P.E. Pilkington Conoco Inc. Houston Evaluating cement between two strings of casing can be a problem. The signal from the outer string of casing can interfere with amplitude measurement if the inner ...

Used for a number of different reasons, cementing protects and seals the wellbore. Most commonly, cementing is used to permanently shut off water penetration into the well. Part of the completion ...

Erle P. Halliburton in 1921 patented an advanced technology for cementing wells that brought greater production and environmental safety to America’s oilfields. With his “Method and Means for ...

Summary: Ideal conditions for geothermal power can create some of the biggest cementing challenges for wells. Where traditional cementing methods fail, tailored cement formulations and processes can ...

In completion of oil and gas wells, cement isolates the wellbore, prevents casing failure, and keeps wellbore fluids from contaminating freshwater aquifers. The basic factors engineers and operators ...

NEW ORLEANS, May 23 (UPI) -- Experts say flaws in a cement encasement meant to seal the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico may have caused the April 20 explosion, the Los Angeles Times reported. At least a ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expro (NYSE: XPRO), a leading provider of energy services, achieved a world record by deploying the heaviest casing string to date, using its advanced Blackhawk® Gen III ...

Cement is a mixture of several different types of rocks, crushed and heated to very high temperatures, and then ground to a superfine dust to use in the production of concrete. Typically, cement ...