Toolkit
Engineered Safety and Environmental Aspects of Well Construction and Fracturing Design
Engineered Safety and Environmental Aspects of Well Construction and Fracturing Design
- National STEPS Network
- Toolkit
- Unknown
- EnvironmentPressure SystemsProcess SafetyStructural and Asset Integrity
- Barrier managementEnvironmental protectionPressure systemsWell integrity
- DrillingHydraulic fracturingPressure testing
- Process pipework and pipelinesPumpsValveWellhead
- Non-destructive testingOperational supervisionPressure reliefWell-barrier testing
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
Presentation on engineering well construction and hydraulic fracturing for pressure containment and groundwater protection. It covers casing and liner design, cement evaluation, treating-line ratings and testing, staged pump shutdowns, relief arrangements and wellhead valves. Surface planning addresses fluid storage, spill berms and logistics, alongside examples of fracturing-fluid ingredients.
Classifications: Barrier management; safety barrier management.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Well integrity; well life cycle integrity.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Hydraulic fracturing; fracking.
Classifications: Pressure testing; hydrostatic testing; pneumatic testing.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Wellhead; well head.
Classifications: Non-destructive testing; NDT; non-destructive examination; NDE.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Pressure relief; overpressure protection.
Classifications: Well-barrier testing; well barrier verification.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Guidance covers well construction, casing and cement integrity, pressure control, fracturing equipment, fluid safety and environmental protection.
Themes: environment, pressure systems, process safety, structural and asset integrity.