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

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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

Latin America

• Expand and enhance connections among well integrity professionals and organizations across the region
• Promote and Increase awareness and importance of WITS Trainings
• Promote the Application of Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) for Wells
• Map Country-Specific Regulatory Requirements for Wells and Create Bridges Between South & Central America Countries
• Explore Asset Integrity Organizational Structural and Integration for Well Integrity, specially focus on Well Integrity Role
• Facilitate Regional Best Practice Sharing - Establish platform for sharing lessons learned, innovations, and best practices among countries in the region
• Support Regional Workshops To Address Shared Well Integrity Challenges And Foster Collaborative Solutions
• Promote Adoption of Advanced Well Integrity Technologies

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Join the Latin America Well Integrity Group - https://forms.gle/dQWjusS8qd17cwd3A

Mayra Aquino - Regional Liaison

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Asia Pacific

• Promote and Expand Regional Network
• Develop Run to End (RTE) and Asset Life Extension Study (ALES) Guideline for late life field
• Align the Operator Regulatory Guidelines with Industry Standard (Industry Recommended Practices)
• Digitalization of well integrity database, real time well data monitoring and Artificial Intelligent application on well remedial recommendation
• Sharing on lesson learn, benchmarking project cost, technical and planning strategy, and proven technology for Well Plug and Abandon (P&A) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project
• Increase awareness of WITS Training

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Mohd Zulkifi Bin Omar - Regional Liaison

Africa

• Increasing Regional Network (specially between SPE African Leaders)
• Increasing awareness of WITS Training in new advances  technology  with African organizations and academic institutions in the region
• Align workshops and debate for Young Professionals
• Proposed webinar for the updates of  the African Regional
• Mapping Regulatory Requirements for Wells

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Lydia Shangu - Regional Liaison

United Kingdom, Norway and Europe

• 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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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

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

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