A process of surface fluid outflow from one of the Well completion voids (tubing or one of the annuli).
The flow only happens if void pressure is higher than surface tank pressure (usually 1 atm ).
The Bleed-off procedure is widely used to check for Sustainable Annulus Pressure (SAP) and to derisk production operations.
See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Petroleum Well
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