Safety Alert
Safety Alert 253 - Plug and Abandonment of Non-producing Wells and Facilities
Safety Alert 253 - Plug and Abandonment of Non-producing Wells and Facilities
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 253
- Control of WorkProcess Safety
- Environmental protectionRegulation and legislationStructural and asset integrity
- DecommissioningWell abandonment
- Risk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
MMS highlights hurricane vulnerability among idle, non-producing Gulf of Mexico platforms and wells. The alert outlines plugging and removal requirements and recommends evaluating future utility and potential environmental and human-safety threats, using API hurricane-assessment guidance. Removal plans should prioritise structures posing the greatest threat.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert provides safety information for abandoning non-producing wells and facilities.
BSEE Safety Alert 253. Themes: control of work, process safety.