In the past weeks, I received some requests to include cement job processes or procedures, as reference material, into the website; and I was puzzled about the best way to do that without going into too much detail. Finally, I have come up with a generic flowchart for my two favorite high-level process: 1) The […]
Forensic Cementing
Forensic is a term associated with “crimes.” Properly, it is the use of science to investigate a crime, but how is this applicable to Well Cementing? Notably, even if some well-cementing failures could easily be considered a “crime,” because of their effect on people, the environment, assets, and companies’ finances. The objective is to thoroughly […]
What can you expect in an Expert Post-Job Analysis?
Please support better well cementing Post-job analysis is among the first steps to developing a learning organization, but what is a learning organization? Before answering this question, just very quickly, let us answer a more basic one; where does quality start? Moreover, by “quality,” I mean measurably meeting requirements, expectations or achieving objectives. Quality starts […]
Support Better Cementing for All – Empowering Oil Well Cementers
In 2016, I launched Better Cementing for All. Now, I want to keep it alive. For more than 24 years, I have worked in oil well cementing, offering my services to some of the largest oil corporations in the world and committing myself to excellence. I have mastered my role, and in doing so, I […]
Have you ever been suddenly covered in some fluid on location? Share your photos
Working in heavy rain with the boots filled with water, mud-sprayed on the rig floor and yes, covered in cement slurry from head to toe … All happened to me. What about you? these events are common but rarely documented in pictures. Few hours before … Share your picture for posterity !! Hopping for a […]
Where is your TOC now? (Free Excel Calculator available)
For some time already, I have been receiving requests from friends and readers, mostly drilling engineers and well-site people, to provide a quick and fact-based tool to estimate the top of cement (and all cementing fluids) after a job. A tool that can also help during the design phase to identify where the cement (lead, […]
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