Assessment and risk analysis of casing and cement impairment in oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania, 2000-2012

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 10955-10960

  Ingraffe, Anthony R ^a,b   Wells, Martin T ^c   Santoro, Renee L ^b   Shonkoff, Seth B C ^d,e  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Casing integrity; Cement integrity; Onshore wells; Shale oil and gas; Wellbore integrity

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ARTICLE; GAS; GAS FIELD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904990665     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323422111     Document Type: Article

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