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Underground Storage Round Table

Part of the SGA Operating Conference 2008

  • July 22-24, 2008
  • Hyatt Regency Downtown Hotel - Atlanta, GA
  • July 20-22, 2009
  • Hyatt Regency Downtown Hotel - Houston TX

 

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Discussion Outline

(1)     Management of Asset Integrity and Reliability

a.       Issues Related to the Management of Aging Assets

b.       Casing Inspection Programs

c.       Wellbore Monitoring or Pressure Testing Programs

d.       Well Cathodic Protection Systems

e.       Casing Pressure Elimination Criteria and Solutions

f.         SCSSV & ESD Testing Programs

(2)     Operational Issues

a.       Salt & Hydrate Precipitation Prevention

b.       Formation Stimulation Techniques

c.       Liquid Handling Problems

d.       Well Flow Testing

e.       Storage Performance Measures

f.        Corrosion (Bacterial, CO2, etc) Mitigation

(3)     Inventory Management

a.       Trends in Pool Availability for Periodic Verification Studies

b.       Base Gas Levels versus Gas Price Limitations and Opportunities

c.       Update on Impact of LNG Imports

(4)     Well Work-over Plugging and Repairs

a.       Wellhead Repair Options

b.       Micro-annulus/Cement Repair Experiences

c.       Plugging and Abandonment Criteria and Issues

d.       Trends in SCSSV and Wellhead ESD Systems

e.       Experiences in Completion Practices

(5)     Growth and Expansion Issues

a.       Coil Tubing Well Drilling Experiences and Issues

b.       Horizontal Well Drilling Experiences and Issues

c.       Reconditioning of Old Wellbores

d.       Regulatory Challenges to Expansion or Greenfield Projects

(6)     Station Facility Issues

a.       Dehydration

b.       Measurement

c.       Compression

(7)     Regulatory Issues and Concerns

a.       Homeland Security Update

b.       EPA Update, if available

(8)     Other Organizational Updates As Available

a.       AGA

b.       SMRI

c.       PRCI/GSTC

(9)    Encroachment / Land Issues

a.      Third Party Encroachment Trends, Experiences and Concerns

b.      Right of way issues

c.      Drilling through storage by producers

d.      Condemnation

More information about the Underground Storage Interest Group

Questions?

Mike Grubb

Southern Gas Association

mgrubb@southerngas.org

972-620-4022

This page updated:  July 31, 2008