Formation cementation

Syneresis of sodium silicate gels may occur under some conditions, eg, in pure gels or coarse formations. Cement grouting should then precede chemical grouting. Leaching that results from dissolution under water-saturated conditions may be eliminated by use of proper reagent proportions. 

Mehta, P. K. 1973. Mechanism of expansion associated with ettringite formation. Cement and Concrete Research, 3, 1 -6. 

The low IGV values of all but a couple of samples indicate that the sandstones underwent moderate to strong compaction before cementation. In the lA Pliocene and Bismantova formations cementation... 

Ftikos, Ch., Philippou, Th., and Marinos, J. (1993) A study of the effect of some factors influencing alinite clinker formation. Cement and Concrete Research 23,1268-1272. 

Scian, A.N., Porto-Lopez, J.M., and Pereira, E. (1987) High alurrtirta cements study of Ca0.Al203 formation. Cement and Concrete Research 17,198-204, 525-531. 

Formation cementation may be carbonate mineral or clay. If a sandstone matrix is held together primarily by carbonate, treatments with acid solutions containing appreciable HCl or organic acids may substantially remove this mineral phase, resulting in sand production and severely impaired productivity. Expensive workover operations will likely be required in such a case. 

Collapse load originates from the hydrostatic pressure of drilling fluid, cement slurry outside the casing and later on by moving formations e.g. salt... 

Sometimes primary cementations are not successful, for instance if the cement volume has been wrongly calculated, if cement is lost into the formation or if the cement has been contaminated with drilling fluids. In this case a remedial or secondary cementation is required. This may necessitate the perforation of the casing a given depth and the pumping of cement through the perforations. 

A similar technique may also be applied later in the wells life to seal off perforations through which communication with the formation has become undesirable, for instance if water breakthrough has occurred ( squeeze cementation ). 

The chemistry of cement slurries is complex. Additives will be used to ensure the slurry remains pumpable long enough at the prevailing downhole pressures and temperatures but sets (hardens) quickly enough to avoid unnecessary delays in the drilling of the next hole section. The cement also has to attain sufficient compressive strength to withstand the forces exerted by the formation over time. A spacer fluid is often pumped ahead of the slurry to clean the borehole of mudcake and thereby achieve a better cement bond between formation and cement. 

The bare foot completion, which leaves an open hole section below the previous casing, is cheap, simple and suitable for consolidated formations which have little tendency to collapse. The slotted liner s an uncemented section of casing with small intermittent slots cut along its length, which prevents the hole from collapsing, but allows no selectivity of the interval which will be produced. The cased and cemented horizontal completion does allow a choice of which intervals will be perforated and produced. None of these examples provides any effective sand exclusion it this is required a gravel pack or a pre-packed liner can be used. 

Cement is then placed across the open perforations and partially squeezed Into the formation to seal off all production zones. Depending on the well configuration it is normal to set a series of cement and wireline plugs in both the liner and production casing (see Figure 16.2), to a depth level with the top of cement behind the production casing. 

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The industrial value of furfuryl alcohol is a consequence of its low viscosity, high reactivity, and the outstanding chemical, mechanical, and thermal properties of its polymers, corrosion resistance, nonburning, low smoke emission, and exceUent char formation. The reactivity profile of furfuryl alcohol and resins is such that final curing can take place at ambient temperature with strong acids or at elevated temperature with latent acids. Major markets for furfuryl alcohol resins include the production of cores and molds for casting metals, corrosion-resistant fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs), binders for refractories and corrosion-resistant cements and mortars. 

Deflocculation and Slurry Thinning. Sihcates are used as deflocculants, ie, agents that maintain high sohds slurry viscosities at increased sohds concentrations. Soluble sihcates suppress the formation of ordered stmctures within clay slurries that creates resistance to viscous flow within the various sytems. Laboratory trials are necessary, because the complexity of the systems precludes the use of a universal deflocculant. Sihcates are employed in thinning of limestone or clay slurries used in the wet-process manufacture of cements and bricks, clay refining, and petroleum drilling muds (see also... 

Barium carbonate prevents formation of scum and efflorescence in brick, tile, masonry cement, terra cotta, and sewer pipe by insolubilizing the soluble sulfates contained in many of the otherwise unsuitable clays. At the same time, it aids other deflocculants by precipitating calcium and magnesium as the carbonates. This reaction is relatively slow and normally requites several days to mature even when very fine powder is used. Consequentiy, often a barium carbonate emulsion in water is prepared with carbonic acid to further increase the solubiUty and speed the reaction. 

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