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Tons of confusion

11/17/2008
I read your article “Musings on ‘M,’” and I agree wholeheartedly about the confusing nature of certain abbreviations in our industry (OGJ, Oct. 27, 2008, p. 18). ‘M’ in particular never gave me much trouble, but there are a few that do.I am from Houston, and my oil and gas experience is grounded in American abbreviations such as “MCF/d,” “bbl/day,” and, in particular, the larger numbers associated with those. Any decent industry publication has articles about Gulf of Mexico projects that will produce 250,000 bbl/day or transportation projects that will move 1.2 bcf/day (or 850 MMCF/day), and we all completely understand the appro...
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