Close to 20 percent of all wells in Alberta may be considered inactive at any given time, representing a growing issue for producers who must ensure their discontinued or abandoned well inventories are managed to meet regulatory timelines.
In Alberta, wells inactive for 12 months or more must be discontinued or abandoned and surface equipment must be removed within 10 years of wellhead surface abandonment. Records of cleanup activities must also be retained and may be audited.
Tervita Customized Software & Proprietary Technology Ensures Compliance for Our Customers
Tervita offers integrated services and customized software that enables us to successfully address our clients' inactive well issues. We coordinate the people, services and equipment to reduce cycle times, increase efficiency and deliver cost savings. Our services include:
- surface compliance inspections & engineering well file reviews
- engineering and geological well file appraisals
- pre-abandonment field inspections
- surface casing vent flow and gas migration testing
- gas sampling for carbon isotope source determination
- groundwater protection and porous zone isolation
- regulatory applications, waivers and reporting
- well bore and surface abandonment programs
- detailed cost estimates
- our proprietary Triple Security Capping SystemTM
- re-entry of leaking abandoned wells
- field supervision and engineering project management
Real-Time Web-based Tool Provides Convenience & Compliance
In addition to these services, our web-based tool, Lion's Den, enables our clients to proactively manage their compliance in a real-time, convenient electronic format.
Tervita currently offers Inactive Well Management in Western Canada. Please contact us if you have a requirement beyond this geography and we’ll do our best to accommodate your request.