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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Cemented Annulus Modeling and Testing; FY16 Progress

Nemer, Martin N.; Kuhlman, Kristopher L.; Newell, Pania N.; Bettin, Giorgia B.

Sandia National Laboratories has begun developing modeling and analysis tools of flow through the cemented port ion of a cemented annulus in a Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) well since August of 201 5 . The goal of this work is to develop model s and testing procedures to diagnose the health of cemented annuli at SPR sites. In Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16), we have developed several tests and associated models that we believe are sufficient for this purpose. This report outlines progress made in FY16 and future work.