Cement Pulsation Treatment in Wells

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3581-3596

  Wojtanowicz, Andrew K ^a   Smith, John Rogers ^a   Novakovic, Djuro ^a   Chimmalgi, V S ^b   Newman, Ken R ^c   Dusterhoft, Dale ^d   Gahan, Brian ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ONGC   (India)

^c Coiled Tubing Engineering Services ^*  (Canada)

^d Trican Services

^e GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SLURRIES; VISCOSITY; WELLHEADS;

CEMENT PULSATION PROCESSES;

OIL WELL CEMENTING;

EID: 1142290836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77752-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Cooke C.E. Jr., Kluck M.P., and Medrano R.: "Field Measurements of Annular Pressure and Temperature During Primary Cementing", SPE Paper 11206, 1982.
2. Cooke, C.E., Gonzalez, O.J., and Broussard D.J.: "Primary Cementing Improvement by Casing Vibration During Cementing Casing Time, " SPE 14199, 1988.
3. th Int. Scientific & Technical Conference: New Methods and Technologies in Petroleum Geology, Drilling and Reservoir Engineering, Krakow, Poland, June 24-25, 1999, Vol. 2, 421-436.
4. Carter, G., and Slagle, K.: " A Study of Completion Pratices to Minimize Gas Communication," SPE 3164, Central Plains Regional Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, Amarillo, TX (Nov. 16 - 17, 1970).
5. Carter, G., Cook, C., and Snelson, L.: "Cementing Research in Directional Gas Well Completions," SPE 4313, Second Annual European Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, London, England (Apr. 2-3, 1973)
6. Christian, W.W., Chatterji, J., and Ostroot G.: "Gas Leakage in Primary Cementing - A Field Study and Laboratory Investigation, " SPE 5517, 50th Annual Fall Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, Dallas, TX (Sept. 28 - Oct. 1, 1975).
7. Solum, K.W. et al.: "Method and Apparatus for Vibrating and Cementing a Well Casing, " U.S. Patent 3,557,875, Jan. 26, 1971.
8. Cooke, C.E. Jr.: "Method for Preventing Annular Fluid Flow, "U.S. Patent 4,407,365, Oct. 4, 1983.
9. Keller, S.R.: "Oscillatory Flow Method for Improved Well Cementing, " U.S. Patent 4,548,271, Oct. 22, 1985.
10. Bodine, A.G., and Gregory, Y.N.: "Sonic Cementing, " U.S. Patent 4,640,360, Feb. 3, 1987.
11. Rankin, R.E., and Rankin, K.T.: "Apparatus and Method for Vibrating a Casing String During Cementing, " U.S. Patent 5,152,342, Oct. 6, 1992.
12. Winbow, G. A.: "Method for Preventing Annular Fluid Flow Using Tube Waves," U.S. Patent 5,361,837, Nov. 8, 1994.
13. Haberman J. P., Delestatius D. M., and Brace D.G.: Method and Apparatus to Improve the Displacement of Drilling Fluid by Cement Slurries During Primary and Remedial Cementing Operations, to Improve Cement Bond Logs and to Reduce or Eliminate Gas Migration Problems," US Patent 6,645,661, 1995.
14. Haberman J. P., and Wolhart, S.L.: "Reciprocating Cement Slurries After Placement by Applying Pressure Pulses in the Annulus, SPE/IADC 37619, March 1997.
15. Newman, K., Wojtanowicz, A.K., and Gahan, B.C.: "Improving Gas Well Cement Jobs with Cement Pulsation," Gas Tips, Fall 2001, pp. 29-33.
16. Newman, K., Wojtanowicz, A.K., and Gahan, B.C.: " Cement Pulsation Improves Gas Well Cementing," World Oil, July 2001, pp. 89-94.
17. Chimmalgi, V.S., and Wojtanowicz, A.K.: "Design of Cement Pulsation Treatment in Gas Wells - Model and Field Validation," Paper 2002-240, Petroleum Society's Canadian Petroleum Conference 2002, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 11-13, 2002.
18. Martin, J.N., Smith J.R., and Wojtanowicz, A.K,: Experimental Assessment of Methods to Maintain Bottomhole Pressure After Cement Placement," ETCE'01-17133, ASME Engiuneering Technology Conference on Energy, ETCE 2001, February 5-7, 2001, Houston, TX.
19. "Shear Bond/Compressive Strength testing," CSI Final Report on Pulsation Project submitted to CTES, Houston, TX, 2001
20. Manowski, W.M., and Wojtanowicz, A.K.: "Oilwell Cement Pulsing to Maintain Hydrostatic Pressure: A Search for Design Model," J. Energy Resource Technology-Transactions of the ASME, Vol 120, December 1998, pp 250-255.
21. Kunju, M.R., and Wojtanowicz, A.K.: "Well Cementing Diagnosis from Top Cement Pulsation Record," SPE 71387, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, September 30 - October 3, 2001.
22. Novakovic, D., Wojtanowicz, A.K, and Chimmalgi V.S.: "Cement Pulsation Design Software," LSU Final report submitted to GTI (August 2001) 42.
23. Dusterhoft, D., and Wilson, G.: "Field Study of the Use of Cement Pulsation to Control Gas Migration," Paper 2001-01 presented at the C ADE/CAODC Drilling Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 23-24, 2001.
24. Dusterhoft, D., Wilson, G., and Newman, K.: "Field Study of the Use of Cement Pulsation to Control Gas Migration," SPE 75689, SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 30-May 2, 2002.
25. Kunju, M.R.: "Post-treatment Diagnosis of Cement Pulsation in Wells," MS Thesis, Chapter 4, Louisiana State University (May 2001) 33.
26. Chimmalgi, V.S.: "Design of Cement Top pulsation to Avoid Gas Migration During Cementing," MS Thesis, Chapter 2, Louisiana State University (December 2001) 37.
27. Bourgoyne, A. T. Jr et al. : Applied Drilling Engineering, second edition, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX (1991) 42, 502.
28. Gidley, J.L., Hoditch, S.A., Nierode, D.E., and Veatch, R.W. Jr.: Recent Advances in Hydraulkic Fracturing, first printing, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX (1989) 452.
29. Smith, J.R., Martin, J.N., Newman, K. R. and Gahan, B.C.: "Field Evaluation of Pre-Job Test Protocol for Cement Pulsation," CIPC '2002, Calgary, AB, June 11-13, 2002.