Woodside Energy Limited

John Edward Niski

Alexander Jeffrey Burns

Peter Ernest Page

Methods are provided in which reliance is placed on a first and second barrier respectively positioned in a wellto provide well control during well suspension, completion and/or workover operations. Each of the barriers is below the depth of the lowermost end of a completion string when that string is installed in the well. By not placing either barrier higher up in the well-bore, both of the barriers can remain in place during suspension and completion and workover operations, thus obviating the need to use a BOP stack to supplement well control. This results in a considerable saving in drill rig time and thus significantly reduces the cost of constructing a well.

Method of suspending, completing and working over a well

In the various methods of the present invention, reliance is placed on a first and second barrierandrespectively positioned in a wellto provide well control during well suspension, completion and/or workover operations. Each of the barriers is below the depth of the lowermost end of a completion string when that string is installed in the well. By not placing either barrier higher up in the well-bore, both of the barriers can remain in place during suspension and completion and workover operations, thus obviating the need to use a BOP stack to supplement well control. This results in a considerable saving in drill rig time and thus significantly reduces the cost of constructing a well.

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John Edward Niski