plugging and abandonment

Nima Daneshvarnejad, SPE, discusses how AI, IoT, and continuous methane monitoring can help improve well-integrity management and reduce emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells.

At the inaugural SPE/ICoTA Asia Pacific Well Intervention and P&A Conference and Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, industry leaders highlighted how high-fidelity well data, real-time diagnostics, and predictive technologies are reshaping intervention planning and execution to improve well performance, reduce risk, and optimize late-life asset management.

This article outlines observations regarding P&A design and analyzes what can be done better to strengthen safety, reliability, and sustainability.

The orphaned well situation in Texas presents an opportunity for the oil and gas industry to prove it can participate in the next chapter of the diversifying domestic energy portfolio.

Schlumberger's Kenny Campbell and Rod Smith talk about the process of permanently abandoning a well, managing the cost of abandonment, and ensuring that activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements.