Effective Well Integrity Management along Well Integrity Forum (WIF) Guidelines 2015

Well Integrity Management should have the highest priority and attention in each E&P Company. It is simply about protecting the most valuable Asset of the Company, preventing costly environmental incidents and whilst protecting the Operators reputation, it is securing extension of Production licenses and/or securing future licenses; being the Operator of Choice.

It therefore makes full sense to invest in the right equipment in design for sustained integrity, have the correct management processes in place and a competent Well Integrity Team.

The Well Integrity discipline is to be a career development step for engineers in the organisation. It needs to be part of the skill profile of each manager in Wells, Production Operations and Petroleum Engineering discipline group.

On a Global level, there are very little official Policies and Guidelines for Well Integrity Management. Most such documents reside with the Operators, whilst most Government do not have Governance, nor the competence to enforce. This Class teaches staff to become competent in the Well Integrity Management. The Class follows the Norwegian Petroleum Authority’s Well Integrity Forum’s advised curriculum. It finishes with an exam and upon passing the candidate receives a certificate® of competence in Well Integrity design and management issued by Lowlands Management Consultancy