Confinement of wastes injected below thawed permafrost: A 12 year update from the North Slope of Alaska

International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Weingarten, Jean S ^a,b   Bill, Michael L ^a,c   Andrews, Donald E ^a,d  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b ARCO Explor/Production Technology   (Italy)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d Petroleum/Environ Consult Serv ^*

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EID: 85085400123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/62574-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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2. Hanson, David W., Bill, Michael L., Andrews, D. E., "A Unique Application of Class I Injection: An Update from the North Slope of Alaska". Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum, September 19, 1999, Newport, Rhode Island.
3. ARCO Alaska Inc., UIC Class I Industrial Permit Application (Renewal), Submitted to USEPA Region 10, Seattle, Washington, February, 18, 1999.
4. Perkins, T. K., et al., "Permafrost and Well Design for Thaw Subsidence Protection", Report to Alaska Oil and Gas Commission, May 1975.
5. Perkins, T.K., J.S. Weingarten, and W.M. Bohon, "Effect of Natural Repressurization of Thawed Permafrost on Strain of Surface Casing for Prudhoe Bay Infill Wells", SPE 16670, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, September, 1987.
6. rd Edition, Macmillan, 1974, pp.44-47.