CA

Definition:

Corrosion Allowance

Subject Area 1:

Petroleum Engineering

Abbreviation	Definition	English	German	French
CA	Core Analysis Log				Details
CA	Corrosion Allowance				Details
CA	Certification Authority				Details
CA	CANADA				Details
CA	Chartered Accountant				Details
CA	California				Details
CA	Compressional Amplitude				Details
CA	Dietz shape factors				Details
CA	Capital Allocation				Details
CA	Corporate Affairs				Details
JICA	Japan International Cooperation Agency\|\|	Japan International Cooperation Agency	Japan International Cooperation Agency	Agence japonaise de coopération internationale	Details
CAO	Chief Accounting Officer\|\|	Chief Accounting Officer	Chief Accounting Officer	Chief Accounting Officer	Details
CAO	Chief Administrative Officer\|\|	Chief Administrative Officer	Chief Administrative Officer	Directeur administratif	Details
CAO	Chief Analytics Officer\|\|	Chief Analytics Officer	Chief Analytics Officer	Chief Analytics Officer	Details
2CAL	2-Arm Caliper Log				Details
3CAL	3-Arm Caliper Log				Details
4CAL	4-Arm Caliper Log				Details
AC/CAL	Acoustilog Caliper Gamma Ray Neutron				Details
AC/CAL	BHC Acoustilog Caliper				Details
AC/CAL	BHC Acoustilog Caliper (Thru Casing)				Details
AC/CAL GR	Acoustilog Caliper Gamma Ray				Details
AC/CAL NEU	Acoustilog Caliper Neutron				Details
AC/CAL/	BHC Acoustilog Caliper G/R Neutron				Details
AC/CAL/GR	BHC Acoustilog Caliper Gamma Ray				Details
ACA	after closure analysis; a fracture performance test method				Details
ACAL	AcoustiCaliper				Details
ADDCAP	Abu Dhabi Drilling Chemicals and Products Ltd. Abu Dhabi				Details
ANCAP	Administracion Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland Uruguay				Details
BHCA	BHC Acoustic Log				Details
CAA	Clean Air Act				Details
CAB	cabinet				Details
Cable	one of various braided cables, with or without isolated conductance wires, used for well operations				Details
CaBr2	calcium bromide				Details
CAC	Competence Assurance Coordinator				Details
CAC	Circumferential Acoustilog				Details
CaCl2	calcium chloride salt				Details
CaCO3	calcium carbonate				Details
CAD	Computer Aided Design				Details
CAD	computer-aided design				Details
Cadd	Caddell				Details
CADE	Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers				Details
CAF	Currency adjusting factor (freight)				Details
CAF	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC				Details
CAFE	Corporate Average Fuel Economy				Details
CAG	cut across grain				Details
CAGC	A combine: Continental Oil Co., Atlantic Richfield Co., and Cities Service Oil Co.				Details
CAGCT	Centre for Advanced Gas Combustion Technology				Details
CAGR	compound annual growth rate				Details
CAIR	Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule (under TSCA)				Details
CAL	Caliper				Details
CAL	Computed Gafillla				Details
CAL	Section Gauge				Details
CAL	Country Alert Level				Details
cal	calcite, calcitic				Details
cal	caliche				Details
CAL	caliper log				Details
cal	caliper survey				Details
cal	calorie				Details
CAL	Caliper Logging				Details
CAL	Computer Analyzed Log				Details
CAL	Four-Arm Caliber Log				Details
CAL	Perforation Depth Control Log				Details
CAL	Caltex Australia Ltd. Australia				Details
CALA	Calipet Analysis				Details
CALA	Caliper Analysis				Details
calc	calcareous				Details
CALC	Caliper Curve				Details
Calc	calcareous, calcerenite				Details
Calc	calcium				Details
Calc	calculate(ed), calculation				Details
calc	gr calcium-base grease				Details
CALD	Caliper interpreted from Density				Details
cale	calceneous				Details
CALI	Caliper Log				Details
CALI	Generalized Caliper				Details
CALI	General Caliper				Details
CALIBR	calibrate, calibration				Details
CALIL	Caliper Log				Details
CALOG	Circumferential Acoustic Log				Details
CALP	Caliper				Details
CALTEX	Various affiliates of Texaco Inc, and Chevron Corp. partnership —				Details
Calv	Calvin				Details
CALVE	Calibrated Velocity Log Data				Details
CAM	Contract Accountable Manager				Details
Camb	cambrian				Details
CAMEL	Companie Algerienne du Methane Liquide France/Algeria				Details
CAMPSA	Compania Arrendataria del Monopolio de Petroleos, S.A. (sub. of Repsol) Spain				Details
CAMS	Competence Assurance Management System				Details
CAN	CANADA				Details
Cane	Riv Cane River				Details
CANL	Computer Analysis				Details
CanOxy	Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.				Details
Cany	canyon				Details
CAO	Computer Aided Operations				Details
CaO	calcium oxcide				Details
CAODC	Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors				Details
CAODS	Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors				Details
CAOF	calculated absolute open flow A theoretical figure of a wells maximum production				Details
CAOF	calculated absolute open flow				Details
