Cementing Operation

PART I
Dr. Eissa Shokir

Cementing
Cementing Processes

Casing
Liner
Squeeze
Plug

Density of Mixtures
Cementing Equipment

Cementing contd
Large-Hole Cementing

Through Casing
Through Drill Pipe

Cementing of Liner
Cementing from Floater
Multistage Cementing

Cement is used in Drilling Operations

to...
Support and protect the casing
Prevent the movement of fluid through the
annular space outside the casing
Stop the movement of fluid into vugular or
fractured formations
Close an abandoned well or a portion of a well
Sidetracking

Types of Cementing Processes

I. Primary Cementing
1.
2.
3.
4.

Full String
Liners
Large Pipe
Stage
A. Survey and perforate
B. Stage collars

Primary Cementing
Steel
Casing

Borehole

Cement

Steel Liner

Full String Cementing

Liner Cementing

Types of Cementing Processes

II. Squeeze Cementing

1. Shoe
2. Casing (up-hole)
3. Open-hole (lost-circulation)

NEW SLURRY

Types of Cementing Processes

III. Plugging
1. Open-hole plug back
A. Fishing Operations
B. Abandonment
2. Casing

Types of Cementing Processes

IV. Special Techniques

1. Land
2. Off-shore

Wiper Plugs
Wiper plugs are equipped with rubber-cupped fins
which wipe mud from the walls of the casing ahead
of the cement and clean the walls of casing behind
the slurry.
Examples of wiper plugs are shown in the next
slide. The top plug also serves as a means of
determining when the cement is in place.

Large-Hole
Cementing
Normal
Displacement
Method
Down the inside of the Csg.
Use two wiper plugs
Takes a long time . . .
Large surface area exposed
to the cmt.

Large-Hole
Cementing
Inner
String
Cementing
Down the inside of the DP
Use top wiper plug
Much shorter displ. time

Large-Hole
Cementing
Outside Cementing

1. Down the inside

2. Small-dia. pipe outside
Cmt and gradually
remove the pipes

Alternative:
Pipes attached
(for large pipes)

Drilling Liners
Liners are commonly used to seal the openhole
below a long intermediate casing string to:
1. Case off the open hole to enable deeper
drilling.
2. Control water or gas production
3. Hold back unconsolidated or sloughing
formations.
4. Case off zones of lost circulation and/or
zones
of high pressure encountered
during
drilling operations.

Drill
Pipe

Liner

Displ.
Mud
dart
cmt
ball
mud

Multi-Stage
Cementing
Pump first stage
Displace cmt.
Open stage tool
Pump second stage
Displace cmt
Last plug closes tool

Opening
Bomb
Stage
Collar

Cementing
Basket

Closing
Plug

Cmt
Mud

Cmt

Tieback liner showing sealing nipple

Liner and sealing nipple

1. Reinforcing the intermediate casing

worn by drilling.
2. Providing greater resistance to
collapse stress from abnormal
pressures.
3. Providing corrosion protection.
4. Sealing an existing liner which may be
leaking gas.