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Granted Patent B2
US 12,338,387 · App. 18/367,144 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Low carbon footprint expansive composition and methods of making and using same

Inventors: Gunnar Lende (Stavanger, NO); Rahul Jadhav (Stavanger, NO); Thomas Jason Pisklak (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
C09K8/467C04B14/06C04B14/104C04B14/14C04B14/16C04B18/08C04B18/141C04B18/146C04B22/124C04B22/147C04B28/04E21B33/14C04B2103/10
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Patent No.
US 12,338,387
App. No.
18/367,144
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a cementitious material, a pozzolanic material, aplite, and an aqueous fluid. Also disclosed herein is a method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, comprising: placing the composition into the wellbore; and allowing the composition to form a set cement. The composition can develop suitable mechanical properties and permeability after setting in a wellbore and be expansive.

Claims (49)

1. A composition comprising (i) a blend of Portland cement and Trass flour and (ii) an aqueous fluid,

wherein the Trass flour is present in the composition in an amount from about 40% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB,

wherein the composition has a positive expansion upon setting,

wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 60% BWOB, and

wherein the composition has a 14-day circumferential change in a range of from about 0.01% to about 2% at a temperature in a range of from about 20° C./68° F. to about 150° C./302° F., when measured in a ring expansion test in accordance with test standard API 10B-5.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the blend further comprises aplite.

3. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the aplite is present in the composition in an amount from about 10% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 60% BWOB.

4. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the aplite is present in the composition in an amount from about 10 to about 40% BWOB.

5. The composition of claim 2 , further comprising fly ash.

6. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the aplite comprises fine-grained particles of less than or equal to about 2 millimeters.

7. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising silica fume.

8. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a sodium chloride and sodium sulfate blend.

9. A method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, comprising:

placing a composition of claim 1 into the wellbore; and

allowing the composition to form a set cement.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the Trass flour has a d50 particle size distribution of equal to or less than about 50 microns.

11. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising fly ash.

12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the Trass flour is present in the composition in an amount from about 45% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB and wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 55% BWOB.

13. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the Trass flour is present in the composition in an amount from about 50% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB and wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 50% BWOB.

14. A composition comprising (i) a blend of Portland cement and fly ash and (ii) an aqueous fluid,

wherein the fly ash is present in the composition in an amount from about 40% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB,

wherein the composition has a positive expansion upon setting,

wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 60% BWOB, and

wherein the composition has a 14-day circumferential change in a range of from about 0.01% to about 2% at a temperature in a range of from about 20° C./68° F. to about 150° C./302° F., when measured in a ring expansion test in accordance with test standard API 10B-5.

15. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the blend further comprises aplite.

16. The composition of claim 15 , wherein the aplite is present in the composition in an amount from about 10% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 60% BWOB.

17. The composition of claim 15 , wherein the aplite is present in the composition in an amount from about 10 to about 40% BWOB.

18. The composition of claim 15 , wherein the aplite comprises fine-grained particles of less than or equal to about 2 millimeters.

19. The composition of claim 14 , further comprising silica fume.

20. The composition of claim 14 , further comprising a sodium chloride and sodium sulfate blend.

21. A method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, comprising:

placing a composition of claim 8 into the wellbore; and

allowing the composition to form a set cement.

22. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the fly ash is present in the composition in an amount from about 45% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB and wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 55% BWOB.

23. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the fly ash is present in the composition in an amount from about 50% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB and wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 50% BWOB.

24. A composition comprising (i) a blend of Portland cement and aplite and (ii) an aqueous fluid,

wherein the aplite is present in the composition in an amount from about 40% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB,

wherein the composition has a positive expansion upon setting,

wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 60% BWOB, and

wherein the composition has a 14-day circumferential change in a range of from about 0.01% to about 2% at a temperature in a range of from about 20° C./68° F. to about 150° C./302° F., when measured in a ring expansion test in accordance with test standard API 10B-5.

25. The composition of claim 24 , further comprising silica fume.

26. The composition of claim 24 , further comprising a sodium chloride and sodium sulfate blend.

27. A method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, comprising:

placing a composition of claim 24 into the wellbore; and

allowing the composition to form a set cement.

28. The composition of claim 24 , wherein the aplite comprises fine-grained particles of less than or equal to about 2 millimeters.

29. The composition of claim 24 , further comprising fly ash.

30. The composition of claim 24 , wherein the aplite is present in the composition in an amount from about 45% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB and wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 55% BWOB.

31. The composition of claim 24 , wherein the aplite is present in the composition in an amount from about 50% by weight of the blend (BWOB) to about 70% BWOB and wherein the Portland cement is present in the composition in an amount from about 30 to about 50% BWOB.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2023
From: LENDE, GUNNAR; JADHAV, RAHUL; PISKLAK, THOMAS JASON
To: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 064876/0887 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17509756 · Oct 25, 2021
Related Publication 20230416593A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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