CAP	Casing Annulus Packer				Details
CAP	Central Asia Petroleum				Details
CAP	Condition Assessment Programme				Details
Cap	Capacity				Details
CAP	EX Capital expenditure				Details
cap	capacitor				Details
Cap	Captain				Details
CAPAG	Entreprise Moderne de Canalisations Petrolieres, Aquiferes et Gasieres France				Details
CAPEX	Capital Expenditure				Details
CAPP	Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers				Details
CAPP	Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers				Details
CAR	Company Appointed Representative				Details
CAR	Corrective Action Request				Details
CAR	Corporate Activity Report				Details
Car	Carlile				Details
carb	carbonaceous				Details
carb	test carbontetrachloride				Details
CARBESA	Carbon Black Espanola S.A. Spain				Details
Carm	Carmel				Details
CART	Cam Actuated Running Tool (Housing Running Tool)				Details
CART	Cap Replacement Tool				Details
CAS	Casing Log				Details
CAS	Casing Run				Details
CAS	Chemical Abstracts Service (see comment)				Details Remarks
CAS	Condition Assessment Scheme				Details
CAS	Chemical Abstracts Service				Details
CAS	Chemical Abstract Service				Details
CASE	Computer-aided Software Engineering				Details
Casing)	(Thru				Details
CASL	Computer Acoustic				Details
CaSO4	calcium sulfate				Details
Casoc	California Arabian Standard Oil Company				Details
Casp	Casper				Details
CAST	Circumfrential Accoustic Tool (HES)				Details
CAST	Circumferential Acoustic Scanning				Details
CAT	computer-aided tomography				Details
CAT	carburetor air temperature				Details
Cat	Catahoula				Details
CAT	catalog				Details
CAT	catalyst, catalytic				Details
cat	ckr catalytic cracker				Details
Cat	Crk Cat Creek				Details
CATe	Core Asset Team				Details
cath	cathodic				Details
CATR	Clean Air Transportation Rule				Details
CATS	Cableless Telemetry System				Details
CATT	Capabilities & Technology Team				Details
caus	caustic				Details
cav	cavity				Details
CAVL	Compensated Acoustic Velocity				Details
CAW	Completions and Workovers				Details
CCA	Conventional Core Analysis				Details
CCA	Cut Casing				Details
C-Cal	contact caliper				Details
CDL/CAL	Compensated Densilog Caliper				Details
CDL/CAL/	Compensated Densilog Caliper				Details
CDL/CAL/GR	Compensated Densilog Caliper				Details
CDL/CAL/GR	Densilog Caliber Gamma Ray Log				Details
CDL/CAL/ML	Compensated Densilog Caliper Minilog				Details
CECAN	CEC Analysis				Details
COFCAW	a tertiary recovery mechanist consisting of combustion and water flooding				Details
CONCAWE	Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe				Details
CONCAWE	Oil companies’ European organization for environment, health and safety Belgium				Details
DACA	Data Aquisition & Control Architecture (Smart)				Details
DCA	Development Contract Area				Details
DCAF	Discipline Controls & Assurance Framework				Details
DCAL	Differential Caliper Log				Details
DCAL	dual caliper log				Details
DCALI	Dual Caliper Log				Details
DGCA	Directorate General of Civil Aviation				Details
DSCAN	DSC Analysis Report				Details
ECA	Export Credit Agency				Details
E-cat	equilibrium catalyst				Details
ECATWW-L	Wireline department in GAE				Details
EPCA	Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 2000				Details
EPCA	Energy Policy and Conservation Act				Details
FCA	Free CArrier				Details
FCAL	Single Axis Caliper				Details
FMECA	Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis				Details
FMECA	failure mode and criticality effects analysis				Details
FRANCAREP	Compagnie Franco-Afrique de Recherches Petrolieres France				Details
FWPCA	Federal Water Pollution Control Act				Details
GCAA	General Civil Aviation Authority (UAE)				Details
Gcal	gigacalorie				Details
g-cal	gram calorie				Details
GCAW	gas cut acid water				Details
GCAW	gas-cut acid water				Details
gm-cal	gram-calorie				Details
GR/CALD	Gamma Ray/Dual Caliper				Details
GR/D CALIPER	Gamma Ray/Dual Caliper				Details
HCAL	HRCC Calliper (in Logs)(in Inches)				Details
HYDCA	Hydril Type CA joint				Details
IBCA	International Banking Credit Agency				Details
ICAL	Imaging Caliper				Details
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization				Details
ICAP/MS	inductively coupled argon plasma/mass spectrometry				Details
IMCA	International Marine Contractors Association				Details
IOCA	Independent Oil Compounders Association				Details
IPCA	International Petroleum Credit Association				Details
IPIECA	International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association				Details
IPIECA	International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Assn.UK				Details
kcal	kilocalorie				Details
kg-cal	kilogram-calorie				Details
LAYCAN	LAYday CANcelling date				Details
LCA	SAINT LUCIA				Details
LCA	leakoff control acid				Details
LCA	life-cycle assessment				Details
