Introduction to Well Cementing

Arab Oil & Gas Academy | Summer Internship 2020

Introduction to Well Cementing Quiz

1- Why we pump cement in oil wells?

a. Provide zonal isolation in oil wells
b. Support the borehole
c. Protect casing from corrosion
d. All the above
2- What is the shoe track (shoe Joint)?
a. Area between the shoe and the collar
b. Area between the centralizer and the collar
c. Area between the cement basket and the float shoe
d. Area between the scratchers and the centralizer
3- What is the main purpose of the float shoes?
a. Help guide the casing into hole, no valve.
b. Help guide the casing into hole, in addition to the valve to prevent
fluid return.
c. A mechanical device that keeps casing from contacting the wellbore
d. A device for cleaning mud and mud filter cake off of the wellbore wall
when cementing casing 
4- We add retarders in the cement slurry for:
a. Makes slurry set faster
b. To maintain a constant solid: liquid ratio in cement slurries during
placement and to the setting time.
c. Allow sufficient pumping time for slurry placement
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d. Reduce critical pump rates and minimize frication pressures

5- What is the Thickening Time Test?
a. It is the process to simulate pumping conditions in order to
determine a length of time before the cement becomes difficult or
impossible to pump.
b. Simulates field mixing conditions
c. measuring the change in velocity of an ultrasonic signal transmitted
through the cement specimen as it hardens.
d. All the above
6- The rule of thumb in cement design is as following:
a. Cement density >= Spacer density < Mud density
b. Cement density <= Spacer density < Mud density
c. Cement density <= Spacer density > Mud density
d. Cement density >= Spacer density > Mud density
7- Why is necessary to pump spacer ahead of cement slurry?
a. To improve the bonding between cement the casing and cement the
formation
b. To prevent lost of cement inside the formation
c. Prevent any contact between cement and mud
d. All the Above
8- What is the purpose of conductor casing? and is it always required?
a. Prevents washing out under the rig. Yes, it always required
b. Prevents washing out under the rig. No, not always required
c. Protect freshwater sands. No, not always required
d. A and C
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9- What are the reasons behind plug cementing in oil well?

a. Plug to abandon the well
b. Lost circulation
c. Seal off the lower end of stuck pipe before backing off
d. All the above
10- Based on information from the drilling engineer for next well that will
be drilled next week. We need 56 bbl of single slurry cement for liner
string, and 526.50 bbl of fresh water for cement displacement. According to
company man, the average pump rate will be 5 bpm for the entire job.
Hence, what is the cement Thickening Time to pump the job with two hours
of safety factor PT = TT+SF?
a. 3:32 hrs:mins
b. 2:22 hrs:mins
c. 3:56 hrs:mins
d. 4:46 hrs :mins