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Sample Cement Job Evaluation

April 3, 2020 By Lenin Diaz Leave a Comment

Sample Cement Job Evaluation

Pressure analysis of a 9 5/8” casing cementing operation.

Information gathering for cement evaluation starts with the basic details of the job design, including casings information, wellbore details, formation and temperature pressures.

Cement evaluation charts and diagram
9 5/8” casing details

Proper post-job analysis continues with kind of an investigation process where key information is gathered from job reports from different sources, including cement job reports, DDR, DMR, mud logging, time log, etc.

Operations overview
Pumping Pressure during 9 5/8” cementing operation

During the information-gathering phase of the cement evaluation, pumping data is retrieved from the cementing contractor in tabular form, including pressure, rate and the pumped fluid downhole density, normally, every 1 – 5 seconds.

This data is used to calibrate a model in computer simulation with the actual pumping pressure used as reference or comparison against a calculated pressure value using actual rate and density values; in conjunction with all other inputs from well schematic, details, fluids rheology, etc., as reported instead of the originally designed values. For example mud rheology from the DMR the day of the job, shoe depth from the DDR, etc.

Pressure Matching for the 9 5/8” cementing operation

The most important part of the pressure comparison process for the purpose of calibrating the model is the part that starts from point A where the cement slurry being the heaviest fluid turns around the shoe and starts its way up in the annulus producing a progressive pressure increase linked to pumping rate and annular capacity.

Before point A; the pumping pressure, while all cementing fluids have not reached the shoe, sometimes the actual pressure appears higher or lower than the calculated value by a constant factor which is sometimes resulting from under or overestimated surface friction pressure.

In this curve for example:

  1. Due the use of bottom plug both (mechanical barrier between lead cement slurry and spacer or mud preventing intermixing inside the casing) measured and calculated pressure curves depart at the same pumped volume (point A). This is an indication of no fluid intermixing inside the casing;
  2. Measured and calculated pressure curve raise during the displacement with same slope from A to B. In B, the measured pressure remains more or less at the same value indicating possible losses. The volume of losses can be estimated directly from pumped volume since the actual pressure remains flat which is a sign of total losses. If on the contrary, the actual pressure continues increasing, but at a lower rate (curve slope) indicating partial losses, the volume of losses can be estimated from the difference between the slopes of the curves (actual and calculated curves).
Cement coverage prediction for the 9 5/8” primary cementing

When the model is calibrated and the pressure comparison process is completed, the output of the cement coverage (displacement efficiency in CemPRO+) is considered sufficiently valid to explain the cement presence in the annulus or to graphically correlate with any available circumferential cement log.

The difference between measured and actual pressures and discrepancies between cement coverage and cement evaluation logs should be explained by the cement engineer and ultimately converted to recommendations and actions to be put in place in any future similar cement job to produce improved results and maximize success in terms of zonal isolation and other relevant job objectives.

Post-job evaluation is an extremely useful tool to develop cementing best practices by a proper understanding of the key parameters and job conditions linked to cement presence in the annulus. Proper job evaluation requires an experienced cement engineer with sufficient operational exposure and very good knowledge of software simulation and computer tools. The objective and value for companies are simply better cement jobs.

“Those who underestimate well cementing almost constantly get mediocre cement results”. Please don’t be another one; take the time, act now and get help, change your well cementing results for good.

Cheers,

L. Diaz

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Filed Under: Post-job results interpretation, Primary Cementing Tagged With: job evaluation, pressure match

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Lenin Diaz is an oil industry specialist with 26 years of technical and operational expertise in fluids, cementing, water control and shut-off. A distinguished track record spanning BP, Schlumberger, and NAPESCO. Lenin lives in Tenerife, Spain and is the creator of this website. Read More…

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