LDCA	LINC Downhole Coupler Assembly				Details
MCA	mud cut acid				Details
MCA	mud cleanout agent				Details
MCA	mud-cut acid				Details
mercap	mercaptan				Details
Mica	a silica mineral, often present as ultra thin flakes and sometimes mobile				Details
mica	micaceous				Details
mica	mica, micaceous				Details
ML/CAL	Minilog Caliper				Details
ML/CAL/GR	Minilog Caliper Gamma Ray				Details
MLL/CAL	Microlaterolog-Caliper				Details
NCA	National Communications Authority				Details
O&GCAW	oil & gas cut acid water				Details
O&GCAW	oil and gas-cut acid water				Details
OCAW	Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union				Details
OLECASA	Oleoductos Canarios S.A. Spain				Details
PCA	Principal Component Analysis (water analysis)				Details
PCA	Production Concession Agreement				Details
PCA	Principal Component Analysis				Details
Pcal	petacalorie				Details
PETROCAN	Petroleos de Canarias Spain				Details
PICA	Petroleum Industry Contractors Association				Details
PLCA	Pipe Line Contractors Association				Details
QCAT	Quality Criticality Assessment Team				Details
RCA	Root Cause Analysis				Details
RCAL	Routine Core Analysis				Details
SCA	Suez Canal Authority				Details
SCA	Society of Core Analysts				Details
SCAC	Surface Consistent Amplitude Correction				Details
SCAD	A Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition				Details
SCADA	Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition				Details
SCAF	scaffolding				Details
SCAL	Special core analysis				Details
SCANRAFF	Skandinaviska Raffinaderi AB Sweden				Details
SCAP	Scallops Log				Details
SCAR	DST Sample Carrier (SLB)				Details
scat(d)	scatter(ed)				Details
scatt	scattered				Details
SDCA	Additional Dip Curves				Details
SECA	Societe Europeenne des Carburants Belgium				Details
SEREPCA	Societe Elf de Recherches et d’Exploitation des Petroles au Cameroun Cameroon				Details
Socal	Standard Oil Company of California				Details
Socar	State Oil Company of Azerbaijan				Details
SOCAR	State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic Azerbaijan				Details
SPCAN	Special core analysis				Details
STATCAN	Statistics Canada ex Dominion, Bureau of Statistics (DBS)				Details
TCA	Total Corrosion Allowance				Details
TCA	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS				Details
TCAL	Through-Tubing (X-Y) Caliper Log				Details
Technical	Information Service				Details
TRACECA	The Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia				Details
TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act				Details
UMCA	Umbilical Midline Connection Assembly				Details
UNOCAL	Union Oil of California				Details
WQCA	Water Quality Control Act				Details
ECA	Energy Conversion Agreement				Details
GCA	gas connect austria				Details Remarks
DCA	Decline Curve Analysis				Details
CAD	Canadian Dollar				Details
dca	Decline Curve Analysis Forecast				Details
JICA	Japan International Cooperation Agency				Details
CAO	Chief Accounting Officer				Details
CAO	Chief Administrative Officer				Details
CAO	Chief Analytics Officer				Details
2CAL	2-Arm Caliper Log	2-Arm Caliper Log	2-Arm-Schieber-Log	2-Arm Caliper Log	Details
3CAL	3-Arm Caliper Log	3-arm Caliper Log	3-Arm Caliper Log	3-bras Caliper Connexion	Details
4CAL	4-Arm Caliper Log	4-Arm Caliper Log	4-Arm Caliper Log	4-Arm Caliper Log	Details
NCA	Northern Calcareous Alps				Details
CASW	Casing Weight				Details
seca	millisecond (angle)				Details Remarks
CAD	Canadian dollar				Details Remarks
CAL	calorie (international)				Details Remarks
cal	calorie (international)				Details Remarks
kcal/(h.degC.m2)	kilocalorie per hour per degree celsius per square meter				Details Remarks
kcal/h.oC.m2	GeoFrame legacy unit				Details Remarks
seca	second (angle)				Details Remarks
ACAL	Average Caliper				Details Remarks
CAL1	4arm-Caliper1				Details Remarks
CAL2	4arm-Caliper2				Details Remarks
CALI	Caliper				Details Remarks
CALX	Caliper from X-Axis of X-Y Caliper(s)				Details Remarks
DCAL	Diff.Caliper				Details Remarks
GRCA	Calibrated Gamma Ray				Details Remarks
MCAL	Microlog Caliper				Details Remarks
CALI	Caliper				Details Remarks
HCAL	HRCC Caliper Calibrated				Details Remarks
VCAR	Volume Fraction of Carbonate Relative to Total Volume				Details Remarks
Calct	calcite				Details
Caren	cavernous				Details
Cav	caving				Details
hydcarb	hydrocarbon				Details
micmica	micromicaceous				Details
CAM	Corporate Annual Meeting				Details
CAPEX	Capital Expenditures				Details
CATS	Cross-Application Time Sheet				Details
CAPS	Corrective Action Preventive System				Details
CAT	Corrective Action Team				Details
CAO	Chief Accounting Officer				Details
CAPM	Capital asset pricing model				Details

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Certification Authority

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CANADA