Book Details

Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-030-39970-2

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This book offers a timely guide to challenges and current practices to permanently plug and abandon hydrocarbon wells. With a focus on offshore North Sea, it analyzes the process of plug and abandonment of hydrocarbon wells through the establishment of permanent well barriers.


Subject: Engineering / Offshore Engineering / Geotechnical Engineering & Applied / Earth Sciences / Energy Policy, Economics and Management / Permanent plugging materials / Integrity of permanent barriers / Hydrocarbon wells / Wellhead systems / High-pressure hight temperature wells / Durability of plugging materials / Individual subsea wells / Clustered subsea wells / Permanent mooring systems / Plug and abandonment operations / Barrier verification / Slot recovery / Types of wells / Types of well barriers / Types of offshore production units / Plug placement techniques