ER

Definition:

Enhanced Recovery

Subject Area 1:

Reservoir Engineering & Reservoir Management

Abbreviation	Definition	English
ER	Emergency Reponse		Details
ER	Extended Reach (in Drilling horizontal wells)		Details
ER	Erosion		Details
ER	Extended Reach		Details
ER	ERITREA		Details
ER	External Radius		Details Remarks
ER	Enhanced Recovery		Details
ER	Emergency Response		Details
AER	Alberta Energy Regulator		Details
AER	aeration, aerator		Details
AHERA	Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 (Title II of TSCA)		Details
BERL	Boral Energy Resources Ltd. Australia		Details
berm	berm, sloped wall to keep out flooding		Details
CERA	Cambridge Energy Research Associates		Details
CERCLA	a US Law – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980		Details
CERCLA	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (The Superfund Law)		Details
CERE	Cement Remedial Log		Details
CERHYD	Centre de Recherche Pour La Valorisation des Hydrocarbures & Derives Algeria		Details
CERT	certified		Details
Cert.ex.	Ceratobulimina eximia		Details
Cher	Cherokee		Details
Chert	a hard, silicate sedimentary rock Similar to flint, but with less ordered structure A cryptocrystalline form of quartz		Details
chert	chert		Details
CS - Filter	Con-Slot Filter		Details
deaer	deaerator		Details
DERPROSA	Derivados del Propileno S.A. Spain		Details
deterg	detergent		Details
DG-Packer	Double Grip Packer		Details
dresser	Mechanical coupling used to join joints or lengths or pipe rather than threading or welding		Details
Egyfert	Egyptian Fertilizer Company		Details
emer	emergency		Details
ENFERSA	Empresa Nationale de Fertiliantes S.A. Spain		Details
ER(D)	Extended Reach (Drilling)		Details
ERAP	Entreprise de Recherches et d’Activites Petrolieres France		Details
ERC	Emissions Reduction Credit		Details
ERC/MK	erection mark		Details
ERCB	Energy Resources Conservation Board		Details
ERCB	Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta		Details
ERCB	Energy Resource Conservation Board (Alberta, Canada)		Details
ERD	Extended Reach Drilling		Details
ERD	Extended Reach Drilling (see comment)		Details Remarks
erect	erection		Details
ERF	error function		Details
ERI	ERITREA		Details
Eric	Ericson		Details
ERIP	European/Russian Council for the Petroleum Industry (—)		Details
ERM	Exploration Reservoir Management		Details
EROEI	Energy return on energy invested		Details
ERP	Emergency Response Plan		Details
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning		Details
ERP	Experienced Retention Position		Details
ERPG	Emergency Response Planning Guidelines		Details
ERS	Easy Record Software		Details
ERT	Emergency Response Team		Details
ERT	Emergency Response Training		Details
ERT	EPA Electronic Reporting Tool		Details
ERW	extended reach well		Details
ERW	electric resistance weld		Details
ERWDA	Environmental Research & Wildlife Development Agency (UAE)		Details
FER	Field Equipment Room		Details
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (US gov agency)		Details
FERC	U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission		Details
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission		Details
Ferg	Ferguson		Details
ferr	ferruginous		Details
fert	fertilizer		Details
Fertil	Ruwais Fertilizer Industries		Details
FERTIL	Ruwais Fertilizer Industries Ltd. Abu Dhabi		Details
gHSEr	getting Health Safety & Environment right (BP expression)		Details
GR/D CALIPER	Gamma Ray/Dual Caliper		Details
Her	Herington		Details
Herm	Hermosa		Details
imperv	impervious		Details
Inst Ser	Special Instrument Service Sp		Details
interbd	interbedded		Details
interbdd	interbedded		Details
Intergen	International Generating Company		Details
inter-gran	intergranular		Details
interlam	inter laminated		Details
inter-lam	interlaminated		Details
INTERQUISA	Intercontinental Quimica S.A. Spain		Details
INTERTANKO	Intl. Assn. of Independent Tanker Owners (—)		Details
inter-xln	intercrystalline		Details
interxlyn	intercrystalline		Details
jeeper	Electronic device or instrument used to detect holes (holidays) in the steel pipeline protective coating		Details
Jersey	Standard Oil Company of New Jersey		Details
