NAME, titleKhalifeh, Associate Prof.
, IEP
Mahmoud
Well Integrity and PP&A –
Introduction
8/16/2022
Facts – Why WI and PP&A is important?
8/16/2022
Facts – Why WI and PP&A is important?
8/16/2022
Facts – Why WI and PP&A is important?
8/16/2022
8/16/2022
When Are We Faced with Well Integrity?
8/16/2022
Consequences of Loss of Well Integrity
8/16/2022
Facts – Regulations
8/16/2022
Facts – Regulations
Different regulatory bodies have their own
requirements for plugging operations.
Who is the regulator on the NCS?
8/16/2022
Facts – Regulations
PSA or Ptil:
• Section 48: Well barriers
• Section 88: Securing wells
NORSOK D-010
WIF?
PAF?
8/16/2022
Facts – Norwegian Well Integrity Forum
Why WIF was established?
• To set focus on upcoming well integrity challenges in
Norway.
Members: Currently 13 operator
Facilitator: Norsk Olje og Gass
Observers: Petroleum Safety Authority on invitations
8/16/2022
Facts – Norwegian Plug & Abandonment Forum
Why PAF was established?
• To set focus on upcoming P&A challenges in Norway.
Members: Currently 12 operator
Facilitator: Norsk Olje og Gass
Observers: Petroleum Safety Authority and UiS
Why UiS?!
8/16/2022
Well Integrity
ISO TS 16530-1
NORSOK D-010
Multidisciplinary approach
8/16/2022
Permanent Plug & Abandonment (PP&A)
Plug and abandonment:
• To prepare a well to be closed permanently, usually after
either logs determine there is insufficient hydrocarbon
potential to complete the well, or after production operations
have drained the reservoir.
8/16/2022
Well Integrity and PP&A
WI and PP&A are inseparable.
8/16/2022
Let us to focus on importance of well integrity for now
8/16/2022
Well Integrity Operating Philosophy
How to manage the risk of loss of containment and
overexpose oneself with additional risk by frequent well
visits and interventions that brings exposure to the people
and environment by doing these activities.
8/16/2022
Non-Fatal Injury Rate by UK Industry Sector
The three-year average (2009 to 2012) non-fatal injury rate by UK industry sector per 100,000
workers.
8/16/2022
PSA Report (2019) - Number of incidents with
major accident potential (not helicopter)
Taken from Norskoljeoggass.no
8/16/2022
PSA Report (2019) - Number of WCI normalized
with the number of wells drilled
Taken from Norskoljeoggass.no
8/16/2022
Facts – Age and Category of Barrier Element
Failure (2006)
8/16/2022
Facts – Number of Wells with Well Integrity
Problems (2006)
8/16/2022
Resolution is Evolution
Facts
Monitoring
Knowledge sharing in company and other companies (WIF)
Tight contact with regulators
Update your knowledge
8/16/2022
Now, let us to focus on importance of PP&A for now
8/16/2022
Facts – Drilled Wells
Since the first discovery in 1966– June 2015
• Total wells ……………………………………………………….…………… 5579
• Development wells (Prod., Inj., & Monitoring) ………… 4037
Exploration wells (Exp. + appraisal) …………………… 1542
Temporary P&A-ed wells ………………………………. 467
Abandoned wells …………………………………… 1400
1966 ………… 2015 ………………… 113 wells/year
8/16/2022
Facts – Drilled Wells
No reliable statistics available on abandoned wells
• 1400 wells (of development wells) Permanently Abandoned
• 467 wells (of development wells) Temporarily Abandoned
Nowadays, with the available technologies
• 20-60 days to P&A a well
• 35 days per well
• 1 rig will P&A 10 wells per year
Do you know how many rig is necessary to have to plug
the wells on the NCS?
8/16/2022
Materials to read
An introduction to well integrity: Chapters 1 – 2 (end of
2.3)
The P&A book: Chapter 1
NORSOK D-010, Rev. 4: Chapter 3
8/16/2022
Click to add text
16.08.2022
