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  • API 65-2:2010

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    ISOLATING POTENTIAL FLOW ZONES DURING WELL CONSTRUCTION

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  20-02-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2016

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    1 Scope
    2 Normative References
    3 Definitions, and Abbreviated Terms
    4 Barriers
    5 Cementing Practices and Factors Affecting Cementing
      Success
    6 Casing Shoe Testing
    7 Post-cement Job Analysis and Evaluation
    Annex A (informative) - Background and Technology
    Annex B (informative) - Well Planning and Drilling Plan
            Considerations
    Annex C (informative) - Drilling the Well
    Annex D (normative) - Process Summary: Isolating Potential
            Flow Zones During Well Construction
    Bibliography

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    Provides practices for isolating potential flow zones, an integral element in maintaining well integrity. Focuses on the prevention of flow through or past barriers that are installed during well construction.

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    Document Type Standard
    Product Note Reconfirmed 2010
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    API RP 1171:2022+ERR 1:2023 Functional Integrity of Natural Gas Storage in Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs and Aquifer Reservoirs API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 1171 SECOND EDITION, NOVEMBER 2022 ERRATA 1, SEPTEMBER 2023

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    API 10B-2 : 2013 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR TESTING WELL CEMENTS
    ISO 10426-3:2003 Petroleum and natural gas industries Cements and materials for well cementing Part 3: Testing of deepwater well cement formulations
    API 10B-3 : 2016 TESTING OF WELL CEMENTS USED IN DEEPWATER WELL CONSTRUCTION
    API TR 10TR1 : 2008 CEMENT SHEATH EVALUATION
    ISO 10427-2:2004 Petroleum and natural gas industries Equipment for well cementing Part 2: Centralizer placement and stop-collar testing
    ISO 10426-5:2004 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Cements and materials for well cementing — Part 5: Determination of shrinkage and expansion of well cement formulations at atmospheric pressure
    API TR 10TR3:1999 TECHNICAL REPORT ON TEMPERATURES FOR API CEMENT OPERATING THICKENING TIME TESTS
    API 10TR5 : 2008 METHODS FOR TESTING OF SOLID AND RIGID CENTRALIZERS
    ISO 10427-1:2001 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Equipment for well cementing — Part 1: Casing bow-spring centralizers
    ISO 10414-2:2011 Petroleum and natural gas industries Field testing of drilling fluids Part 2: Oil-based fluids
    ISO 10426-2:2003 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Cements and materials for well cementing — Part 2: Testing of well cements
    ISO 10426-4:2004 Petroleum and natural gas industries Cements and materials for well cementing Part 4: Preparation and testing of foamed cement slurries at atmospheric pressure
    API 65 : 2002 CEMENTING SHALLOW WATER FLOW ZONES IN DEEPWATER WELLS
    ISO 10427-3:2003 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Equipment for well cementing — Part 3: Performance testing of cementing float equipment
    API WORLDWIDE CEMENTING PRACTICES : 1ED 91(R1995) WORLDWIDE CEMENTING PRACTICES
    API RP 13B-2 : 2014 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR FIELD TESTING OF OIL-BASED DRILLING FLUIDS
    ISO 10426-6:2008 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Cements and materials for well cementing — Part 6: Methods for determining the static gel strength of cement formulations
    API 10TR4 : 2008 SELECTION OF CENTRALIZERS FOR PRIMARY CEMENTING OPERATIONS
    API 53 : 2012 BLOWOUT PREVENTION EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS FOR DRILLING WELLS
    ISO 10414-1:2008 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Field testing of drilling fluids — Part 1: Water-based fluids
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