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