Our Mission
A Simple Truth:
If there is uncertainty in the geolocation of a well, all data associated with that well becomes uncertain.
Our mission at G-Forensic is to apply our collective knowledge and experience to educate interested parties such as landowners, associations, foundations and companies within the Oil & Gas industry involved in orphan well reclamation, as well as state and federal agencies responsible for discovery and monitoring of orphan and P&A wells, regarding the issues associated with the misrepresentation of well geolocation and well identification issues through the application of our skills within the Oil and Gas industry to establish proper governance and data integrity.
Why this matters
Approximately twenty-five million wells have been drilled worldwide since the 1850’s. A large number of
those wells have been plugged and surface evidence eliminated. Of those, many have been classified as
Orphan.
For many decades, plugged and abandoned (P&A) wells have been ignored unless there was risk to oil and gas operations, or there was proof of ownership for landowners to have recourse if the well integrity failed.
However, in recent years, attitudes; especially public opinion has built to demand solutions for the danger
to life, property, and the environment from failing wells both surface visible and sub-surface.
Recent federal efforts have stipulated massive sums of money to be targeted at solving the problem of orphan wells.
From “ELIMINATING ORPHAN WELLS AND SITES IN TEXAS”
The [Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC)] treats plugged and abandoned wells as a closed case and does not monitor the conditions of those wells. Yet, cement can degrade, and plugs can fail.
There are at least 1,209,995 legacy and “recently” plugged and abandoned wells in the state of Texas that the commission does not monitor or oversee.
Many wells are not properly located or recorded in commission databases. Only when these wells pollute a lake or threaten a landowner do they appear back on a commission spreadsheet.
It is well past time for the Railroad Commission to create a monitoring program for previously abandoned and plugged wells.
from a report by COMMISSION SHIFT
https://commissionshift.org/