Course Objectives:
Well cementing is the process of bonding the pipe to the formation on other operation in drilling or completion process plays as important a role in the producing life of the well as does a successful primary cement job.
Course Outline:
- Principle functions of cementing
- Basic Cementing
- Cementing Equipment
- Setting up a cementing job
- Preplanning
- Bulk handling and starge
- Properties of slurries required for cementing Hole /slurry considerations
- Strength of cements to support pipe
- Mixing water
- Slurry density
- Cement additions
- Cement accelerations
- Cement retarders
- Last circulation additives
- Special additives for cement
- Casing equipment
- Considerations during cement
- Placements techniques
- Considerations after cement
- Special cement situations
- Continued special cement situations
- Plugging
- Types of cement plugs
- Placement techniques
- Testing cement plugs
- Squeeze cementing
- Squeeze techniques
- Job planning
- Squeeze packers
- Water control
- Identifying the problem
- Designing treatments for problems
- Infectivity patterns
- Cementing horizontal deviated well bores
Who Can Benefit
Drilling Engineers, Drilling supervisors with over tow years working experience in drilling engineering operations