Anti-corrosion cement for sour gas (H2S-CO2) storage and production of HTHP deep wells

• Published in: Applied geochemistry Vol. 96; pp. 155 - 163
• Main Authors: Bihua, Xu, Bin, Yuan, Yongqing, Wang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2018
• Subjects: calcium hydroxide; calcium silicate; cement; CO2; compression strength; corrosion; Fe2O3; geochemistry; H2S; HTHP; Oil well cement; permeability; H2S; Oil well cement; HTHP; Fe2O3; CO2
• ISSN: 0883-2927; 1872-9134
• DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.07.004

A wellbore cement sheath exposed to an H2S-CO2 rich environment for long time will lose its general purpose (zone isolation, segregation, pipe strength improvement, etc.) due to corrosion, especially under high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) formation conditions. H2S-CO2 attacks cement by causing leaching, expansion, and dissolution effects. Therefore, this research work intends to investigate the corrosion-resistant properties of corrosion-resistant additive (CRA) for Fe2O3-amended cement. The experimental results indicate that the well cement with CRA has lower original permeability and calcium hydroxide (CH) content than cement without CRA; even after corrosion, it has higher compressive strength, lower permeability and smaller corrosion depth than that of cement without CRA. CRA can react with CH and high-Ca/Si hydration products to generate low-Ca/Si hydration products such as xonotlite and tobermorite. CRA cement has superior corrosion resistance because of reduced its original permeability due to film formation and filling effects and through the reduction of CH to achieve low-Ca/Si hydration products. •H2S-CO2 attacks cement cause leaching and erosion effects.•CRA reduces original permeability of cement by filling and filming effects.•CRA reduces pH by the reaction between noncrystalline nanosilica and Ca(OH)2.