API Mixing Energy Proposal

June 24-28, 2013

Presented by Jim Davison, Ametek-Chandler

Engineering
with
Terry Dammel & Joe Day, Schlumberger
 Project Goals
Assign a Mixing Energy to each Cement
Slurry
•Step 1 - Laboratory testing with a Lab Blender
•Time to reach a vortex at 4000 rpm
•Calculate a Mixing Energy value
•Step 2 – Field Mixing Equipment
•Determine the Mixing Energy of your Field
Equipment
•Calculate the time needed to Mix the Cement
Slurry
 Parameters
Standard API Lab Blender
•Exception to Standard API Mix
•Alter 15 seconds at 4000 rpm
•Time mix at 4000 rpm until a stable
vortex is reached.
•Once a vortex is reached mix at 12,000
rpm for 35 seconds.
•Calculate Mixing Energy
•The energy needed to hydrate a slurry
Mixing Energy Calculations for the
Lab Blender
API Specification 10A
Mixing Energy Video
Mixing Energy Values
Mixing Energy Values
 Questions
•Why does this brand of Class H cement
require a high mixing energy?
•Why the difference between two buckets
of the same lot?
•Will it be able to be mixed in the field?
•Will it be able to be pumped on the fly?
 Questions for API
•How do we know if a cement slurry can
be mixed?
•Can this procedure be adapted as a part
of API testing?
•Should 15 seconds at 4000 rpm be
applied once a vortex is achieved?
 API RP 10B-2 Proposal
5.3.4 Mixing of Cement and Water

REWRITE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

Document the time to reach a vortex and calculate this as the mixing energy to
completely wet the cement blend.