RO

Definition:

Restriction Orifice

Subject Area 1:

Drilling & operations

Abbreviation	Definition	English
RO	Ring Out		Details
Ro	Vitrinite reflectance, in oil		Details
RO	ROMANIA		Details
RO	reversed out		Details
ro	rose		Details
Ro	Rosiclare sand		Details
RO	Restriction Orifice		Details
ACRONYMS	AND ABBREVIATIONSAC–4 PRUDENT DEVELOPMENT: Realizing the Potential of North America’s Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Resources		Details
ADROC	Advanced Rock Properties Report		Details
ALBPETROL	Albanian Petroleum Corporation Albania		Details
approx	approximate		Details
approx	approximately		Details
approx	approximate(ly)		Details
ARO	after receipt of order(purchasing term)		Details
ARO-at	rate of		Details
arom	aromatics		Details
aztrop	Azeotrophic		Details
Borouge	Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Limited		Details
BRASPETRO	Petrobras Internacional S.A. Brazil		Details
BROB	Bunkers Remaining On Board		Details
Brom	bromide		Details
CHROM	Chromatolog		Details
chromat	chromatograph		Details
chrome	chromium		Details
COROR	Core Orientation Report		Details
CROB	Cargo Remaining OnBoard		Details
Crom	Cromwell		Details
CYPRO	Cyberproducts Log		Details
deprop	depropanizer		Details
DERPROSA	Derivados del Propileno S.A. Spain		Details
DIGAQRO	Distribuidora de Gas de Queretaro S.A. Mexico		Details
DRODB	drilling, recompletion and repair data base		Details
dropd	dropped		Details
ECOPETROL	Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos Colombia		Details
EEPROM	Electrically Erasable (user) Programmable Read-Only Memory		Details
EROEI	Energy return on energy invested		Details
EUROCORD	European Federation of Twine, Cordage and Netting Industries		Details
EUROGAS	European Union of the Natural Gas Industry Belgium		Details
EUROGIF	European Oil and Gas Innovation Forum		Details
EUROPIA	European Petroleum Industry Assn.		Details
FARO	flow at rate of		Details
FARO	flowed(ing) at the rate of		Details
FRO	FAROE ISLANDS		Details
Fron	frontier		Details
fros	frosted		Details
Froth	a foam with very high internal gas volume, usually 90%+ gas High viscosity and often very stable		Details
GAZPROM	RAO Gazprom (former USSR Ministry of Gas Production) Russia		Details
GEOROT	GEOgraphical ROTation		Details
GYRO	GvTo Survev		Details
GYRO	Gyro Survey		Details
GyroHDS1	Gyro High-Speed Directional Survey		Details
HYDRO	hydro test		Details
HYDRO	Norsk Hydro Norway		Details
HYDRO-Congo	National Oil Exploration and Exploitation Corp. Congo		Details
HYROP	Hydrophone Log		Details
IDRO	Industrial Development and Renovation Organization		Details
IRO	Assn. of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil & Gas Industry Netherlands		Details
kero	kerosine(kerosene)		Details
Kro	oil relative permiability		Details
Kro	Triphasic Relative Permeability to Oil		Details
Kro	relative permeability to oil		Details
Krog	Relative Permeability to Oil in presence of Gas		Details
Krow	Relative Permeability to Oil in presence of Water		Details
MBRO	Multi-Bore Restriction Orifices		Details
microsec	microsecond		Details
micro-xin	microcrystalline		Details
MIRO	Mineraloelraffinerie Oberrhein GmbH & Co. Germany		Details
MRO	Maintenance, repair, and operations		Details
MRO	Memory Read Out		Details
NARO	National Association of Royalty Owners		Details
Neutron	Ray		Details
nitro	nitoglycerine		Details
PERSERO	PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Indonesia		Details
PERUPETRO	Peru Petro S.A. Peru		Details
PETROBANGLA	Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation Bangladesh		Details
