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Sub Project “Well Analyses” will see comprehensive analyses of historical well (file) information and results from new surveys with the objective to ! assess the reliability of integrity predictions based on historical information only (plugged wells) ! identify and quantify integrity risks ! categorize wells according to their risk of leakage taking into account peculiarities like “some casing pressures during well life”, “sustained annular pressure”, “fish in hole”, “collapsed casing”, etc. ! define work flow to synthesize well file information Sub Project “Investigation Strategies” will address factors relevant for the integrity of old wells: ! well materials and construction ! well integrity performance ! mechanical state of the well ! well maintenance, etc. Sub project objective ! define the value, information has on the assessment of well integrity ! define a work flow to record and synthesize well information ! maximize knowledge gain by pilot project ! define borehole measurement program ! define borehole completion program Sub Project “Borehole Measurements” Content will be the execution of the measurement program and the interpretation of the results. Emphasis will be given to comparing the new measurement results to those obtained in the course of well construction. Abstract: CO Enhanced Gas Recovery projects require wells, which allow safe operations during the injection phase, and abandonment 2 practices, which ensure a long term safe CO retention in the subsurface. 2 The project planned for the depleted Altmark reservoir will make use of existing wells. The wells are more than 30 years old. They were constructed for the production of natural gas. During operation wells were exposed to cyclic load changes and compaction. Sustained annular pressures in some wells indicate integrity problems. A number of wells have collapsed under the pressures of plastic salts overlaying the reservoir. Now these wells are to be subjected to a corrosive, high-pressure CO atmosphere with a reversal in pressure 2 development and de-compaction of the reservoir. This gives rise to a number of questions relating to well integrity which need to be addressed to assess wells - both open and plugged - in their current state and future development to ensure suitability for CO EGR 2 use. March 2008 Objective Project „Well Condition” aims at developing a work flow to record and synthesize the state of old wells, assess integrity risks and evaluate well suitability for CO EGR use. The work will build on experience gained in earlier CO projects and include the results of 2 2 new experimental investigations. The work will be carried out using the wells of the pilot area Altensalzwedel as an example Pilot Project Area Altensalzwedel Available Well Information Cement Quality Representation Well P1 Well A1 Well A2 Drilling Date 1985 1969 1971 P&A Date Jul 91 Feb 2005 Caing Scheme ok ok ok P&A Diagram ok ok Formation Lithology ok ok Caliper Survey ok Deviation Survey ok Completion Logs ok Well Cementation Report ok ok ok Cement Bond Log ok ok ok Variable Density Log ok Temperature log ok ok Interpretation of CBL ok ok Well Problems >500m fish 37m fish Wellbore Diagram (open well) Wellbore Diagram (abandoned well) Illustrations form CSEGR Final Report - Work Package 2: CO Injection/Production and Well Integrity”. 2 Depth, m Height, m 15-2330 2315 2330-2400 70 2400-2640 240 2640-2685 45 2685-2930 245 2930-3095 165 3095-3130 35 3130-3180 50 3180-3210 30 3210-3235 25 3235-3255 20 3255-3425 170 3425-3455 30 Good Cement Bond Moderate Cement Bond Poor Cement Bond Rotliegend: 3235-3454 Zechstein 3124-3235 5 in. liner below 3147m 7 in. casing to 3224m Casing/ Liner Formation Interval TV-II: Well Integrity P-1: Well Condition (1) H.-J. Kretzschmar, K.M. Reinicke, H. Wendel

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Sub Project “Well Analyses”

will see comprehensive analyses of historical well (file) information and results from new surveys with the objective to! assess the reliability of integrity predictions based on historical

information only (plugged wells) ! identify and quantify integrity risks ! categorize wells according to their risk of leakage taking into

account peculiarities like “some casing pressures during well life”, “sustained annular pressure”, “fish in hole”, “collapsed casing”, etc.

! define work flow to synthesize well file information

Sub Project “Investigation Strategies”

will address factors relevant for the integrity of old wells:

! well materials and construction! well integrity performance! mechanical state of the well! well maintenance, etc.

Sub project objective

! define the value, information has on the assessment of well integrity

! define a work flow to record and synthesize well information

! maximize knowledge gain by pilot project! define borehole measurement program! define borehole completion program

Sub Project “Borehole Measurements”

Content will be the execution of the measurement program and the interpretation of the results. Emphasis will be given to comparing the new measurement results to those obtained in the course of well construction.

Abstract:CO Enhanced Gas Recovery projects require wells, which allow safe operations during the injection phase, and abandonment 2

practices, which ensure a long term safe CO retention in the subsurface. 2

The project planned for the depleted Altmark reservoir will make use of existing wells. The wells are more than 30 years old. They were constructed for the production of natural gas. During operation wells were exposed to cyclic load changes and compaction. Sustained annular pressures in some wells indicate integrity problems. A number of wells have collapsed under the pressures of plastic salts overlaying the reservoir. Now these wells are to be subjected to a corrosive, high-pressure CO atmosphere with a reversal in pressure 2

development and de-compaction of the reservoir. This gives rise to a number of questions relating to well integrity which need to be addressed to assess wells - both open and plugged - in their current state and future development to ensure suitability for CO EGR 2

use.

