Case Studies of Expanding Cement To Prevent Microannular Formation

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Case Studies of Expanding Cement To Prevent Microannular Formation C. Baumgarte; C. Baumgarte Schlumberger Dowell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar M. Thiercelin; M. Thiercelin Schlumberger Dowell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar D. Klaus D. Klaus Schlumberger Dowell Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, October 1999. Paper Number: SPE-56535-MS https://doi.org/10.2118/56535-MS Published: October 03 1999 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Get Permissions Search Site Citation Baumgarte, C., Thiercelin, M., and D. Klaus. "Case Studies of Expanding Cement To Prevent Microannular Formation." Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, October 1999. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/56535-MS Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll ProceedingsSociety of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Search Advanced Search AbstractTo improve our understanding of cement debonding linked to microannulus formation and, in particular, to develop better non-shrinking cements to ensure zonal isolation, a well simulating annulus experiment has been developed and tests with expanding cements have been performed. The expansion experiments demonstrate that expanding cements can prevent the formation of a microannulus if the cement properties are designed with respect to the rock properties. A good application for expanding cements is the isolation of gas storage reservoirs. Two examples are shown to demonstrate the efficiency of expanding cements. Keywords: cement property, casing and cementing, chemical shrinkage, isolation, cement slurry, cement formulation, radial stress, expansion, outer cylinder, shrinkage Subjects: Casing and Cementing, Reservoir Characterization, Cement formulation (chemistry, properties), Exploration, development, structural geology This content is only available via PDF. 1999. Society of Petroleum Engineers You can access this article if you purchase or spend a download.