What is a Casing Point?

Casing Point

The casing point is the point in a drilling project when well drilling operations cease and the well owners must decide whether the well should be completed or plugged & abandoned.  Casing point may also refer to the depth to which casing is set in a well.

How it’s important to us

It’s important to know the two terms for casing point in reference to a well.  If casing point is tracked as a piece of well metadata with an associated depth, the latter definition comes into play.

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