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SentinelCem™ Cement
01: Elevator Pitch
SentinelCem™ cement is specifically designed to cure
losses and enable further drilling and help achieve
zonal isolation by accomplishing intended top of the
cement. The solution can be easily applied to losses
varying from seepage to a complete loss of returns.
However, this solution is most applicable for partial to
severe to total losses that can not be cured by
particulate materials alone.
02: What problem does this solve?
Lost Circulation
Fractured, vugular, cavernous or highly-porous
formations generally have high permeability and/or
large openings that can accept considerable volumes
of drilling fluid. If fractures and voids are large, they will
not be plugged by the particulate materials that are
typically used. When this occurs, drilling further is
impeded and this may necessitate setting additional
casing strings or abandonment of the well. In addition,
cementing operations are susceptible to the same
severe losses to which the drilling fluid succumbed.
For such situations, a special system is necessary for
successfully plugging the thief zone in order to
continue drilling and establish a reliable wellbore
architecture.
Halliburton has developed a lightweight cement
specifically for when lost circulation has occurred. This
cement slurry contains selected components that
impart the needed rheological and mechanical
properties to the cement to help cure losses.
SentinelCem cement can be made acid soluble and
hence can be used across producing zones.
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03: Features and Benefits
Lower rheology during pumping helps
SentinelCem cement enter the thief zone readily,
but the buildup of gel strength due to the reduction
of shear helps prevent the slurry system from flowing
into the thief zone continually.
Early static gel strength coupled with early
compressive strength helps plug thief zones and
mitigate further lost circulation.
• Decreases the need for remedial cementing
operations
• Minimizes lost fluids and maintains drilling
efficiency helping manage operational costs
Acid solubility enables optimally oriented perforations
and stimulation treatments.
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04: Competitive Analysis
Schlumberger offers an additive to conventional
cement slurries: CemNET Fiber Cement Additive.
However, this really does not compete with
SentinelCem Cement.
Our offering is a full slurry mix that gels rapidly once
pumping has stopped, yet becomes pumpable again
once shear is applied.
Additionally, SentinelCem cement address a broad
range of downhole conditions that may cause lost
circulation, from smaller fractures on up to large
openings.
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SentinelCem™ Cement

05: What We Offer 06: Pricing Strategy

Challenge : This systems contain special cements, additives, or
Large fractures continually drain the fluid into the groups of additives in quantities to achieve specific
formation mechanical properties in order to address specific well
problems. Jobs are individually quoted.
Although large-particle material is often used to
address the problem, it cannot be pumped effectively
through bottom-hole assemblies (BHA)

Halliburton Solution: SentinelCem cement

rapidly gels when shear rate is reduced, yet becomes
pumpable again when shear rate is returned

07: The Technologies

SentinelCem cement is very easy to mix, has a low
viscosity to aid in full-coverage placement while
pumping, and develops early gel strength and
compressive strength. These properties help in curing
losses when the slurry enters the fractures and small
or medium vugs. As the slurry enters the loss
circulation zones the slurry velocity is reduced and the
slurry begins to gel due to the reduction in shear rate.

The slurry would become liquid again, for a few cycles,

if the shear is re-applied. Features such as thixotropy,
bonding to the formation, and dynamic pumping time
independent of temperature, increases the probability
of curing the losses with this cement system. The
cements slurry develops both early gel strength and
compressive strength when the shear is reduced.

08: Who to Contact, Where to get more Information

Kris Ravi (technology): +1-281-871-4831 (desk) / +1-281-224-8785 (mobile) / kris.ravi@halliburton.com
Bill Hunter (ESSA): +44-13-7286-8719 (desk) / +44-78-7966-7988 (mobile) / bill.hunter@halliburton.com
James Gillies (AsiaPac): +60-39-206-6516 (desk) / +60-12-258-2715 (mobile) / james.gillies@halliburton.com
Sergey Lyakh (Eurasia): +79-19-949-0283 (desk) / +79-19-949-0283 (mobile) / sergey.lyakh@halliburton.com
Marcelo Venturino (MENA & North Africa): +97-15-5210-6526 (desk) / marcelo.venturino@halliburton.com
Jose David Vela (L.Am): +55-21-9760-0900 (desk) / +55-21-9760-0900 (mobile) / JoseDavid.Vela@halliburton.com
Lance Brothers (USN): +1-580-251-3879 (desk) / +1-281-352-6017 (mobile) / lance.brothers@halliburton.com
Lennox Leotaud (USS): +1-281-988-2248 (desk) / +1-281-753-6657 (mobile) / lennox.leotaud@halliburton.com
Paul Osborne (GOM): +1-281-575-3154 (desk) / +1-281-217-7068 (mobile) / paul.osborne@halliburton.com

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