Zmiana parametrów reologicznych zaczynu lateksowego pod wpływem dodatku mikrosfery

Lightweight cement slurry are most often used to seal columns of casing pipes set in weakly compact geological formations and loose layers. By using this cement slurry the hydrostatic pressure can be lowered, so that the slurry does not fracture the delicate structure of the borehole wall. Lowering the slurry density is possible by introducing light fill-up additives. Microspheres are the most commonly used light fillers. However, the use of this additive causes a change in rheological parameters, which has an impact on the transferability of the designed cement slurry. In order to obtain adequate cement slurry filling of the annular space, its rheological parameters should be designed in such a way so as to obtain adequate displacement of the mud from the hole and the best possible filling of the caved wall of the borehole. To this end, it is necessary to lower the rheological parameters of the cement slurry. However, low values of the plastic viscosity and the flow limit may result in excessive fractionation of the slurry containing the addition of microspheres, as a result of which both the cement slurry and the cement sheath resulting from it will not show adequate homogeneity. Therefore, in order to properly design the lightweight slurry recipe, whose density is regulated by the addition of microspheres, one must first determine the change in the value of rheological parameters under the influence of the addition of microspheres, which was discussed in this article. The publication presents the results of works on the change of rheological parameters of latex cement slurry under the influence of increasing number of microspheres. Six slurries were designed, of which three recipes were reference points, and the next three were modified with 40% of the microspheres. The base cement slurries contained 5% microspheres in relation to the mass of cement, and the newly developed recipes on the basis of which the effect of the addition of microspheres was investigated contained 40% aluminosilicate microspheres. The designed slurries were intended for well conditions with a temperature range from 30°C to 70°C and corresponding reservoir pressures in the range from 5 MPa to 20 MPa. During the research, the focus was on the impact of the addition of microspheres on the rheological parameters of lightweight cement slurry, because this addition is the most commonly used filling material, and the results obtained can be helpful when designing, new, reduced density cement slurry recipes.