plugging and abandonment

One of the last oil facilities in state waters on the path towards full decommissioning slated to begin in 2022.

The complete paper presents the results of an investigation into the creep behavior of North Sea shales and their ability to form effective annular barriers.

Final lab testing has been completed and field trials of the ultrahigh expansion bridge plug will begin by the end of this year.

The Alberta government has announced a new liability management framework aimed at expediting the cleanup of orphan and inactive well sites, signaling a more active approach to reclamation and management of those sites.

New research released by Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and Resources for the Future estimates that a federal program to plug roughly half a million abandoned and so-called "orphaned" oil and gas wells could create as many as 120,000 jobs and reduce pollution.

The COVID-19 disaster and a catastrophic fall in oil prices could leave the state on the hook for billions in environmental cleanup costs if oil and gas companies go bankrupt during the health crisis, New Mexico's top land official says.

Ardyne’s North Sea long-term contracts were for 175 wells with possibly more to follow, while Allseas contract is for removal and disposal for the Valhall complex.

Across the West, thousands of oil and gas wells sit idle on federal lands, and many are orphaned with the companies that drilled them now defunct. These orphaned wells can pose environmental and safety hazards, but, as critics note, the Bureau of Land Management does not have a good way of tracking

A new regulation includes provisions related to the timely abandonment of "dormant sites," a new site classification that refers to inactive wellsites operated by solvent companies.

Decommissioning and abandonment comes with its share of unexpected surprises, but many of those surprises could be avoided merely through better planning and care.