Oilfield cementing additives are essential for adjusting slurry properties such as thickening time, strength development, ...

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 ...

A cementing job done by a Halliburton crew just hours before the oil accident in the Gulf of Mexico has emerged as a central focus of the investigation. Bad cementing work has triggered leaks in the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Investigators with the Minerals Management Service raised concerns three years ago about oil-rig blowouts associated with cementing wells, noting that ...

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 ...

Well productivity and profitability are influenced by the decisions you make every step of the way—that includes your cementing job. Cement quality is key to well performance and integrity, especially ...

Cementing is a key factor in the well construction plan. The base cement used in the designing of cement slurries may or may not be API class cement. The operating company and the service company ...

Argonaut Private Equity has acquired American Cementing, a cementing business in Texas, following the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Previously, American Cementing was known as BJ Services. No ...