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March 2000 Vol. 221 No. 3

Retarders

Cementing Categories

Application	Circulating temperature range	Product	Product Form	BJ Services	Halliburton	Nowsco- Fracmaster Canada	San Antonio	Schlumberger
Low temperature	Up to about 180ºF	Lignosulfonate, modified lingosulfonate	Powder	R-3	HR-4, HR-7	R-6N	SR-2	D13
Low temperature	Up to about 180ºF	Lignosulfonate, modified lingosulfonate	Liquid	F-21L	HR-4L, HR-7L	R-9L		D177
Mid-range or moderate temperature	125ºF to about 225ºF	Lignosulfonate, modified lingosulfonate blend	Powder	R-3, R-11**	HR-5		SR-6	D800
Mid-range or moderate temperature	125ºF to about 225ºF	Lignosulfonate, modified lingosulfonate blend	Liquid	R-10L, R-12, R-12L	HR-6L	R-12, R-12L	SR6-1	D801
Moderate to high temperature	About 175ºF to 300ºF	Organic acid or organic acid salt blend	Powder				Diacel LWL
Moderate to high temperature	About 175ºF to 300ºF	Organic acid or organic acid salt blend	Liquid					D110
Moderate to high temperature	About 175ºF to 300ºF	Diacel LWL (carboxymethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose)	Powder	R-6 or Diacel LWL	Diacel LWL	Diacel LWL	SR-12	D8
Moderate to high temperature	About 175ºF to 300ºF	Diacel LWL (carboxymethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose)	Liquid
High temperature	Over about 225ºF	Modified lignosulfonate blend	Powder	R-8	HR-12, HR-15	R-8	SR-10	D28
High temperature	Over about 225ºF	Modified lignosulfonate blend	Liquid	R-8L	HR-12L, HR-13L	R-8L		D150-D161
High temperature	Over about 300ºF	Blend of lignosulfonate or modified lignosulfonate with borax or borate salt	Powder		HR-20
High temperature	Over about 300ºF		Liquid			R-180X
Retarder air for lignosulfonates		Borax/ borate salt	Powder	R-9 or sodium borate	Component R			D93
Retarder air for lignosulfonates		Non-borax/ borate salt	Powder		HR-25	R-35		D121
Synthetic retarder	Effective up to about 250ºF	Proprietary, synthesized polymer or copolymer. Non-lingosulfonate.	Powder	SR-30(1)	SCR-100
Synthetic retarder	Effective up to about 250ºF		Liquid	R-14L, R-15LS, R-20L	SCR-100L			D161, D177
Synthetic retarder	Effective up to about 425ºF		Powder	SR-30 (1)	HR-25			D161
Synthetic retarder	Effective up to about 425ºF		Liquid		HR-25L
Retarder for improved compressive strength developed in long cement columns	Helps early compressive stregth development where significant temperature differential exists between the top and bottom of the cement column		Powder	SR-30 (1)	SCR-100			D161
			Liquid		SCR-100L			D110
Retarder for microfine cements			Powder
Retarder for microfine cements			Liquid		MMCR
Thixotropic cement retarder		For slurries containing calcium sulfate hemihydrate or gypsum	Powder	R-18, SR-30		R-4		D74
Permafrost cement retarder		Citric acid or citrate salt or similar. Non-lignosulfonate	Powder	CD-11, R-7	Sodium citrate	R-15C
Permafrost cement retarder		Citric acid or citrate salt or similar. Non-lignosulfonate	Liquid
Permafrost cement retarder		Lignosulfonate	Powder		HR-4	R-7		D13
Permafrost cement retarder		Lignosulfonate	Liquid		HR-4L			D81

** Available only on the North Slope, Alaska, USA.
Diacel LWL is a product of Drilling Specialties Co.
(1) Maximum temperature 370ºF.

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