD	Brackish Water Arrival Draft				Details
CAD	Computer Aided Design				Details
CAD	computer-aided design				Details
CAD	Canadian Dollar				Details
CAD	Canadian dollar				Details Remarks
Cadd	Caddell				Details
CADE	Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers				Details
Deadw	Deadwood				Details
DRAD	Drainage Radii\|\|	drainage radii	Entwässerungsradien	rayons de drainage	Details Remarks
DRAD	Drainage Radii				Details Remarks
DTRAD	Radial slowness log				Details Remarks
EAD	Environment Agency Abu Dhabi				Details
FAD	Fluid Analyzer Data				Details Remarks
FADC	Fluid Analyzer Dark Calibration				Details Remarks
FBAD	Bad Hole Flag				Details Remarks
FBAD_A	FMI Buttons, aligned, Pad D				Details Remarks
FBAD_P	FMI Buttons, processed, Pad D				Details Remarks
ft3/rad	cubic foot per radian				Details Remarks
FWAD	Fresh water Arrival Draft				Details
GBAD	Bad G-axis (Gx/Gy/Gz/None)				Details Remarks
GLADTM	software package, gas lift assisted design				Details
GRAD	Gradiometer Log				Details
GRAD	gradiomanometer				Details
grad	gradual, gradually				Details
GRAD	grad (1/100 of right angle)				Details Remarks
Grad	gigaradian				Details Remarks
grad	grad (1/100 of right angle)				Details Remarks
GRAD	Gradiant				Details Remarks
GRAD	Norm of Gradient of Incoherence for RIG				Details Remarks
grad	grading				Details
HADC	APS High Resolution Near/Array Corrected				Details Remarks
HADR	High Temperature Azimuthal Gamma Ray				Details
HADU	APS High Resolution Near/Array Uncorrected Neutron_Porosity_Dolomite				Details Remarks
HBAD	Bad H-axis (Hx/Hy/Hz/None)				Details Remarks
HEAD	head				Details Remarks
HV_LOADED	High Voltage When Loaded				Details Remarks
HV_LOADED_SL	High Voltage When Loaded - Station Log				Details Remarks
IADC	International Association of Drilling Contractors				Details
IADC	International Association of Drilling Contractors (formerly AAODC)				Details
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development				Details
IRSHAD	Related with Petroleum Ports Authority and Shipping Agents				Details
krad	kiloradian				Details Remarks
LAD	Logging After Drilling				Details
lad	ladder				Details
Leadv	Leadville				Details
m3/rad	cubic meter per radian				Details Remarks
Mad	Madison				Details
MAD	Moroccan Dirham				Details
MAD	Moroccan Dirham				Details
MAD	Moroccan dirham				Details Remarks
Ma’adin	Saudi Arabian Mining Company				Details
Mrad	megaradian				Details Remarks
mrad	milliradian				Details Remarks
NAD	North American Datum				Details
NAD	Namibian Dollar				Details
NBAD	National Bank of Abu Dhabi				Details
NOMADS	National Oil-Equipment Manufacturers and Delegates Society				Details
OADP	OMV Abu Dhabi Production GmbH				Details
OLADE	Organization Latinoamericana de Energia Ecuador				Details
OTRAD	OMV Supply & Trading Limited				Details
PAAD	MRPA Auto Deflate Valve status				Details Remarks
PAAD_DL	MRPA Auto Deflate Valve status				Details Remarks
PAD	Pressuer Activation Device (rupture disk)				Details
PAD	Petroleum Administration for Defense				Details
PADC	HLDS Pad Contact Quality				Details Remarks
PADD	Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts				Details
Padd	Paddock				Details
PADEC	Projects, Acquisitions and Divestments Evaluation Committee				Details
PADP	MRPA Differential Pressure				Details Remarks
PADPRT	Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool				Details
PADV	MRPA Dual Valve Motor Control Echo				Details Remarks
PB-ADA	report available only through National				Details
PETRO-ECUADOR	Petroleos de Ecuador Ecuador				Details
PPAD	Pad Pressure Anchoring Device				Details Remarks
Quad	Quadrillion BTU.				Details
Quad	Quadrangle				Details
quad	quadrant, quadrangle, quadruple				Details
RAD	Rapid Application Development				Details
RAD	radioactive densiometer Fluid density measuring device				Details
rad	radical				Details
rad	radiological				Details
rad	radius				Details
RAD	radian				Details Remarks
rad	radian				Details Remarks
Rad, rad	radial (-ating)				Details
rad.s/(m.s)	(radian per second) per (meter per second)				Details Remarks
rad/ft	radian per foot				Details Remarks
rad/ft3	radian per cubic foot				Details Remarks
rad/m	radian per meter				Details Remarks
rad/m3	radian per cubic meter				Details Remarks
rad/s	radian per second				Details Remarks
RAD1	Radius 1				Details Remarks
RAD2	Radius 2				Details Remarks
RAD3	Radius 3				Details Remarks
RAD4	Radius 4				Details Remarks
RAD5	Radius 5				Details Remarks
RAD6	Radius 6				Details Remarks
Radax	radiaxial				Details
RADEEC	Regie Autonome Intercommunal de Distribution d’Eau et d’Electricité de la Chaouia				Details
RADI	radius				Details Remarks
RADIAN	radian				Details Remarks
RADIANS	radian				Details Remarks
RADM	Attenuation resistivity Modeled				Details Remarks
RADN	Ratio of Limestone				Details Remarks
RADS	Ratio of Limestone				Details Remarks
RADT	radiant				Details
radtn	radiation				Details
RBAD	Bulk Density, Real-Time				Details Remarks
RFAD	Raw Fluid Analyzer Data				Details Remarks
Sad	Cr Saddle Creek				Details
Sadaf	Saudi Petrochemical Company				Details
SADB	Spectroscopic Averages Data Block				Details Remarks
SADCOP-MAHRUKAT	Syrian Storing and Distributing Co., Petroleum Products Syria				Details
sadl	saddle				Details
SCAD	A Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition				Details
SCAD	Statistical Uncertainty in Dry Weight				Details Remarks
SCADA	Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition				Details
shad	shadow				Details
Straddle	Doppel-Packer Anordnung				Details
SWAD	Salt Water Arrival Draft				Details
TAD	Tender Assisted Drilling (ie Smedvig)				Details
TAD	Torque And Drag				Details
TPAD	LDS Detector Pad Temperature				Details Remarks
UAD	Umm Al Dalkh				Details
UAD	Umm al-Dalak				Details
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development				Details
urad	microradian				Details Remarks
VAD	Value Added Distributor				Details
Vad, vad	vadose				Details
Wad	Waddell				Details
WELLHEAD_TEMP	Wellhead Temperature				Details Remarks
ZADCO	Zakum Development Company				Details
ZADCO	Zakum Development Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
ZVAD	HALS A0-A0' Differential Voltage				Details Remarks

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