Triazine Polymers for Improving Elastic Properties in Oil Well Cements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasmukh Patel ◽  
Kenneth Johnson ◽  
Roland Martinez

Abstract The oil well cement placed in the annulus between casings and the formations experience high stresses under downhole conditions. These frequent stresses deteriorate the mechanical properties of cement and lead to the formation of micro-cracks and fractures, which affect production and increases the cost of operation. Although several polymeric materials have been employed to improve tensile properties of the cement, these additives have also adversely affected the compressive strength of the cement. A highly stable polymeric additive, triazine-based polymers, is designed, synthesized, and compounded with the cement to improve the tensile properties of the well-cement. Triazine polymer was characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The triazine polymer was mixed with cement and the cement slurries were cured at 180 °F under 3000 psi for 3 days. The set-cement samples were subjected to mechanical testing under high temperature and high pressure to study the elastic properties of the cement. The introduction of this polymer into the cement has improved the elastic properties of the cement with minimum reduction in compressive strength. The thickening time, dynamic compressive strength development, rheology, fluid loss properties, and brazilian tensile strength of the control and cement with triazine polymers were studied to understand the effect of this newly developed polymeric additive. The molecular interaction of the triazine polymer with cement particles has shown formation of covalent linkage between the polymer and cement particle. We have observed a 15 % decrease in Young's modulus for cement compounded with 2%wt. of triazine polymer, indicating the introduction of elastic properties in wellbore cement.

2020 ◽  
Vol 993 ◽  
pp. 1341-1350
Author(s):  
Xiu Jian Xia ◽  
Yong Jin Yu ◽  
Jian Zhou Jin ◽  
Shuo Qiong Liu ◽  
Ming Xu ◽  
...  

The conventional oil-well cement dispersant has the characteristics of poor dispersion at high temperature, poor compatibility with other additives, and environmental pollution during the production process. In this article, with ultra-early strong polyether monomer, acrylic acid, 2-acrylamine-2-methylpropyl sulfonic acid, sodium methacrylate as copolymer monomers, an environmentally friendly polycarboxylic acid dispersant, DRPC-1L, was prepared by the aqueous solution free-radical polymerization. The chemical composition and thermal stability of the synthetic copolymer were characterized by FTIR and TGA techniques. The evaluation results show that DRPC-1L has a wide temperature range (30~210 °C), good salt-resistance and dispersing effect. It can significantly improve the rheological performance of cement slurry, and it is well matched with oil-well cement additives such as fluid loss agent, retarder and so on. Moreover, it is beneficial to the mechanical strength development of set cement, especially the early compressive strength. It can also inhibit the abnormal gelation phenomenon of cement slurry, flash set, that occurs during high temperature thickening experiments, which plays an important role in enhancing the comprehensive performance of cement slurry. Consequently, the novel polycarboxylic acid dispersant has good application prospects in deep and ultra-deep wells cementing.


2014 ◽  
Vol 941-944 ◽  
pp. 1441-1444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Fu Zhang ◽  
Kai Liu ◽  
Rui Xue Hou ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Jin Long Yang

The compressive strength of oil well cement would be damaged by high temperature in deep oil wells, which was caused by the obvious change of the components and microstructure of cement hydration products. The adaptability of common oil well cement for cementing under higher temperatures was confined by above reasons. Characteristics of development and change of compressive strength of Class G oil well cement were studied under different temperatures by using Static Gel Strength Analyzer and High Temperature-High Pressure curing chamber. The influence law of temperature and silica sands on compressive strength was analyzed. The results showed that the critical temperatures at which the compressive strength begun to decline were about 110°C and 150°C respectively; The compressive strength increased with curing time during the initial period and would reduced after it reached a certain value when temperature exceeded 110°C; For cement with silica sands, the compressive strength development trend was in the shape of two-stage form with increase of curing time within the range of 110~150°C, but for 160~200°C temperature range the development form was in the shape of single stage; The reasonable amounts of silica sands which would be added to cement slurry to enhance the compressive strength of hardening paste were determined to be 30%~40%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 548-549 ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
A. Sauki ◽  
A. Azizi ◽  
Nur Hashimah Alias ◽  
Nurul Aimi Ghazali ◽  
T.A.T. Mohd ◽  
...  

