Strategic Petroleum Reserve Cemented Annulus Modeling and Testing; FY16 Progress

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1562652· OSTI ID:1562652

Nemer, Martin B. ^[1]; Kuhlman, Kristopher L. ^[1]; Newell, Pania ^[1]; Bettin, Giorgia ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sandia National Laboratories has begun developing modeling and analysis tools of flow through the cemented portion of a cemented annulus in a Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) well since August of 2015. The goal of this work is to develop models and testing procedures to diagnose the health of cemented annuli at SPR sites. In Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16), we have developed several tests and associated models that we believe are sufficient for this purpose. This report outlines progress made in FY16 and future work.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Petroleum Reserves; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1562652
• Report Number(s): SAND-2016-9720; 647847
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English