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Procedures• Remove salvageable equipment.– NORM scale present? Leave the pipe in the well?– What pipe is needed for a barrier? How effective?• Set, at minimum, plugs required by regulations.Don’t hesitate to go beyond requirements.• Test to limits required.• Cap and identify as specified.3/14/2009 24George E. King EngineeringGEKEngineering.com
Isolation of Open Hole• Cement Plug 100ft (30m) above and belowlower-most shoe in open hole.• Cement retainer 50 to 100 ft (15 to 30m)above the shoe. Cement 100 ft (30m) belowshoe and 50 ft (15m) of cement on top.• Tested to 15,000 lbs load or 1000 psi.3/14/2009 25George E. King EngineeringGEKEngineering.com
Page 1 and 2: Plug and Abandonment - Producing We
Page 3 and 4: Abandonment Types• P&A - plugged
Page 5 and 6: Well damage increases the P&A cost
Page 7 and 8: Legislative Drivers• Safe Water D
Page 9 and 10: Requirements• Plug thickness (hei
Page 11 and 12: Materials Used in Abandonment• Ce
Page 13 and 14: Cement Plugs• Cement slurry desig
Page 15 and 16: Setting a cement plug• Not as eas
Page 17 and 18: Cement Plug FailureMany cement plug
Page 19 and 20: Diverter Plug on End of TubingA sim
Page 21 and 22: Sand fall rates in various fluids10
Page 23: General Requirements• Onshore - 1
Page 27 and 28: Isolation of lap joints or liner to
Page 29 and 30: Identifying Channels in Cement Shea
Page 31 and 32: Abandonment Gun Systems for Large C
Page 33 and 34: Testing of Plugs• Location of the
Page 35 and 36: Disclaimer• These slides are very
Page 37: References on Cement Channel Locati

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