Guidance
Well status and surveillance definitions
Well status and surveillance definitions
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- Inspection and MaintenanceStructural and Asset Integrity
- Well integrity
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
This information paper standardises well-status and surveillance terminology for the Commonwealth petroleum and greenhouse gas storage industry. Drawing on international well-integrity standards, it distinguishes abandoned, suspended, shut-in and operational wells, defines boreholes and wells, and describes continuous barrier monitoring and visual inspection.
Classifications: Well integrity; well life cycle integrity.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Standardises definitions for offshore well statuses and surveillance terms based on international well integrity standards.
Themes: inspection and maintenance, structural and asset integrity.