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Title: Matrix control cementing slurry

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5865968

This patent describes a method of cementing a well bore. The method consists of 1.) mixing together at ambient temperatures at the well surface a hydraulic cement, water, in an effective amount to produce a pumpable slurry, and a polyvinyl acetate-polyvinyl alcohol polymer, which is insoluble in the slurry at ambient temperatures. The polymer has a greater than about 95 percent acetate groups converted to hydroxyl groups. The polymer is heated to actuable solubilization in the cement slurry at temperatures above about 120/sup 0/F. The solubilizing of the polyvinyl acetate-polyvinyl alcohol polymer in the slurry prior to the setting of the slurry by pumping the cement slurry to a desired location in the well bore. This action increases the temperature of the slurry; and 2.) allows the cement slurry to harden to a solid mass.

Assignee:
Hughes Tool Co., Houston, TX
Patent Number(s):
US 4569395
OSTI ID:
5865968
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 20 Apr 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English