Petrobel	Belayim Petroleum Company		Details
PETROBEL	Belayim Petroleum Co. Egypt		Details
PETROBRAS	Petroleo Brasileiro, S.A. Brazil		Details
PETROCAN	Petroleos de Canarias Spain		Details
petrochem	petrochemical		Details
PETROCI	Societe Nationale d’Operations Petrolieres de la Cote d’Ivoire Cote d’Ivoire		Details
PETRO-COMMERCIAL	Empresa Estatal de Commercializacion y Transporte de Petroles del Ecuador Ecuador		Details
PETRO-ECUADOR	Petroleos de Ecuador Ecuador		Details
PetroFinance	Petroleum Finance Company		Details
PETROGAB	Societe Nationale Petroliere -PETROGAB Gabon		Details
PETROGAL	Petroleos de Portugal Portugal		Details
PETROGAS	Petroleum Gas Co. Egypt		Details
PETROGUIN	National Petroleum Co. of Guinea-Bissau (formerly PETROMINAS) Guinea-Bissau		Details
PETRO-INDUSTRIAL	Empresa Estatal de Industrializacion de Petroles del Ecuador Ecuador		Details
PETROJAM	Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Jamaica		Details
PETROJET	Petroleum Projects and Technical Consultations Co. Egypt		Details
Petrokemya	Arabian Petrochemical Company		Details
PETROKEMYA	Arabian Petrochemical Co. Saudi Arabia		Details
PETROL	Petrol, A Slovene Oil Company Slovenia		Details
PETROM	Petrom RA Romania		Details
PETROMED	Petroleos del Mediterraneo Spain		Details
PETROMIN	General Petroleum and Mineral Organization Saudi Arabia		Details
PETROMINAS	Empresa Nacional de Pesquisa e Exploracao Petroliferas e Mineras EP (now PETROGUIN) Guinea-Bissau		Details
PETROMOC	Empresa Nacional Petroles de Moçambique Mozambique		Details
PETRON	Petron Corporation (PNOC/Saudi Aramco partnership) Philippines		Details
PETRONAS	Petroliam Nasional Bhd. Malaysia		Details
PETRONET	Petronet India ltd. India		Details
PETRONIC	Empresa Nicaraguense del Petroleo Nicaragua		Details
PETRONOR	Petroleos del Norte, S.A. Spain		Details
PETROPAR	Petroleos Paraguayos Paraguay		Details
PETROPERU	Petroleos del Peru Peru		Details
PETRO-PRODUCTION	Empresa Estatal de Exploration y Produccion de Petroleos del Ecuador Ecuador		Details
PETROQUISA	Petrobras Quimica S.A. Brazil		Details
PETROREP	Societe Petroliere de Recherches Dans La Region Parisienne France		Details
PETROSEN	Societe Nationale des Petroles du Senegal Senegal		Details
PETROSUR	Petroleos del Sur S.A. Spain		Details
PETROTRIN	Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd. Trinidad & Togago		Details
PETRO-Vietnam	Oil and Gas Company Vietnam VIETNAM		Details
PETROZAIRE	Entreprise Petroliere du Zaire Zaire		Details
poro	porous , porosity		Details
POROH	Porosity from Open Hole logs		Details
PPROA	Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association		Details
PRO	Procedure		Details
pro	prorated		Details
PROAS	Productos Asfalticos S.A. Spain		Details
prob	probable(ly)		Details
proc	process		Details
PROD	Production Log		Details
prod	produced, producing, production		Details
Prod	Production in company name		Details
prod	produce(ed)(ing)(tion), product(s)		Details
PRODESA	Productos de Estireno, S.A. de C.V. Mexico		Details
prog	progress		Details
proj	projected		Details
proj	project(ed)(ion)		Details
PROP	property		Details
prop	proportional		Details
prop	propose(ed)		Details
PROPEL	Produtos de Petroleo Lda. Portugal		Details
prot	protection		Details
PROTE	Production Test Report		Details
Protero	Proterozoic		Details
PROTEXA	Construcciones Protexa, S.A. de C.V. Mexico		Details
Prov	provincial		Details
PROX	Proximity Log		Details
PROX	Proximity		Details
PROX/ML	Proximity Minilog		Details
PROXL	Proximity Log		Details
ROA	Return on Assets		Details
