January Blog - U.S. Class VI Wells Update (full text) by Valerie Wilson
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๐ฏ๐๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐ (๐ค๐ฏ๐ ), ๐พ๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐ (๐.๐พ. ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐ป๐๐
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๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐บ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐
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๐. ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐บ๐๐๐๐บ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐พ๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ข๐
๐บ๐๐ ๐ต๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ช ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ข, ๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ๐
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๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐: ๐ฌ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐บ๐, ๐ญ๐พ๐ ๐ฌ๐พ๐๐๐ผ๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐บ, ๐ฏ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐บ๐๐๐บ, ๐ณ๐พ๐๐บ๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ถ๐พ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐บ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ three ๐ข๐
๐บ๐๐ ๐ต๐จ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐พ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐บ๐
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๐๐๐ (๐ฃ๐ค๐ฐ) โ ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐
๐บ๐๐ ๐ต๐จ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ for the ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐พ๐พ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐ง๐๐ป. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐๐พ ๐ข๐บ๐
๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐บ ๐ฑ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ (๐ข๐ฑ๐ข) ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ค๐ฏ๐ ๐๐พ๐
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๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐บโ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐บ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ค ๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐, ๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐
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๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ด.๐ฒ. ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ต, ๐๐๐พ ๐ค๐ฏ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐พ ๐ถ๐บ๐ป๐บ๐๐ ๐ข๐บ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐
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๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐. T๐๐พ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ shows ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐ญ๐ด๐ญ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐. ๐๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐! ๐ค๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฝโฆ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐พ!
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November Blog - Our WITS Opening Night Dinner at SPE ATCE was SOLD OUT! (full text) by Michael Edwards
Our well integrity enthusiasts showed up in a big way; from the service sector, to operators to academic institutions and many others participated in a dinner networking event, keynote and lively discussion highlighting the latest on well integrity practices, regulatory policies, technologies and services. We highlighted a panel discussion to discuss how we are empowering the workforce of the future. Excellent participation by our audience.ย
The Well integrity discipline, expertise, life-cycle processes and risk verification methodology are becoming more sought after than ever before with the energy transition. From new wells, P&A, reentry to repurposing for CCUS, geothermal and even hydrogen storage, the need for well integrity expertise, life cycle processes, standards, and risk management all have a role to play.ย
Considering the industryโs large investment in building the well integrity multi-discipline โฆ it was timely and essential for us to relook at how we are empowering our workforce of the future.
For many years the industry has invested in well integrity expertise. This has historically been built with the exceptional 25-40 years experienced engineers that had a wealth of onsite, engineering and multi-discipline experiences. Losing this capability is a high cost and risk for our corporations and industry at large. This discipline is not taught as a single discipline in our universities and rarely in most companies. Well integrity engineers solve a wide diversity of problems, and with new digital tools have the ability to leverage historical data to train faster and improve decision making over a shorter period of time.ย ย
Our dinner keynote, Alexander Spuskanyuk leads the Well Integrity discipline for ExxonMobil and discussed their approach to well integrity through a well life cycle. He also discussed how they are shaping our new well integrity tools and training programs to empower the workforce of the future.ย ย
A special thanks to our sponsors Vallourec, Volant, GoWell and Viking Engineering.ย
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September Blog - The Next Generation of WI Engineers (full text) by Manish Srivastava
The future is very promising for Well Integrity Engineers. With the scope of projects increasing as we continue to progress as โbridgingโ agents into โnew energyโ integrity world in the energy transition. ย Oil and gas will continue to remain pertinent and the skills gained will transfer to key and growing industries, such as CCUS, geothermal, H2 storage, and so on for well integrity.
During the transition, skill repurposing will be required to fulfil the growing energy industry demands. Engineers will be armed with massive amounts of data that must be structured and analysed to make useful assessments.
Digitization combined with AI/ML is going to be necessary. Well integrity core skills will have to be coupled with IT skills to exploit tools such as IOT, cloud computing, and digital twin to make scalable models for efficient decision making.
It is evident that all the skills and competence required for a well-integrity domain cannot be covered by a single individual. Future WI engineers may be specialized for different life cycle stages or have a governance / regulatory role. The future is bright!
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