Case Study: FlexSTONE HT NS* provides Well

Integrity in a North Sea HTHP field after placement in a

Critical Environment via MPD
Novel Flexible Cement for HTHP environment

Challenges:

 Zonal isolation for Tor Limestone

formation as secondary barrier for
the target reservoirs in a high stress
environment (351degF production
temperature, and 12,000 psi
pressure test pre-production)
 Narrow ECD pore/frac window 850
pptf – 860 pptf equivalent
 MPD Critical environment, with 800
pptf drilling fluid applying back
pressure to maintain ECD above 850
pptf to avoid influx but also below
860 pptf to reduce losses identified
before cementing job during liner
circulation.
 Batch mixed 350 bbl of FlexSTONE
HT NS slurry and placed safely,
ensuring top of cement reaches liner
hanger.

Solution:

 FlexSTONE HT NS* (North Sea) & CemNET* technologies

 CemSTRESS* software simulation
 CEMENTICS* software simulation for MPD scenario
 Two cement crews on location (3 batch mixers plus standard equipment)

Result:

 350 bbl of FlexSTONE HT NS batch mixed (good dry blend flowability and
slurry density achieved as per design). 3 x 150 bbl batch mixers used in
series (6 compartment tanks in total)
 Cementing job pumped and displaced under MPD scenario, minor losses
 Top Plug bumped and ZXP packer set as per plan
 Cement liner cap was drilled showing hard cement proving good cement
quality and low contamination.

Jose Salazar
Schlumberger-Private
  Slurry presents minor incompatibility with OBM, optimizing the rig operation
to handle returns and successfully engage the dummy seal assembly into the
PBR at the first attempt.

FlexSTONE HT NS

Novel Flexible Cement, an optimized FlexSTONE HT NS (North Sea) developed to

focus in North Sea environment, by enhancing the logistic of the dry blend (free
hematite) by using a new fine particle weighting agent that reduce the tendency for
settling and enhance flowability of the blend during blending and bulk delivery
(during transports and delivery of the blend to the mixing system)

FlexSTONE HT NS presents a new ratio of the blend components including the

flexible component allowing to maintain mechanical properties in a certain density
range allowing to increase the density of the slurry by post addition of extra
weighting agent in case needed.

FlexSTONE HT NS has an additional feature in terms of rheology, still having high

percentage of solids presents lower plastic viscosity enhancing mixability at surface
and lower ECDs management during cement slurry placement.

FlexSTONE HT NS Slurry properties and Mechanical Properties

Jose Salazar
Schlumberger-Private
 CemSTRESS* Simulation

CemSTRESS software was used to analyze the stress environment and confirmed
the FlexSTONE HT NS* mechanical properties meets the requirements for proper
zonal isolation of TOR limestone formation under HTHP high stress environment.

10in Liner Execution

The cement job was performed as per program without any HSE or Quality incident:

 80 bbl MUDPUSH II HT Spacer at 815 pptf

 334bbl FlexSTONE HT NS Cement at 830 pptf
 Single cement plug
 20 bbl MUDUSH II HT Spacer behind at 815 pptf
 250 bbl Versatherm MI SBM at 800 pptf
 50 bbl MUDUSH II HT Spacer behind at 815 pptf (Volume across the top of liner)
 267 bbl Versatherm MI SBM at 800 pptf

The slurry mixability in batch mixer was excellent giving an average mixing time of
approximately 25 minutes per 60bbl of slurry. CemNET fibers were added to the
slurry at a concentration of 1.5 lb/bbl to mitigate the risk of losses.

The bulk flow was smooth and contributed to trouble free mixing without stoppages.

Jose Salazar
Schlumberger-Private
 During the slurry placement approximately 40 bbl of Versatherm mud were lost to
the formation, however no losses were recorded after cement and spacer were
pumped in the annulus.

Most of the job has been pumped at 4 bbl/min with the exception of the last 300bbl
of displacement when the rate was limited to 3 bbl/min and then 2 bbl/min to reduce
the impact of the higher pressure induced by the cement and minimize the risk of
losses.

The cement job was performed under managed pressure cementing. The return line
was chocked during the entire cement job operation to maintain the well under
control with the added ECD provided by the surface equipment. The surface back
pressure was gradually backed off towards the end of the displacement to
compensate for the pressure increase generated by the raise of the cement in the
annulus. The following chart shows the profile of the actual back pressure versus
time applied during the cement job.

Jose Salazar
Schlumberger-Private
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Job time

Back pressure psi

During the pumping operations the job was monitored with Invizion Real Time
software. Invizion RT has proven to be a valuable tool for a better understanding of
the job parameters and the experience accumulated in this field trial will greatly
contribute to the improvement of the future versions of the software for managed
pressure cementing operations.

Cement Evaluation

The cement job has been a complete success from every perspective. The new
cement system has been mixed and placed as per plan. There was no loss of
cement to the formation which is a great success in itself considering the very
critical conditions with the extremely narrow window between pore and frac.

Hard cement was tagged and drilled out above the expected top of cement
indicating that the open hole was close to the nominal 12 1/4in value. This is also in
line with the good agreement between the post job simulation and the acquired
pumping pressure as shown in the figure below.

Indication from the cement logs performed with Schlumberger Isolation Scanner
tool have shown good cement coverage and good zonal isolation of high pressure
Hod Mass anomaly gas zone.

Jose Salazar
Schlumberger-Private