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Journal of Engineering Mathematics
Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics 1/2018

27-10-2018

A model for foamed cementing of oil and gas wells

Authors: Nikoo Hanachi, Amir Maleki, Ian Frigaard

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

We present a two-dimensional model of the primary cementing process for foamed cement slurries. Foamed cement slurries have a number of claimed advantages, but also have a pressure-dependent density and rheology. The rheology is hard to quantify fully over all ranges of foam quality, which compromises the accuracy of models. The density variation is due to expansion/compression of the gas phase along the well, caused by variations in the static pressure. We show that in the absence of careful control, buoyancy-driven instabilities can result in the annulus, as the foamed slurry expands and the density drops below that of the displaced drilling mud. These instabilities appear to be of a classic porous media/Hele-Shaw cell fingering type, triggered by a threshold unstable density difference. We show that these instabilities are amplified by wellbore eccentricity, occurring lower in the well than in a concentric annulus. Our results question the safe usage of foamed cements in primary cementing.
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Footnotes
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As earlier, we adopt the notation of showing dimensional parameters with a “hat” (e.g. \({\hat{p}}\)) and dimensionless parameters without (e.g. p).
 
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Metadata
Title
A model for foamed cementing of oil and gas wells
Authors
Nikoo Hanachi
Amir Maleki
Ian Frigaard
Publication date
27-10-2018
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Engineering Mathematics / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-0833
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2703
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-018-9975-5

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