ROACE	Return on Average Capital Employed		Details
ROAR	Regional Review		Details
ROB	Remaining On Board		Details
Rob	Robulus		Details
ROC	Reference Our Cable....(date)		Details
ROC	Retention Of Cuttings (Mud term)		Details
ROCE	Return on capital employed (same as ROACE, See ROACE)		Details
ROCE	return on capital employed		Details
ROCK	Retention Of Critical Knowledge		Details
ROCT	Rotary Coring Tool		Details
ROD	Record of Decision		Details
Rod	Rodessa		Details
ROE	Radius of Exposure		Details
ROF	rich oil fractionator		Details
ROGL	rotative gas lift		Details
RoHS	Restriction of Hazard Substances		Details
ROI	Return On Investment		Details
Rok	remove		Details
Rok	rock		Details
ROL	Re-Order Level		Details
ROL	rig on location		Details
ROM	Read Only Memory		Details
ROM	rough order of magnitude		Details
ROM	run of mine		Details
RON	Research Octane Number		Details
ROP	Rate of Penetration, Rate of Penetration		Details
ROP	Rate of Penetration		Details
ROPE	really overbalanced perforating, see EOP or extreme overbalanced perforating		Details
ROPME	Regional Organization for Protection of Marine Environment		Details
ROR	Rate Of Return (Economics)		Details
ROR	rate of return		Details
RORO	Roll On Roll Off ship		Details
ROS	Remaining Oil Saturation (reservoir)		Details
ROS	residual oil saturation		Details
ROS	Remaining Oil Saturation		Details
ROS	remote operating system(station)		Details
ROSKO-MNEDRA	Ministry of Fuel & Energy for the Russian Federation Russia		Details
ROSS	Remotely Operated Sliding Sleeves		Details
ROT	Remote Operated Tool		Details
rot	rotary, rotate, rotator		Details
ROTLX	Reference Our TeLeX ...(date)		Details
ROU	Radius Of Uncertainty		Details
ROU	ROMANIA		Details
ROV	Remotely Operated Vehicle, used for subsea construction and maintenance		Details
ROV	Remotely Operated Vehicle		Details
ROV	remote operated vehicle, usually an unmanned underwater work vehicle		Details
ROV/WROV	Remotely Operated Vehicle/WorkClass Remotely Operated Vehicle, used for subsea construction and maintenance		Details
ROW	Right-of-Way		Details
ROW	Right of Way		Details
ROWS	Remote Operator Workstation		Details
roy	royalty		Details
ROZ	Recoverable Oil Zone		Details
ROZ	residual oil zones		Details
RROCK	Routine Rock Properties Report		Details
SACROC	Scurry Area Canyon Reef Operators Committee		Details
SCRO	Subsea Control Room		Details
SIPETROL	Sociedad Internacional Petrolera S.A. Chile		Details
SONPETROL	Sondeos Petroliferos, S.A. Spain		Details
Spiro.b.	Spiroplectammina barrowi		Details
SPROF	Seismic Profile		Details
SRO	Surface Read-Out		Details
STROH	strap out of hole		Details
strom	stromatoporoid		Details
STRONGER	State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulation, Inc		Details
STRONGER	State Review of Oil and Natural Gas Environmental Regulations		Details
Throw	a fault’s vertical displacement		Details
TIPRO	Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association		Details
TLROP	Tehnical Limit Rate of Penetration		Details
Toro	Toroweap		Details
TRO	to be conditioned for oil		Details
TROIF	Total Recordable Occupational Incident Frequency		Details
VSPRO	Vertical Seismic Profile		Details
WROV	work removely operated vehicle		Details
H2Zero	See OCPS		Details
IDRO	Iran Development and Reconstruction Organization		Details
PRODM	Production Method		Details
Pro	Production		Details
MRO	Mauritanian Ouguiya		Details
RON	Romanian New Leu		Details
MOPRO	Monthly Production		Details
TAPRO	Target Production		Details
ROMA_CPX	apparent matrix density		Details
