THERMIE Workshop on Well Repair

A "Workshop on Well Repair", organized within the framework of the Community's specific RTD programme in the field of non-nuclear energy (THERMIE), will take place at the EC Energy Centre of Tyumen, Western Siberia, Russia, on 2-7 December 1996.

The workshop will examine reasons for wells remaining idle in Western Siberia. It will present the latest available technologies developed by companies from European Union Member States in this technical area. The main subject areas to be developed will include:

- Limitation of the watercut of the well flow;
- Restauration of formation permeability;
- Use of coil tubing, snubbing units, etc.;
- Side tracking, multilateral drains, etc.;
- Underbalanced completion.

The workshop is being organized jointly by GEP, COMERINT, GOPA Consultants and IRO, in collaboration with the Tyumen Energy Centre.
For further information, please contact:

EC Energy Centre of Tyumen
Mrs. Irina Leskovskaia
Tel. +7-345-2251141; Fax +7-345-2250770