Helicopter Surveys for Locating Wells and Leaking Oilfield Infrastructure

Conference · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:910556

Hammack, R W; Veloski, G A; Hodges, G ^[1]

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1. Fugro Airborne Surveys

Prior to the injection of CO2 into geological formations, either for enhanced oil recovery or for CO2 sequestration, it is necessary to locate wells that perforate the target formation and are within the radius of influence for planned injection wells. Locating and plugging wells is necessary because improperly plugged well bores provide the most rapid route for CO2 escape to the surface. This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of helicopter and ground-based well detection strategies at a 100+ year old oilfield in Wyoming where a CO2 flood is planned. This project was jointly funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory and Fugro Airborne Surveys

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE - Office of Fossil Energy (FE); Fugro Airborne Surveys
• OSTI ID: 910556
• Report Number(s): DOE/NETL-IR-2007-002; TRN: US200724%%233
• Resource Relation: Conference: International Petroleum Environmental Conference, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 17-20, 2006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
02 PETROLEUM
DETECTION
EVALUATION
FLOODS
HELICOPTERS
IMPLEMENTATION
INJECTION WELLS
PETROLEUM
PLUGGING
TARGETS
OIL FIELDS