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Setting retarding composition for well cementing and recementing

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OSTI ID:6187262

The present invention relates to an improved composition that retards setting in the cementing and recementing of oil well casings, which can be applied at depths that vary between 13,123.4 and 21,325.5 ft. The retarding composition is constituted by the following ingredients: sodium or potassium carboxymethylcellulose; sodium tetraborate and Dextrine, it being characterized in that it also contains an inorganic acid such as boric acid.

Assignee:
Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo
Patent Number(s):
US 4137093
OSTI ID:
6187262
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English