2015 Strategic Petroleum Reserve Bayou Choctaw Well Integrity Grading Report

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1432920· OSTI ID:1432920

Roberts, Barry L. ^[1]; Lord, David L. ^[1]; Lord, Anna C. Snider ^[1]; Bettin, Giorgia ^[1]; Park, Byoung ^[1]; Rudeen, D. K. ^[2]; Eldredge, L. L. ^[3]; Wynn, K. ^[3]; Checkai, D. ^[3]; Osborne, G. ^[3]; Moore, D. ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Gram, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
3. Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, New Orleans, LA (United States)

This report summarizes the work performed in the prioritization of cavern access wells for remediation and monitoring at the Bayou Choctaw Strategic Petroleum Reserve site. The grading included consideration of all 15 wells at the Bayou Choctaw site, with each active well receiving a separate grade for remediation and monitoring. Numerous factors affecting well integrity were incorporated into the grading including casing survey results, cavern pressure history, results from geomechanical simulations, and site geologic factors. The factors and grading framework used here are the same as those used in developing similar well remediation and monitoring priorities at the Big Hill, Bryan Mound, and West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve Sites.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Petroleum Reserves
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1432920
• Report Number(s): SAND-2015-9552; 662064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English