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Oilfield Glossary

abandonment costs
1.  n.  [Oil and Gas Business] ID: 11401

The costs associated with abandoning a well or production facility. Such costs are specified in the authority for expenditure (AFE), and typically cover the plugging of wells; removal of well equipment, production tanks and associated installations; and surface remediation.

See: authority for expenditure, plug and abandon