Numerical Simulation of Abandoned Gob Methane Drainage through Surface Vertical Wells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The influence of the ventilation system on the abandoned gob weakens, so the gas seepage characteristics in the abandoned gob are significantly different from those in a normal mining gob.
Wei Qin, Jialin Xu, Guozhong Hu
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ECONOMIC AND LEGAL ASPECT OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF OIL AND GAS WELLS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Вестник университета, 2020 The negative impact on the environment is carried out from almost all oil and gas facilities. One of such objects are wells of any purpose. The causes of negative impacts on the environment from plugged and abandoned wells were identified in the course ...
E. Yu. Kamchatova, A. V. Sedova
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Analysis of the financial assurance problem for decommissioning of oil and gas wells and facilities [PDF]
Актуальные проблемы нефти и газа, 2022 The harmful effects of oil and gas projects on the environment are not limited to the production period. Unlike operating production facilities, control over the state of abandoned wells and fields falls on the state.
M.S. Rozman +3 more
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Reducing oil and gas well leakage: a review of leakage drivers, methane detection and repair options
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2023 Oil and gas wells (OGWs) with integrity failures can be a conduit for methane and contaminant leakage to groundwater aquifers, surface water bodies and the atmosphere.
Khalil El Hachem, Mary Kang
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Casing failure identification of long-abandoned geothermal wells in Field Dieng, Indonesia
Geothermal Energy, 2019 Integrity issues create challenges for maintaining the production of mature geothermal wells. Such problems are likely to occur in wells designed according to oil and gas standards, without considering the extreme geothermal environment.
B. T. H. Marbun +4 more
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Oil and gas wells and pipelines on U.S. wildlife refuges: challenges for managers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The increased demand for oil and gas places a burden on lands set aside for natural resource conservation. Oil and gas development alters the environment locally and on a much broader spatial scale depending on the intensity and extent of mineral ...
Pedro Ramirez, Sherri Baker Mosley
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Well Integrity Management: A Recommendation for Indonesia's Well Life Cycle
Journal of Earth Energy Engineering, 2021 Indonesia oil and gas field mostly are brownfields which were drilled in the late '40s up to '90s. Development and further development of a new structure throughout the years is done, including drilling exploration wells with new play and development ...
Ganesha R Darmawan
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Energies, 2021 There are many oil and gas fields around the world where the vast number of wells have been abandoned or suspended, mainly due to the depletion of reserves.
Anna Chmielowska +2 more
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Carbon Management, 2018 Abandoned oil and gas wells, improperly plugged or unplugged, present a risk to current and future oil and gas development because they provide a potential pathway for unwanted gas and fluid migration to the surface.
Natalie J. Pekney +7 more
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Feasibility of Detecting Low-Level Methane Emissions from Abandoned Oil Wells Using a Multi-Band, Multi-Pass Satellite Approach [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesIn this study, we develop a multi-band, multi-path (MBMP) model using shortwave infrared (SWIR) data to quantify point-source methane emissions from abandoned oil wells.
Hoshino Buho +2 more
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