ss

Definition:

System Service

Subject Area 1:

Drilling & Operations

Abbreviation	Definition	English
SS	Subsea or Sub-surface as in a datum of depth, e.g. TVDSS (true vertical depth subsea)		Details
ss	System Service		Details
SS	Stabilizer Sleeve		Details
SS	Saver Sub (see comment)		Details Remarks
SS	Steady State		Details
SS	Shell Share		Details
SS	may refer to "Stainless Steel" or "safety system" or "Self Sharpening Wear" or "Static pressure Survey" or "Sour Service" or "Short String"		Details
SS	SOUTH SUDAN		Details
SS	Schlußstück		Details
SS	Spätschicht (afternoon shift )		Details
SS	sandstone		Details
SS	service station		Details
SS	shock sub		Details
SS	short string		Details
SS	single shot		Details
SS	slow set(cement)		Details
SS	small show		Details
SS	string shot		Details
SS	Diamond Core Slicer		Details
SS	Sand Strength		Details
SS	Surface Sample		Details Remarks
SS	Stillstandstunde	Shut in hours	Details
SS	Sammelstation	Gathering station	Details
SS	SANDSTONE		Details
SS	Sub Sea		Details
ACCESS	accessory, accessories		Details
AFSSA	Aviation Fueling Services S.A. Greece		Details
ASCSSV	Annulus Surface Controlled Sub Surface Valve		Details
Ass	Associated (gas)		Details
Ass.gas	Associated (gas)		Details
Assay	analyze		Details
ASSE	American Society of Safety Engineers		Details
assgd	assigned		Details
ASSMR	American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation		Details
assn	association		Details
assoc	associate(d)(s)		Details
asst	assistant		Details
assy	assembly		Details
B/VESS	bulk vessel		Details
BHSS	Borehole Seismic Survey		Details
BOSS	ball operated shear sub		Details
CHESS	chemical hazard employee safety system		Details
CHKSS	Checkshot Survey Log		Details
CLASS	classification		Details
CODESSAS	Cia. Operadora de Estaciones de Servicio S.A. de CV Mexico		Details
CSS	Check Shot Surveys		Details
CSS	Cyclic Steam Stimulation		Details
DCSs	Decision Control Systems		Details
dresser	Mechanical coupling used to join joints or lengths or pipe rather than threading or welding		Details
DSS	days since spudded		Details
DSST	Dipole Shear Sonic Imager		Details
DWSS	Dig Well Seismic Surface Log		Details
ESS	Expandable Sand Screen		Details
ESSAF	Esso Standard Societe Anonyme Francaise France		Details
ESSO	REP Societe Esso de Recherches et Exploitation Petrolieres France		Details
foss	fossiliferous		Details
Fussel	Fusselman		Details
GLESS	GearLESS		Details
GMDSS	Global Maritime Distress Safety System		Details
HRSS	High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy		Details
HSSE	Health Safety Security & Environment		Details
ICSS	Integrated Controls and Safety System		Details
IISS	International Institute for Strategic Studies		Details
ISS	issue		Details
ISSA	International Slurry Surfacing Association		Details
ISSB	Isolation Sub - Spontaneous Potential		Details
ISSM	In-Situ Saturation Monitoring		Details
ISSN	International Standard Serial Number		Details
ISSSV	injection subsurface safety valve		Details
IVSS	Insert Vibration Severity Sensor		Details
Loess	deposits of windborne dust		Details
LSS	Long Spaced Sonic		Details
LSS	Long Spaced Sonic		Details
LSS	Long-Spacing Sonic Log		Details
LSS	Long-Spaced Sonic		Details
LSSON	Long Spacing Sonic Log		Details
mass	massive		Details
Mass	pr. Massilina pratti		Details
MDSS	Measured Depth Sub-sea		Details
Miss	Mississippian		Details
Miss	Cany Mission Canyon		Details
mss	meters sub sea		Details
MSS	Magnetic Single Shot		Details
MSS	Compact Sonic Sonde		Details
MSS	Multi Shot Survey		Details
MSS	Multishot Survey		Details
MSS	Multi-Shot Survey		Details
NGSS	NGS Spectro Log		Details
PESS	Petroleum Engineering Summer School		Details
PISS	pump in spinner survey		Details
PLSS	Public Land Survey System		Details
poss	possible		Details
poss	possible(ly)		Details
PRESS	Pressure Report		Details
press	pressure		Details
prncpl-lss	principal lessee(s)		Details
PSS	Permeability Spinner Survey		Details
PSSS	Psuedo Steady State System		Details
RCSSP	resin coated sand slurry pack		Details
