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Well Integrity for Workovers and Recompletions
- 1st Edition - February 25, 2021
- Author: Les Skinner
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 2 0 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 2 0 9 - 3
Well Integrity for Workovers and Recompletions delivers the concise steps and processes necessary to ensure that production wells minimize failure. After understanding the intro… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWell Integrity for Workovers and Recompletions delivers the concise steps and processes necessary to ensure that production wells minimize failure. After understanding the introductory background on well integrity and establishing the best baseline, the reference advances into various failure modes that can be expected. Rounding out with an explanation and tools concerning economic considerations, such as how to increase reserve potential and rate of return, the book gives oil and gas engineers and managers a vital solution to keeping their assets safe and effective for the long-term gain.
- Helps readers understand how to protect wells through the production, workover and recompletion lifecycle, both from an economic standpoint and technical view
- Includes real-world examples with quizzes included at the end of each chapter
- Examines why establishing an integrity baseline is important, along with a Well Integrity Management System
Oil and gas engineers; oil and gas operational managers; production engineers; completion engineers; grad-level petroleum engineering students
- No. of pages: 610
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 25, 2021
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128182086
- eBook ISBN: 9780128182093
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Les Skinner
Les Skinner graduated in 1972 with a BS in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University. He is a PE who has worked in the petroleum industry for 50 years. Les has written numerous articles for industry publications and authored three full-length books through the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)’s Technical Publications Committee. These include Coiled Tubing Operations (IADC, 2016), Hydraulic Rig Technology and Operations (Elsevier, 2019), Well Integrity for Workovers and Recompletions (Elsevier, 2021) and Well Integrity for Abandoned Well Re-entries (2024).
Les is a member of several professional societies and associations including SPE, ICoTA, AIChE, AADE, IADC and others. He is also a member of multiple industry committees including the API Recommended Practice 1170/1171, RP 90-1 revision committee (which he chaired for five years), and the ISO 16530 revision team. He is currently on the Steering Committee for AADE’s Innovative and Emerging Technology group and ICoTA’s Technical Committee
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