Paper: A Resume of Cementing Practices and Materials

The techniques involved in the completion of a well, with regard to cementing operations, vary with areas and with regard to cementing operations, vary with areas and operators. Certain procedures are, however, looked upon as being most suitable for particular applications and often certain cementing slurry components have been found to give better performance in one of the two major cementing operations: primary cementing and squeeze cementing. A resume of proper cementing techniques is presented which will include flow characteristics of cementing slurries, effect of turbulent flow velocities on mud removal, effectiveness of chemical washes and the use of cementing plugs. The application of relatively new cementing practices using various low fluid loss slurries will be discussed from the standpoint of both primary and squeeze cementing and a resume given on results obtained while using these techniques.