Well Abandonment

Current Projects

2019

• Phase 3: Multi-year compositional, isotopic and microbial investigation of gas migration issues to develop “best-practices” for industry
• Methane Emissions – Risk Tool – Site Prioritization and Emission Closure Guidelines

2017-2019

• Plug and Abandon Strategies for Canada’s Oil & Gas Wells

Completed Projects

2018

• Identifying, Characterizing and Addressing Soil and Groundwater Issues related to SCVF and Other Types of Natural Gas Migration
• Plug/Annular Cement Integrity Analysis and Fault Diagnosis of Mechanical Plugs
• Chemical Cement Alternatives

2017

• Definitive Gas Migration Testing: Comparative Assessment of Different Gas Migration Testing Techniques and Field Instrumentation

2016-2017

• Methane Emissions – Human and Ecological Health Risk based Ranking and Prioritization Tool

2016

• Fluid mechanic causes of gas migration
• Application of Distributed Sensing for enhanced determination of Surface Casing Vent Flow (SCVF)

2015

• Identifying Regional Variation in the Source Depths of Migrating Gas from Conventional and Unconventional Wells in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
• Investigate the Potential for Surface Casing Vent Flow/Groundwater Migration Issues