Well workover definition
Well workover means the repair or stimulation of an existing production well for the purpose of restoring, prolonging, or enhancing the production of hydrocarbons.
Well workover means re-entering of a well for any purpose after it is initially completed or abandoned. Well workover shall not include drilling or well servicing such as the installation or servicing of artificial lift equipment or the removal of tubing obstructions such as paraffin or sand.
Well workover means the process(es) of performing one or more of a variety of remedial operations on producing hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas wells to try to increase production. This process also includes high-rate flowback of injected gas, water, oil, and proppant used to re-fracture and prop-open new fractures in existing low permeability gas reservoirs, steps that may vent large quantities of produced gas to the atmosphere.
Examples of Well workover in a sentence
Well work-over programs have been conducted in the past on Blochman Lease.