WASHINGTON – WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEO of the company that owned the oil drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico says the accident was caused by a failure of its cementing, casing or perhaps ...

Used for a number of different reasons, cementing protects and seals the wellbore. Most commonly, cementing is used to permanently shut off water penetration into the well. Part of the completion ...

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement - suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster - has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an ...

Erle P. Halliburton in 1921 patented an advanced technology for cementing wells that brought greater production and environmental safety to America’s oilfields. With his “Method and Means for ...

Summary: Ideal conditions for geothermal power can create some of the biggest cementing challenges for wells. Where traditional cementing methods fail, tailored cement formulations and processes can ...

Successful cement jobs, providing good zonal isolation and adequate casing and wellhead support, become difficult goals to achieve at water depths grea ter than 2,000 m. Operators must overcome ...

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement — suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico disaster — has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated ...

Cement is a mixture of several different types of rocks, crushed and heated to very high temperatures, and then ground to a superfine dust to use in the production of concrete. Typically, cement ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expro (NYSE: XPRO), a leading provider of energy services, achieved a world record by deploying the heaviest casing string to date, using its advanced Blackhawk® Gen III ...

Cementing operations in eccentric annuli form a critical component of well construction, ensuring zonal isolation and long‐term well integrity. The process involves the displacement of drilling fluids ...