Progress Reports:December 2004
OBJECTIVE: A joint team of industry and MMS representatives are developing an API Recommended Practice (RP) on Remediation Practices for Sustained Casing Pressures. A Workshop is being planned to gather feedback and input on the draft API RP from operators, manufacturers, and contractors.
OTRC will assist the team conducting this Workshop to facilitate the working sessions designed to gather industry feedback and input.
APPROACH: OTRC representatives will work with the team developing the API RP to become familiar with the draft material and the overall recommendations for remediation practices. OTRC will assist the team’s Workshop session chairmen to help plan, conduct, and document the industry comments and feedback from the working sessions on• Subsea Systems
• Hybrid Systems
• Surface (Traditional) Systems
ANTICIPATED PROJECT DURATION: 1 year
PROJECT PLAN FOR YEAR 1 (2004-2005):Scope of Work: In preparing for the Workshop scheduled for August 17-18, OTRC will
• Review material provided by the team for familiarization with draft API RP and recommended procedures for remediation practices
• Work with work session leaders to help plan working sessions to gather industry input and feedback
• Assist session leaders in conducting and documenting the working session resultsAnticipated Results: Industry input and feedback on the draft API RP, which can be then used by the team to finalize and gain approval for the API RP on Remediation Practices for Sustained Casing Pressures.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (S) & OTHERS INVOLVED IN PROJECT:
PI(s): E.G. Ward, R.B. Gilbert
Others: A.J. Wolford
Date: December, 2004Project Title: Workshop on Sustained Casing Remediation Practice
MMS Project: 508 TO Number: 35653
PI: E.G. Ward and R.M. Gilbert (OTRC), A.J. Wolford (consultant)
COTR: J. McNeil
Estimated Completion Date: August 2005
Project Description: A team of industry representatives organized by OOC and the API are developing an API Recommended Practice (RP) on Remediation Practices for Sustained Casing Pressures. The MMS and the OOC/API team requested OTRC’s assistance in planning and conducting a Workshop to gather industry feedback and input on the draft API RP from operators, manufacturers, and contractors.
Progress: OTRC representatives participated in several of the OOC/API team meetings and reviewed draft material to become familiar with the draft RP material and recommendations for SCP detection and remediation practices. The RP addresses sustained casing pressure in three types of well systems:
• Surface (Traditional) Systems
• Subsea Systems
• Hybrid SystemsOTRC also worked with the team’s leadership and workshop session chairmen to design and plan the Working Sessions to gather and document input and feedback on the draft RP.
The Workshop was held on August 17-18, 2004 and over100 industry and MMS representatives participated. OTRC representatives facilitated the Working Sessions. The workshop was successful in gathering the desired input and feedback. The API/OOC team has since incorporated the input and feedback into a revised draft RP, and is proceeding to finalize and ballot the document.
MMS and OTRC representatives have since discussed some aspects regarding the use of the RP by the MMS. These discussions may lead to additional OTRC work, but further action will await the issuance of the RP and further MMS review.
Reports & Publications: None. Workshop results and API RP draft are available from API/OOC team.
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