KERMAC	Kerr-McGee Corp.		Details
kero	kerosine(kerosene)		Details
Kl-Packer	Klappen-Packer		Details
LAER	Lowest Achievable Emission Rate		Details
LOLER	Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations		Details
LUBRINER	Lubricantes Nervion S.A. Spain		Details
MER	Maximum Efficient Rate		Details
MER	Medical Emergency Response		Details
MER	Maximum effective rate (of production)		Details
MER	maximum efficient recovery or rate		Details
Mer	Meramec		Details
merc	mercury		Details
mercap	mercaptan		Details
MERCR	Mercury Injection Study Report		Details
MERG	Merge FDC/CNL/Gamma Ray/Dual Laterolog/Micro SFL Log		Details
merid	meridian		Details
MVERT	Corrosion log from Baker Hughes		Details
NER	NIGER		Details
NERC	North American Electric Reliability Corporation		Details
NEREFCO	Netherlands Refining Co. Netherlands		Details
OERB	Oklahoma Energy Resources Board		Details
oper	operate, operations, operator		Details
Operc	Operculinoides		Details
overbend	High spot in a pipeline usually installed by field-bending a pipeline joint		Details
PER	Perforation Run		Details
PER	PERU		Details
perco	percolation		Details
PERDC	Perforation Depth Control		Details
Perf	Perforation		Details
PERF	Petroleum Environmental Research Forum		Details
perf	perforate, perforated		Details
PERF	Perforated Log		Details
perf	perforate(ed)(ing)(or)		Details
perf	csg perforated casing		Details
PERFO	Perforation Log		Details
PERI	Periscope		Details
PERM	Permeability		Details
perm	permeable, penneability		Details
perm	penmeable, permeability		Details
perm	permanent		Details
perm	permeable(ability)		Details
Perm	Permian		Details
PERMAGO	Perforaciones Marinas del Golfo S.A. Mexico		Details
PERML	Permeability Log		Details
PermP	Permanent-Packer		Details
perp	perpendicular		Details
pers	personnel		Details
PERSERO	PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Indonesia		Details
PERT	performance evaluation and review technique		Details
PERTAMINA	Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak dan Gas Bumi Negara (Indonesian State Oil and Gas Enterprise) Indonesia		Details
PERUPETRO	Peru Petro S.A. Peru		Details
PETRO-COMMERCIAL	Empresa Estatal de Commercializacion y Transporte de Petroles del Ecuador Ecuador		Details
PETROPERU	Petroleos del Peru Peru		Details
PORMINER	Promotora de Minmercados S.A. Spain		Details
POWERS	Parallel Oil Water and Gas Reservoir Simulator		Details
Protero	Proterozoic		Details
PUWER	Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations		Details
QTHERM	Queensland Department of Energy Australia		Details
reperf	reperforate		Details
reperf	reperforated		Details
Rier	Rierdon rig		Details
ser	series, serial		Details
SEREPCA	Societe Elf de Recherches et d’Exploitation des Petroles au Cameroun Cameroon		Details
Serp	serpentine		Details
Serr	Serratt		Details
serv	service(s)		Details
serv	chg service charge		Details
SERVICES	SCHLUMBERGER WELL		Details
SFER	Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc.		Details
SFERAE	Global Association for the use of knowledge on Fractured Rock in a state of Stress, in the field of Energy, Culture and Environment		Details
Sphaer	Sphaerodina		Details
STERPP	storage tank emission reduction partnership program (72 FR 19891)		Details
STRONGER	State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulation, Inc		Details
STRONGER	State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulations		Details
Taper	Pipe thread		Details
TELER	Teledrift Report		Details
Ter	tertiary		Details
termin	terminate(ed)(ing)(ion)		Details
Ther	Thermopolis		Details
THERM	Thermometer Log		Details
Therm	a measure of heat content, where one therm = 100,000 btus		Details
therm	thermometer		Details
therm	ckr thermal crack		Details
therst	thermostat		Details
TPERF	Tool Performance		Details
Ver	Cl Vermillion Cliff		Details
VERAN	Verticality Analysis		Details
Verd	Verdigris		Details
VERIF	Verification List		Details
VERLI	Verification Listing		Details
vert	vertical		Details
VERTK	Vertical Thickness		Details
VIPER	VIPER Slimhole Coiled Tubing MWD Tool		Details
WSERE	Well Seismic Edit Report		Details
X-over	crossover		Details
XPERM	Matrix Permeability in the X-Direction		Details
