Cementing methods and systems for initiating fluid flow with reduced pumping pressure
US7252147B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B33/14
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method of initiating fluid circulation in a well bore through a casing inner diameter and an annulus outside the casing, the method having the following steps: inducing an increase in the annulus fluid pressure; flowing cement composition into the annulus at the top of the well bore; maintaining a difference in pressure between the fluid pressure of the casing inner diameter and the fluid pressure of the annulus until enough cement composition has entered the annulus to drive fluid circulation by the added cement composition weight. A method of cementing a casing in a well bore, wherein an annulus is defined between the casing and the well bore, the method having the following steps: connecting a circulation fluid pump to the casing inner diameter; pumping circulation fluid out of the casing inner diameter, whereby fluid flow in a reverse-circulation direction through the casing inner diameter and annulus is initiated; maintaining fluid flow in a reverse-circulation direction through a well bore annulus and the casing inner diameter until enough cement composition has entered the annulus to drive fluid circulation by the added cement composition weight; disconnecting the low-pres…
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