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SentinelCemTM Cement

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SentinelCem cement is specifically designed to cure losses
and enable further drilling and help achieve zonal isolation by
accomplishing intended top of the cement. e solution can be
easily applied to losses varying from seepage to a complete loss
of returns. However, this solution is most applicable for partial to
severe to total losses that can not be cured by particulate
materials alone.
Fractured, vugular, cavernous or highly-porous formations
generally have high permeability and/or large openings that can
accept considerable volumes of drilling fluid. If fractures and voids
are large, they will not be plugged by the particulate materials that
are typically used. When this occurs, drilling further is impeded
and this may necessitate setting additional casing strings or
abandonment of the well. In addition, cementing operations are
susceptible to the same severe losses to which the drilling fluid
succumbed. For such situations, a special system is necessary for
successfully plugging the thief zone in order to continue drilling
and establish a reliable wellbore architecture.
e slurry would become liquid again, for a few cycles, if the
shear is re-applied. e features such as thixotropy, bonding
to the formation, and dynamic pumping time independent of
temperature, increases the probability of curing the losses with this
cement system. e cements slurry develops both early gel strength
and compressive strength when the shear is reduced.
Benefits and Applications
• Lower rheology during pumping helps the SentinelCem cement
enter the thief zone readily, but the buildup of gel strength due to the
reduction of shear helps prevent the slurry system from flowing into the
thief zone continually
• Early static gel strength coupled with early compressive strength helps
plug thief zones and mitigate further lost circulation
• Decreases the need for remedial cementing operations
• Minimizes lost fluids and maintains drilling efficiency
helping manage operational costs

Halliburton has developed a lightweight cement specifically • Acid solubility enables optimally oriented perforations and
for when lost circulation has occurred. is cement slurry stimulation treatments
contains selected components that impart the needed rheological
and mechanical properties to the cement to help cure losses.
SentinelCem cement can be made acid soluble and hence can be
used across producing zones.

SentinelCem cement is very easy to mix, has a low viscosity to aid

in full-coverage placement while pumping, and develops early gel
strength and compressive strength. ese properties help in curing
losses when the slurry enters the fractures and small or medium
vugs. As the slurry enters the loss circulation zones the slurry
velocity is reduced and the slurry begins to gel due to the reduction
in shear rate.
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SentinelCem™ Cement –ThickeningTime

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SentinelCem cement did not pump-off during this test and had a viscosity of ~ 30 Bc even aer 24 hours at
190°F (87.8°C) indicating optimum viscosity for full-coverage placement.

SentinelCem™ Cement – Compressive Strength

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SentinelCem cement achieved 10-second gel strength of 25 lbf/1002 and 10-minute gel strength of
140lbf/1002, reaching compressive strength of 50 psi in approximately 1 hour.
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SentinelCem™ Cement – ON/OFFTest in Thickening Time Device

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is chart shows three on-off tests of SentinelCem cement in a consistometer. e slurry gelled when le
static in each of the three times and then regained circulation when shear was applied.

For more information on SentinelCem™ Cement,

please call your local Halliburton representative or email us at cementing@halliburton.com.
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