SQUEEZE
CEMENTING
DEFINITION
Squeeze Cementing is the process of
applying hydraulic pressure to force or
squeeze a cement slurry into the
desired perforations, fractures,
channels, or voids and force filtrate
water from the slurry to create a solid
mass which will harden to provide the
desired seal.
Squeeze Cementing
Squeeze cementing could be called remedial
cementing. The cement is used to remedy or
prevent problems in the well.
Squeeze Cementing is as much an
Art as it is a Science. Area
Experience is essential.
Squeeze cementing
• Why Are We Squeezing?
• Control excess water production
• Seal off thief zones or lost
circulation zones
• Isolate zones
• Correcti a defective primary
cementing job
• Seal off depleted zones.
SQUEEZE
TECHNIQUES
SQUEEZE TECHNIQUES
Pressure To Squeeze
High Pressure Squeeze
Low Pressure Squeeze
Pumping Technique
Hesitation Squeeze
Running or Walking Squeeze
Placement Technique
Squeeze Packer
Bradenhead (Including Coiled Tubing)
“HESITATION” SQUEEZE
“RUNNING/WALKING” SQUEEZE
SQUEEZE TOOL METHOD
Retrievable Or Drillable
Squeeze Packer Set
Above Injection Point
Isolates Casing Above
Packer From Squeeze
Pressure
Higher Squeeze Pressures
Possible
Annulus Pressure Applied
To Help Prevent Casing
Collapse
BRADENHEAD METHOD
Spot Cement Across Squeeze Interval
Pull Workstring Above Cement Top
Close BOP/Bradenhead & Reverse
Tubing Clean
Apply Squeeze Pressure
Disadvantages
Casing Exposed To Squeeze Pressure
Limited Squeeze Pressure
Advantages
Cost Reduction
Wash Cement Out Of Casing
SQUEEZE
APPLICATIONS
BLOCK SQUEEZE
Performed To Isolate Zone
Perforate & Squeeze Below
Zone
Perforate & Squeeze Above
Zone
Drill Out & Test
Difficult To Remove
Trapped Fluid/Mud
Avoid Fracturing
CIRCULATING SQUEEZE
“Suicide Squeeze”
Drillable Tool Set
Between Perforations
Circulation Path Back
Into Casing Above
Improved Channel
Cleaning
Probability Of Sticking
Casing Collapse Possible
NOT A RECOMMENDED
PROCESS!!!!!!!!!!!
ABANDONMENT
SQUEEZE
Retainer Set High To
Meet Regulatory
Plugging
Requirements
Perform Low
Pressure Squeeze
Through Retainer
Sting Out & Dump
Cement On Top Of
Retainer
CHANNEL SQUEEZE
Channel Must Be Void Of
Mud
Allow Production To Clean
Channel If Possible
Clean Channel With Acid Or
Chemical Washes
Perform Low Pressure
Squeeze
Inject Into Production Perfs
Or Adjacent To Problem
Zone
SQUEEZING UNWANTED
PRODUCTION (Conformance
Technology)
Water Coning From
Below
Gas Cap Production
Due To Depletion
Channels
Vertical Fractures
Natural
Created
High Vertical
Initial Current
Permeability
CASING SPLIT
SQUEEZE
Often Occur Above
Cement Top
May Require Multiple
Stages
Caution With Tools Due To
Restrictions Or Enlarged
Casing
Split Length May Increase
During Squeeze
Use Low Pressure Squeeze
LINER TOP SQUEEZE
Poor Mud Displacement During
Primary Cement Job
Gas Migration Channel
No Cement Returns To Liner Top
Solids Bridging
Losses Due To High ECD
Planned “Tack & Squeeze”
Microannular Flow
Reduced Fluid Density
Difficult To Inject Fluids Into
Leak
LOST CIRCULATION
SQUEEZE
Multiple Stages Likely
Lead Or First Stage - Possible Solutions….
Lost Circulation Material
High Fluid Loss Cement
Thixotropic Cement
Foam Cement
Quick Setting Cement
Sodium Silicate Preflushes
Second Stage Low Fluid Loss
Reactive Systems - FlexPlug, Gunk, DOC, BDO
CASING SHOE SQUEEZE
Formation In Shoe Area Unable To Support
Hydrostatic During Continued Drilling
Moderate To High Fluid Loss Cement
Reactive Preflush
Channel To Nearby Weak Formation Above
Shoe
Clean Channel With Preflush Fluids
Perform Low Pressure Squeeze To Prevent Creating
Fracture And Increasing Problem
SQUEEZING COLLAR LEAKS
Often Extremely Low Injection Rate
Internally Catalyzed Chemical Treatments
Microfine Cements
Neat EPSEAL
Perforate To Increase Injection Rate
