GB2146320A - High temperature well cement composition - Google Patents
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- C04—CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
- C04B—LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
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Abstract
An oil-well cement composition having improved set retardation characteristics comprises a hydraulic cement, water, and a partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose having an M.S. of 0.25 to 1.12, and an intrinsic viscosity in 5% sodium hydroxide at 25 DEG C of from about 6.0 to about 9.0. The composition is useful in high-temperature wells. (M.S. is the average number of moles of ethylene oxide per anhydroglucose unit of the cellulose molecule).
Description
SPECIFICATION
High temperature well cement composition
This invention relates to a cement composition suitable for use in cementing well casings in high temperature wells.
In preparing a well for the recovery of oil, it is customary to cement the well casing in place by mixing a hydraulic cement and water to form a pumpable neat cement (as used herein cement means hydraulic cement) slurry and pumping the cement slurry down through the well casing and up into the annular space between the well casing and porous earth wall of the borehole. In present-day well drilling, wells commonly run from 4,000 to 25,000 feet (1220 to 7620 metres) deep. At these depths, elevated temperatures from 170"F to 500"F (76"C to 260"C) are encountered. The high temperatures tend to accelerate the hydration or set of the cement. Hence, the cement frequently sets before it is in the place where it is desired to have it harden. In addition, deeper wells require more time to pump the cement into place.Therefore, the cement slurry must remain fluid and pumpable at the high temperatures for the period of time it takes to pump all of the cement into the desired location in the well. In order to prevent the cement from setting too quickly due to the high temperatures and increased pumping time, additives which retard the rate at which the cement thickens are added to the heat cement slurries.
A variety of cement retarder additives have been suggested. For example, the use of mixed cellulose ethers, such as methyl hydroxyethylcellulose (U.S. Patent No. 2,692,667) and carboxymethyl hydroxyethylcellulose in combination with formaldehyde (U.S. Patent 3,197,316), in aqueous hydraulic cement compositions has been disclosed. The use of an admixture of a hydroxyalkyl cellulose ether having a degree of substitution (D.S.) from 0.25 to 2.5 and sodium chloride as a fluid-loss control agent in aqueous hydraulic cement compositions is taught in U. S. Patent No. 3,483,007.
However, for one reason or another, these additives have not been fully satisfactory, usually because cement compositions containing them give erratic thickening times at the higher temperatures encountered in the increasingly common deeper wells of today. Thus, a need exists for a more effective and consistant retarded cement composition.
The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved retarded cement composition which is particularly useful in high temperature wells.
The cement composition of the present invention comprises a hydraulic cement, water, and a partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose having an M.S. of from about 0.25 to about 1.12, and an intrinsic viscosity in 5% sodium hydroxide at 25"C of from above 6.0 to about 9.0.
M.S. is the average number of moles of ethylene oxide per anhydroglucose unit of the cellulose molecule.
Any hydraulic cement may be used. Typically the Portland or Pozzolan classes of hydraulic cement are used in oil well cementing. These cements are classified by the American Petroleum
Institute (see API standard 10-A, 16th Edition, (1971)).
The composition may be prepared in any conventional manner. Preferably, the hydroxyethylcellulose is blended with the cement on site or in the factory prior to the addition of the dry mixture to water or the water to the dry mixture in a suitable mixer to form an aqueous hydraulic cement slurry.
The amount of water mixed with the cement to form the aqueous cement slurry varies depending in the particular API class of cement being employed. Generally from about 38% to about 42%, by weight of the dry cement, of water is used. The amount used is well within the skill of the art.
The partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose has an M.S. of from about 0.25 to about 1.12. preferably from about 0.5 to about 0.7, and an intrinsic viscosity in 5% sodium hydroxide at 25"C of from about 6.0 to about 9.0. The partiallky water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose is used in an amount from about 0.3% to about 2.0%, preferably from about 0.4% to about 0.8% by weight of the dry cement.
The partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose for use in the practice of this invention may be prepared by treating cellulose with sodium hydroxide and then reacting the treated cellulose with ethylene oxide.
Other conventional additives can be added to the composition of this invention, such as thinners to reduce its viscosity.
To further illustrate this invention, various illustrative examples are set forth below.
All parts and percentages used in this specification are by weight unless otherwise indicated.
Examples 1-4
These examples illustrate various embodiments of the cement composition of the present invention and how to prepare the cement composition of the present invention.
Six tenths percent (0.6%), by weight of the dry cement, of hydroxyethyl cellulose of varying
M.S., and 860 grams of an API Class H cement are added to a mixer and mixed until a homogenous blend is obtained. The blend is then added to another mixer containing 42% water and mixed together to form an aqueous cement slurry.
The thickening time and the solubility of the aqueous cement slurries prepared with hydroxyethylcellulose of varying M.S. in water are shown in the Table.
