P&A and Slot Recovery

IRIS Teknologilft for boring, 24. mars 2015

Halvor Kjrholt, Statoil
TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

30 csg

20 csg
Plug and abandon is the process
to install permanent well barriers

to seal of a well or a section of a well

13 3/8
to prevent cross-flow or migration of csg

hydrocarbons to surface with an

eternal perspective

Secondary
barrier
9 5/8
P&A = PP&A + Slot recovery csg
Primary
barrier
7 liner
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Extent, goal and ambition

PP&A as operator 1266 wells

Slot recovery: ~ 30 per year

Historical average 35 d per P&A

STEP: 50% reduction by 2016

Operational
Organisational
Technology and methods

In a longer perspective P&A in less

than a week

3
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

30
csg

20 DHSV
csg

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal 13 3/8
csg
Re-establishing insufficient
7
barriers tubing

Plugging including verification

Improvement and simplification DHPG

of governing documents
9 5/8
csg

7 liner
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Cut no 37-40
3500
1. cut, not Cut no 33-36

Key tasks: 3000

able to pull

2. and Cut no 14
Cut no 24 - 27

3. cuts and 15

Verification of old barriers 2500

6. cut

Measured depth, [m]

Tubular removal 2000
Not able
to pull

Re-establishing insufficient
1500
barriers
1000
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification 500

of governing documents 0
0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00
Time, [days]
1. Successful Final pull
pull
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Swarf from milling operation
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Pre-cut for Start Continuing Reaming

milling section section
milling milling Placing
2500 cement plug

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers 2000 RIH with cement
stinger, stucked
Downtime 2. Magnet run
due to swarf
Tubular removal milling

Measured depth, [m]

1500 3. Magnet run
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers Setting VMB
plug, failed
1000 VMB plug set
due to swarf
Plugging including verification
VMB plug
pulled
1. Magnet run
Improvement and simplification 500 BOP pulled,
cleaned and
of governing documents Vortex landed
tool
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Time, [days]
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Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents Swarfpak tool - upper part Swarfpak tool - lower part
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Tubular removal
Re-establishing insufficient
barriers
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
of governing documents
TECHNOLOGY

Plug and Abandon [P&A]

Field and well

specific data
Key tasks:
Verification of old barriers
Flow model Length of
Tubular removal
cement
Re-establishing insufficient barrier

barriers Risk
assessment
Plugging including verification
Improvement and simplification
Barrier length
of governing documents requirement
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Industry Challenge

Key message:
P&A is money spent with no return
Huge task - huge possibilities for the right
ideas