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ExxonMobil-MagnaBond to Develop Well Abandonment Technology

ExxonMobil Corporation’s XOM subsidiary — ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company — has inked a joint development agreement with MagnaBond, LLC for three years.

The agreement involves developing new technologies that will boost cost-effective appraisal of well cementing, casing and tubing. The agreement was backed by the Industry Technology Facilitator as part of its program to deal with challenges related to well decommissioning activities. Such hurdles include plugging and abandonment.

The new partnership will merge ExxonMobil’s proficiency in developing a wide range of inspection technologies and tools with MagnaBond’s expertise in technology transfer and supply chain design from other industries.

Current assessment technology cannot effectively distinguish cement quality through multiple strings of casing. A well’s production tubing is required to facilitate scrutiny of the cement, resulting in extra time and cost for decommissioning activities. ExxonMobil and MagnaBond intend to develop a technology that will enable through-tubing cement appraisal prior to the arrival of a costly rig or workover unit.

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company develops an industry-leading range of proprietary technologies to sustain continued leadership in exploration, development, production and gas commercialization. ExxonMobil often teams up with other companies and academic institutions around the world to research and develop technologies.

Along with the agreement with MagnaBond, ExxonMobil collaborated with nine other oil and gas companies in 2017 to form the Plugging and Abandonment Collaborative Environment. This is an industry network to encourage investment in early adoption of innovative plugging and abandonment technology within the oil and gas industry. The organization is managed by OTM Consulting.

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ExxonMobil’s shares have gained 4.8% compared with the industry’s rally of 12.5% in the last three months.



 

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