Case Study

SeaCure deliver optimized solution Africa - Cementing Tech

In Brief

SeaCure®, QuikCure® and CoreCure® deliver optimized cementing solution offshore West Africa

Customer Challenges

  • Improve drill out of 20” shoetrack to mitigate risk of bit/BHA damage whilst also eliminating risk of CART seal leak and improving cement compressive strength development

Expro Excellence

  • SeaCure® provides an optimized shoetrack solution whilst moving the primary seal for the cement job to the shoe plus QuikCure® to optimize the time for the tail slurry to reach 100psi compressive strength

Value to Client

  • Drilled out 20” shoe in 14 minutes with 17 ½” bit ensuring TD was reached in one run and mitigating risk of Bit/BHA damage, whilst also mitigating the risk of introducing swarf into the wellbore
  • Improved early compressive strength development of primary cement job
  • CoreCure® sample confirming hard, good quality cement at the shoe
  • Risk of CART seal leak eliminated with the SeaCure® BHA latched into the shoe and the running tool ball valve left open throughout operations
  • Successful 3,300 psi surface casing pressure test conducted
  • Successful LOT achieved

Contact

For further information, please contact wellconstruction@expro.com.