Setting a cement plug
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12123279B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17407021

    申请日:2021-08-19

    CPC classification number: E21B33/14 E21B33/13 E21B37/00 E21B41/0078

    Abstract: The invention relates to a cementing tool (1) and method for setting a cement plug. Instead of the conventional “balanced plug”, the technique involves pumping cement whilst pulling and rotating the tool. The cementing tool (1) includes nozzles (9) for jetting cement which are located in a relatively narrow region (8) of the tool and a larger diameter choke region (5) proximal of the nozzles (9). The end of the tool (11) is closed off and tapered. The tool is passed down the well to a location where it is desired to set a plug, then cement is injected whilst rotating and withdrawing the tool. The jets of cement help displace existing fluid in the well thereby reducing mixing of the existing fluid with the cement, The choke region (5) increases the flow energy, whilst the tapered end (11) helps prevent disruption to the cement as the tool is withdrawn. The choke region (5) may be expandable to allow the tool to pass through a cased part of the well and then set a plug in an under-reamed open hole part of the well.

    Behind casing wash and cement
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11608718B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17462598

    申请日:2021-08-31

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of conducting a perf wash cement (“P/W/C”) abandonment job in an offshore oil or gas well annulus (2), in particular the washing or cementing operation using a rotating head (6, 8) with nozzles (7, 9) dispensing wash fluid or cement at pressure. Certain values of parameters of a washing or cementing job have been found surprisingly to affect the quality of the job, or the degree to which they affect the quality of the job has been unexpected. These include including rotation rate of the tool, the direction of translational movement of the tool, and the volume flow rate and pressure per nozzle of cement or wash fluid (and hence nozzle size).

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