Evaluation and optimization of low-density cement: Laboratory studies and field application

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-89

  Al Yami, A S ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^b   Al Humaidl, A S ^a   Al Saleh, S H ^a   Al Arfaj, M K ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; GAS PERMEABILITY; LOSSES; MICROSPHERES; ROCK PRESSURE; SHRINKAGE;

CONFINING PRESSURES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CURING TEMPERATURE; EQUIVALENT CIRCULATING DENSITY; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOST-CIRCULATION ZONES; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; PRODUCTION CASINGS;

CEMENT INDUSTRY;

CEMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FIELDWORK; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEALING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 77950646161     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/113090-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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