Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells

This open access book offers a timely guide to challenges and current practices to permanently plug and abandon hydrocarbon wells. With a focus on offshore North Sea, it analyzes the process of plug and abandonment of hydrocarbon wells through the establi

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Mahmoud Khalifeh Arild Saasen

Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells

Ocean Engineering & Oceanography Volume 12

Series Editors Manhar R. Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University SeaTech, Dania Beach, USA Nikolas I. Xiros, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10524

Mahmoud Khalifeh Arild Saasen •

Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells

Mahmoud Khalifeh Kjølv Egenlands hus Stavanger, Norway

Arild Saasen Kjølv Egenlands hus Stavanger, Norway

ISSN 2194-6396 ISSN 2194-640X (electronic) Ocean Engineering & Oceanography ISBN 978-3-030-39969-6 ISBN 978-3-030-39970-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39970-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgements

The book is based on research and literature review conducted on permanent plug and abandonment of hydrocarbon wells. Special thanks to the Norwegian Oil and Gas Plug and Abandonment Forum (PAF) for supporting the publication and helping the authors to publish the book as open access. We are also grateful for several colleagues helping and encouraging us to continue with the work and finally to publish it. We hereby would like to thank them by listing their names: A