WELL INTEGRITY TECHNICAL SECTION

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WELCOME TO OUR SECTION!

The Well Integrity Technical Section is a community for those with an interest in the safe management of well integrity throughout all phases of the well life cycle.

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OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to ensure operational safety and environmental preservation at all stages of the wells' life cycle. This includes everything from design and construction to production, intervention and abandonment of wells. Furthermore, we promote the discussion of international standards and procedures, disseminate the discipline of well integrity and integrate the community globally. Our focus is always technical and neutral, creating bridges between regulators, operators, service companies and universities.

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OUR PURPOSE

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Facilitating Robust Discussions: We provide a platform for robust global discussions and knowledge sharing among SPE members, industry professionals, and academia in the field of Well Integrity.

Keeping the Community Informed: Members stay up-to-date with the latest news and best practices related to well integrity. This includes updates to industry standards, information on key technical conferences, and relevant SPE papers.

Knowledge Promotion: The section actively promotes knowledge, skills, and best practices in Well Integrity Management. This is achieved through resources such as PetroWiki, webinars, workshops, Distinguished Lecturer programs, conference technical sessions, and publications like the Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT).

Collaboration Across Disciplines: The Well Integrity Technical Section collaborates closely with other SPE technical disciplines and sections to enhance overall well integrity practices.

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OUR GLOBAL LIAISONS

The WITS organization has expanded their global liaison role to include regional liaisons in major SPE regions as discipline representatives around the world. Our regional liaisons serve our global mission while aligning with regional SPE chapters and local well integrity discipline priorities.

With well integrity stretching and growing beyond conventional oil and gas wells to include containment infrastructure for downhole energy systems, we are revisiting how best to strengthen the well integrity discipline at the regional and local levels with a network of shared learning.

Regional liaisons, give our industry an opportunity to reach regional communities to learn locally, share and implement prevention solutions more effectively. The industry discipline membership is growing and engaging more broadly for purposes of increasing local competencies and learnings on well integrity risk prevention that keeps pace with standards, regulatory and industry practices.

 

Regional WITS Liaisons priorities include the promotion and alignment application of well integrity discipline practices between different regions consistent with global standards. The regional WITS liaison act as bridges between different geographic areas, facilitating communication and sharing of lessons. They promote and support workshops, training and other activities to strengthen the skills of professionals involved in well integrity management, and ensuring awareness of regional and rules and regulations.

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GLOBAL & REGIONAL LIAISONS PRIORITIES 

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Your local involvement helps strengthens our discipline, bring regions closer together, increases technical discipline capability and ensures awareness of multi-discipline contribution of well integrity. Please reach out to your local and regional liaison for more information.

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Global

  • Global WITS Awareness (ATCE)
  • Increase regional networks (liaison with SPE regional lead & Young Professional)
  • Alignment with Industry Initiatives (CCU, IOGP WEC, Data Science, Hydrogen/Gas Storage, Risk)
  • Global Training Org
  • Academic Awareness of WITS
  • Tracking and mapping regulatory requirements.

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Michael Edwards - Global Liaison

North America

  • Operator Shared Lessons (Canada)
  • Technology Awareness Collaboration
  • Review for comparison: Industry Recommended Practices and Regulatory Guidelines

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Barkim Demirdal - Regional Liaison

South & Central America

  • Increase Regional Networks
  • Increase awareness of WITS Training;
  • Increase the application of QRA (quantitative risk assessments) for wells
  • Map country regulatory requirements for Wells
  • Explore asset integrity organizational structural learnings and integration points for well integrity.

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Mayra Aquino - Regional Liaison

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UK, Norway and EU

  • Align priorities with feedback from WITS 1Q Workshop in Netherlands.
  • Track and map regional standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Propose webinars for sharing workshop output or other regional WITS updates.
  • Explore regional WITS cert for recommendation.

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Kenny McAllister - Regional Liaison

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Middle East

  • Increasing Regional Networks
  • Increase regional shared lessons learned and new technology advances
  • Share regional training for global use

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Andrey Yugay - Regional Liaison

Australia, New Zealand

  • Increasing Regional Networks
  • Increasing awareness of WITS Training
  • Map country regulatory requirements for Wells
  • Explore digital initiatives to support WITS solutions and interoperability mission.

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Callum Mowat - Regional Liaison

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