Utilizing waste products by compositional analysis
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsJames Robert Benkley, Darrell Chad Brenneis, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and compositions for wellbore cementing are provided. A method may comprise: analyzing an industrial byproduct and one or more additional components to generate data about physical and/or chemical properties of the industrial byproduct; determining a concentration of the byproduct and the one or more additional components based on the data to provide a settable composition having a twenty-four destructive compressive strength at 100° F. to 200° F. of about 50 psi or greater.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- analyzing an industrial byproduct to generate data about physical and/or chemical properties of the industrial byproduct, wherein the data comprises at least silica content, lime content, and water requirement of the industrial byproduct;
- determining a concentration of the byproduct, Portland cement, one or more additional components comprising a silica source and/or lime, and an amount of water based on the data, wherein the amount of water is determined using the water requirement, to provide a settable composition having a silica to lime weight ratio of about 10:1 to about 1:1 and a twenty-four hour destructive compressive strength at 100° F. to 200° F. of about 50 psi or greater;
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- preparing the settable composition comprising the industrial byproduct, Portland cement, water, and the one or more additional components, introducing the settable composition into a subterranean formation, and allowing the settable composition to set.
A system for analyzing industrial byproducts comprising:
- a plurality of industrial byproducts;
- an analytical instrument configured to gather physical and chemical data about the industrial byproducts wherein the data comprises at least silica content, lime content, and water requirement of the industrial byproduct;
- a computer system configured to accept the physical and chemical data and generate determine a concentration of industrial byproduct, Portland cement, water, and the one or more additional components comprising a silica source and/or lime based on the data wherein the concentration of water is determined using the water requirement, to provide a settable composition having a silica to lime weight ratio of about 10:1 to about 1:1 and a twenty-four hour destructive compressive strength at 100° F. to 200° F. of about 50 psi or greater.
A system for generating cement compositions comprising:
- a predictive model database comprising predictive model data, reactivity maps, and raw data;
- a materials database, wherein the materials database comprise a silica source that is an industrial byproduct and a water requirement of the industrial byproduct;
- a computer system configured to query the databases and accept input from a user;
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- an algorithm capable of generating calculated cement compositions by determining a concentration of industrial byproduct, Portland cement, water, and the one or more additional components comprising a silica source and/or lime based on the data wherein the concentration of water is determined using the water requirement, to provide a settable composition having a silica to lime weight ratio of about 10:1 to about 1:1 and a twenty-four hour destructive compressive strength at 100° F. to 200° F. of about 50 psi or greater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.