Skip main menu

Annex 2 - Workover/well intervention work programme

Annex 2 to The Danish Working Environment Authority (WEA) guideline 65.2.2 on Health and safety aspects regarding offshore well operations

Appendix A2 outlines the minimum required documentation to be submitted with regard to workover/well intervention operations.

The documentation to be submitted will depend on the type of the workover / well intervention operations to be carried out. Relevant information from Appendix A1 shall be included when relevant.

Information about scope of work

The programme shall include the main objectives of the planned workover / well intervention.

Information about the well

The programme shall include:

  • summary of the last interpreted calliper/logging survey if available
  • well history and previous intervention(s)
  • well and reservoir data which could be a potential hazard (scale, wax, CO2, H2S, etc.)
  • information about casing and tubing restrictions
  • equipment status
  • well integrity status
  • well schematic prior well operations
  • well barriers schematic stating primary and secondary barriers prior well operations
  • pore pressure and fracture gradient profile along the wellbore and its stratigraphy
  • well geology if not provided with the above profile.

Information about the well operation

The programme shall include:

  • well schematic of the proposed solution(s)
  • well barriers schematic stating primary and secondary barriers of the proposed solution(s)
  • detailed programme of the operation including planned tests and their acceptance criteria for all safety and environmental critical elements
  • detailed programme of the contingencies if any including planned tests and their acceptance criteria for all safety and environmental critical elements
  • tentative well schematic for plug and abandonment of the well and for re-establishing the well site.

Information about the risk assessment – ALARP principle

The programme shall include the risk assessment, cf. section 1.

  • assessment of subsurface conditions and identified potential hazards shall be stated, i.e. all potential leak paths to surface or intra formations (crossflows)
  • identified risks shall be recorded and stated and mitigation measures shall be specified and implemented
  • residual risks shall be as low as reasonable practicable (ALARP).

Information about independent verification

The programme shall include independent well verification, cf. section 4.

Information about dispensations

The programme shall include the dispensations from the operator’s own management system/standards and justifications.