Subsurface containment assurance program: Key element overview and best practice examples

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1575-1586

  Schultz, Richard A ^a   Summers, Laine E ^a   Lynch, Keith W ^a   Bouchard, Andre J ^a  

^a ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; DRILLING FLUIDS; EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; GAS INDUSTRY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FIELD MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84905717812     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/24851-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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