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    Case study

    Ultralight FlexSTONE Flexible Cement


    Conserves Hydraulic Isolation
    Advanced system enhances downhole conditions
    in Wintershall Noordzee’s North Sea field

    Challenge Well positioning and design


    Redevelop reservoir zones that had Wintershall Noordzee BV planned to drill a near-horizontal development sidetrack offshore the
    watered out by ensuring optimal Netherlands. The objective was to redevelop a number of variably depleted reservoir zones
    hydraulic isolation. that were no longer producing due to water influx. The consideration for positioning, designing
    the well, and selecting the target entry point was the optimal penetration of all zones at highest
    Solution possible position to reduce the risk of early water breakthrough. Effective hydraulic isolation was
    Used an 11.5-lbm/galUS ultralight formu- more critical than ever, considering the planned sequential production from the variably depleted
    lation of FlexSTONE* advanced flexible horizontal reservoir zones.
    cement in a custom solution that can
    withstand changing downhole conditions Advanced, customized cement solution
    for the life of the well. Schlumberger cement sheath stress analysis software was used to model the mechanical per-
    formance of the set cement under changing well conditions. The software predicted the required
    Results set-cement properties. Furthermore, because of the very small margin between drilling fluid and
    Minimized losses and achieved zonal slurry densities, equivalent circulating density simulation strongly indicated that lightweight slurry
    isolation across the zones of interest. was required to prevent losses. This analysis led to the selection of FlexSTONE advanced flexible
    cement technology. The 11.5-lbm/galUS customized cement system designed was the lightest
    ever pumped in the North Sea.

    FlexSTONE advanced flexible cement technology represents a fundamental change to oil- and
    gas-well cementing. This sealant system has mechanical properties that are matched to the
    downhole stress environment. By enabling the set cement to conform to the changes that occur
    during the drilling, production, and abandonment cycles of the well, the FlexSTONE system can
    offer lifelong zonal isolation.

    Each FlexSTONE slurry is individually designed for a specific well application. First, the stresses
    that the cement sheath will experience over the well’s life are predicted by numerical analy-
    sis modeling. Then the system’s mechanical properties are customized using the FlexSTONE
    trimodal particle-size distribution technology to accommodate the predicted stresses.

    Robust, production-quality zonal isolation


    The team used the ultralightweight expandable FlexSTONE flexible cement system, shown to be
    robust through a 5,000-psi pressure test and subsequent 1,400-psi in-flow test. Sonic bond logs
    have shown that the cement job achieved its primary objectives by minimizing losses and achiev-
    ing production-quality zonal isolation across the zones of interest.

    Cementing
    Case study: Advanced system enhances downhole conditions in Wintershall Noordzee’s North Sea field

    Gamma Ray (GR)


    0 150
    Discrimintated
    (GAPI) CCL (CCLD)
    3 -1
    Transit Time (TT) (V) CBL Amplitude (CBL) Amplitude
    400 200 0 100 200 1200
    (US) (MV) VDL Variable Density (VDL) (US)

    4750

    4775

    4800

    4825

    4850

    4875

    4900

    4925

    CBL/VDL log showing good cement bond

    www.slb.com/cementing

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    Other company, product, and service names
    are the properties of their respective owners.
    Copyright © 2010 Schlumberger. All rights reserved. 10-CE-0068

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