Cementing Technology

Cementing Technology

Learning Outcome To be able to plan, engineer and trouble shoot cement jobs. Carry out cement calculations and interpret cement quality logs (CBL/VDL/USIT)

Course Content

1. Cement Chemistry: manufacture, lab testing methods, sampling

2. Cement Additives: types & formulations

3. Casing & Cementing Hardware/ Liners: liner jewellery, liner laps

4. Mud Removal: Chemical and mechanical means

5. Cement Calculations: cement yield, single, two stage, liner, differential pressure

6. Stage Cementing

7. Floating/ Large casing

8. Hydraulics: annular pressures and Frac considerations

9. Salt problems

10. CBL/VDL & USIT Log: interpretation

11. Remedial Cementing & Calculations: squeeze cementing

12. Cement plugs

13. Gas Migration: causes and cure

14. Horizontal Cementing

15. Casing Buckling: minimum cement height calculations

16. Well abandonment

Duration: one week or three days