plug this (whatever that means)

And now we're finally done with that plug and abandonment. Over the course of the last couple weeks, we have gone out to the well being plugged on what I believe has been six different days. The workover rig has been there for over 30 working days (which means six weeks since they don't do weekends). The process was so drawn out because of hydrogen sulfide, one of the oilfield's most favorite friends. To summarize, read the first sentence in the Occurance section and most of the Toxicity section. Essentially, the well was producing mostly water (instead of mostly gas) with lots of hydrogen sulfide in it. Even if the well was still producing enough gas, the water flow problem may have been severe enough to justify plugging the well. See, produced water cannot simply be put down the drain. It needs to be disposed of and that can be costly, especially with sulfur in it. Additionally, a large portion of the production tubing was badly corroded and could not be removed from the well. This necessitated the use of a coiled tubing unit to plug the production tubing. It made for quite a spectacle and now we'll never have to go back there.