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18、PI, 1220 L Street, NW,Washington, DC 20005, standardsapi.org.iiiContentsPage1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 N
20、ormative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Terms and Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21、. . . . . . . . . 14 Sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Preparation of Slurry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 Preparation of Conventional Cement Slurry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 Preparation of Specialty Cement Slurry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Determination of Temperature and Pressure Schedules for Conditioning and Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 Slurry Conditioning Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Deepwater Well-simulation Strength Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.2 Sampling Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 Preparation of Slurry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.4 Non-destructive Sonic Compressive Strength Determi
27、nation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 Destructive Method for Determination of Compressive Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.6 Compressive Strength Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Deepwater Well-simulation Thickening-time Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.2 Sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.3 Apparatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218.4 Thickening-time Schedule Determination and Testing Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Static Fluid Loss Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.2 Sampling. . . .
32、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.3 Slurry Preparation for Fluid Loss Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33、299.4 Testing Temperature Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.5 Conditioning the Slurry for Fluid Loss Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
34、99.6 Temperature and Pressure Testing Schedule Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.7 Fluid Loss Testing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.8 Flui
35、d Loss Results and Reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910 Well-simulation Slurry Stability Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910
36、.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910.2 Sampling Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37、. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910.3 Slurry Preparation for Slurry Stability Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910.4 Testing Temperature Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910.5 Conditioning the Slurry for Stability Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3010.6 Temperature and Pressure Testing Schedule Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39、 . . . . . . . . . . . 3010.7 Slurry Stability Testing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3011 Determination of Rheological Properties and Gel-strength using a Rotational Viscometer . . . . . . . . . . 3011.1
40、General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3011.2 Sampling Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30vContentsPage11.3 Slurry Preparation for Rheological and Gel-strength Property Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3011.4 Testing Temperature Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42、 . . . . . . . . . . . 3011.5 Conditioning the Slurry for Rheological and Gel-strength Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3011.6 Temperature and Pressure Testing Schedule Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3011.7 Rheo
43、logical Property and Gel-strength Determination Testing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3011.8 Reporting and Characterization of Rheological Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3012 Compatibility of Wellbore Fluids . . . . .
44、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.2 Sampling
45、Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.3 Preparation of Test Fluids Used in Compatibility Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.5 Cond
46、itioning of the Fluids Used in Compatibility Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.6 Temperature and Pressure Testing Schedule Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.7 Compatibility Determination Tes
47、ting Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3112.8 Interpretation of Compatibility Testing and Spacer Surfactant Screening Test Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Tables1 Temperature and Pressure Schedule: Pressurized Consistometer Conditioning Method, Testing Location Shallower than Wellbore Hotspot Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49、 . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Temperature and Pressure Schedule: Pressurized Consistometer Conditioning Method, Testing Location Deeper than Wellbore Hotspot Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Temperature and Pressure Schedule: Well-simulation Thickening-time for Casing or Liner without a Liner-top Packer / Non-expandable Liner Hanger System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Temperature and Pressure Schedule: Well-simulation Thickening-time for Casing or Liner with a Liner-top Packer/Non-expanda
