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Plugging and Abandonment of Oil & Gas Wells

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23/11/2025 - 27/11/2025 ROME

Introduction

Plugging and Abandonment of Oil & Gas Wells

Objectives

The primary objectives of this Plugging and Abandonment of Oil & Gas Wells training course are to familairise delegates with the key challenges posed during planning and executing well abandonment and to provide sufficient knowledge to allow these to be identified and managed.

By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

  • Apply the key element of the abandonment design process
  • Understand recent developments in Good Practice and regulation
  • Manage the risks involved in planning abandonment
  • Avoid the common pitfalls in abandonment cost estimation
  • Understand the range of common abandonment methods and when they can be considered
  • Identify opportunities for cost minimisation

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

All individuals involved in abandonment planning, cost provisioning or execution management who wish to improve or optimize their contribution to the well abandonment process will benefit from this course.

This GLOBAL FRANCHISE training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

  • Well Engineers
  • Team Leaders and Managers responsible for abandonment design
  • Project Execution Engineers
  • Team Leaders and Managers responsible for delivering well abandonment work scopes
  • Regulator and Government Agency Personnel responsible for policy and implementation
  • Finance and Technical Cost Estimators responsible for identifying and managing future decommissioning liabilities
  • Public Stakeholder Representatives wishing to understand the challenges of well abandonment and the options available to manage them
 
 Course Outline

DAY 1

Introduction and Current Industry Practices

  • The Objectives of Well Abandonment
  • The Impact of Prescriptive and Goal-Oriented Regulation
  • Current Good Practice and Internationally adopted Guidelines
  • Industry Performance to Date
  • Public Perception and Reputation Management
  • Common Abandonment Methods

DAY 2

Abandonment Design Process and Management of Risk

  • The Importance of Geological Assessment
  • The Impact of Well Architecture and Current Condition
  • The Ideal Data Set
  • Typical Abandonment Risks
  • Risk Management and the Importance of Known Unknowns

DAY 3

Equipment and Services

  • Rig and Services Requirements
  • Barrier Material Options
  • Rigless Alternatives
  • Novel Methods
  • New and Novel Technologies

DAY 4

Well Abandonment Cost Estimation Good Practices

  • Types of Estimate and their Limitations
  • Classes of Estimate and their Application
  • Basis of Estimate
  • Causes of cost Overrun
  • Deterministic vs. Probabilistic Estimates
  • Financial Provision options and their Implications

DAY 5

Execution Good Practices and Cost Reduction Opportunities

  • Good Practices in Project Planning
  • Operations Management
  • Campaigning
  • Scheduling and simultaneous Operations
  • Options for Contracting Strategy

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