Plug And Abandonment Operation – Skill And Knowledge

To handle Plug & Abandonment (P&A) Operation, the personnel must have skills to:

- Appreciate the ‘human factors’ that can impact on P&A integrity

- Manage communications between some disciplines: Asset Manager, Well Engineer, Completion Engineer, Logistics Technician & others

- Recognize the human elements of the decision-making process

- Plan & execute P&A Operation

- Ensure that P&A Operation is carried out in line with the industry directive

- Ensure a barrier is in place for good

They also must have knowledge about:

- P&A Operation

- Differences between permanent abandonment & temporary abandonment (suspension)

- Governing principles, techniques & processes of well abandonment

- Risks: Materials placement, fluid degradation, corrosion & mud contamination

- Well barriers: Materials & physical requirements

- Principles of barrier verification & testing

- Placement, management & verification of some permanent barriers

- Robust verification technique

- Cement

- Metal-to-metal sealing technology

- Casing corrosion & erosion, annulus pressure effects & environmental issues

- Mitigation involved in well abandonment

- Abandonment of recent & ageing well stock

- Well lifecycle & the environmental timeline

- Human factors

- Local Legislation & Industry Standard

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