This paper discusses principles of well barriers and how they have been applied to a large, diverse well inventory across multiple countries and fields.
Society: SPE
Paper Number: SPE-173433-MS
Presentation Date: 2015
Reference: Anders, J., Mofley, B., Nicol, S., Vo, N., Weiss, T., & Fjågesund, T. (2015, March 3). Implementation of Well Barrier Schematic Workflows. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/173433-MS
Used in developed areas where an incident can have a high negative social impact if an accident happens.
Used for wells in remote areas where physical monitoring is done sporadically.
Used for platform wells where an accident can be detrimental to the crew on the platform.
Used for high cost subsea wells where discharges to sea is unacceptable.