Cement compositions containing metaphosphate and methods of use

• US 10,442,975 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2015
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Patil, Rahul Chandrakant, Patil, Sandip Prabhakar, Bose, Sohini, Santra, Ashok K., Balaraman, Balasundaram
• Primary Examiner(s): Runyan, Silvana C
• Application Number:
  US14/636,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20150175870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,687 Days
• Field of Search: 166293, 166285, 166294
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/062 Microsilica, e.g. colloïdal silica preparing microsilica slurries or suspensions C04B18/148
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/30 Oxides other than silica ferrites C04B14/363
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 14/308 Iron oxide
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/08 Flue dust , i.e. fly ash
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/0035 Type G
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/20 Retarders
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/40 Surface-active agents, dispersants
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/408 Dispersants
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/44 Thickening, gelling or viscosity increasing agents
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/46 Water-loss or fluid-loss reducers, hygroscopic or hydrophilic agents, water retention agents
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/50 Defoamers, air detrainers
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2111/00215 Mortar or concrete mixtures defined by their oxide composition
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2111/10 Compositions or ingredients thereof characterised by the absence or the very low content of a specific material
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 22/16 containing phosphorus in the anion, e.g. phosphates
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/163 obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/18 Lignin sulfonic acid or derivatives thereof, e.g. sulfite lye
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/226 Sulfonated naphtalene-formaldehyde condensation products
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/2676 Polystyrenes
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/42 Organo-silicon compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/04 Portland cements
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/08 : Slag cements
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/46 : containing inorganic binders, e.g. Portland cement
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/467 : containing additives for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 8/48 : Density increasing or weighting additives
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 33/13 : Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 33/138 : Plastering the borehole wall; Injecting into the formation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/91 : Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete

Abstract

In an embodiment, the cement compositions comprise: (i) hydraulic cement, wherein the hydraulic cement has a ratio of CaO to SiO₂ in the range of 2.0 to 4.0; and (ii) a water-soluble metaphosphate in a concentration of at least 2.5% bwoc. In another embodiment, the cement compositions comprise: (i) hydraulic cement, wherein the hydraulic cement has a ratio of CaO to SiO₂ of less than 2.0; and (ii) a water-soluble metaphosphate; wherein any alkali nitrate is in a concentration of less than 2% bwoc; and wherein any alkali hydroxide, alkali carbonate, or alkali citrate is in a concentration of less than 0.2% bwoc. Methods of cementing in a well comprising forming either of such cement compositions and introducing it into the well are provided.

Claims

1. A method of cementing a treatment zone of a well, the method comprising the steps of:

(A) forming a slag cement composition comprising;

(i) hydraulic cement consisting of slag cement having a ratio of CaO to SiO₂ from about 0.5 to about 2.0;

(ii) a water-soluble metaphosphate in a concentration of at least 2.5% bwoc; and

(iii) water;

wherein the cement composition is substantially free of any alkali hydroxide, alkali carbonate, and alkali citrate; and

(B) introducing the cement composition into the well, wherein the thickening time of the cement composition comprising the water-soluble metaphosphate is less than the thickening time of a similar cement composition without the water-soluble metaphosphate.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cement composition further comprises a retarder.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the water-soluble metaphosphate comprises a hexametaphosphate.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the water-soluble metaphosphate is selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal metaphosphate, an ammonium metaphosphate, and any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the metaphosphate is in a concentration in the range of 0.25% bwoc to 10% bwoc.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein any alkali nitrate is in a concentration of less than 2% bwoc.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein any calcium aluminoferrite is in a concentration of less than 15% bwoc.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the design temperature is in the range of 100°

F. to 170°

F.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the cement composition is introduced into the well using one or more pumps.

10. A method of cementing a treatment zone of a well, the method comprising the steps of:

(A) forming a slag cement composition comprising;

(i) hydraulic cement consisting of slag cement having a ratio of CaO to SiO₂ from about 0.5 to about 2.0;

(ii) a water-soluble metaphosphate in a concentration of at least 2.5% bwoc;

(iii) water; and

(iv) a retarder consisting of a copolymer of acrylic acid, a lignosulfonate, or any combination thereof;

wherein the cement composition is substantially free of any alkali hydroxide, alkali carbonate, and alkali citrate; and

(B) introducing the cement composition into the well.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the metaphosphate comprises a hexametaphosphate.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the water-soluble metaphosphate is selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal metaphosphate, an ammonium metaphosphate, and any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the water-soluble metaphosphate is in a concentration in the range of 0.25% bwoc to 10% bwoc.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein any alkali nitrate is in a concentration of less than 2% bwoc.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein any calcium aluminoferrite is in a concentration of less than 15% bwoc.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the design temperature is in the range of 100°

F. to 170°

F.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the thickening time of the cement composition comprising the water-soluble metaphosphate and the retarder is greater than the thickening time of a similar cement composition without the water-soluble metaphosphate and the retarder.