Well Abandonment and Slot Recovery

Extend productive life and abandon with confidence

Maximize the productive life of declining assets with single-source services designed to reclaim production slots for accessing untapped reserves. Then take advantage of industry-exclusive technologies designed to help operators conduct efficient, safe, and reliable well decommissioning.

Well Abandonment Services Save 94 Days Valued at $8.9 Million During a Rigs-to-Reef Operation in the Gulf of Mexico

The Industry’s Most Comprehensive Casing-Recovery Portfolio

Casing-Recovery Solutions

Extend productive life and maximize asset value before final decommissioning with the leading compilation of P&A and slot-recovery technologies and expertise—powered the exclusive casing-recovery systems from Trident® and Titan®.

Weatherford partners with Ardyne to bolster Plug & Abandonment portfolio

Set a rock-to-rock barrier and P&A the right way

Rock-to-Rock Barriers

Using our proprietary section mills, we deliver a rock-to-rock hydraulic seal across the borehole that mimics natural bedding, mitigates gas migration, and can be verified with a pressure test.

Rock-to-Rock Barriers

Reduce the risk and costs of subsea abandonment

Subsea Abandonment

As your single-source subsea abandonment partner, our abandonment crews use field-proven technologies to help you permanently abandon your unproductive subsea wells.

Subsea Abandonment

Cut and pull tubulars rig-free

Jacking Services

Equally suited for intervention or abandonment operations, our jacking services accommodate tubulars as large as 36-in with weights up to 500 tons.

Jacking Services

Place high-integrity cement plugs

P&A Mechanical Cementing Packages

We offer a total-systems approach to mechanical cement-plug placement. Anchored by our abandonment specialists, we provide a complete cement-plug package that includes our industry leading top-drive cementing head, dart catcher tool, darts, and a diverter shoe. Our systems enable correct placement of multiple high-quality cement plugs, reduce the number of trips required to set multiple plugs, and avoid cement contamination.

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P&A Mechanical Cementing Packages

Remove conductors safely and efficiently

Conductor Removal

Our conductor-removal teams deliver service excellence for any asset, including multi-wells, single-jack platforms, and mono-wells. Our single-source services leverage our Rig-Free pulling and jacking units to provide cost-efficient pulling, boring, pinning, sawing, and cleaning operations for conductors up to 36 in.

Conductor Removal

Replace costly mobile and workover rigs

Pulling & Jacking Units

Our compact and powerful Rig-Free technologies pull up to 220,000 lb (99,790 kg) and jack up to 1,000,000 lb (453,592 kg).

Pulling & Jacking Units

Intervene or abandon – from onshore to deep water – without a rig

Rigless Solutions

Our Rig-Free technology eliminates the need for a rig, which delivers significant savings in your onshore, offshore, and deepwater assets.

Rigless Solutions

Extend Well Life and Finish Strong

Ensure wells with rock-to-rock, cement-to-formation bonds that meet the strictest compliance standards. With a project-managed approach, Weatherford intervention specialists manage all well-life phases, from pre-job to contingency planning, compliance, engineering, implementation, and final abandonment. Simply complete the contact form below to learn more.

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