Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and symbols
3.1 Terms and definitions
3.2 Symbols
4 Sampling
4.1 General
4.2 Sampling cement at field location
4.3 Sampling cement blends at field location
4.4 Sampling dry cement additives at field
location
4.5 Sampling liquid cement additives at field
location
4.6 Sampling mixing water
4.7 Shipping and storage
4.8 Sample preparation prior to testing
4.9 Sample disposal
5 Preparation of slurry
5.1 General
5.2 Apparatus
5.3 Procedure
6 Determination of slurry density
6.1 Preferred apparatus
6.2 Calibration
6.3 Procedure
6.4 Alternative apparatus and procedure
7 Well-simulation compressive strength tests
7.1 General
7.2 Sampling
7.3 Preparation of slurry
7.4 Apparatus
7.5 Procedure
7.6 Determination of cement compressive strength
at the top of long cement columns
8 Non-destructive sonic testing of cement
8.1 General
8.2 Apparatus
8.3 Sampling
8.4 Preparation of slurry
8.5 Procedure
8.6 Curing time
8.7 Curing schedules
8.8 Data reporting
9 Well-simulation thickening-time tests
9.1 General
9.2 Apparatus and material
9.3 Calibration
9.4 Test procedure
9.5 Determination of test schedule
10 Static fluid-loss tests
10.1 General
10.2 Apparatus
10.3 Safety
10.4 Mixing procedure
10.5 Conditioning procedures
10.6 Procedures for testing at temperatures <=
88 degree C (190 degree F)
10.7 Procedures for testing at temperatures >
88 degree C (190 degree F)
10.8 Filling the static fluid-loss cell
10.9 Fluid loss test
10.10 Test completion and clean-up
11 Permeability tests
11.1 General
11.2 Apparatus
11.3 Sample preparation
11.4 Liquid permeability (cement permeameter)
11.5 Alternative procedure (core permeameter) for
liquid permeability
11.6 Calculating liquid permeability
11.7 Gas permeability (core permeameter)
11.8 Calculating gas permeability
12 Determination of rheological properties and gel
strength using a rotational viscometer
12.1 General
12.2 Apparatus
12.3 Calibration
12.4 Determination of rheological properties
12.5 Determination of gel strength
12.6 Modelling of the rheological behaviour
13 Calculation of pressure drop and flow regime for
cement slurries in pipes and annuli
13.1 General
13.2 Newtonian fluids
13.3 Power Law fluids
13.4 Bingham Plastic fluids
13.5 Conversion factors
14 Test procedure for arctic cementing slurries
14.1 General
14.2 Preparation of cement slurry
14.3 Fluid fraction
14.4 Thickening time
14.5 Compressive strength
14.6 Freeze-thaw cycling at atmospheric pressure
14.7 Compressive strength cyclic testing
15 Well-simulation slurry stability tests
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Slurry mixing
15.3 Slurry conditioning
15.4 Free-fluid test with heated static period
15.5 Free-fluid test with ambient temperature
static period
15.6 Sedimentation test
16 Compatibility of wellbore fluids
16.1 General
16.2 Preparation of test fluids
16.3 Rheology
16.4 Thickening time
16.5 Compressive strength
16.6 Solids suspension and static gel strength
16.7 Fluid loss
16.8 Water-wetting capability test (WWCT)
17 Pozzolans
17.1 General
17.2 Types of pozzolan
17.3 Physical and chemical properties
17.4 Slurry calculations
17.5 Bulk volume of a blend
Annex A (normative) Procedure for preparation of
large slurry volumes
Annex B (normative) Calibration procedures for
thermocouples, temperature-measuring
systems and controllers
Annex C (informative) Additional information relating to
temperature determination
Annex D (normative) Alternative apparatus for well
thickening-time tests
Annex E (informative) Cementing schedules
Bibliography