THERMATEK	See TARSS		Details
H2Zero	See OCPS		Details
F term	Financial Term		Details
C term	Construction		Details
P term	Procurement		Details
ERAV	External Radius		Details Remarks
PHSSER	Project HSSE Review		Details Remarks
IDER	Impulse Derivatve		Details
DER	Derivative for Drawdown		Details
ERN	Eritrean Nakfa		Details
YER	Yemeni Rial		Details
verl	verloren	lost	Details Remarks
ERM	Exploration Region Manager		Details
Förderzins	Production tax		Details
Überlauf	overflowing	Over flowing	Details
Kanone Abwerfen	Gun release		Details
CPERM	Core Permeability		Details
CENTIMETER	centimeter		Details Remarks
CENTIMETERS	centimeter		Details Remarks
KILOMETER	kilometer		Details Remarks
KILOMETERS	kilometer		Details Remarks
LITER	liter		Details Remarks
LITERS	liter		Details Remarks
METER	meter		Details Remarks
METERS	meter		Details Remarks
MILLILITER	milliliter		Details Remarks
MILLILITERS	milliliter		Details Remarks
MILLIMETER	millimeter		Details Remarks
MILLIMETERS	millimeter		Details Remarks
OER	oersted		Details Remarks
oersted	GeoFrame legacy unit		Details Remarks
PERF	Perforation flag		Details Remarks
PERM	Complex Lithology Oil Permeability		Details Remarks
PERM	Complex Lithology Oil Permeability		Details Remarks
PFEER	Prevention of Fire, Explosion, Emergency Response		Details
interbed	interbeds		Details
interafom	informational		Details
ker	kerogen		Details
perv	pervasive		Details
PERM	Petroleum Engineering Regional Manager		Details
GeschBereich	Geschäftsbereich		Details
PlanWerk	Planungswerk		Details
VerArbPl	Verantwortlicher Arbeitsplatz		Details
VrgDauer	Vorgangsdauer		Details
überschubrohre	Pipeline protection lining	Pipeline protection lining	Details
BURNER_TEMP	Burner temperature		Details Remarks
CDER	Deep Induction Enhanced Resolution Phasor		Details Remarks
CER0	Energy Peak Coherence, Receiver Array -		Details Remarks
CER1	Label Energy Peak Coherence, Receiver		Details Remarks
CER2	Label Energy Peak Coherence, Receiver		Details Remarks
CER3	Label Energy Peak Coherence, Receiver		Details Remarks
CEREX	LABEL Energy Peak Coherence, Receiver		Details Remarks
CERP	Label Energy Peak Coherence, Receiver		Details Remarks
CERS	Label Energy Peak Coherence, Receiver		Details Remarks
CERT	Code of First Echo Rise Time		Details Remarks
CMER	Medium Induction Enhanced Resolution		Details Remarks
CRER	Current Return Flowrate		Details Remarks
CSER	SFL Enhanced Resolution Conductivity		Details Remarks
DER2	Detection Resolver 2		Details Remarks
DERR	DCAL Tool Error		Details Remarks
DERS	DIT-E Relay Status Word		Details Remarks
DHC_ERR	Downhole Controller Error Flags		Details Remarks
DHC_ERR_SL	Downhole Controller Error Flags - Station		Details Remarks
DIER	DIT-E Diameter of Invasion (from ER		Details Remarks
DSP_ERR	Digital Signal Processor Error Flags		Details Remarks
DSP_ERR_SL	Digital Signal Processor Error Flags -		Details Remarks
DZER	Zero Data		Details Remarks
DZER_DL	Zero Data		Details Remarks
EER0	Energy Peak Energy, Receiver Array -		Details Remarks
EER1	Label Energy Peak Energy, Receiver Array - Energy		Details Remarks
EER2	Label Energy Peak Energy, Receiver Array - Energy		Details Remarks
EER3	Label Energy Peak Energy, Receiver Array - Energy		Details Remarks
EEREX	Label Energy Peak Energy, Receiver Array - Energy		Details Remarks
EERP	Label Energy Peak Energy, Receiver Array,		Details Remarks
EERS	Label Energy Peak Energy, Receiver Array,		Details Remarks
EMEX_AVERAGE	Average of EMEX over vertical span of		Details Remarks
ENER	Energy		Details Remarks
EOU_VERT_ROT	The angle, measured in a vertical plane		Details Remarks
ER1	External Radius 1		Details Remarks
ER2	External Radius 2		Details Remarks
ER3	External Radius 3		Details Remarks
ER4	External Radius 4		Details Remarks
ER5	External Radius 5		Details Remarks
ER6	External Radius 6		Details Remarks
ER7	External Radius 7		Details Remarks
ER8	External Radius 8		Details Remarks
ERA	Ellipse Rotation Angle		Details Remarks
ERAT	Epithermal Ratio		Details Remarks
ERAV	External Radii Average		Details Remarks
ERAV_RF	Median of External Radii		Details Remarks
ERB	Ellipse Relative Bearing		Details Remarks
ERCO	Contact Resistance E		Details Remarks
