Improving lightweight cement evaluation in the geothermal environment

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 133-144

  Batcheller, Gary W ^a   Frisch, Gary ^b  

^a GWB Consultants   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance; Acoustic logs; Casing; Foam cement; Lightweight cement; Micro annulus; Ultrasonic logs

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGS; CASING; FOAM CEMENT; LIGHTWEIGHT CEMENT; MICRO ANNULUS; ULTRASONIC LOGS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CEMENTS; FOAMS; LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

EID: 17644404007     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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