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March 2000 Vol. 221 No. 3

Specialty Cement Blends

Cementing Categories

General Formulation Description	Specific formulation	BJ Services	Halliburton	Nowsco- Fracmaster Canada	San Antonio	Schlumberger
Blends of Portland cement with commercial lightweight cements such as TXI Lightweight				Tru-Lite R, Tru-Lite HS		(1)
Blends of Portland Cement, Flyash and Gel (Bentonite)	Ratio of flyash: cement fixed at 15:85 with bentonite up to about 8%	FAC (2) (Flyash Cement)	Modified Halliburton Light	Available		(1)
	Ratio of flyash: cement at 35:65 with bentonite up to about 6%	FAC (2)	Halliburton Light Cement	Available on request		(1)
	Ratio of flyash: cement fixed at 50:50 with bentonite up to about 4%	FAC (2)	Halliburton Pozmix A	Available on request		(1)
	Other ratios	FAC (2), Econofill		Fillite		(1)
Blends of cement, flash and silica fume		WMC-1, WMC-1B	SilicaLite Cement,
Blends containing cement, silica fume and pozzolan microshperes			MY-T-Lite 1200			HILITE*
Blends containing lightweight pozzolan microspheres		Cenolite	SphereLite Cement	Nowlite 1200		LITEFIL*
Blends containing lightweight glass beads		Lite Set
Blends of cement, flyash, lime and silica for high temperature applications			HTLD (High Temperature Low Density Cement)
Low density cement blend with superior compressive strength (10.5 to 12.5 lb/gal)	Proprietary blend	Hygain	Available on request			LiteCRETE*
			Foam cement
High density cement blend with superior mixing and rheological properties (17.5 to 24 lb/gal)	Proprietary blend		Available on request			LiteCRETE*
Expanding cements containing calcium sulfate hemihydrate or similar			Cal-Seal Cement			Self Stress* Cement
Expanding cements containing metal oxide expanding agents
Expanding cements containing gas generating agents				Rapid Gel SPC
General Formulation Description	Specific formulation	BJ Services	Halliburton	Nowsco- Fracmaster Canada	San Antonio	Schlumberger
Thixotropic cements	Containing calcium sulfate hemihydrate or gypsum	Sure Fill*	Available on request	Thix-Mix		RFC* (Regulated Fill-up Cement)
	Crosslinked polymer complexes		Thix-Set 31
	Proprietary additives	Thixofil	VERSASET*	BVC-30
Permafrost cement		Cold Set	PERMAFROST* Cement	Polarset Cement		ARCTICSET* Cement
Cements to improve bonding	Containing polymeric additives such as latex (styrene butadiene or acrylic), polyvinyl alcohol, etc.					WELBOND* Service
Cements to improve bonding to salt formations	Salt containing or salt saturated cements			Salt Saturated Cement
Cements to improve bonding to salt formations	Proprietary additives to improve bonding to salt formations		Available on request			SALTBOND* Cement
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) resistant cements			FLEXCEM, Thermalock			CO₂ Resistant Cement
Acid resistant cement	Portland cements with additives to reduce acid solubility		FLEXCEM, EPSEAL*
Synthetic resin cements	Epoxy resin cement		EPSEAL*, Stratalock			Synthetic Cement
Acid soluble cement	Non-Portland inorganic cement completely soluble in acid	Magne Plus	Acid Soluble Cement			Acid soluble cement
Storable liquid cement	Water-based liquid cement slurry	Liquid Stone*
Fiber cement	Cement containing fibers to increase resistance and durability to mechanical shock and tensile stresses	Fiber cement	Available on request	Available on request		Available on request
Deepwater cements	Blends for use in cold temperature environments of deep water drilling where shallow water flow zones are a problem	Deep Set	Flow Stop I, Flow Stop 4000, Flow Stop 5000			RAS

(1) No compositional name used. Blends are referred to by their actual composition (35:65:6, 50:50:2, etc.)
(2) Flyash cement or FAC is used to describe all blends of flyash and cement. The ratio is specific for the application.
* Registered company marks:
Sure-Fill, Cenolite and Liquid Stone are marks of BJ Services.
PERMAFROST, VERSASET and EPSEAL are marks of Halliburton.
ARCTICSET, HILITE, LITEFILL, SALTBOND, Self-Stress and WELLBOND are all marks of Schlumberger.

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