ERCY	Earth Rotation Compensation along Y Axis		Details Remarks
ERCZ	Earth Rotation Compensation along Z Axis		Details Remarks
ERDF	ECS Resolution Degradation Factor		Details Remarks
EREC	Epsilon Reconstructed		Details Remarks
ERES	Envelope Residual		Details Remarks
ERFA	EPT Apparent Resistivity of Fluid		Details Remarks
ERMC	MCFL Confidence on Standoff Zone		Details Remarks
ERMN	External Radii Minimum		Details Remarks
ERMN_RF	Minimum of Unflagged External Radii		Details Remarks
ERMX	External Radii Maximum		Details Remarks
ERMX_RF	Maximum of Unflagged External Radii		Details Remarks
ERNO	Nominal Casing External Radius		Details Remarks
ERNP	Epithermal Remote Neutron Porosity		Details Remarks
ERO8	HRDD Confidence on High Resolution		Details Remarks
EROM	EMS ROM Data		Details Remarks
EROZ	HRDD Confidence on Standard Resolution		Details Remarks
ERR	NPLC Status		Details Remarks
ERRA	Epithermal Remote Ratio		Details Remarks
ERRZ	ECSC Status		Details Remarks
ERXO	MCFL Confidence on Invaded Zone		Details Remarks
FERD	RST Far IC Capture Resolution Degradation		Details Remarks
GSER	Gamma Spectroscopy Energy Resolution		Details Remarks
IDER	Deep Induction Enhanced Resolution Phasor		Details Remarks
IMER	Medium Induction Enhanced Resolution		Details Remarks
INTERP	Petrophysical Well Log Interpretation		Details Remarks
LIER	DIT-E Length of Invasion (from ER Phasor)		Details Remarks
LNERRD	Linear Least Square Fit Error - Downgoing		Details Remarks
LNERRU	Linear Least Square Fit Error - Upgoing		Details Remarks
METER_FACTOR	Meter factor for surface liquid flowmeters None		Details Remarks
NBPERF	Number of Perforations		Details Remarks
NERD	RST Near IC Capture Resolution Degradation Degradation_Factor		Details Remarks
NITER	The number of iterations in DTSTE		Details Remarks
NITERM	The number of iterations in DTMUD		Details Remarks
PAVPER	MRPA inflate volume percentage		Details Remarks
PAVPER_DL	MRPA inflate volume percentage		Details Remarks
PER	Photoelectric Factor, Right		Details Remarks
PERA	Photoelectric Ratio		Details Remarks
PERB	PEF Ratio, Bottom Quadrant, Real-Time		Details Remarks
PERM	Permeability		Details Remarks
PERM	Permeability Computed		Details Remarks
PERM_HOR	Horizontal_Permeability		Details Remarks
PERM_VERT	Vertical_Permeability		Details Remarks
PPER	Polarization Period		Details Remarks
RAT(VERT,HOR)	VerticalHorizontalRatio		Details Remarks
RERA	Raw Epithermal Ratio		Details Remarks
RERR	Raw Epithermal Remote Ratio		Details Remarks
RTER	DIT-E True Deep Resistivity (from ER		Details Remarks
RXER	DIT-E Flushed Zone Resistivity (from ER		Details Remarks
SFER	SFL Enhanced Resolution Resistivity		Details Remarks
SIG_PROC_ERR	Signal Processing Error		Details Remarks
SRER	Stage Return Flowrate		Details Remarks
STATE_ERR	State Error		Details Remarks
STATE_ERR_SL	State Error - Station Log		Details Remarks
TER0	Energy Peak Time, Receiver Array - SDT		Details Remarks
TER1	Label Energy Peak Time, Receiver Array -		Details Remarks
TER2	Label Energy Peak Time, Receiver Array -		Details Remarks
TER3	Label Energy Peak Time, Receiver Array -		Details Remarks
TEREX	LABEL Energy Peak Time, Receiver Array -		Details Remarks
TERP	Label Energy Peak Time, Receiver Array,		Details Remarks
TERS	Label Energy Peak Time, Receiver Array,		Details Remarks
TOOL_ERR	Tool Error		Details Remarks
TOOL_ERR_SL	Tool Error - Station Log		Details Remarks
TTERR	Transit time error log		Details Remarks
VERD	ADN Vertical Diameter		Details Remarks
VERR	Vertical Resistivity		Details Remarks
VERT	Vertical		Details Remarks
VIPER	VIPER Slimhole Coiled Tubing MWD Tool		Details
WATER_VOLUME	Water volume produced		Details Remarks
ZER2	Zero		Details Remarks
ZERO	Zero		Details Remarks
PHSER	Project Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Review		Details
STERN	The back of a jackup rig (the flat end - same as AFT)		Details
ERRV	Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel		Details
PHSER	Project HSE Review		Details

Abbreviation

Definition

English

German

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Emergency Reponse

Details

Extended Reach (in Drilling horizontal wells)