CEMENTING

FO™ Multiple-Stage Cementing System

The FO™ (full-opening) multiple-stage
cementer (or FO cementer) is used to place
any number of stages of cement or other
fluids outside a casing string at different
selected points along the casing. This tool is
operated manually and requires the use of a
drill or tubing string and the sleeve
positioner operating tools. These operating FO™ Stage
tools are available through Halliburton tool Cementer
FO Operating
departments as rental items. In addition, Positioners
they are also manufactured for customer
purchase.

These cementers are made of heat-treated

stock to a maximum hardness of RC 21.
FO cementers are suitable for use with H-40,
J-55, K-55, L-80, and N-80 grades of casing.
They can even be used in sour service Annular
applications (sour gas – H2S and sour oil) Casing
at any temperature. Packer
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FO multi-stage cementer
Delta Stim®
Sleeve
The Halliburton series of FO(full-opening) cementing tools consists
of the following equipment:

• FO multiple-stage cementers

• Opening and closing sleeve positioners

Swellpacker®
• Standard isolation packers Isolation
System
• Port valve isolation packers

• RTTS™ circulating valves

• FO inflatable packer collars

Delta Stim®
Features Sleeve

The FO cementer has the following unique advantages:

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• Any number of tools can be run in the same string.

• No plugs or seats must be drilled out at the cementer.
• Operators can open or close the tool whenever necessary.
• The tool can be used to test, treat, and evaluate a zone in the well
before it is reclosed.
FO stage cementer shown in a typical off-bottom cementing
application where Delta Stim® sleeve collars, Swellpacker®
isolation system and annular casing packers are all run in a
single string.
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Applications
FO cementers have the following applications:
• In addition to being used with combination strings, these cementers can
be used for selective water injection/production.
• If located across from a suitable uncemented zone, they can be used for
mud disposal.
• They can be used to perform inner-string cementing when used with
standard inner-string cementing equipment.
• The tool can be used to test, treat, and evaluate a zone in the well before
it is re-closed.
• Can be used in sour gas applications

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Flow of well fluid through
positioner tool with port
isolation packer

Surface Pack-0ff
Requirements
When using standard
operating tools, a high
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pressure surface pack-off

(QUICK-PAK™ or
QUICK-PAK casing head FO sleeve
positioner tool
similar) is required, and
when using operating
packers, a low pressure
For more information about the FO Multiple-Stage pack-off can be used.

Cementing System contact us at

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cementing@halliburton.com.
FO sleeve positioner tool
with port isolation packer
www.halliburton.com

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