Well abandonment—A “best practices” approach can reduce environmental risk

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 1999, APOGCE 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Kelm, Charles H ^a   Faul, Ronnie R ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INFILL DRILLING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL DRILLING;

BEST PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PRODUCTION LIFE; UNCEMENTED; WELL ABANDONMENT; WELLBORE;

ABANDONED WELLS;

EID: 85086690633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/54344-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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