New abandonment technology new materials and placement techniques

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EPA/DOE Exploration and Production Environmental Conference 2001, EPEC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Englehardt, John ^a   Wilson, Mary Jane ^b   Woody, Fred ^b  

^a Chevron Environmental Management Company   (United States)

^b WZI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

CALIFORNIA; COST ANALYSIS; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION; FIELD PILOT; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; OIL GAS; WELL ABANDONMENT;

ABANDONED WELLS;

EID: 84969356646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/66496-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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