Abstract:
A cement composition: (a) a hydraulic cement; (b) water; and (c) an alkyl polyglycoside derivative, wherein the alkyl polyglycoside derivative is selected from the group consisting of: sulfonates, betaines, an inorganic salt of any of the foregoing, and any combination of any of the foregoing. A method comprising the steps of: (A) forming the cement composition; and (B) introducing the cement composition into the well. Preferably, the cement composition is foamed.
Abstract:
Cement compositions comprising carboxylated inulin and methods of using the same to cement a workspace. In one embodiment, a method of cementing includes providing a cement composition comprising a carboxylated inulin, for example, in a subterranean formation. The method further includes allowing the cement composition to set. In some embodiments, the cement composition has a thickening time of from about 2 hours to about 11 hours. In other embodiments, the cement composition has a viscosity that is about constant for a period of time after the cement composition is placed.
Abstract:
Compositions that include a mixture of biosoluble inorganic fibers and a micaceous binder are described. The compositions can be prepared free of refractory ceramic fibers that are respirable but durable in a physiological medium. The compositions are typically in the form of a sheet material or a paste and can be used, for example, as a protective packing material around the pollution control element or as an insulating material in the end cone region in a pollution control device. Sheet materials formed from the compositions have an area of a X-Y plane that decrease less than about 6 percent when heated to about 900° C.
Abstract:
A fluid loss additive comprises a biodegradable grafted copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises: (i) a first polymer comprising a monomer or monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, N-N dimethyl acrylamide, N-vinyl-N-methylaceamide, N-vinylformamide, N-vinylpyrrolidone, acrylonitrile, acrylamide, acrylomorpholine, vinyl alcohol, maleic anhydride, acrylic acid, and any combination thereof; and (ii) a second polymer, wherein the first polymer is grafted onto the second polymer. A method of cementing in a low-temperature subterranean formation comprises: introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation comprising: (i) cement; (ii) water; and (iii) the fluid loss additive; and allowing the cement composition to set. According to another embodiment, a method of cementing in a high-temperature subterranean formation comprises: introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation comprising: (i) cement; (ii) water; (iii) a clay; and (iv) the fluid loss additive; and allowing the cement composition to set.
Abstract:
Porogen containing calcium phosphate cement compositions are provided. Aspects of the cement compositions include a dry calcium phosphate reactant component, a setting fluid component and a porogen component. The porogen component includes at least first and second porogens having different pore forming profiles. Aspects of the invention include combining the cement components to produce a settable composition. Aspects of the invention further include the settable compositions themselves as well as kits for preparing the same. Methods and compositions as described herein find use in a variety of applications, including hard tissue repair applications.
Abstract:
A concrete formulation, which undergoes controlled deterioration in water, that can be used for making anchors for releasably tethering submarine devices at the seabed. The anchor may have handles for a device release mechanism or a central hole for a central device release mechanism. The formulation includes additives, which cause the cement to transform into non-binding Thaumasite over a pre-set period of time, leaving only natural material on the seafloor.
Abstract:
A porous cordierite substrate and a method of forming a porous cordierite substrate including providing a fiber that includes at least one cordierite precursor material and providing at least one organic binder material. The fiber and the organic binder material are mixed with a fluid. The mix of fiber, organic binder material and fluid is extruded into a green substrate. The green substrate is fired to enable the formation of bonds between the fibers and to form a porous cordierite fiber substrate.
Abstract:
Cement compositions comprising carboxylated inulin and methods of using the same to cement a workspace. In one embodiment, a method of cementing includes providing a cement composition comprising a carboxylated inulin, for example, in a subterranean formation. The method further includes allowing the cement composition to set. In some embodiments, the cement composition has a thickening time of from about 2 hours to about 11 hours. In other embodiments, the cement composition has a viscosity that is about constant for a period of time after the cement composition is placed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides improved methods for cementing. The methods are basically comprised of the steps of preparing a cement composition comprised of hydraulic cement, water, gas, surfactants, a cement early strength accelerator and a mildly set retarding cement dispersing agent, placing the cement composition in the annulus between the casing string and the well bore and allowing the cement composition to set into a hard impermeable mass. The cement composition used can alternatively comprise hydraulic cement, a water reducing additive, a dispersing additive, a set accelerating additive and water. Also, the cement composition can be made environmentally benign by using water reducing and dispersing additives, set retarding additives, and compressive strength and set accelerating additives which are environmentally degradable.
Abstract:
Methods of cementing subterranean zones using cement compositions containing biogradable dispersants are provided. The methods are basically comprised of the steps of preparing a hydraulic cement, a biodegradable dispersant comprised of polyaspartic acid containing side chains formed by reacting one or more side chain chemicals with said polyaspartic acid and sufficient water to form a pumpable slurry, placing the cement composition into a zone to be cemented and allowing the cement composition to set into an impermeable solid mass therein.