Inventors:
Rahul Chandrakant Patil - Pune, IN
B. Raghava Reddy - Duncan, IN
Abhimanyu Deshpande - Pune, IN
Christopher L. Gordon - Oklahoma City OK, US
Craig W. Roddy - Duncan OK, US
Jiten Chatterji - Duncan OK, US
Roger S. Cromwell - Walters OK, US
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Houston TX
International Classification:
C04B 7/32, C04B 7/02, C04B 7/12, C04B 7/345, E21B 33/00
US Classification:
507269, 507219, 507221, 507225, 166285, 106638, 106681, 106692, 106705, 106713, 106789, 106793, 106796, 106802, 106811
Abstract:
Methods and compositions that comprise sub-micron alumina for accelerating setting of a cement composition. An embodiment includes a method of cementing in a subterranean formation. The method may comprise introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises hydraulic cement, sub-micron alumina, and water. The method further may comprise allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Another embodiment includes a cement composition that may comprise hydraulic cement, sub-micron alumina, and water.