ROSS	Remotely Operated Sliding Sleeves		Details
RSS	Rotary Steerable Systems (SLB - See comment)		Details Remarks
RSS	Rig Site Survey		Details
RSS	Rotary Steerable Systems		Details
RSS	Rotary Steerable System		Details
SCLSS	Slim Compensated Long Spaced Sonic		Details
SCSSSV	Surface Controlled Sub Surface Safety Valve		Details
SCSSSV	Surface Control Sub-Surface Safety Valve		Details
SCSSV	Surface-Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve		Details
ScSSV	surface controlled subsurface safety valve		Details
SS and C	Same Sea and Country coast		Details
SSA	spot sales agreement		Details
SSB	Single Phase Sample Bottle (SLB)		Details
SSBV	Single Shot Ball Valve (RD operated)		Details
SSC	Sulfide Stress Cracking		Details
SSC	Sulphide Stress Cracking		Details
SSC	stress sulfide cracking Occurs when metal is in tension and exposed to H2S and water Generates atomic hydrogen Hydrogen moves between grains of the metal Reduces metal ductility		Details
SSCC	Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking		Details
SSCP	Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline		Details
SSCR	Shaped Steel Caternary Riser		Details
SSCS	Subsea Control System		Details
SSCSV	Sub Surface Control Safety Valve		Details
SSD	Sliding Side Door		Details
SSD	Stabilized Severe Duty (feature of some ESP pumps to handle gas)		Details
SSD	Sub Sea Level depth (in Metres or Feet, positive value in downwards direction with respect to the Geoid)		Details
SSD	Sliding Sleeve Door		Details
SSD	Selective Shutting Device		Details
SSD	Sliding Side Door (same as above)		Details
SSD	SOUTH SUDAN		Details
SSD	subsea disconnect used during drilling a subsea well in case the floating rig moves to an extreme that begins to threaten the shear resistance of the riser or the drill string		Details
SSD	Sliding-side-door		Details
SSDA	Service Station Dealers of America & Allied Trade		Details
SSDD	Same Shit Different Day :)		Details
SSE	Short Service Employee (percentage - see comment)		Details Remarks
SSE	Sum of Squares of Error (equal to sum of square residuals)		Details
SSEWR-P4	SuperSlim EWR-Phase 4		Details
SSG	Sidewall Sample Gun		Details
SSG	slight show gas		Details
SSG	slight show of gas		Details
SSG&O	slight show gas & oil		Details
SSH	Surface Shot		Details
SSHEX	Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays EXcepted		Details
SSHINC	Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays INCluded		Details
SSIV	Subsea Isolation Valve		Details
SSIV	sub surface (or subsea) isolation valve Often placed in offshore pipelines within a few hundred meters of the facility to give an emergency stop point in the event of a line rupture or fire		Details
SSJ	Single Source Justification		Details
SSL	Secure Socket Layer		Details
SSLT	Slim Array Sonic Logging Tool		Details
SSLV	Sub Sea Lubricator Valve		Details
SSM	Subsea Manifolds		Details
SSMAR	Synthetic Seismic Marine Log		Details
SSMG	Sonic Seismogram		Details
SSMG	G Sonic Seismogram		Details
sso	slight show oil		Details
SSO	slight show of oil		Details
SSO&G	slight show oil & gas		Details
SSO&G	slight show of oil and gas		Details
SSP	static spontaneous potential		Details
SSPC	Sinopec SenMei (Fujian) Petroleum Co. Ltd.		Details
SSPLR	Subsea Pig Launcher/Receiver		Details
SSR	Subsurface Release (see comment)		Details Remarks
SSR	Shear Seal Ram		Details
SSR	Sum of Squares Regression		Details
SSSL	Supplementary Seismic Survey Licence (United Kingdom), a type of onshore licence		Details
SSSV	Subsurface Safety Valve		Details
SST	Sandstone		Details
SST	Siltstone		Details
SST	Schlufsstuck		Details
SST	Schlußstück		Details
SSTT	Subsea Test Tree		Details
SSTV	Subsea Test Valve		Details
SSTVD	SubSea True Vertical Depth		Details
SSU	Subsea Umbilicals		Details
SSU	Saybolt Seconds Universal		Details
SSUW	salty sulfur water		Details
SSV	Surface Safety Valve (ESD - See comment)		Details Remarks
SSV	surface safety valve (subsurface safety valve is SSSV)		Details
SSW	Subsea Well		Details