Cement strength must be carefully maintained so that the cement is able to sustain formation stresses without failing. Such a mechanical failure in a cement sheath can cause a loss of annular isolation. A synthetic polymer cement retarder has been designed to provide extended pumping times for cement slurries, while having minimal effect on compressive strength development. However, it is difficult to select a retarder that can suit a wide range of field conditions. Fluid loss control can also be affected by the addition of a retarder, especially at high temperatures. Addition of retarder sometimes may increase the viscosity and pumping pressure of the slurry and may result in fracturing of the hydrocarbon bearing zone and costly job failure. The main idea for this study is to determine whether Agarwood waste from distillation process (AGW) can be used as a retarder in oil well cement with excellent compressive strength development. The compressive strength developments were evaluated at different curing time and particle sizes of AGW which are 90 μm, 150μm and 250μm. The performance of AGW slurries were compared with commercial retarder slurry. Apart from that, chemical analysis on AGW was conducted by using X-ray Fluorescent (XRF) to determine the presence of cementations component in this material. All cement testing procedures should follow API recommended specification 10B standard. From the results obtained, the performance of 250 μm of AGW is better than commercial retarder by 10% increment in the development of cement strength.


2017 ◽  
Vol 748 ◽  
pp. 323-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Gin Lee ◽  
Wei Chien Wang ◽  
Yi Shuo Huang ◽  
Yu Min Su ◽  
Quan Zhou Jiang

This study was conducted to assess the acceleration of strength development by CO2 curing and to evaluate the strength and microstructure of two cement mortars. Three curing pressures (1, 5, 8 bars), three curing time (20, 120, 180 minutes) and four CO2 concentration (0%, 25%, 50% and 100%) were used in this investigation. Two mortar specimens are made with Type Ι Portland cement and oil-well cement. After the CO2 curing duration and demolding, the mortar samples were assessed through the mass gain, the compressive strength, the pressure drop, the temperature rise in the curing chamber, and the microstructure characteristics. The performance of the CO2 cured mortars was found through the measurement of pressure drop, temperature rise, strength development, mass gain and carbonation. In general, higher CO2 concentration, longer carbonation time, higher CO2 pressure could increase the compressive strength of the mortar and promote more CO2 absorption. The better results obtained from this study are the Type 1 cement mortars curing three hours under 5-bar pressure with 100% CO2 concentration using one-time supply method. The three-hour mortar samples had a high percent strength development. The increasing of CO2 concentration results in higher carbonation degree of mortar, more mass gain, and a stiffer and denser material.


2014 ◽  
Vol 692 ◽  
pp. 433-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Fu Zhang ◽  
Jin Long Yang ◽  
Kai Liu ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Rui Xue Hou

Carbon dioxide CO2could corrode the oil well cement paste matrix under agreeable moisture and pressure condition in deep oil wells, which could decrease the compressive strength and damage the annular seal reliability of cement paste matrix. The problem of oil well cement paste matrix corrosion by CO2was researched in the paper for obtain the feasible corrosion prevention technical measures. The microstructure and compressive strength of corroded cement paste matrix were examined by scanning electron microscopeSEMand strength test instrument etc. under different corrosion conditions. The mechanism and effect law of corrosion on oil well cement paste matrix by CO2were analyzed. And the suitable method to protect CO2corrosion in deep oil wells was explored. The results show that the corrosion mechanism of cement paste matrix by CO2was that the wetting phase CO2could generate chemical reaction with original hydration products produced from cement hydration, which CaCO3were developed and the original composition and microstructure of cement paste matrix were destroyed. The compressive strength of corrosion cement paste matrix always was lower than that of un-corrosion cement paste matrix. The compressive strength of corrosion cement paste matrix decreased with increase of curing temperature and differential pressure. The corroded degree of cement paste matrix was intimately related with the compositions of cement slurry. Developing and design anti-corrosive cement slurry should base on effectively improving the compact degree and original strength of cement paste matrix. The compounding additive R designed in the paper could effectively improve the anti-corrosive ability of cement slurry.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 180490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenglai Guo ◽  
Yao Lu ◽  
Yuhuan Bu ◽  
Benlin Li

