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 ...

WASHINGTON – WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEO of the company that owned the oil drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico says the accident was caused by a failure of its cementing, casing or perhaps ...

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 ...

In completion of oil and gas wells, cement isolates the wellbore, prevents casing failure, and keeps wellbore fluids from contaminating freshwater aquifers. The basic factors engineers and operators ...

Cement is a mixture of several different types of rocks, crushed and heated to very high temperatures, and then ground to a superfine dust to use in the production of concrete. Typically, cement ...

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 ...

A study compared the cement casing standards of intermediate and production casing strings with analogous cement casing operations in Iran. Well integrity testing is vital in well design, construction ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expro (NYSE: XPRO), a leading provider of energy services, achieved a world record by deploying the heaviest casing string to date, using its advanced Blackhawk® Gen III ...

NEW ORLEANS, May 23 (UPI) -- Experts say flaws in a cement encasement meant to seal the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico may have caused the April 20 explosion, the Los Angeles Times reported. At least a ...

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 ...