Cementing

HALLIBURTON
The Halliburton ChannelSeal Process.
For Preventing Expensive Casing Shoe Remediation in Deepwater Environments.
Atypical shoe squeeze caused by channeling or
contaminated cement can easily take several days to achieve
an acceptable leak-off test while costs soar into the millions.
By utilizing the Halliburton ChannelSeal process prior to
running casing, you enhance the ability of the slurry to
fill washouts and to completely surround the casing prior
to cementing. In addition, the ChannelSeal slurry remains
fluid with low gel strength for extended periods and
reacts shortly after the cement is placed. That means a
ChannelSeal slurry can provide isolation in channels
created by poor displacement efficiency during the
primary cementing process.
The ChannelSeal process helps to:
Improve shoe integrity
Minimize low side channeling in highly
deviated wellbores
Control cross flow
Temporarily plugging sidetracking spotted through the
bottom hole assembly
Assist in directionally drilling a new wellbore
Designed Around Your Wells
Mud System
The ChannelSeal process is designed for use in wells with
temperatures ranging from 110 F to 300 F and is available
in both water- and synthetic-based slurries. ChannelSeal
slurries are formulated for:
Fluid compatibility
Formation compatibility
Maximum displacement efficiency
Maintaining a stable wellbore during casing runs
Minimizing channels and contamination over the
interval of interest
Fluid and Formation Compatibility
The ChannelSeal slurry is built with the same fluid base
utilized in the openhole section.Water-based slurries can
either use seawater or fresh water, depending on the mud
system. The synthetic-based system is mixed using the same
base oil and emulsifiers as the mud system. That helps to
minimize hole stability problems caused primarily by
swelling or sloughing shales. The ChannelSeal process also
eliminates the need for spacers to separate the fluid interface
between the slurry and the mud.
Maximize Displacement Efficiency
To help ensure maximum displacement during primary
cementing, ChannelSeal slurries are designed to have low
gel strength development of less than 25 lbm/100 ft
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over
three days. Because the slurry remains fluid, it contributes
to wellbore hydrostatic pressure transmission and helps
to maintain control while casing is run in the well.
Typically, an application incorporates a balanced column of
250 feet to 500 feet placed across an interval of interest.
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Water-based ChannelSeal process sample, sectioned four days
after placement.
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Minimize Channel and
Cement Contamination
Since the ChannelSeal slurry is
placed prior to running casing, only
ChannelSeal slurry is located in the
annulus when the casing reaches TD.
Once casing is landed, the well is
cemented utilizing Halliburton best
practices, and most of the ChannelSeal
slurry is displaced up-hole.
Any remaining ChannelSeal slurry
remaining in the channels sets and
builds sufficient compressive strength
to allow zonal isolation.
ChannelSeal slurry is designed
to be compatible with the cement
and will cause minimal compressive
strength reductions to primary cement.
Cement will activate the slurry through
release of heat and free lime during the
curing process. Any residual
ChannelSeal slurry left in the mud
system will be absorbed by the mud
and can be treated out of the system,
utilizing the same techniques employed
to treat the mud for low density
drillable solids.
ChannelSeal Slurry - Product Performance
Form
Density Range
Temperature Range
Compressive Strength
* API Low Pressure Test
Bulk or 50 lb sack
11.7 ppg 17 ppg
75 F 300 F
75 psi 500 psi
Fluid Loss *
Rheology (10s/10m)
Set Time
PH
< 10 cc
9 / 10
1 day 14+ days
8 - 9
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CBL of synthetic-based ChannelSeal slurry. Depth 11,150 feet, Deviation 81, Temperature 220 F.