The retarding side effect and the compatibility with other additives are the main problems that limit the field application of the synthesized fluid loss control additive (FLCA). The effect of the type and content of carboxylic acid groups on the retarding side effect of FLCA and the compatibility between FLCA and the retarder AMPS-IA synthesized using 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid (AMPS) and itaconic acid (IA) was studied in this paper. The type and content of carboxylic acid group have a great influence on the fluid loss control ability, the compatibility with retarder and the retarding side effect of FLCA. FLCA containing IA or maleic acid (MA) shows better compatibility with retarder than FLCA containing acrylic acid, but the retarding side effect of FLCA containing MA is weaker than that of FLCA containing IA. Thus, MA is the most suitable monomer for synthesizing FLCA having good compatibility with retarder AMPS-IA.


Author(s):  
Mtaki Thomas Maagi ◽  
Samwel Daud Lupyana ◽  
Jun Gu

AbstractIn this article, incorporation of nano-SiO2 (NS), nano-TiO2 (NT) and nano-Al2O3 (NA) particles and their binary and ternary blends on water filtration in oil-well cement slurry was examined. The nanoparticle contents were chosen at proportions corresponding to 1, 2, 3 and 4% based on the weight of cement. The experimental specimens were tested at three various temperatures of 70, 80 and 90 °C using a gas pressure of 1000 psi. The quantity of water filtrate collected was measured in milliliter (mL) at 30 min after the test begins. The results consistently indicate that an additional of NS, NT and NA particles independently, reduced the loss of liquid in cement, and its performance varies with temperature and the nanoparticle dosages. The 3% NS usage delivered strong evidence in lessening fluid loss compared to the other results by reducing the loss up to 72%. When collective impact of nanomaterials was determined, the fluid retainment was also improved. The replacement of 4% NST reduced fluid loss by the most compared to NSA and NTA binary groups. In-case of ternary combination, NSTA showed a highest reduction of the water loss by 58–60% likened to the plain samples at the concentration of 4%. The key investigation of this paper clearly suggested that the efficacy of Class G cement having nanoparticles to trap its water is dependent on the nanoparticle contents. The lessening of water filtration might be explicated by the filling capability of nano-scale particles. Nanoparticles can plug the openings within the oil-well cement slurry matrix, thus promoting the retainability of water. Besides, nanoparticles quickens the hydration products by creating dense interlocking C–S–H gels for bridging cement grains and forming enclosed structure which can stop the liquid from escaping the slurry.


2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 405-413
Author(s):  
Xianru He ◽  
Qian Chen ◽  
Chunhui Feng ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Hailong Hou

Abstract High performance cement slurry polymer modifiers are increasingly in demand in the cementing process of oil and gas. A new polymer modifier with outstanding fluid loss control and high strength and toughness was synthesized by the main monomers butyl acrylate (BA), methyl methacrylate (MMA), acrylamide (AM), the functional monomers vinyltriethoxysilane (VTS), glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and the initiator of ammonium persulfate (APS) through emulsion polymerization. By using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, a laser particle analyzer, a scanning electron microscope and a differential scanning calorimeter, we studied the mechanism of fluid loss control and microstructure of polymer latex cement slurries. The experimental results showed that the copolymer could be crosslinked at 160°C and have the lowest fluid loss control, 12 ml, when the polymer content reached 5%. Acrylate latex modified by the silane coupling agent VTS had excellent performance on fluid loss control, as well as mechanical properties for oil well cement. These results have a potential significant value for the development of a new polymer cement modifier with high thermal stability and durability.


2020 ◽  
Vol 993 ◽  
pp. 1351-1355
Author(s):  
Wei Yuan Xiao ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Dong Bo Xie

In order to study the effect of brine environment on the performance of oil well cement fluid loss additive (FLA) sodium p-styrene sulfonate/N-methylol acrylamide/itaconic acid (SSS/HAM/IA), the water loss of three different cement slurry systems added with different FLA additions (fresh water cement slurry, semi-saturated brine cement slurry and saturated brine cement slurry) were tested at 90°C and 150°C. The results show that SSS/HAM/IA has good salt tolerance. The water loss of three cement slurry systems was controlled within 100mL with FLA addition adjusted in the range of 1%~3% below 150 °C. The salt tolerance mechanism of SSS/HAM/IA was analyzed based on the microstructure of the three system terpolymer solutions characterized under environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM).


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