Used for a number of different reasons, cementing protects and seals the wellbore. Most commonly, cementing is used to permanently shut off water penetration into the well. Part of the completion ...

The emergence of COVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill. We understand that this health crisis has brought an unprecedented impact on businesses across industries. However, this too shall pass ...

A cementing job done by a Halliburton crew just hours before the oil accident in the Gulf of Mexico has emerged as a central focus of the investigation. Bad cementing work has triggered leaks in the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Investigators with the Minerals Management Service raised concerns three years ago about oil-rig blowouts associated with cementing wells, noting that ...

Well productivity and profitability are influenced by the decisions you make every step of the way—that includes your cementing job. Cement quality is key to well performance and integrity, especially ...

Cementing operations in eccentric annuli form a critical component of well construction, ensuring zonal isolation and long‐term well integrity. The process involves the displacement of drilling fluids ...

Argonaut Private Equity has acquired American Cementing, a cementing business in Texas, following the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Previously, American Cementing was known as BJ Services. No ...