Cementing

Super Seal II® Floating Equipment

Maximum Performance with Economic Value

The Challenge: The energy industry demanded maximum Super Seal II Load Carrying Float Collars
performance from floating equipment under any and Shoes
conditions — shallow wells, deep wells, extreme temperature
and pressure ranges, sour gas, and abrasive flow resistance. • Carries scab liner downhole

The Solution: Halliburton’s Super Seal II® line of floating • 400,000 lb load capacity
equipment. Super Seal II equipment is designed to perform • Allows reciprocation during cementing
reliably under the most severe downhole conditions. In fact,
the Super Seal II valve, contained in all Super Seal II floating • Does not require a mill for drillout
equipment, is certified by Lloyd’s Register to meet API RP
10F Category IIIC specifications. Category III requires the
device to withstand a 24-hour flow of 10 bbl/min with a 2 to
4% sandladen 12.0 to 12.5 lb/gal mud. Category C requires
the device to withstand a 5,000-psi backpressure or an 80%
casing burst pressure (whichever is smaller) after an 8-hour,
400°F heat soak. And,
Super Seal II
equipment provides
economic benefits
and performance
features that allow
you to custom design
the cementing string
to your specific
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requirements. With
these qualifications,
Super Seal II why even consider Super Seal II
Float Shoe another brand of Float Collar
floating equipment?

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Super Seal II High-Port Upjet Float Shoe
Load-Carrying Float Equipment
• Induces turbulence at
shoe for better filter
cake removal Super Seal II Double Valve Float Collars
• Eliminates the need to
and Shoes
squeeze most shoe joints • Nonrotating feature available
2
• 7.12-in. (4 1/4-in. valve) • 7.12-in.2 (4 1/4-in. valve) allows maximum
flow area allows cementing rates
high turbulence
• Available with 2 3/4-in. valve in 5-in. and larger
cementing rates
casing sizes
• Available in all
• Available with 4 1/4-in. valve in 7-in. and larger
casing sizes
casing sizes
• Allows 40% of fluid
• Premium threads and different casing grades available
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discharge out of bottom

of shoe to wash past
ledges and other wellbore Super Seal II High-Port Up-Jet
restrictions (HPUJ) Float Shoe

