Promethean Energy Corp. has let a major master services contract to Elemental Energies LLC to support the decommissioning of nine orphaned wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
The first phase began in February with Elemental Energies providing well management services from its Houston office for the plugging and abandonment of wells in the Matagorda Island area, off the Texas coast. The work comes as part of a 5-yr contract awarded to Promethean by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to decommission orphaned offshore wells.
The contract is partially funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through a $64-million commitment to address orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands.
