Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
21" Riser - 5 1/2"DP | 13 3/8"CSG - 5 1/2" DP | OH - HWDP | OH - BHA
English translation:
DP=drill pipe, OH=open hole, BHA=bottomhole assembly, CSG=casing
Added to glossary by
roguestate
Feb 18, 2004 06:52
20 yrs ago
Norwegian term
Multilingual cosmopolitan linguist
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English, and 2 more.
21" Riser - 5 1/2"DP | 13 3/8"CSG - 5 1/2" DP | OH - HWDP | OH - BHA
Norwegian to English
Tech/Engineering
Petroleum Eng/Sci
oil rigs pipe sections
These are pipe sections on the bore of a drilling rig. Are these Norwegian abbreviations identifying the pipe sections or are they standard international terms / abbreviations?
Very grateful for all help
Very grateful for all help
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | DP=drill pipe, OH=open hole, BHA=bottomhole assembly, CSG=casing |
Richard Lawson
|
| 3 | as question |
Christine Andersen
|
Proposed translations
2 hrs
Selected
DP=drill pipe, OH=open hole, BHA=bottomhole assembly, CSG=casing
This is not a field I know very much about, but I think the abbreviations are almost certainly English. I found these in the Norsk termbank database, which has a great deal of petroleum terminology.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot. It's been a while since I worked on a rig & I just wasn't sure though I tended towards it being a US led international standard. Thanks to you both for your trouble!"
1 hr
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
Norwegian term (edited):
Very possibly international
as question
I CAN'T GIVE YOU A DEFINITE ANSWER, and there are dozens of possible meanings for the acronyms, so without more context it is not easy to help.
But as the measurements are given in inches, not metric units, which are generally used in Norwegian contexts apart from technical dimensions ... (Riser is English too)
and as the offshore industry is very international, I would guess that these are standard international abbreviations etc.
If you can't check with your client or some other expert, leave well alone and possibly add a note that you have left these terms and dimensions as in the original text.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs 4 mins (2004-02-18 08:56:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
CSG is another indicator - this is not infallible, but the odds are that anything with C has been imported at some point into Norwegian (or Danish).
Check for false friends when you think you have found the answer!
But as the measurements are given in inches, not metric units, which are generally used in Norwegian contexts apart from technical dimensions ... (Riser is English too)
and as the offshore industry is very international, I would guess that these are standard international abbreviations etc.
If you can't check with your client or some other expert, leave well alone and possibly add a note that you have left these terms and dimensions as in the original text.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs 4 mins (2004-02-18 08:56:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
CSG is another indicator - this is not infallible, but the odds are that anything with C has been imported at some point into Norwegian (or Danish).
Check for false friends when you think you have found the answer!
Something went wrong...