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Lightweight Cementing Solutions In Difficult, Managed-Pressure Drilling Application
Some of the most difficult Venezuelan cementing challenges occur when zones with low fracture gradients or lost circulation problems are encountered.
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Dec 2006
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Foam Cement Job Saved Major Operator
A major operator requested a solution to avoid a two-stage cement job.
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Oct 2006
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Coal Company Reduced Plug and Abandon Costs with Tuned(R) Lightweight Cement Blend
A coal company needed to reduce total well costs related to plugging and abandoning wells.
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Jun 2006
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Tuned Light™ Foamed Technology Combined with VersaFlex™ Liner Hanger Provided Drilling Operator an Engineered Zonal Isolation Through a Highly Natural Fractured Formation, Applying WellLife® Service
Natural depletion in the Cantarell field has become a serious concern for the drilling operator. The customer asked Halliburton for an engineering solution for drilling liner zonal isolation through the Brecha Paleoceno formation...
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Jun 2006
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Tuned Light(TM) Cement Service Eliminated Need for Two-Stage Tool or Squeeze Job
The operator wanted to achieve 4,500 ft of fill with a single-stage cementing operation on the 4-1/2" production casing. The operator wanted to avoid squeezing the top and also eliminate the cost of using a two-stage cement tool.
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May 2006
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Spacer and Cement Design Helped Operator Avoid Casing Leaks over Long Term
The operator wanted to cover the production casing from total depth (TD) at 10,500 ft to 2,000 ft (inside surface casing) using a cement system that could give bond and strength across the production zones...
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May 2006
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Tuned Light™ Cement Successful in Wildcat Well, Avoided Highly Fractured Formation
A major independent requested a lightweight, high strength slurry to be placed in a 11,165 ft exploratory well. The challenge was to cement an 11,000 ft production casing with 2,000 ft of fill-up and not invade the highly fractured Tuscora formation.
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May 2006
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Tuned Light™ Cement Eliminated Need for a Future Workover
While sidetracking around collapsed casing and recompleting a depleted zone at 13,400 ft, the customer could not maintain circulation with a mud weight higher than 14 lb/gal.
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May 2006
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Tuned Light™ Cement Helped Successfully Control Shallow Hazards in Remote Deepwater Location
The well plan indicated a potential for shallow hazards in the upper well intervals. Two contingency strings for the upper hole were included in the casing program. The operator requested that Halliburton design an unfoamed lightweight slurry to cement acr
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Feb 2006
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Despite Lost Circulation Prior to Setting Casing, Major Operator Successfully Cemented 7" Liner with 9.5 ppg Tuned Light (TM) Cement System
The customer was losing ±20 bbl/hr of 8.2 ppg oil-based mud prior to setting and cementing the 7" liner at 10,160 ft (248ºF static bottomhole temperature).
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Feb 2006
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