Zaczyny do uszczelniania otworów w warunkach niskich wartości gradientów ciśnienia szczelinowania skał oraz do prac rekonstrukcyjnych

The slurries most commonly used in the conditions of occurrence of low values of fracturing pressure gradients, in the area of weak, porous rocks, or during bore workover operations are reduced density recipes. The use of lightweight slurries containing fractions with dimensions larger than the diameter of cement grains allows to eliminate the possibility of seeping of sealing liquid through the rock struc- ture with significant absorbency. Due to the low value of hydrostatic pressure properly selected, lightweight slurry doesn’t cause fracturing of the structure of weak rocks. However, despite the numerous advantages of lightweight slurry, there are also negative aspects, which may include first of all excessive fractionation. This cement slurry behavior is disadvantageous because it causes the formation of a heterogeneous structure of the cement sheath after setting. Therefore, the main parameter that should be given the most attention when designing a lightweight cement slurry recipe is the sedimentation stability. In order to eliminate excessive fractionation, means that allow particles of different densities to be maintained in the entire volume of the liquid are used. Appropriate qualitative and quantitative selection of individual additives allows to obtain cement slurry with optimal properties, adapted to specific geological and technical conditions, which will not sediment. The resulting cement sheath will have comparable values of tested parameters regardless of the place of measurement. Issues regarding reduced density slurry recipes intended for sealing boreholes under low fracture pressure gradients and for workover operations require continuous improvement and research. Therefore, this publication discusses the results of research work on the development of new cement slurries for sealing holes under conditions mentioned above. Four low density cement slurry recipes were designed, whose parameters were compared with the control recipe. During the implementation of research works, both previously used as well as new lightweight fillers and measures to limit excessive fractionation of designed recipes were used. New slurry recipes have been developed for well conditions with a temperature of about 30°C and a pressure of about 5 MPa. Slurry fractionation were tested and parameters determining the sealing efficiency were studied. In the case of samples of hardened cement slurries, compressive strength tests were performed and the bonding strength (adhesion) of the hardened cement slurry with the surface of the casing pipe was determined.