Environmental risk arising from well-construction failure-differences between barrier and well failure, and estimates of failure frequency across common well types, locations, and well age

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 323-344

  King, George E ^a   King, Daniel E ^b  

^a Apache Corp   (United Kingdom)

^b WG Consulting Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ESTIMATE ACCURACY; FAILURE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MAINTENANCE QUALITY; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WELL CONSTRUCTIONS;

POLLUTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; DATABASE; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892571319     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/166142-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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