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Project Number 329
Date of Summary March 20, 2002
Subject Risk Assessment of Temporarily Abandoned or Shut-in Wells
Performing Activity C-FER Technologies Inc.
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion November 2, 2000
Description Project determined the risk of leaving wells temporarily abandoned and shut in and to determine if the risk can be lowered with remediation efforts. The final report is available.
Progress Project started August, 1999. The data on the TA/SI wells was gathered along with oil spill and environmental data. The data was graphed and analyzed for inclusion in a final report. It was concluded that sour wells have a high risk for leaking when SI/TA. The final report is available.
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AA (72 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Nichol, J.R., and Kariyawasam, S.N. Risk Assessment of Temporarily Abandoned or Shut-in Wells, Final Report, October 2000.
 

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