P.E. Pilkington Conoco Inc. Houston Evaluating cement between two strings of casing can be a problem. The signal from the outer string of casing can interfere with amplitude measurement if the inner ...

Part of the process of preparing a well for further drilling, production or abandonment, cementing a well is the procedure of developing and pumping cement into place in a wellbore. Used for a number ...

Erle P. Halliburton in 1921 patented an advanced technology for cementing wells that brought greater production and environmental safety to America’s oilfields. With his “Method and Means for ...

A project in which existing 7-in. liners were tied back to surface then cemented stopped casing leaks in the Sarir and Messla oil fields in Libya. Many wells operated by Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO) in ...

Summary: Ideal conditions for geothermal power can create some of the biggest cementing challenges for wells. Where traditional cementing methods fail, tailored cement formulations and processes can ...

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement - suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster - has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an ...

Used for a number of different reasons, cementing protects and seals the wellbore. Most commonly, cementing is used to permanently shut off water penetration into the well. Part of the completion ...