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Well Plug Abandonment

This document summarizes information about oil and gas well plugging and abandonment. It notes that at the end of their lifecycle, all wells undergo permanent plugging and abandonment to seal off production zones, potential leak points, and fresh water zones. An estimated 25,000 offshore wells worldwide will require plugging and abandonment between 2000-2010 at a total cost expected to exceed $50 billion. Plugging and abandonment involves setting cement and mechanical plugs using rigs or rigless solutions. Challenges can include inability to re-enter damaged wells, lack of access, well integrity issues, and incomplete historical records.

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Well Plug Abandonment

This document summarizes information about oil and gas well plugging and abandonment. It notes that at the end of their lifecycle, all wells undergo permanent plugging and abandonment to seal off production zones, potential leak points, and fresh water zones. An estimated 25,000 offshore wells worldwide will require plugging and abandonment between 2000-2010 at a total cost expected to exceed $50 billion. Plugging and abandonment involves setting cement and mechanical plugs using rigs or rigless solutions. Challenges can include inability to re-enter damaged wells, lack of access, well integrity issues, and incomplete historical records.

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Oil & Gas Well Plug and Abandonment

XIV Lillehammer Energy Claims Conference

24-26 February 2010

John Reid

Plug & Abandonment


All wells at the end of their life cycle will
undergo permanent plug & abandonment
Entails setting cement and / or mechanical
plugs to seal of pay zones, potential leak
points, fresh water zones, and at surface

Well P & A Statistics


Up to 6,500 offshore platforms worldwide with total
decommissioning costs estimated to be in excess of
US$50,000,000,000
Between 2000 and 2010 an estimated 25,000 offshore
wells have / will undergo permanent P & A
The majority are planned as part of an Asset or Field
decommissioning programme
Many however are necessitated prematurely as a result
of facilities and / or wells being damaged.

P & A Requirement Hierarchy

Industry Standards / RP

Regulatory Authority

Operator Best Practices

World Wide Oil & Gas Real Estate


NEBC / CNOBP / CNSOBP / ERCB

NPD
UKOOA

MMS
PNGRB
DPR
ANP
APPEA

MMS

Permanent P & A Tasks


Plugging Cement and / or Mechanical

Cement retainers
Cement plug - displacement
Cement squeeze
Profiled / Bridge Plug

Tubing / casing cement displacement


Perforation / punch / milling / cutting

Tubing / casing site clearance


Cutting, removal and recovery
Wellhead removal and recovery

Surface Wells Solutions

Platform with surface wells.


Topsides rig via riser.
Cost Circa USD$1-2mm

Tender jack up rig via riser.


Cost Circa US$1.5-5mm

Sub-Surface Wells - Rig Solution

Sub-surface wells. Mobile rig via subsea


riser. Cost Circa USD$6-10+mm

Sub-surface Wells Rigless Solution

Sub-surface wells. Rigless, from a DPSV


via subsea intervention lubricator.
Cost Circa US$2-5mm

M.S.L
Seabed

Typical 5 Stage P & A

Well Head Retrieval

Permanent P & A Challenges

Inability to re-enter well wellhead damage


No vertical access
Well condition - corrosion and integrity issues
Inability to establish effective flow path for cementing
Temporarily abandoned well problems
Reservoir / formation problems
Lack of accurate historical information

Formation Issues

XIV Lillehammer Energy Claims Conference

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