Workover definition

Workover means operations on a producing well to restore or increase production.

Workover means any downhole operation in an existing oil or

Workover means any operation designed to sustain, to restore, or to increase the production rate, the ultimate recovery, or the reservoir pressure system of a well or group of wells and approved as a workover, a secondary recovery, a tertiary recovery, or a pressure maintenance project by the division. The definition shall not include operations that are conducted principally as routine maintenance or the replacement of worn or damaged equipment.

Examples of Workover in a sentence

• The principal activities of MMSVS are the provision of services in relation to the repair and maintenance of exploratory and production wells utilizing Hydraulic Workover Units.

• Workover Flow-Back Fluid: Any of a number of liquid and gaseous fluids and mixtures of fluids, chemicals and or solids consisting of Drilling Fluid, silt, debris, water, brine, oil scum, paraffin, or other materials which are removed from the well bore during the subsequent or recompletion of a well.

• Workover Pit: A pit used for storage of Completion Flow-Back Fluid, Workover Flow-Back Fluid and other materials which have been cleaned out of the well bore during any subsequent completion or re-completion.

• Workover does not mean the routine maintenance, repair, or replacement of downhole equipment such as rods, pumps, tubing, packers, or other mechanical devices.

• Allowable axle load rating of weakest section of road: 2 Tons/Sqm4.0 SCOPE OF SERVICE: The successful bidder shall provide rig package along with all necessary equipment as listed to carryout Work-over operations in accordance with the completion programme.

More Definitions of Workover

Workover means any downhole operation in an existing oil or gas well that is designed to sustain, restore or increase the production rate or ultimate recovery in a geologic interval currently completed or producing in the existing oil or gas well. For production enhancement projects having a project beginning date prior to July 1, 1997, "workover" includes, but is not limited to, acidizing, reperforating, fracture treating, sand/paraffin removal, casing repair, squeeze cementing, or setting bridge plugs to isolate water productive zones from oil or gas productive zones, or any combination thereof. For production enhancement projects having a project beginning date on or after July 1, 1997, and prior to July 1, 2000 July 1, 2003, "workover" includes, but is not limited to:

Workover. ’ means the re-entry of an existing well to conduct various operations intended to restore or increase production.

Workover means an operation in which a well is reentered for the purpose of maintaining or repairing it.

Workover means the performance of one or more of a variety of operations on a producing oil or gas well to attempt to increase production.

Workover means any downhole operation that is:

Workover means to pull the tubing, packer, or any downhole hardware from the well and inspect, replace, or refurbish it prior to placing that hardware back in service, or to enter the hole with any drilling tool.

Workover means the process of performing major maintenance or remedial treatments on an injection or production well. In many cases, workover implies the removal and replacement of the production tubing string after the well has been killed and a workover rig has been placed on location.