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Marker fluid composition for spotting cement in offshore wells
Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
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Filing: 1983-04-28
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Granted: 1984-06-05
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Expires: 2003-04-28
Abstract
Abstract Cementing casing in an offshore well by displacing a drilling fluid with a settable cement slurry wherein there is injected into the annulus between the sidewall of the well and the casing ahead of the cement slurry a slug of a visually identifiable marker fluid containing cement, water, particulate carbon black, coal dust, and a surface active agent; visually observing when the fluid being displaced from the annulus changes from drilling fluid to marker fluid, and shutting in the well to allow the cement slurry to set.
Inventors
- 👤 Julius P. Gallus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:22
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/42; C04; C04B; C04B28/00; C04B28/02; E; E21; E21B; E21B33/00; E21B33/10; E21B33/13; E21B33/14; E21B47/00; E21B47/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
A marker fluid composition for use in positioning a cement slurry in the annulus between a borehole and casing in an offshore well comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight cement, (b) about 35 to 56 parts by weight water, (c) about 5 to 8 parts by weight particulate carbon black, (d) about 4 to 6.4 parts by weight coal dust, and (c) about 0.52 to 0.84 parts by weight surface active agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
A marker fluid composition for use in positioning a cement slurry in the annulus between a borehole and casing in an offshore well comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight cement, (b) about 35 to 56 parts by weight water, (c) about 5 to 8 parts by weight particulate carbon black, (d) about 4 to 6.4 parts by weight coal dust, and (c) about 0.52 to 0.84 parts by weight surface active agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the cement is an oil well cement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The composition of claim 2 wherein the oil well cement is selected from the group consisting of A.P.I. Class A, B, C, G or H cement.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the cement is selected from the group consisting of Portland cement, pozzolan cement, high alumina cement, lightweight cement, thixotropic cement and expanding cement.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the cement and part of the water required is added as a cement slurry.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the carbon black is selected from the group consisting of carbon black made by the oil furnace process, the acetylene black process, the lampblack process and the channel black process.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the carbon black is made by the channel black process.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the coal dust is selected from the group consisting of anthracite, bituminous and sub-bituminous coal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition of claim 8 wherein the coal dust is anthracite coal dust.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the surface active agent is selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic and amphoteric surface active agents.
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