Review of failures for wells used for CO2 and acid gas injection in Alberta, Canada

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3531-3537

  Bachu, Stefan ^a   Watson, Theresa L ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b TLWatson and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid gas injection; Alberta; CO2 injection wells; Well failure; Well leakage

Indexed keywords

ACID GAS; ACID GAS INJECTION; ALBERTA; ALBERTA , CANADA; CASING FAILURES; CO2 INJECTION WELLS; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; INJECTION WELLS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; REGULATORY REGIME; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STORAGE SITES; SURFACE CASINGS; VENT FLOW; WELL FAILURE; ZONAL ISOLATION;

ACIDS; GASES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PACKERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOUR GAS; TUBING; WELL COMPLETION; WELL DRILLING;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 67650131858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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