Patents Represented by Attorney Thomas U. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 6874578
    Abstract: Method of well cementing with a foamed slurry having a very low water content. When based on ordinary cement, the solid fraction of the slurry includes (by volume) 20-35% Portland cement, 35-65% particles ranging from 200 ?m to 600 ?m, and 5% to 25% of fine particles in the range 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m and the water content is less than 50% by volume. When based on micro-cement, the solid fraction includes (by volume) 50-75% micro-cement, 15-40% fine particles in the range 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m, and 0-20% particles in the rang 3 nanometers to 60 nanometers and the water content is less than 72% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andre Garnier, Slaheddine Kefi, Pierre Maroy, Anne-Marie Schulz, Joachim Schulz