Want to have your own website! For those of us in the oil & gas business, there is nothing like being employed. That way we can to do what we love. This downturn, however, is changing many people minds. It has been tough for companies, but it has been terrible for employees, many of who will […]
Cement Slurry Laboratory Testing
Recommendations WARNING: No cement slurry should ever be pumped without a laboratory test using the actual materials that will get mixed on the job. (Cement, additives and field water). Perform compatibility tests between the cementing fluids and wellbore. Drilling or control fluids, formation fluids and any other fluid potentially in contact with the cement slurry. a) Thickening Time […]
Aren’t you TIRED of this ?
If you think about, even if the oil price goes up … do you expect job openings would go up just the same? … Not really, but … Aren’t you tired of this? Maybe some of you are already doing something to get money home, but if you are still looking … why don’t you take […]
Fake oil and gas jobs: Beware!
I recently received a couple of job opportunities… Good news!! – not really Watch out for offers of fake oil and gas jobs. The first sign is at the beginning of the email. They are addressing to me as a job applicant. How is that possible if I have never applied to those companies? I will […]
Geothermal Well Cementing
A recent request about the topic of geothermal well cementing brought me memories of a project I led back in 2008. It was my first time in a geothermal well construction project. Yes, there was a rig, there was drilling, drilling fluids and cementing but, it was entirely different from the oil and gas business. The […]
Squeeze Cementing Principles
Some time ago I put together a short paper about the principles of squeeze cementing. Below is an extract of this document. Successful squeeze cementing relies mostly on selecting the correct cement slurry to form an effective cement cake or node. We base the decision shall on the injectivity test performed before the squeeze operation. […]
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