UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA

OIL WELL CEMENT RETARDER

FOR HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE WELL
PRODUCT DESIGN

Report Assignment 1

GROUP 1 1
GROUP PERSONNEL:
I GEDE EKA PERDANA PUTRA (1306370676)
IMAM TAUFIQ RAMADHAN (1306370612)
JEREMIA JAN CHANDRA PRANATA (1306414223)
NYDIA AMELIA MADIADIPURA (1306449214)
YUNI DWI LESTARI (1306370575)

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA
DEPOK
FEBRUARY 2016
 EXCUTIVE SUMMARY

In drilling process, well completion is a vital operation to ensure the easement

of oil production from a wellbore. This process includes cementing job.
Cementing in the oil well drilling is the process of attaching the casing on the
walls of the borehole with cement. This operation is fundamental to isolate the
zone, prevent blowouts by quickly forming a seal and protect casings from
corrosion or shock loads in deeper drilling. In addition, cementing also protects
the environment from the possibility of oil or gas leak.

In high temperature and high pressure oil well condition, cementing may face a
challenge of hardening faster, which means it might harden before it reached
the desirable cementing place. This is where we can manipulate the cement’s
property by using an additive called retarder. Retarders are defined as the
chemical additives that prolong setting time of cement and prevent premature
hardening. The function of cement set retarder is to effectively increase the time
the cement slurry remains fluid and pumpable. Retarder is capable of keeping
the cement remains viscous until it reaches a certain depth in spite of high
temperature wells. With the retarder, the hydration rate of cement is descreased.

However, the retarders in market today are still faced with problems, including
long hardening time and high cost for retarder in HPHT wells, incompatibility
of retarder and some types of drilling cement, and sensitivity to the little change
temperature (BHTC) and concentration.

In order to know the needs of the consumer, first, an interview should be

conducted to get to know more about the quality of the products desired. The
interview result is then interpreted to list of needs. These needs are classified
into groups according to its category (performance, properties, perception,
regulation and retailing) and ranked based on its importance. With the data of
the consumer needs obtained, specifications and units are made for each need
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to quantify them. After that, benchmarking is done with several competitor
products, to examine the advantages and disadvantages of each product. Lastly,
marginal and ideal values for each specification are listed to limit the
specifications we will use for our product.

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 CONTENT

COVER ……………………………………………………………………. i
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ……………………………………………….. ii
CONTENT ………………………………………………………………… iv
PICTURE LIST …………………………………………………………… v
TABLE LIST ……………………………………………………………… vi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………….. 1
1.1. Background ...……………………………………………………. 1
1.2. Problem Identification …………………………………………… 2
1.3. Problem Formulation …………………………………………….. 2
1.4. Problem Boundary ……………………………………………….. 3
CHAPTER 2 BASIC THEORY …………………………………………… 4
2.1 Cementing ……………………………………………………….. 4
2.1.1 The Importance of Cementing …………………………….. 4
2.1.2 Types of Cement …………………………………………… 5
2.1.3 Mechanism of Cementing …………………………………. 6
2.1.4 Chemical Reaction of Cementing ………………………….. 7
2.1.5 Slurry Pump Time (SPT) …………………………………… 8
2.1.6 Thickening Time (TT) and Hardening Time ………………. 8
2.2 Retarder …………………………………………………………… 9
2.2.1 The Importance of a Retarder in Oil Well Cementing …….. 9
2.2.2 Types of Retarder …………………………………………... 10
2.2.3 Retardation Mechanism ……………………………………. 14
2.2.4 Factors Compromising a Retarder’s Performance …………. 17
2.2.5 Disadvantages of Currently Used Retarder ………………… 18
CHAPTER 3 NEEDS ………………………………………………………. 20
3.1 Needs Identification Methods ……………………………………. 20
3.2 Determining Needs ……………………………………………….. 21
3.3 List of Needs ……………………………………………………… 31
3.4 Grouping and Ranking Needs ……………………………………. 32
CHAPTER 4 SPECIFICATION …………………………………………… 34
4.1 List of Metrics ……………………………………………………. 34
4.2 Benchmarking with Existing Product ……………………………. 37
4.3 List of Specification ……………………………………………… 40
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION ……………………………………………… 42
REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………... vii

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 PICTURE LIST

Figure 2.1 Cementing Timeline …………………………………………… 9

Figure 2.2 Schematic Representation of The H6NTMP …………………... 15
Figure 3.1 Respondents’ Profession ………………………………………. 21
Figure 3.2 Respondents’ Frequency in Using Retarder …………………… 22
Figure 3.3 Average Thickening Time of Existing Retarder ………………. 22
Figure 3.4 Average Hardening Time of Existing Retarder ……………….. 23
Figure 3.5 Average Concentration (Gal/Sack) of Existing Product ………. 24
Figure 3.6 Average Price of Existing Retarder …………………………… 25
Figure 3.7 How Respondents Get A Retarder …………………………….. 25
Figure 3.8 Source of Retarder …………………………………………….. 25
Figure 3.9 Ideal Package of Retarder ……………………………………... 26
Figure 3.10 Ideal Retarder Phase ………………………………………….. . 26
Figure 3.11 Consider Price for High Performance Retarder ……………….. 27

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 TABLE LIST

Table 1.1 Design Statement ………………………………………………… 3

Table 3.1 Strength of Existing Product …………………………………….. 27
Table 3.2 Weakness of Existing Product …………………………………… 27
Table 3.3 Consumer Needs Interpretation ………………………………….. 28
Table 3.4 List of Customer Needs ………………………………………….. 31
Table 3.5 Group and Rank of Needs ……………………………………….. 32
Table 4.1 List of Metrics …………………………………………………… 35
Table 4.2 Benchmarking with Existing Product ……………………………. 37
Table 4.3 Benchmarking with Existing Product Based on Specification …… 38
Table 4.4 Marginal and Ideal Value Table ………………………………….. 40

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