Course Objectives.    

Well cementing is the process of bonding the pipe to the formation on other operation in drilling or completion process plays as important a role in the producing life of the well as does a successful primary cement job.

  Course Outline.

• Principle functions of cementing
•  Basic Cementing
• Cementing Equipment
• Setting up a cementing job
•  Preplanning
• Bulk handling and starge
•  Properties of slurries required for cementing Hole /slurry considerations
•  Strength of cements to support pipe
• Mixing water
• Slurry density
• Cement additions
•  Cement accelerations
• Cement retarders
• Last circulation additives
• Special additives for cement
•  Casing equipment
•  Considerations during cement
• Placements techniques
• Considerations after cement
• Special cement situations
• Continued special cement situations
• Plugging
•  Types of cement plugs
•   Placement techniques
•  Testing cement plugs
• Squeeze cementing
• Squeeze techniques
•  Job planning
•   Squeeze packers
•  Water control
•  Identifying the problem
• Designing  treatments for problems
• Infectivity patterns
• Cementing horizontal deviated well bores

  Who Can Benefit

• Drilling Engineers.
• Drilling supervisors with over tow years working experience in drilling engineering operations