Abstract:Failing to properly abandon a well can create significant safety and environmental hazards, lead to noncompliant status with regulatory agencies, and harm the operator's image. This case study follows the plug and abandon interventions of five subsea wells located offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia that had been left shut in since the 1980s after they stop producing. The questionable well integrity and limited circulation paths of these older subsea wells had the potential to generate additional hazards unles… Show more
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