Abstract: A process for determining suitable parameters of temperature and/or pressure to use in a cementing operation in a wellbore to obtain a positive seal of cement in an annulus between a liner and a borehole wall after the cement has set up and where the process utilizes the parameters of differential temperature in a well bore, pressure on the cement to obtain a positive borehole wall stress (and positive seal) in a cementing operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing or preventing migration of a formation fluid from a first earthen formation to a second earthen formation each of which is intersected by a drilled borehole. The method includes running into the borehole, the packer includes a mandrel with an plastic sleeve there about and valve for permitting the flow from the interior of the mandrel into the interior of the sleeve to expand the sleeve against the formation. The method further includes the steps of determining each of the pressures of the formation, the radial shrinkage of the cement within the sleeve, and the maximum pressure which can be exerted by the sleeve on the formation without fracturing same.

Abstract: A method of completing wells comprising:an inflatable packer used to plug the borehole below the producing formations;casing being run from the surface to a point above the producing formation;the casing annulus being sealed off above the producing formation;the producing formation being underreamed and gravel packed to improve productivity. Sealing of the casing annulus may be accomplished by conventional well cement or by a second inflatable packer. The inflatable packers used are inflated with fast hardening well cement which is retained in the packer annulus by means of a check valve so as to effect an immediate seal and anchor which is maintained during and after hardening of the cement.

Abstract: A well completion method is provided wherein an inflatable packer is positioned in an open borehole of a well opposite a formation from which or into which a fluid is to flow. Cement is then forced into the packer to expand its packing element into contact with the wall of the borehole at the formation. The cement is allowed to set and then at least one perforation is made from the interior of the packer through the cement and packing element to the formation. A well system is also provided in which the well is equipped with such a packer so installed and having such a perforation.