Wells

Question 1

Producing Well

Answer 1

A wellbore that is producing oil or gas.

Question 2

Drilling Well

Answer 2

A wellbore that is being drilled or is planned to be drilled.

Question 3

Injection Well

Answer 3

A well that is undergoing water injection to increase oil or gas output, or maintain wellbore pressure.

Question 4

Exploratory Well

Answer 4

A wellbore that is drilled when testing for the presence of oil or gas.

Question 5

Relief Wells

Answer 5

Wellbores that are drilled in order to relieve pressure in the well.

Question 6

Suspended Well

Answer 6

A well that has resumed or suspended drilling operations

Question 7

Workover Well

Answer 7

A well that is currently being worked on.

Question 8

P&A Well

Answer 8

A well that has been plugged and abandoned.

Question 9

Side-track Well

Answer 9

A branch of a well that has been drilled of an existing wellbore, to avoid an obstacle or something preventing the initial well to be drilled.

Question 10

Footages

Answer 10

How deep a well is.

Question 11

AFE

Answer 11

Authorisation for expenditure. How much it will cost to redrill a well.