Abandon

• forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
• give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
• vacate: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
• wildness: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
• A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease; To give up control of, to surrender; To leave behind, to desert; To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject; To relinquish a claim to property to underwriters
• To allow an option to expire without exercising it.
• To cease producing oil and gas from a well when it becomes unprofitable. usually before a well is abandoned,some of the casing is removed and 1 or more cement plugs are palced down the bore holeto prevent migrration of fluids between formations
• A race that a race committee or protest committee abandons is void but may be resailed.
• To cease efforts to produce oil or gas from a well , and to plug a depleted formation and salvage all material and equipment.
• means to desert, forsake, or absolutely give up an animal without having secured another owner or custodian for the animal or by failing to provide the elements of adequate care for a period of five consecutive days.
• To give up control and responsibility to another, or withdraw protection, support or help.
• The act of not exercising or selling an option before its expiration.
• When production is stopped from a well that is depleted and no longer capable of producing profitably. A wildcat well may also be abandoned after it has been determined that it will not produce.
• Used in reference to wells, abandonment is a process by which a well is filled and sealed from bottom to top
• to cease producing oil and gas from a well when it becomes unprofitable or to cease further work on a newly drilled well when it proves not to contain profitable quantities of oil or gas.