March 2008

Objective

Project „Well Condition” aims at developing a work flow to record and synthesize the state of old wells, assess integrity risks and evaluate well suitability for CO EGR use. The work will build on experience gained in earlier CO projects and include the results of 2 2

new experimental investigations. The work will be carried out using the wells of the pilot area Altensalzwedel as an example

Pilot Project Area Altensalzwedel

Available Well Information Cement Quality Representation

Well P1 Well A1 Well A2

Drilling Date 1985 1969 1971

P&A Date Jul 91 Feb 2005

Caing Scheme ok ok ok

P&A Diagram ok ok

Formation Lithology ok ok

Caliper Survey ok

Deviation Survey ok

Completion Logs ok

Well Cementation Report ok ok ok

Cement Bond Log ok ok ok

Variable Density Log ok

Temperature log ok ok

Interpretation of CBL ok ok

Well Problems >500m fish 37m fish

Good to moderate cement quality

Poor cement quality

Salt

Clay

Wellbore Diagram (open well) Wellbore Diagram (abandoned well)Illustrations form CSEGR Final Report - Work Package 2: CO Injection/Production and Well Integrity”. 2

Depth, m Height, m

15-2330 2315

2330-2400 70

2400-2640 240

2640-2685 45

2685-2930 245

2930-3095 165

3095-3130 35

3130-3180 50

3180-3210 30

3210-3235 25

3235-3255 20

3255-3425 170

3425-3455 30

Good Cement Bond

Moderate Cement Bond Poor Cement Bond

Rotliegend:

3235-3454

Zechstein

3124-3235

5 in.

liner

below 3147m

7 in.

casing

to 3224m

Casing/

Liner

Formation Interval

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Sub Project “Evaluation of Well Integrity” Sub Project “Salt/Compaction Impact on Well Integrity”will develop a practical method to assess well integrity for CO 2

EGR making use of own theoretical and experimental will investigate both theoretically and experimentally the impact investigations on the long term corrosion behavior of materials of plastic salts and compaction as a result of reservoir depletion and cement systems and the impact of salt and compaction on on well integrity in an attempt to predict integrity and integrity well integrity. The method is developed with a view to assess development of casing cements systems opposite salt the remaining life of the 250 open and 30 collapsed wells and formations. The Altmark reservoirs are overlain by thick evaluate the leak tightness of the approx. 200 plugged wells in Zechstein salt formations and it is expected that some self the Altmark reservoir. healing results from this configuration. The self healing aspects

will be given particular consideration.The work will comprise of

! evaluation of required versus detectable degree of integrity! assessment of current state casing integrity, based on steel

grade, connections, well history, state of corrosion,! assessment of current state cement integrity, based on type

of cement, hole condition and placement, cement bond, well history in particular annular pressure activities, cement bond,

! development of relationships for remaining service life of well completions and long term integrity development of casing and cementation, based on own and published theoretical and experimental investigations, e.g. 3-year experiments on the corrosion behavior of typical Altmark cements under HP/HT CO2

!

The impact of plastic salt, and compaction and de-compaction will be investigated in the following steps

! theoretical investigations: characterization of the plastic salts encountered in the Altmark area incl. mechanical property determination, assessment of experienced compaction and expected de-compaction, load determination, damage and failure mechanisms, quantification of self healing effects, single pipe and pipe in pipe

! experimental investigations to determine salt impact: ! Method development to assess and evaluate current and

compression and collapse tests for pipe-cement and pipe-future well integrity taking into account the methodology of cement-pipe-cement configurations, compression tests for Features-Events-Processes, SAMCARDS, integrity pipe-cement-salt configurationsevaluation for repository projects and Schlumberger-OXAND.

! experimental investigation to determine compaction/de-and applications of results to defined type wells.

compaction impact: shear tests for pipe-cement-salt configurations, vertical permeability

! logging and field tests: calliper/out-of-roundness, casing collar logs/compression-extension surveys

Expertise

DBI is engaged in R&D activities in gas production and storage since 1979. Recent work includes contributions to the CO -2

sequestration projects RECOPOL, CO2SINK, COSMOS, and COORETEC in well completion, integrity, and abandonment.

GdF is operator of the Altmark gas field, owner of all data, and owner of all knowledge and experiences gained when developing and producing the field.

TUC-ITE is engaged in R&D on drilling and gas production and storage since 1968. Well related focus is drilling, well integrity, and cementation. Recently ITE is active in CO -sequestration 2

with contributions to project CSEGR in well integrity, equipment & installation, and well abandonment.

Stand März 20008

Good to moderate cement quality

Poor cement quality

Salt

Clay

Good to moderate cement quality

Poor cement quality

Salt

Clay

Good to moderate cement quality

Poor cement quality

Salt

Clay

Wellbore and Leakage Pathways

Well Configuration and Leakage Pathways

Planned Test Facilty for Casing-Cement Systems

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H.-J. Kretzschmar, K.M. Reinicke, H. Wendel

Pipe-Cement-Pipe Collapsed in ITE Testing Center