The consequences of bad well integrity management can be environmentally devastating and have a severe impact on corporate reputation. Well integrity software is helping to address these challenges. Operators are faced with the challenging problem of meeting production targets while ensuring that their wells continue to operate safely. Tubing and component selection typically is made based on the expected life of the well. However, it is often the case that wells are in operation far longer than originally planned and that the nature of well fluids changes over time, further compounding the problem. Well-defined integrity management systems provide guidelines that help ensure personnel at the well site are kept safe. Importantly, they constitute a reusable "toolset" of policies and procedures that ensure wells are properly and routinely tested. These systems provide a formalized risk assessment and dispensation process and clearly define roles and responsibilities.
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