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US 12,286,499 · App. 17/196,273 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Polyrotaxane-reinforced settable fluids with entrapped gas phase under high pressure

Inventors: Ashok Santra (The Woodlands, TX); Hasmukh A. Patel (Katy, TX)
Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
C08F283/06C08K3/22C08K3/36C08K5/23C04B24/24C04B24/32C04B24/42C04B2111/00232C04B2111/34C08K2003/2206C08K2003/2227C08K2003/2265E21B41/00
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Patent No.
US 12,286,499
App. No.
17/196,273
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This document relates to methods for preventing or inhibiting the cracking or explosion of cement in an oil well using cement compositions that contain polyrotaxane additives. The cement compositions containing the polyrotaxane additives exhibit increased resiliency to cracking as compared to the same cement without the polyrotaxane additive.

Claims (21)

1. A cement composition comprising:

cement; and

a slurry comprising:

about 2% to about 8% by weight of the slurry a cross-linked polyrotaxane additive selected from the group consisting of γ-CD-PS-NH-CC, α-CD-PEG-NH-CC, and β-CD-PPG-NH-CC; and

a gas-generating compound.

2. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the PEG, PPG, or PS has a molecular weight of about 1 kilodalton (kDa) to about 50 kDa.

3. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the gas-generating compound is a nitrogen gas-generating compound.

4. The cement composition of claim 3 , wherein the nitrogen gas-generating compound is azodicarboxamide.

5. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the cement is selected from the group consisting of Portland cement, pozzolanic cement, Sorel cements, high alumina cements, and a brittle settable cement.

6. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the cement composition comprises one or more of a foaming agent, a viscosifier, and a retarder.

7. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the cement composition further comprises water.

8. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the cement composition exhibits improved resiliency against cracking as compared to the same cement composition without the polyrotaxane additive.

9. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the PEG, PPG, or PS has a molecular weight of about 5 kDa to about 40 kDa.

10. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the PEG, PPG, or PS has a molecular weight of about 20 kDa to about 30 kDa.

11. The cement composition of claim 1 , wherein the amount of the cross-linked polyrotaxane additive in the slurry is between about 4% to about 6% by weight of the slurry.

12. A method of preparing a foamed cement composition, comprising:

preparing a slurry comprising a gas-generating compound and about 2% to about 8% by weight of the slurry a cross-linked polyrotaxane additive selected from the group consisting of γ-CD-PS-NH-CC, α-CD-PEG-NH-CC, and β-CD-PPG-NH-CC; and

mixing the slurry with cement and a foaming agent.

13. A method for preventing cracking in cement with entrapped gas of an oil well when the gas is subjected to a negative change in pressure, the method comprising:

providing to the oil well a cement composition comprising cement and a slurry comprising a gas-generating compound and about 2% to about 8% by weight of the slurry a cross-linked polyrotaxane additive selected from the group consisting of γ-CD-PS-NH-CC, α-CD-PEG-NH-CC, and β-CD-PPG-NH-CC.

14. A method of improving the resiliency of a foamed cement composition to cracking, comprising adding a slurry comprising a gas-generating compound and about 2% to about 8% by weight of the slurry a cross-linked polyrotaxane additive selected from the group consisting of γ-CD-PS-NH-CC, α-CD-PEG-NH-CC, and β-CD-PPG-NH-CC to a cement composition, wherein the resiliency of the foamed cement composition to cracking is greater than the resiliency of the same cement composition to cracking without the polyrotaxane additive.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
To: SAUDI ARAMCO UPSTREAM TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055957/0190 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: SAUDI ARAMCO UPSTREAM TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055957/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: SANTRA, ASHOK; PATEL, HASMUKH A.
To: ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055558/0939 →
Continuity (1)
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