Investigation of the Integrity of Cemented Casing Seals with Application to SaltCavern Sealing and Abandonment

摘要

This research project was pursued in three key areas. (1) Salt permeabilitytesting under complex stress states; (2) Hydraulic and mechanical integrity investigations of the well casing shoe through benchscale testing; and (3) Geomechanical modeling of the fluid/salt hydraulic and mechanical interaction of a sealed cavern.