Well integrity management past, present and future

摘要

THE SEEDS OF modern well integrity management were sewn in the early 1990s, in the fields of corrosion assessment and materials selection. Even as recently as 12 years ago, it was still a function struggling for definition. With only a bare understanding of the terminology, it was seen by many in the industry as a reactive process for analysing well failure, rather than a proactive function that could extend the life of the well.