Drilling Operations Education Series

Basic Cement Calculations

Capacities/Volumes Slurry Yield
The volume of slurry produced when one sack
1
Previous of cement is mixed with water (ft3/sack)
Casing

CEMENT
+ WATER = SLURRY

4 Number of Sacks
Open
2 I1J4%01K L3*4E1 (,&M )
Hole # 3, G"$H5 =
G*400' N%1*K (,&M ⁄5"$H)
Slurry Yield & Gal/Sack comes from Cement Data Sheet
Float Collar
3
Mix Water
Float Shoe
P%Q R"&10 7"* = # 3, G"$H5 Q (7"*⁄5"$H)

1. Casing in Casing
(/012%345 !"5%67 89): − (<1= !"5%67 >9):
!"#"$%&' ())*/,&) =
?@:A. C
2. Casing in Open Hole
(>#16 D3*1 9%"E1&10): − (<1= !"5%67 >9):
!"#"$%&'())*/,&) =
?@:A. C
3. Inside Casing (between collar and shoe) ( <1= !"5%67 89):
!"#"$%&'())*/,&) =
4. Displacement (volume to bump plug) ?@:A. C

Multiply the Capacity x FT to get volume in bbls of cement required

1 bbl = 5.615 ft3
Note: Excess in only calculated on Annular Volume in THE OPEN HOLE

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