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IADC DrillingIN podcast highlights Well Integrity book
In the first episode of IADC’s DrillingIN
book review podcast, released 20
January, Fred Growcock, Chairman of the
IADC Technical Publications Committee,
spoke with author Les Skinner about
“Well Integrity for Workovers and
Recompletions.” Mr Skinner, Drilling and Operations
Advisor at Eureka Energy Advisors,
discussed some of the key content in
the book, including insight into how
to protect wells through the produc-
tion, workover and recompletion cycle,
from both an economic and a technical
standpoint. The book outlines the steps needed
to ensure that production wells can be
reentered and modified to maximize pro-
ductivity for long-term gain. Over the
course of seven chapters and six appen-
dices, it covers everything about the
basics of well integrity, workovers and
recompletions; recognition of symptoms
and performance of diagnostic tests to
determine well integrity and potential
failure modes; and assess risk and eco-
nomics. The book also features real-world
examples, with quizzes at the end of
each chapter.
Click here to watch the DrillingIN video podcast in
which Les Skinner (left) spoke with IADC Technical
Publications Committee Chair Fred Growcock about Mr
Skinner’s book, “Well Integrity for Workovers and Recompletions.”
IADC, SPE student chapters hold joint CCUS workshop
In late January, IADC and SPE stu-
dent chapters at the University of North
Dakota hosted a one-day workshop dedi-
cated to discussing current initiatives
and challenges related to carbon capture,
utilization and storage (CCUS).
More than 180 people attended the
workshop. Topics discussed includ-
ed subsurface geologic storage; CO 2 -
enhanced hydrocarbon recovery; reser-
voir monitoring and risk assessment;
case studies; industry applications;
economics, incentives and policy; infra-
structure; and non-technical consider-
ations. The student chapters hosted 12 talks,
10 speakers and 12 sessions at the work-
shop, which gave participants a com-
plete perspective on how, where and why
CCUS could grow in the future.
CCUS is an emerging field that involves
the capture of CO 2 from fuel combustion
or industrial processes, the transport of
this CO 2 via ship or pipeline, and either its
use to create valuable products or servic-
es or its permanent storage underground
in geological formations. Countries and
industry leaders are actively supporting
the R&D of CCUS technologies to achieve
a goal of net-zero emissions.
IADC committee, IPIECA
engage on sustainability
roadmap, reporting
Isabel Miranda, Director of Sustainability
and Social Performance at IPIECA, gave a
guest presentation at a meeting of the IADC
Sustainability Committee on 10 February.
IPIECA, which IADC joined late last year,
is a nonprofit association committed to
improving the oil and gas industry’s ESG
performance. Ms Miranda spoke about the
group’s recent work in aligning industry
stakeholders around sustainability.
One recent initiative is the Sustainability
Development Goals
(SDGs) Roadmap,
which IPIECA developed in collabora-
tion with the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development. The groups
looked at the 17 United Nations SDGs and
highlighted 10 where the oil and gas sector
has the most influence by driving inno-
vations. From there, the roadmap identi-
fied eight “impact opportunities” under
three themes: climate, nature and people.
It outlines short-, medium- and long-term
actions for IPIECA and the industry to
maximize each opportunity, with a focus
on scaling up good practices on climate
action, environmental responsibility and
social performance.
Ms Miranda also presented updates to
the Sustainability Reporting Guidance,
which IPIECA published with API and
the International Association of Oil & Gas
Producers in 2020. Notably, a modular
approach to reporting has been adopted:
The guidance now includes 43 indicator
categories, each with two revised tiers
of reporting elements, core and addition-
al. The updated guidance also has new
“key points to address,” with practical rec-
ommendations on developing a report’s
narrative. The reporting of performance
indicators related to climate change and
industry has also been improved.
The IPIECA Reporting Working Group
has already begun new discussions and
will likely begin formalizing additional
updates toward the end of this year.
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IADC Sustainability
Committee webpage.
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