Industry body Oil and Gas UK has published a set of guidelines for the sector on issues around oil and gas wells in the North Sea.
The documents have been produced by its well life cycle practices forum and are aimed at improving cross-industry understanding of well-related issues in the UK basin.
They relate specifically to the operation of subsea blowout preventer systems, well integrity throughout the well life cycle, well suspension and abandonment and the qualification of materials used for suspension and well abandonment.