SSWI	Subsea Well Intervention		Details
SVSS	Sonde Vibration Severty Sensor		Details
TRSCSSSV	Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Safety Valve		Details
TRSCSSV	tubing-retrievable, surface-controlled, subsurface safety valves (Weatherford tool)		Details
TRSCSSV	Tubing Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve		Details
TRSSSCV	Tubing Retrievable Sub Surface Safety Control Valve		Details
TRSSV	Tubing Retrievable Subsurface Safety Valve		Details
TSS	Total Suspended Solids (see comment!)		Details Remarks
TSS	Technical Specification Sheet		Details
TSS	Total Suspended Solids		Details
TSS	total suspended solids in a quantity of liquid		Details
TSS	Tar Springs sand		Details
TSS	Total Suspended Solids (non-filterable)		Details
TVDSS	True Vertical Depth Sub Sea		Details
TVDss	True Vertical Depth sub-sea		Details
USS	Unsteady State		Details
VESS	vessel		Details
VSS	Vibration and Stick Slip		Details
VSSG	very slight show gas		Details
VSSG	very slight show of gas		Details
vsso	very slight show oil		Details
VSSO	very slight show of oil		Details
W/SSO	water with slight show of oil		Details
WRSCSSV	Wireline Retrievable Surface Controlled Sub-Surface Valve		Details
WRSCSSV	Wireline Retrievable Surface Control SSV		Details
WRSSSCV	Wireline Retrievable Sub Surface Safety Control Valve		Details
WRSSV	wireline retrievable subsurface safety valve		Details
WSS	Well Services Supervisor (leader of Well services at the wellsite)		Details
WSS	Working Spread Sheet (for logging)		Details
WSSAM	Well Site Sample		Details
WSSOF	WSS Offset Profile		Details
WSSUR	Well Seismic Survey Plot		Details
WSSVP	WSS VSP Raw Shots		Details
WSSVS	WSS VSP Stacks		Details
BHSS	Buchhalterisch Speischer Stand		Details Remarks
DSS	Distributed Strain Sensing		Details
ECSS	Externally Catalyzed Silicate Systems		Details Remarks
ICSS	Internally catalyzed silicate systems		Details Remarks
TARSS	Temperature-activated rigid setting system		Details Remarks
SSSTD	Stillstandstunde		Details
LÖSST	Lebenölsammelstation	Oil gathering station	Details
LOESST	Lebenölsammelstation	Oil gathering station	Details
MCSS	Mud Cake Sample Source		Details
MFSS	Mud Filtrate Sample Source		Details
MSS	Mud Sample Source		Details
PASS	Logging Pass Number		Details
SSN	short-spaced gamma-ray detector		Details
ASS	Ansammlungsstunden [h]		Details
SSS	Semi Steady State		Details
PHSSER	Project HSSE Review		Details Remarks
SSOW	Safe System Of Work		Details Remarks
SSV	SchnittStelle Vertrag		Details Remarks
SST	Sea Surface Temperature		Details
SSP	South Sudan Pound		Details
m-ss	Meter Sub Sea		Details
TRSSSV	Tubing Retrievable Subsurface Safety Valve		Details
PSS	PETRO SANAT SAPRA		Details
SSZ	SandSchaler Zone (Mittle Baden) (Geological formation in Austria)	Sand Basin zone	Details
ESS	energy storage system		Details
TSS	Thin Section Sample		Details
SSSP	Site Specific Safety Plan		Details
CMSS	(cubic meter per second) per (cycle per second)		Details Remarks
gauss	GeoFrame legacy unit		Details Remarks
CNSSC	CN Short Space Counts		Details Remarks
SSN	Short-space Neutron counts		Details Remarks
TVDSS	True Vertical Depth Subsea		Details Remarks
TVDSS	True Vertical Depth Subsea		Details Remarks
TVDSS	Total Vertical Depth Sub Sea		Details
dissem	disseminated		Details
hdnss	hardness		Details
oss	ossicles		Details
CLSSM	Compensated Long Spaced Sonic MultiLink		Details
ESS	Employee Self Service		Details
HSSE	Health Safety Security Environment		Details
MSS	Mitarbeiter Self Service		Details
SSJ	Single Supplier/Source Justification		Details
SST	Shock Wave Sonic Tool		Details
GSS	Giro Single Shot		Details
SSDI	Sub-Surface Data Integration		Details
SSIV	Sub-Sea Isolation valve		Details
SSP	Site Specific Procedure		Details
TVDSS	True vertical depth subsea		Details

Abbreviation

Definition

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German

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Subsea or Sub-surface as in a datum of depth, e.g. TVDSS (true vertical depth subsea)

Saver Sub (see comment)