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Super Seal II High-Strength Float Collars Super Seal II Down-Jet Float Shoe
• Allows pressure testing of casing to 80% of yield strength The Super Seal II down-jet float shoe includes the Super
Seal II float valve, which prevents cement backflow from
• Nonrotating feature reduces drill-out time
re-entering the casing ID. In addition to the center hole
• Allows use of multiple bottom plugs through the float valve, four fluid ports are drilled in the
outer case below the float valve. These ports direct some of
• PDC drillable. All components manufactured from
the fluid downward during circulation. Pressurized fluid jets
high-strength plastics
out of the side ports and the guide nose, helping remove
• Available in 9 5/8-, 10 3/4-, and 13 3/8-in. casing sizes cuttings and filter cake, creating turbulence around the shoe,
• Premium threads available and improving cement distribution and casing-to-formation
bonding. Additionally, the external jets on the outer case
• Exceeds API RP10F requirements provide an alternative cement flowpath if the bottom center
port becomes blocked in the event that casing is landed on
Inner String Cementing with the bottom of the hole.
Super Seal II Equipment
Halliburton’s Super Seal II floating equipment can also be
Super Seal II Nonrotating (NR)
used for inner string cementing. This process allows Float Collar
cementing large diameter strings through drillpipe or tubing Super Seal II nonrotating (NR) float collars offer all the
that is inserted and sealed in floating equipment. This features of standard Super Seal II float equipment, but they
method is sometimes less costly than cementing large casing are equipped with a NR plug seat that allows NR™
using the conventional plug displacement method. Other cementing plugs with locking teeth to latch together during
advantages include: drillout. When these NR plastic plugs are drilled out with
• Large diameter cementing plugs are not required PDC bits, they can reduce drillout time by 90%. This
equipment is available only with the 2 3/4- and 4 1/4- in.
• By pumping through the smaller inner string, cement Super Seal II valve for 7- to 20-in. casing.
contamination resulting from channeling inside casing
can be reduced
Super Seal II Tubing-Size
• Cement is discharged outside the casing much faster after Floating Equipment
mixing, reducing the risk of the cement slurry within the
Super Seal II tubing-size floating equipment is available in
casing having a highly accelerated setting time
both standard and HPUJ designs. Tubing-size float shoes
• Reduces amount of cement that has to be drilled out of and collars prevent cement backflow from entering the
large diameter casing tubing string. Because of size restrictions, autofill devices are
not provided with tubing-size floating equipment. The case
• Less circulating time required with inner
material for all standard sizes and grades of equipment is
string cementing
L-80 grade steel. Other material grades and premium
Halliburton also offers a threads are available by special order. The 2 3/8- in. float
variety of additional service shoe and float collar includes the Super Seal™ 2 1/8-in.
capabilities to fit any valve. Standard float shoes and HPUJ float shoes are
application. For example, available in 2 7/8-in. and 3 1/2-in. tubing sizes. Tubing-size
Super Seal II equipment is floating equipment should be drilled out with roller-cone
available in a double valve rock bits.
configuration. And all Super
Seal II equipment is available
with premium threads and
premium casing grades. Our
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also available in a Super Seal II Float Collar with
down-jet configuration. Sealing Sleeve
Super Seal II Float Shoe The latest reamer shoe technology offered by Halliburton is
offered in the Super Seal II Model 506 reamer shoe. The
The Super Seal II standard float shoe attaches to the lower
Model 506 reamer shoe incorporates the flow durability,
end of the casing string. This float shoe includes the Super
pressure capability and category III-C rating that comes
Seal II backpressure valve assembly, which prevents cement
standard with Super Seal II float valves. Additional features
in the annulus from re-entering the casing ID. The plastic
incorporated in the Model 506 reamer shoe are:
valve and stem materials are surrounded by drillable
concrete, making the equipment easy to drill out with PDC • Cutting structure ensures gage hole (360° coverage) while
or roller-cone rock bits. The high-strength, durable rounded running casing in and out of the well bore with or
nose safely guides the casing to the bottom of the hole. This without casing rotation
equipment is available in all tubing and casing sizes with • Back reaming cutting structure is a standard feature of
API 8-rd and buttress threads. The standard casing grade is the Model 506 reamer shoe
K-55 material. Customers can request any casing grade and
premium thread by special order. • Drillable and non drillable tapered noses help ensure
casing follows the well bore to the desired setting depth
Super Seal II Model 506 Reamer Shoe • Tapered composite nose is the standard option for the
Halliburton is one of the leading manufactures of cementing Model 506 reamer shoe
casing equipment. Since Halliburton’s original float valve • Steel case designed to P-110 equivalent as a standard
designs, several design and manufacturing changes has taken
• Extended length stabilizer blades designed to reduce
place. The Super Seal II float valve was first introduced in
casing vibration or whirl while reaming and reliable
1986 and has been used in cementing operations in every
standoff during cementing
region of the world where reliability and dependability is
required. With more than 400,000 successful jobs completed • Reduced lost time caused by tripping casing or BHA
to date, the Super Seal II valve stands above all competitive
The Super Seal II Model 506 reamer shoe can be
float valves available in the market today. The increased
considered the cheapest insurance available to help
demand for reamer shoe configurations to be incorporated
ensure casing running and cementing operations can
into conventional float shoes has resulted in a variety of
be performed successfully.
options and configurations being used to help ensure casing
can be successfully run to the desired depth the first time. A
typical application where reamer shoe technology provides
value to the user is when one or more of the following
situations are expected:
• Bridging of the wellbore caused by formation swelling
• Key seats
• Cuttings bed or debris on the low side of deviated wells
• Washouts
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Since Super Seal II equipment was introduced in the mid 1980s, it has been used in every region of the world where reliable and dependable cement operations
are required.

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