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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2005
James F. Heathman, Katy, TX (US);
Sears T. Dealy, Comanche, OK (US);
James H. Cantrell, Duncan, OK (US);
Dennis W. Gray, Comanche, OK (US);
James F. Heathman, Katy, TX (US);
Sears T. Dealy, Comanche, OK (US);
James H. Cantrell, Duncan, OK (US);
Dennis W. Gray, Comanche, OK (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Duncan, OK (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for determining suitable displacement fluids for use in subterranean cementing operations, and methods of cementing that use such displacement fluids, are provided. Examples of methods include methods of water-wetting an annulus in a subterranean formation having an oleaginous-external/aqueous-internal fluid disposed on at least a portion of one or more surfaces of the annulus. Another example of a method is a method of using an inverter fluid in a subterranean formation that includes a tubular string disposed therein having an annular region adjacent the outer surface of the tubular string, at least part of the annular region having an oleaginous-external/aqueous-internal fluid on a surface thereof. Another example of a method of the present invention is a method of identifying an inverter fluid to use for inverting an oleaginous-external/aqueous-internal fluid in a subterranean formation.