ROMU_CPX	clay/gas corrected matrix density		Details
PROJ	Project for evaluation		Details
ROIP	Remaining oil in place		Details
ROIP	Region Oil In Place		Details
RROR	Real Terms Rate of Return		Details
Steigrohr	Tubing	Tubing	Details
ROT	Redundant, Obsolete, Trivial		Details
TRO	Test Rack Opening (pressure)		Details Remarks
MICROSECOND	microsecond		Details Remarks
MICROSECONDS	microsecond		Details Remarks
MRO	Mauritanian ouguiya		Details Remarks
ROL	Romainian leu		Details Remarks
ROBB	Bulk Density, Bottom Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROP	Rate of Penetration		Details Remarks
ROBB	Bulk Density, Bottom Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROM	Reliability, Operability, Maintainability (Engineering)		Details
ROS	Required on Site (Date)		Details
ProCo	Project Coordinator		Details
ROA	Real Options Analysis		Details
ROE	Return on equity		Details
ROFA	Return on fixed assets		Details
RONA	Return on net assets		Details
ROV	Real Options Valuation		Details
RoW	Rest of World		Details
TROIF	Total Recordable Occupational Illness Frequency		Details
GMROII	Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment		Details
ROE	Return on Equity		Details
ROIC	Return on Invested Capital		Details
RONA	Return on net assets		Details
ROS	Return on Sales		Details
SROI	Social return on investment		Details
überschubrohre	Pipeline protection lining	Pipeline protection lining	Details
AROC	Anhydritic Rocks		Details Remarks
BROP	Bit Rate Of Penetration		Details Remarks
CPRO	MPT Conductivity		Details Remarks
CROC	Clayey Rocks		Details Remarks
CUM_SAND_PROD	Cumulative production of unconsolidated		Details Remarks
DROR	Rotational Delta Rho Short Spacing		Details Remarks
EOU_VERT_ROT	The angle, measured in a vertical plane		Details Remarks
ERO8	HRDD Confidence on High Resolution		Details Remarks
EROM	EMS ROM Data		Details Remarks
EROZ	HRDD Confidence on Standard Resolution		Details Remarks
FPRO	Fracture Plausibility given by Rotation		Details Remarks
HROA	LDS High Resolution Bulk Density		Details Remarks
HROM	LDS High Resolution Corrected Bulk Density Bulk_Density		Details Remarks
IRON	Iron Index		Details Remarks
JOINED_PETRO	Joined Petrophysical Well Logs		Details Remarks
KROC	Knobly Rocks		Details Remarks
LITHOF1_PROBA	Probability associated to the most likely		Details Remarks
LITHOF2_PROBA	Probability computed for the second		Details Remarks
LITHOT1_PROBA	Probability associated with the most		Details Remarks
LROP	Inverse drilling strength indicator, a		Details Remarks
PPRO	Fitting Coefficient for Resistivity given		Details Remarks
PROB	Probability		Details Remarks
PROB	Fitting Coefficient for FDC		Details Remarks
PROD	Producibility Function		Details Remarks
PROF	profile		Details Remarks
PRON	Measure of PROX Minus		Details Remarks
PROP	propagation		Details Remarks
PROP	Measure of PROX Plus Sqrt(Sigma2+Tau2) Micro_Resistivity		Details Remarks
PROT	Value of PROX Which Would Have Been Read		Details Remarks
PROX	Proximity Log		Details Remarks
PROX	Proximity Resistivity (MPT)		Details Remarks
QPRO	Standard Deviation on Resistivity given by Standard_Deviation		Details Remarks
ROAZ	Azimuth from rotary table to target		Details Remarks
ROBA	Bulk Density		Details Remarks
ROBB	Bulk Density, Bottom Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROBL	Bulk Density, Left Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROBN	Measure of RHOB Minus		Details Remarks
ROBP	Measure of RHOB Plus Sqrt(Sigma2+Tau2) Bulk_Density		Details Remarks
