Extended cement compositions comprising oil-swellable particles and associated methods

• US 7,617,870 B1
• Filed: 05/14/2008
• Issued: 11/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Chatterji, Jiten, King, Bobby J., Roddy, Craig W., Brenneis, D. Chad
• Primary Examiner(s): Gay; Jennifer H
• Assistant Examiner(s): DiTrani; Angela M
• Application Number:
  US12/152,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20090283269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 166/292
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/12 Set accelerators
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/22 Set retarders
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2111/00146 Sprayable or pumpable mixtures
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/2611 Polyalkenes
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/2676 Polystyrenes
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/02 containing hydraulic cements other than calcium sulfates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/467 containing additives for specific purposes

Abstract

A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed herein, including, in one embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing an extended cement composition comprising cement, water, an oil-swellable particle, and a set retarding additive, wherein the extended cement composition is capable of remaining in a pumpable fluid state for at least about 1 day; adding a cement set accelerator to the extended cement composition; introducing the extended cement composition into a well bore; and allowing the extended cement composition to set. Another embodiment comprises an extended cement composition comprising: cement; water; an oil-swellable particle; and a set retarding additive, wherein the extended cement composition is capable of remaining in a pumpable fluid state for at least about 1 day.

Claims

1. A method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising:

providing an extended cement composition consisting essentially of;

cement,

water,

an oil-swellable particle, and

a set retarding additive,

wherein the extended cement composition is unfoamed and capable of remaining at a viscosity of less than 70 Bc at room temperature for at least about 1 day;

storing the extended cement composition for a period of time;

adding a cement set accelerator to the extended cement composition;

introducing the extended cement composition into the subterranean formation;

allowing the extended cement composition to set in the subterranean formation; and

allowing the oil-swellable particle in the set cement composition to contact oil whereby the oil-swellable particle swells to counteract either a crack that forms in the set cement composition or a micro-annulus between the set cement composition and either a pipe string or the subterranean formation.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the extended cement composition is capable of remaining in a pumpable fluid state for at least about 5 days.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the extended cement composition sets to have a 72-hour compressive strength at 140°

F. of at least about 100 psi.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the extended cement composition is introduced into a space between the subterranean formation surrounding the well bore and a pipe string disposed in the well bore.

5. The method of claim 4 comprising introducing the pipe string into the well bore.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the cement comprises a hydraulic cement.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the oil-swellable particle comprises an oil-swellable elastomer.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the oil-swellable particle comprises a block copolymer of styrene butadiene.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the oil-swellable particle is present in an amount of about 1% to about 25% bwoc and the oil-swellable particle comprises a block copolymer of styrene butadiene.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the oil-swellable particle is present in the extended cement composition in an amount up to about 27% by weight of the cement.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the set retarding additive comprises at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an organic acid, a lignosulfonate, and a synthetic retarder.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the cement set accelerator comprises at least one additive selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride, triethanolamine, sodium silicate, zinc formate, and calcium acetate.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the oil-swellable particle comprises at least one elastomer selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, acrylate butadiene rubber, polyacrylate rubber, isoprene rubber, choloroprene rubber, butyl rubber, brominated butyl rubber, chlorinated butyl rubber, chlorinated polyethylene, neoprene rubber, styrene butadiene copolymer rubber, styrene butadiene block copolymer rubber, sulphonated polyethylene, ethylene acrylate rubber, epichlorohydrin ethylene oxide copolymer, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene diene terpolymer rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, fluorosilicone rubber, silicone rubber, poly 2,2,1-bicyclo heptene (polynorborneane), alkylstyrene, crosslinked substituted vinyl acrylate copolymer, and combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the extended cement composition remains pumpable for at least about one day.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the extended cement composition remains pumpable for at least about 5 days.

16. A method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising:

providing an extended cement composition consisting essentially of;

hydraulic cement,

water,

an oil-swellable particle,

a set retarding additive, and

an additional additive comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a weight reducing additive, a heavyweight additive, a lost circulation material, a filtration control additive, a dispersant, a suspending agent, a crystalline silica compound, amorphous silica, salt, fiber, a hydratable clay, a microsphere, a pozzolan additive, latex cement, a thixotropic additive, and combinations thereof,

wherein the extended cement composition is unfoamed and capable of remaining at a viscosity of less than 70 Bc at room temperature for at least about 1 day;

storing the extended cement composition for a period of time;

adding a cement set accelerator to the extended cement composition;

introducing the extended cement composition into the subterranean formation;

allowing the extended cement composition to set in the subterranean formation; and

allowing the oil-swellable particle in the set cement composition to contact oil whereby the oil-swellable particle swells to counteract either a crack that forms in the set cement composition or a micro-annulus between the set cement composition and either a pipe string or the subterranean formation.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the extended cement composition sets to have a 72-hour compressive strength of at least about 100 psi in the well bore.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the extended cement composition is introduced into a space between the subterranean formation surrounding the well bore and a pipe string disposed in the well bore.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the oil-swellable particle comprises an oil-swellable elastomer.

20. The method of claim 16 wherein the oil-swellable particle comprises a block copolymer of styrene butadiene.

21. The method of claim 16 wherein the oil-swellable particle is present in an amount of about 1% to about 25% bwoc and the oil-swellable particle comprises a block copolymer of styrene butadiene.

22. The method of claim 16 wherein the oil-swellable particle is present in the extended cement composition in an amount up to about 27% by weight of the hydraulic cement.

23. The method of claim 16 wherein the oil-swellable particle comprises at least one elastomer selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, acrylate butadiene rubber, polyacrylate rubber, isoprene rubber, choloroprene rubber, butyl rubber, brominated butyl rubber, chlorinated butyl rubber, chlorinated polyethylene, neoprene rubber, styrene butadiene copolymer rubber, styrene butadiene block copolymer rubber, sulphonated polyethylene, ethylene acrylate rubber, epichlorohydrin ethylene oxide copolymer, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene diene terpolymer rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, fluorosilicone rubber, silicone rubber, poly 2,2,1-bicyclo heptene (polynorborneane), alkylstyrene, crosslinked substituted vinyl acrylate copolymer, and combinations thereof.

24. The method of claim 16 wherein the extended cement composition remains pumpable for at least about one day.

25. The method of claim 16 wherein extended cement composition remains pumpable for at least about 5 days.

26. A method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising:

providing an extended cement composition comprising;

cement,

water,

an oil-swellable particle that comprises a block copolymer of styrene butadiene, and

a set retarding additive comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an organic acid, a lignosulfonate, and a synthetic retarder,

wherein the extended cement composition is unfoamed and capable of remaining at a viscosity of less than 70 Bc at room temperature for at least about 1 day,

storing the extended cement composition for a period of time;

adding a cement set accelerator to the extended cement composition, wherein the cement set accelerator comprises at least one additive selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride, triethanolamine, sodium silicate, zinc formate, and calcium acetate;

introducing the extended cement composition into an annulus between a pipe string and the subterranean formation; and

allowing the extended cement composition to set in the annulus.

27. The method of claim 26 comprising:

allowing the oil-swellable particle in the set cement composition to contact oil whereby the oil-swellable particle swells to counteract either a crack that forms in the set cement or a micro-annulus between the set cement composition and either the pipe string or the subterranean formation.

28. The method of claim 26 wherein the extended cement composition remains pumpable for at least about 5 days.