Oil & Gas
Glossary
M
m
Thousands
MAFF
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in UK
Magma
MAIB
Marine Accident Investigation Branch, in UK.
Marginal Field
Marine Riser
MARPOL
Marine Pollution Convention
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Mature
mcf
Thousands of Cubic Feet (of Gas)
Measured Depth
Depth of well measured along
well bore
.
MEDEVAC
Evacuation for medical reasons from work location to a hospital.
Megawatt
MW = one million watts
Mercaptans
Methane
Mineral Extraction Allowance (MEA)
Miocene
mm / M
Millions
mmbbls / mmboe
Million
barrels
/ Million barrels of oil equivalent
mmscf / mmscfd
Millions of Standard
Cubic Feet
(of
Gas
) / Millions of Standard Cubic Feet per Day (of Gas)
MOB
Man Over Board
MOD
Ministry of Defence, in UK.
MOD
Money of the day
MODU
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
Modular formation dynamics tester
Measures fluid pressures and collects small samples in a well.
Module
Mboe
/
MToe
Moray Firth (MF)
MPCU
Marine Pollution Control Unit, in UK.
MtC
Million
tonne
of
carbon
MtCH
4
Million
tonnes
of
methane
MtCO
2
Million
tonnes
of
carbon dioxide
Multilateral well
MWD
monitoring-while-drilling
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