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2013 strategic petroleum reserve big hill well integrity grading report

Lord, David L.; Roberts, Barry L.; Lord, Anna S.; Bettin, Giorgia B.; Sobolik, Steven R.; Park, Byoung P.

This report summarizes the work performed in developing a framework for the prioritization of cavern access wells for remediation and monitoring at the Big Hill Strategic Petroleum Reserve site. This framework was then applied to all 28 wells at the Big Hill site with each well receiving a grade for remediation and monitoring. Numerous factors affecting well integrity were incorporated into the grading framework including casing survey results, cavern pressure history, results from geomechanical simulations, and site geologic factors. The framework was developed in a way as to be applicable to all four of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites.