Identifying environmental risk of sustained casing pressure

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas E and P Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental Conference 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 457-468

  Kinik, K ^a   Wojtanowicz, A K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELL CASINGS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOE MANUFACTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELLHEADS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; POTENTIAL FAILURES; PROBABILISTIC RISK; SUSTAINED CASING PRESSURE; TESTING METHODOLOGY;

WELL TESTING;

EID: 79960281553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/143713-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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