Table Thickening'a' Solubility in
Cement Hydroxyethyl Time at water at room
Slurry M.S. 200"F (93"C), hrs. temperature, %
Control 1 2.76 1.9 99.9
Control 2 1.66 3.9 99.0
Example 1 1.12 5.8 77.6
Example 2 0.75 7.1 51.4
Example 3 0.57 7.2 25.6
Example 4 0.25 3.2 21.5
{a'Determined with a Halliburton atmospheric pressure consistometer.
Thus, this invention provides cement compositions having improved set retardation times which reduce the risk of premature setting before the cement can be pumped into place in the well bore.
The expression "consisting essentially of" as used in this specification excludes any unrecited substance at a concentration sufficient to substantially adversely affect the essential properties and characteristics of the composition of matter being defined, while permitting the presence of one or more unrecited substances at concentrations insufficient to substantially adversely affect said essential properties and characteristics.
Features, advantages and other specific embodiments of this invention will become readily apparent to those exercising ordinary skill in the art after reading the foregoing disclosures. In this regard, while specific embodiments of this invention have been described in considerable detail, variations and modifications of these embodiments can be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed and claimed.
Claims (8)
1. A composition for cementing wells useful at elevated temperatures containing a hydraulic cement, water and cement retarder characterised in that in addition to the cement and water it consists essentially of a partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose having an M.S. from 0.5 to 1.12, and an intrinsic viscosity in 5% sodium hydroxide at 25'C of from 6.0 to 9.0, such hydroxyethylcellulose being the cement retarder.
2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose is present in an amount from 0.3% to 2.0% by weight based on the weight of the hydraulic cement.
3. The composition of claim 1 or 2 wherein the partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose has an M.S. from 0.5 to 0.7.
4. The composition of any of claims 1-3 wherein the partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose is present in an amount from 0.4% to 0.8% by weight of the hydraulic cement.
5. A method of cementing a well which is at least 1220 metres deep and in which temperatures of at least 76"C are encountered, which comprises pumping a slurry of a hydraulic cement, water and a cement retarder into the space between the well casing and porous earth wall of the borehole, characterised in that the cement retarder comprises a partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose having an M.S. from 0.5 to 1.1 2, and an intrinsic viscosity in 5% sodium hydroxide at 25"C of from 6.0 to 9.0, such hydroxyethylcellulose being the cement retarder.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose is present in an amount from 0.3% to 2.0% by weight based on the weight of the hydraulic cement.
7. The method of claim 5 or 6 wherein the partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose has an M.S. from 0.5 to 0.7.
8. The method of any of claims 5-7 wherein the partially water-soluble hydroxyethylcellulose is present in an amount from 0.4% to 0.8% by weight of the hydraulic cement.
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| US53033883A | 1983-09-08 | 1983-09-08 |
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| GB8422719D0 GB8422719D0 (en) | 1984-10-10 |
| GB2146320A true GB2146320A (en) | 1985-04-17 |
| GB2146320B GB2146320B (en) | 1987-01-28 |
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| US4892589A (en) * | 1987-10-30 | 1990-01-09 | Aqualon Company | Composition comprising water-soluble, nonionic hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose and water-soluble, nonionic hydroxyethyl cellulose |
| US5504123A (en) * | 1994-12-20 | 1996-04-02 | Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation | Dual functional cellulosic additives for latex compositions |
| US6372901B1 (en) | 1989-01-31 | 2002-04-16 | Union Carbide Corporation | Polysaccharides with alkyl-aryl hydrophobes and latex compositions containing same |
| EP1213270A1 (en) * | 2000-12-08 | 2002-06-12 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Well cement fluid loss control additive |
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| US4892589A (en) * | 1987-10-30 | 1990-01-09 | Aqualon Company | Composition comprising water-soluble, nonionic hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose and water-soluble, nonionic hydroxyethyl cellulose |
| US6372901B1 (en) | 1989-01-31 | 2002-04-16 | Union Carbide Corporation | Polysaccharides with alkyl-aryl hydrophobes and latex compositions containing same |
| US6372902B1 (en) | 1989-01-31 | 2002-04-16 | Union Carbide Corporation | Process for preparing polysaccharides with alkyl-aryl hydrophobes and latex compositions containing same |
| US5504123A (en) * | 1994-12-20 | 1996-04-02 | Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation | Dual functional cellulosic additives for latex compositions |
| US5583214A (en) * | 1994-12-20 | 1996-12-10 | Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation | Dual functional cellulosic additives for latex compositions |
| EP1213270A1 (en) * | 2000-12-08 | 2002-06-12 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Well cement fluid loss control additive |
| US6730636B2 (en) | 2000-12-08 | 2004-05-04 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Environmentally acceptable well cement fluid loss control additives, compositions and methods |
| CN107721221A (en) * | 2016-08-12 | 2018-02-23 | 中国石油天然气集团公司 | A kind of high temperature resistant phosphate cement and its application |
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