March 2000
Supplement
00-03_cementing_T3.htm (Mar-2000)
A monthly magazine offering industry news, statistics and technical editorial to the oil and gas drilling, exploration and production industry.
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Extenders and Density-Reducing Additives |
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| Material | Description | Product Form |
BJ Services | Halliburton | Nowsco- Fracmaster Canada |
San Antonio | Schlumberger |
| Bentonite | Naturally occurring colloidal clay | Powder | Bentonite | Gel | Bentonite | Bentonite | D020 |
| Attapulgite | Naturally occurring colloidal clay | Powder | Attapulgite | Attapulgite | Salt Gel, Sepiolite | Attapulgite | D128 |
| Type F flyash | Pozzolanic material that is a by-product of burning coal. Lower in lime content than Type C flyash | Powder | Flyash | Pozmix A | NowPoz* | Pozzolan | DO35 |
| Type C flyash | Pozzolanic material that is a by-product of burning coal | Powder | Flyash | Class C Flyash | NowPoz* | D132 | |
| Microfine flyash | For use with microfine cements | Powder | Microflyash | ||||
| Natural pozzolan | A siliceous and aluminous material produced from natural processes such as volcanic activity | Powder | Pozzolan | Pozzolan | D061 | ||
| Diatomaceous earth | Lightweight, friable siliceous material derived chiefly from diatom remains | Powder/ granular | Diacel D | Diacel D | D.E. | Diacel D | D056 |
| Perlite/ expanded perlite | Volcanic glass, spherelitic and hollow | Granules/ Beads | Perlite | Perlite | Perlite | D072 | |
| Fumed silica (dry) | High surface area, amorphous silica | Powder | BA-58, CSE, BA90 | Silicalite, Compacted Silicalite | Microsil-10P, Microsil-22P | Microsilica | D154 |
| Liquid (Suspension) | BA-58L, LW-8L, BA-90 | Liquid Silicalite, Microblock | Microsil-15L | Available on request | |||
| Glass microspheres | Scotchlite** or similar | Small beads | LW-7-2, LW-7-4 | Glass Spheres | Nowspheres 2000 | Esfelite | Available on request |
| Pozzolan microspheres | Spherulitic, expanded pozzolanic material often produced with flyash from the burning of coal | Powder- like small beads | LW-6 | Sherelite | Nowspheres 7000 | D124 | |
| Sodium silicate | Powder or beads | Thrifty Mix, Diacel A, Sodium Metasilicate | Econolite, Diacel A | EXC | SE-15 | D79, Diacel A | |
| Liquid | Liquid Sodium Silicate | Liquid Econolite | EXC-L | D075 | |||
| Proprietary extender | Solid | VersaSet | D-20 | ||||
| Liquid | GasCon 469, VersaSet L | D111 |
| * Local availability Diacel A and Diacel D are products of Drilling Specialties Co. ** Scotchlite is a product line of 3M Co. |
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