4th MEETING
of the
WELL BORE INTEGRITY NETWORK

Date: 18th- 19th March, 2008

Hotel Concorde Montparnasse
40 rue du Commandant Mouchotte
Paris, France

Organised by
IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme
and
Schlumberger

Steering Committee Members:

Bill Carey, LANL (Chair)
Idar Akervoll, SINTEF
Mike Celia, Princeton University
Rick Chalaturnyk, University of Alberta
Walter Crow, BP
Veronique Barlet-Gouedard, Schlumberger
Toby Aiken, IEA GHG
John Gale, IEA GHG

Sponsored By

Introduction

The wellbore integrity meetings provide a small-scale forum to develop the science and understanding of the long-term integrity of wellbore systems in the high CO2 environment of a carbon sequestration reservoir. The meetings gather academics, national laboratory scientists, industry, and government regulators to present research, develop plans for new research initiatives, and to determine the state-of-knowledge on the interaction of CO2 with wellbore systems. The meetings focus on presentations of field experience, laboratory experiments, and numerical simulations of wellbore performance in
CO2-rich environments. The key issues revolve around the determination of the mechanisms, consequences, and likely frequency of wellbore failures. Other areas of interest include the development of methods of assessing, monitoring, remediating, and improving wellbore integrity.

We anticipate a group of about 70 people.

Outline Agenda 

These are the areas we would like to cover at this meeting. Anyone wishing to make a presentation within these categories please email Toby Aiken (toby@ieaghg.org).

• Field study updates. Any significant progress made in previously reported field activities, or updates on new projects / initiatives that are commencing.
• European approaches to wellbore integrity. Covering approaches to well design, challenges presented by the regional geography and / or EC legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Geomechanics of wellbore integrity. This is a topic that hasn’t been addressed by the wellbore integrity network in the past, but if there are any applications made under this topic, they will be considered for presentation.
• Best practices relating to both wellbore installations, completions and cementing operations. It is envisaged that this section would also cover policy and regulatory issues.
• Approaches to risk analysis of wellbore integrity.
• Methods of monitoring / interrogating wellbore integrity.
• Numerical Modelling
• Laboratory studies of Cement – CO2 reactions.

Draft Report available here

Posters

• DNV and Todd Flach
• Comparison Between Distinct Experimental Approaches to Simulate Cement Degradation under CO2 Geological Storage Conditions; O. Porcherie, Well Services, Schlumberger.
• Best Practices; J. Desroches -Well Services, Schlumberger.
• Corrosion Analysis of a CO2-ECBM Injection and Production Well; Tjirk Benedictus
• The Effect of a CO2+SO2 Brine on a Well Cement - Reactive Transport Modelling; Nicholas Jaquemet, BRGM
• Numerical Model for CO2 Wells Ageing Through Water/Supercritical CO2; F.Brunet/J. Corvisier, ENS
• Approaches to Risk Analysis of Well Bore Integrity; Natalia Quisel, Schlumberger.
• Gas Transport in Well Annuli: Field Cases and Experimental Test Program of a Norwegian Research Project; Ingrid Anne Munz, IFE, Norway.
• Residual Gases Management: An approach to Well Integrity; J. Saint Marc, Total

Please note poster size: Format A0 - 88.5x112.8mm

Travel and Hotel information

Please remember that you are responsible for making your own arrangements regarding transport to the meeting and hotel in Paris.

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS

Airport:

The nearest International Airport is the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris

Airport train links

Train Times

Paris Shuttle Service (private Taxi)

Hotel:

Hotel Concorde Montparnasse
40 rue du Commandant Mouchotte
75014 Paris

A special room rate has been negotiated for this meeting of €160 to include breakfast. To receive this rate rooms must be booked by 28th February 2008, a booking form will be sent with the confirmation email.

Hotel website available here

This is also the location of the meeting.

Registration

There is a registration fee of €65

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IEA GHG reserves the right to restrict the number of participants from individual organisations.