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Definition:

actual drilling

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
DRAD	Drainage Radii\|\|	drainage radii	Entwässerungsradien	rayons de drainage	Details Remarks
AADE	American Association of Drilling Engineers				Details
ADA	Air Drilling Assosiates				Details
ADB	Asian Development Bank (—)				Details
ADC	Advanced Gauge Data Conditioning (Pansystem software)				Details
ADC	Analog-to-Digital Converter				Details
ADC	actual drilling cost				Details
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
ADEPT	Adaptive Electromagnetic Propagation Log				Details
ADESCO	Abu Dhabi Emergency Committee of Offshore Operators				Details
ADF	Automatic Diverter Flowmeter				Details
ADGAS	Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co. Ltd. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADH	adhesive				Details
ADIPEC	Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Conference				Details
adj	adjustable				Details
ADL	above detection level				Details
ADM	Administration Manager				Details
adm	administration, administrative				Details
ADMA	Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company				Details
ADMA-OPCO	Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADN	Azimuthal Density Neutron (Schlumberger)				Details
ADN	Azimuthal Density Neutron				Details
ADNATCO	Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADNOC	Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Abu Dhabi				Details
ADNOC-FOD	Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution Abu Dhabi				Details
ADOM	adomite				Details
ADP	automatic data processing				Details
ADPC	Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company				Details
ADPC	Abu Dhabi Petroleum Co. Ltd. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADPPOC	Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Operating Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
adpt	adapter				Details
ADR	Appropriate Dispute Resolution (see comment)				Details Remarks
ADROC	Advanced Rock Properties Report				Details
ADSC	Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding Company				Details
ADSC	The International Association of Foundation Drilling				Details
ADSL	Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line				Details
ADSM	Adstar Distributed Storage Manager				Details
adspn	adsorption				Details
ADST	Asphaltene Dispersant Testing				Details
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
ADWEA	Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority				Details
BADEA	Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa				Details
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
Cadd	Caddell				Details
CADE	Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers				Details
Deadw	Deadwood				Details
FWAD	Fresh water Arrival Draft				Details
GLADTM	software package, gas lift assisted design				Details
GRAD	Gradiometer Log				Details
GRAD	gradiomanometer				Details
grad	gradual, gradually				Details
HADR	High Temperature Azimuthal Gamma Ray				Details
IADC	International Association of Drilling Contractors				Details
IADC	International Association of Drilling Contractors (formerly AAODC)				Details
IRSHAD	Related with Petroleum Ports Authority and Shipping Agents				Details
LAD	Logging After Drilling				Details
lad	ladder				Details
Leadv	Leadville				Details
Ma’adin	Saudi Arabian Mining Company				Details
Mad	Madison				Details
NAD	North American Datum				Details
NBAD	National Bank of Abu Dhabi				Details
NOMADS	National Oil-Equipment Manufacturers and Delegates Society				Details
OLADE	Organization Latinoamericana de Energia Ecuador				Details
PAD	Pressuer Activation Device (rupture disk)				Details
PAD	Petroleum Administration for Defense				Details
PADD	Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts				Details
Padd	Paddock				Details
PADPRT	Pressure Assisted Drillpipe Running Tool				Details
PB-ADA	report available only through National				Details
PETRO-ECUADOR	Petroleos de Ecuador Ecuador				Details
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
RADEEC	Regie Autonome Intercommunal de Distribution d’Eau et d’Electricité de la Chaouia				Details
RADT	radiant				Details
radtn	radiation				Details
Sad	Cr Saddle Creek				Details
Sadaf	Saudi Petrochemical Company				Details
SADCOP-MAHRUKAT	Syrian Storing and Distributing Co., Petroleum Products Syria				Details
sadl	saddle				Details
SCAD	A Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition				Details
SCADA	Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition				Details
Straddle	Doppel-Packer Anordnung				Details
SWAD	Salt Water Arrival Draft				Details
TAD	Tender Assisted Drilling (ie Smedvig)				Details
TAD	Torque And Drag				Details
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development				Details
Wad	Waddell				Details
ZADCO	Zakum Development Company				Details
ZADCO	Zakum Development Co. Abu Dhabi				Details
ADM	Asset Development Manager				Details
ADP	Allowable deviation from plan				Details Remarks
CAD	Canadian Dollar				Details
MAD	Moroccan Dirham				Details
NAD	Namibian Dollar				Details
MAD	Moroccan Dirham				Details
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development				Details
DRAD	Drainage Radii				Details Remarks
AADE	American Association of Drilling Engineers	American Association of Drilling Engineers	American Association of Drilling Engineers	Association américaine des ingénieurs de forage	Details
ADKL	Aderklaa (Geological formation in Austria)				Details
ADKLKG	Aderklaa konglomerat (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa Conglomerate			Details
ADKL.KG	Aderklaa konglomerat (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa Conglomerate			Details
ADKLS	Aderklaa Schichten (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa bedding			Details
ADKL.S	Aderklaa Schichten (Geological formation in Austria)	Aderklaa bedding			Details
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
ADP	Andorran peseta				Details Remarks
CAD	Canadian dollar				Details Remarks
ft3/rad	cubic foot per radian				Details Remarks
GRAD	grad (1/100 of right angle)				Details Remarks
Grad	gigaradian				Details Remarks
grad	grad (1/100 of right angle)				Details Remarks
krad	kiloradian				Details Remarks
m3/rad	cubic meter per radian				Details Remarks
MAD	Moroccan dirham				Details Remarks
Mrad	megaradian				Details Remarks
mrad	milliradian				Details Remarks
RAD	radian				Details Remarks
rad	radian				Details Remarks
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
RADIAN	radian				Details Remarks
RADIANS	radian				Details Remarks
urad	microradian				Details Remarks
ADM	Asset Development Manager				Details
ADM	Architecture Development Process				Details
ADR	American Depositary Receipt				Details
VAD	Value Added Distributor				Details

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