An innovative cement formula to prevent gas migration problems in HT/HP wells

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-50

  Al Yami, A S ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a   Al Humaidi, Ahmad ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW OF GASES; FLOWMETERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELDS; OILFIELD CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

GAS FLOW METERS; GAS PREVENTIONS; INDUSTRY PROBLEMS; PERMEABILITY DETERMINATIONS; PERMEABLE CHANNELS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; VOLUME CHANGE MEASUREMENT; WEIGHT DETERMINATION;

GASES;

EID: 70449671100     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/120885-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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