Abbreviations & Acronyms beginning with B:

Bbbl = Billion barrels

Bbl = Barrel(s) of oil Continued below

BC = Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes

BCD = Barrels per Calendar Day

Bcf = Billion Cubic Feet

Bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Bcfe = Billion Cubic Feet of gas Equivalent

BDI = Baltic Dry Index 

BDV = Blow Down Valve

BFI = Baltic Freight Index 

BHA = Bottom Hole Assembly (toolstring on coiled tubing or drill pipe)

BHP = Bottom Hole Pressure

BIMCO = Baltic and International Maritime Council 

Bimcosale = The Bimco standard form of bill of sale 

BMP’s = Best Management Practices

BO = Biological Opinion

BOD = Biological Oxygen Demand

BOE = Barrels of Oil Equivalent (bbls of oil equivalent)

BOE/BoE/boepd = Barrel of oil equivalent per day

BOEPD = Barrels of Oil Per Day Equivalent

BOP = Blowout Preventer

BOPD = Barrels Of Oil Per Day

BOPE = Barrels of Oil Per Day Equivalent

BOPM = Barrels of Oil Per Month

BOSIET = Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (includes Safety, Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting, First Aid and Hypothermia, Helicopter Safety and Escape, and Survival at Sea

BOSVA = British Offshore Support Vessel Owners Association 

BPD = barrels per day

BPH = barrels per hour

BPI = Baltic Panamax Index 

BPV - Back Pressure Valve

BR = Barge

BRINDEX = Association of British Independent Oil Exploration Companies

BROA = British Rig Owners Association 

Brown Fields = Fields beyond their production plateau but still producing

BRS = Bulgarian Register of Shipping

BRT = Below Rotary Table

BS&W = Basic Sediment & Water

BTEX = Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene

BTI = British Trade International

BTU = British Thermal Unit

BV = Bureau Veritas  

BWPD = Barrels of Water Per Day

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