Abstract:From an operator’s standpoint, well abandonment is viewed as a costly, but necessary, process that does not typically add value. The service company is tasked with performing the abandonment operations safely, efficiently, and economically without issues. This paper presents a technique for the placement of an extremely long, single cement plug using sacrificial pipe and a special release tool under conditions that significantly exceeded the limits attempted by the industry previously.
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