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AAPG Orphan, Abandoned, Idle, and Marginal Wells Conference

New Business and Technical Breakthroughs

Tuesday, 18 February Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  |  Tulsa, Oklahoma

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The world of orphan, abandoned, idle, and marginal wells has expanded with new business opportunities and technology associated with plugging and repurposing wells, reducing methane emissions, protecting water supplies, and extending the lives of marginal wells.

This conference is ideal for all those who wish to tackle the issues of orphan, idle, abandoned, and marginal wells, either from the business perspective or a technical one.  For those seeking a way to build a viable business of plugging wells, reducing emissions, and potentially reviving or repurposing the wells, we will have a full track with topics that will enable you to design a project from inception (identifying and classifying wells), to completion, with an eye to funding sources and mechanisms that have recently emerged.
 
For those who are focused on operations and regulatory compliance, this conference is ideal for operators, geologists, engineers, chemists and environmental specialists who will learn about new regulations, new materials, technologies, and best practices for testing, plugging, and ongoing operations.
 
Following the two-day in-person conference, we will have two training events. One is a methane monitoring short course, and the second is a field testing event.

 
Tuesday
7:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast, Badge Pick-up
8:00 AM Welcome / Information / Sponsor Introductions – Introduction (by Dan Arthur)
History, well types & locations, risks (e.g., fire, H2S, blowouts, contamination), complexities, site access, past practices, regulatory evolution, developing technologies & materials, funding options, the carbon market, repurposing options, urbanization, etc. Would serve to introduce the conference and training workshop and site testing.
Track 1 – Business
9:00 AM Session 1: Human Health & Environmental Benefits of Well Plugging & Site Restoration: Including Environmental, Nature, Surface & Groundwater, Human Health, Safety, Restored Landuse, Jobs, Etc.
10:00 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM Session 2: Funding Options Available for Well Plugging and Site Restoration
12 Noon Networking Lunch
1:00 PM Session 3: Options for Re-Purposing OAW Wells (Geothermal, Energy Storage, CCUS, Power Generation, Etc.)
2:30 PM Networking Break
3:00 PM Session 4: Methane Capture & Reclamation Carbon Registry Protocols (Technical Details, Stakeholder Participation, Processes, Verification/Validation, Etc.)
4:30 PM Networking Reception
Track 2 – Technical
9:00 AM Session 1: Planning & Risk Management: Managing a Gaseous or Fluid Environment, Well Control, Secondary Containment, Urban Areas, Rivers/Wetlands/Lakes, Access Challenges, Etc.
10:00 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM Session 2: State & Federal Management of OAW Well Plugging and Emission Quantification.
12 Noon Networking Lunch
1:00 PM Session 3: Well Plugging Design and Evolving Practices/Considerations.
2:30 PM Networking Break
3:00 PM Session 4: New Plugging Materials and Techniques (e.g., Reduced Carbon Materials, BioChar, Improved Material Blending, Polymer Cements, Etc.)
4:30 PM Networking Reception
Wednesday
7:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast Sponsor Booths and Posters
Track 1 – Business
8:00 AM Session 5: New Business With Reducing Methane, Extending the Life of Wells, or Strategic Plugging
9:30 AM Networking Break
10:00 AM Session 6: Methane and VOC Measurement for Federal, State, and Carbon Credits Funding
12 Noon Lunch
1:00 PM Session 7: Carbon Offsets: Novel Way to Fund, Plus Review of Methodologies
2:30 PM Break
3:00 PM Session 8: Carbon Markets and New Platforms - Now and Future
5:00 PM Posters
Track 2 – Technical
8:00 AM Session 5: New Materials for Plugging and Operations Risk Management
9:30 AM Networking Break
10:00 AM Session 6: Measurements and Detection: Methane Reduction, Infrastructure, Reservoir Fluids, Water Quality
12 Noon Lunch
1:00 PM Session 7: Post-Plugging Activities: Monitoring, Environmental Clean-Up, Aquifer Preservation, Surface
2:30 PM Break
3:00 PM Session 8: Methods to Extend the Life of Marginal Wells While Reducing Methane Emissions
5:00 PM Posters
 
AAPG Orphan, Abandoned, Idle, and Marginal Wells Conference
Tulsa, OK - Hyatt Regency
100 East Second Street
TulsaOklahoma 74103
United States
 
Susan Nash, Ph.D. Director, Innovation and Emerging Science and Technology
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