| kind |
description |
source _reference |
source |
version |
status |
| |
|
ref _source _reference .ref _source .name |
ref _source .name |
ref _epicentre _version .name |
|
| API |
A 10 digit well identification number assigned by the appropriate regulatory body as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. The code: state (2) + county (3) + well (5), also includes two more digits to define the wellbore. |
PIDD |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| API 12 digit |
The full 12 digit identifier that identifies the well and the wellbore, as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. |
PIDD |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| API 14 digit |
The full 12 digit identifier as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee, with the addition of two digits to define the well completions. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| CPA |
The 16 digit well identification number assigned by the appropriate regulatory body as prescribed by the Canadian Petroleum Association for identifying wells in Canada. |
PIDD |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| WWN |
The 12 digit worldwide well numbering system presently maintained by Petroconsultants, and in use outside the United States and Canada. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Petroleum Information API |
A 10 digit well identification number assigned by Petroleum Information as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. The code also includes two more digits to define the wellbore. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Petroleum Information API 12 |
The full 12 digit identification number assigned by Petroleum Information that identifies the well and the wellbore, as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Petroleum Information CPA |
The 16 digit well identification number assigned by Petroleum Information as prescribed by the Canadian Petroleum Association for identifying wells in Canada. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Tobin API |
A 10 digit well identification number assigned by Tobin as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. The code also includes two more digits to define the wellbore. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Tobin API 12 |
The full 12 digit identification assigned by Tobin that identifies the well and the wellbore, as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Dwights API |
A 10 digit well identification number assigned by Dwights as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. The code also includes two more digits to define the wellbore. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Dwights API 12 |
The full 12 digit identification assigned by Dwights that identifies the well and the wellbore, as prescribed by the American Petroleum Institute D-9 Committee for identifying wells in the United States. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Dwights CPA |
The 16 digit well identification number assigned by Dwights as prescribed by the Canadian Petroleum Association for identifying wells in Canada. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Iris 21 |
A unique identifier assigned to a well by Petroconsultants. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| NPD |
A seven item name described by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate: quandrant number, block number, type identification, number, well histroy and configuration, well history, and well track number. |
Geostandard |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| DTI |
A well name defined by the Department of Trade and Industry of the UK which consists of a concatenation of codes for country, quadrant, block, block suffix, platform design, drilling sequence number and well suffix. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| local field |
A local name given to a well or wellbore that is used only within a given field. This name is not intended to be unique or descriptive outside the given field. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| short name |
A shortened verrsion of another name (usually of a local field or project name). |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| project name |
An internal name assigned to a well, usually during the planning stages. This identifier is generally replaced by another primary identifier when drilling. It can also be the name of a project team. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| kind |
description |
source _reference |
source |
version |
status |
| lease name |
A well name usually associated with the lease or block, the leaseholder, or other entity associated with the lease. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| primary key |
A name that is used in some database as a primary key. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| two digit API |
The last two digits of the API well number, which is used to distinguish sidetracks and other wellbores within the same well. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| sequence |
A sequence, alphanumeric or numeric, that has no meaning beyond distinguishing different wellbores. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| arbitrary |
Arbitrary character strings. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| employee identifier |
An employer assigned identifier for an employee. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| nickname |
A casual and informal name for a person. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| common name |
A common name by which a person, company, or other entity is known. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| full name |
The complete and formal name of a person or organization. The full name of a person need not fit any pre-defined pattern, but is considered by the individual to be his/her formal name. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| trademark name |
A name that is formally registered, but is not necessarily the full name of a company. An example would be POSC. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| group |
A name given to a group or a consortium for the purposes of identification. For example, CAGC represented a consortium of companies that would bid on OSC blocks. This is a more formal name than umbrella name. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| umbrella name |
A name that is used to describe several companies or, usually, divisions of a company, so that they may be referred to generically rather than as individual divisions. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| NYSE symbol |
The name defined for use by the New York Stock Exchange. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| D-U-N-S Number |
Special nine-digit number assigned by Dun & Bradstreet to a business. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| acronym |
Abbreviations that are used for a formal name for a business associate. This is often used for government agencies, such as BLM, MMS, DOI. However, it may also be used for internal company divisions. When the acronym is formally registered, the kind, trademark name, should be used. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| US Social Security number |
A nine digit number assigned to individual by the US government to control references to financial relationships with the US government. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| EPSG preferred name |
The name identifier by the European Petroleum Surveyors Group (EPSG) as the preferred name for the geodeticobjects. When an alternate name exists, the preferred name is generally a shortened, but commonly used name. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| EPSG alternate name |
The name identified by the European Petroleum Surveyors Group (EPSG) as an alternate name for the geodetic objects. It is generally a longer, more descriptive name than the shortened preferred name. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| USGS state plane code |
The code assigned to US State Plane coordinate systems by the USGS, based on NAD27. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| code |
A code of no specific type, generally too short to be descriptive of the natural identifier. This is generally a legacy code which was used in previous databases, although there may be other reasons for having a code. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| kind |
description |
source _reference |
source |
version |
status |
| conventional long form |
The long name of a country, dependency, state, etc. as translated into English. |
World Factbook 94 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| conventional short form |
The short, conventional name of a country, dependency, state, etc. as specified in English. This is the name commonly used to refer to the country. |
ISO 3166 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| local long form |
The long form of a country, dependency, state, etc., expressed in the language of the country or transliterated to the Roman character set. |
World Factbook 94 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| local short form |
The short form of a country, dependency, state, etc. as referred to locally, expressed in the language of the country or transliterated to the Roman character set. |
World Factbook 94 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| ISO 2 digit code |
The two letter acronym of a country, dependency, state, etc. as specified by the International Standards Organization. |
ISO 3166 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| ISO 3 digit code |
The three letter acronym of a country, dependency, state, etc. as specified by the International Standards Organization. |
ISO 3166 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| ISO numeric code |
The three digit acronym of a country, dependency, state, etc. as specified by the International Standards Organization. |
ISO 3166 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| US digraph |
The two letter acronym of a country, dependency, state, etc. as specified by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
World Factbook 94 |
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| US state code |
The two letter acronym of a state, etc. as specified by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
|
POSC |
2.2 |
current |
| former name |
A name by which a country, dependency, state, etc. was previously known. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| former code |
A code by which a country, dependency, state, etc. was previously known. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| alternate country name |
A generally common name by which a country is known that is not the same as the short forms. For example, Burma is an alternate country name for Myanmar. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| EPSG area of use |
The area of use of a geographic_coordinate_system, a projected_coordinate_system, or a map projection transformation, as defined by the EPSG. For a geographic_coordinate_system, it is the EPSG Area of Use. For the projected_coordinate_system of the map projection transformation, it is the map projection zone, or, if it exists, the map projection zone abbreviation. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| alternate political name |
The name of a region, feature, country, state, etc., that, for political reasons, is known by a different name than the primary name. This name is equally correct, but is used in different political contexts. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| unknown |
The kind of name is not known. |
|
POSC |
2.1 |
current |
| Dowell |
The product tradenames of Dowell. |
|
POSC |
2.2 |
example |
| Chemject |
The product tradenames of Chemject. |
|
POSC |
2.2 |
example |
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