Primary Research Organization: University of Alberta
Start Date: July 2023
Anticipated End Date: July 2025
Project Summary and Scope of Work
This project will provide an improved understanding of the drivers behind fluid leakage (i.e. along the cement/casing interface, and within the cement body), based on the results from experimental investigation. This will help develop new, more reliable barrier technologies, resulting more efficient and secure primary cement and P&A job designs for the lifetime wellbore integrity. This will reduce the fugitive gas emission from oil and gas wells whether they are producing or plugged and abandoned. So, the key environmental performance indicator for this project is emission reduction.