Well Examination & Well Integrity

IDEAS provides Well Examination Services per the 1996 Design & Construction Regulations encompassing the methodology espoused by the UK’s Health & Safety Executive to maximise well design and operational safety. This service is of particular value to Authorities, Operators, Drilling Contractors, Banks and Insurers. Likely risks are identified and, as a result, are able to be minimise or eliminated





VALUE OF COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT & COMPETENT WELL EXAMINATION

• Complete Independence, thereby fulfilling Regulation 18 of the 1996 DCRs
• Impartial advice based on wide and varied experience with great potential to significantly reduce both CAPEX and OPEX

Through utilising a very detailed "Elements of Examination" format originally constructed with Lloyd’s of London following the spirit of the 1996 Design and Construction Regulations themselves, wells are subjected to a very detailed analysis regarding risk and safety, resulting in a detailed Well Examination Report. This report may either give the well’s design a ‘no risk’ clean bill of health or degrees of risk as the case may be which may invite subsequent design review and possible subsequent improvement.

The intent at all times is to review risk and design throughout the well’s life-cycle from reservoir, drilling, testing, completion, production and work-over points of view such that risk is minimised and safety is maximised.

IDEAS well examination scheme is based upon the now proven statements contained within the UK’s 1996 design and construction regulations, key of which is contained within the schematic below.





Well Examination can be extended to incorporate Well Integrity. This is becoming increasingly important in today’s high oil price era since wells with maximum integrity have, typically, high up-time.