London, January 29, 2025, (Oilandgaspress) ––– Cuadrilla plans to move equipment onto the Preston New Road (PNR) site in the second half of February to start work on plugging the two PNR shale gas exploration wells with cement and removing the valves and surface pipework from the wells and from the site.
This work, in industry terminology referred to as “plugging and abandoning” the wells, follows-on from formal notification issued by the regulator, North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) in relation to the plugging and abandonment of both wells.
Our well plug & abandonment works, will initially entail the use of a coiled tubing unit to remove tubing from one of the two wells. Once this has been completed the rig required for the bulk of the plugging and abandonment operation will arrive on site. We currently expect the rig to arrive towards the end of February.
All work will be undertaken in accordance with our planning permission and with all other applicable Regulatory and HSE requirements. It is anticipated that it will take approximately 6 weeks to complete the work on both wells.
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