ROBR	Bulk Density, Right Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROBT	Theoretical RHOB Value		Details Remarks
ROBU	Bulk Density, Up Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROBX	Downhole-computed Bulk Density		Details Remarks
RODW	Water Filled Formation Resistivity - DW		Details Remarks
ROHV	ROH Computed at Each Level By DET		Details Remarks
ROHY	Computed Hydrocarbon Density		Details Remarks
ROLA	Long Spacing Bulk Density, Real-Time		Details Remarks
ROLB	Long Spacing Bulk Density, Bottom Quadrant Bulk_Density		Details Remarks
ROLL	Long Spacing Bulk Density, Left Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROLR	Long Spacing Bulk Density, Right Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROLS	Long Spacing Bulk Density		Details Remarks
ROLU	Long Spacing Bulk Density, Up Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROM8	HRDD High Resolution Mudcake Density		Details Remarks
ROMB	Bulk Density, Rotationally Corrected,		Details Remarks
ROML	Bulk Density, Rotationally Corrected, Left Bulk_Density		Details Remarks
ROMR	Bulk Density, Rotationally Corrected,		Details Remarks
ROMT	Bulk Density, Rotationally Corrected		Details Remarks
ROMU	Bulk Density, Rotationally Corrected, Up		Details Remarks
ROMZ	HRDD Standard Resolution Mudcake Density		Details Remarks
ROP1	Rate of Penetration, 1ft filtered		Details Remarks
ROP5	Rate of penetration averaged over the last Penetration_Rate		Details Remarks
ROPE	Rate of Drilling Penetration		Details Remarks
ROPH	Rate of Penetration over the last .5		Details Remarks
ROPI	Inverse ROP for last 1FT (.3M)		Details Remarks
ROPP	PO Raw Hydraulic Pressure		Details Remarks
ROS	Residual Oil Saturation		Details Remarks
ROS1	Short Spacing Bulk Density		Details Remarks
ROS2	SS2 RHO Density - LDT		Details Remarks
ROSA	Short Spacing Bulk Density, Real-Time		Details Remarks
ROSB	Short Spacing Bulk Density, Bottom		Details Remarks
ROSL	Short Spacing Bulk Density, Left Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROSR	Short Spacing Bulk Density, Right Quadrant Bulk_Density		Details Remarks
ROSU	Short Spacing Bulk Density, Up Quadrant		Details Remarks
ROTA	rotational speed		Details Remarks
ROTL	Rotary Level		Details Remarks
ROTS	Rotary Speed		Details Remarks
ROV0	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV0_DL	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV1	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV1_DL	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV2	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV2_DL	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV3	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV3_DL	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV4	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV4_DL	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV5	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
ROV5_DL	Raw Sigma Oil Velocity Bubble		Details Remarks
RPRO	Raw PROX Conductivity		Details Remarks
SAND_PROD	Unconsolidated sand produced with oil		Details Remarks
SIG_PROC_ERR	Signal Processing Error		Details Remarks
SROT	Sonde Rotation		Details Remarks
TRON	Trona		Details Remarks
VTRO	Volume of Trona		Details Remarks
ZERO	Zero		Details Remarks
PROP	Project Real Oil Price		Details
PROP	Property		Details
PROPs	Properties		Details
SWRO	Sea Water Reverse Osmoises		Details
ROTR	resources other than reserves		Details
MROP	Minor Reservoir Oil Producer		Details

Abbreviation

Definition

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Ring Out

Details

Vitrinite reflectance, in oil