Extended-life cement compositions are provided and, more particularly, extended-life cement compositions are provided that comprise a cementitious component comprising red mud solids and hydraulic cement. A method of cementing may comprise providing an extended-life cement composition comprising a cementitious component, water, and a cement set retarder, wherein the cementitious component comprises red mud solids and a hydraulic cement; activating the extended-life cement composition; introducing the extended-life cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the extended-life cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.

Extended-life cement compositions are provided and, more particularly, extended-life cement compositions are provided that comprise a cementitious component comprising red mud solids and hydraulic cement. A method of cementing may comprise providing an extended-life cement composition comprising a cementitious component, water, and a cement set retarder, wherein the cementitious component comprises red mud solids and a hydraulic cement; activating the extended-life cement composition; introducing the extended-life cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the extended-life cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.

Disclosed is a method of cementing. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and a micro-electrical-mechanical system; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set.

Disclosed is a method of cementing. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and a micro-electrical-mechanical system; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set.

Disclosed is a method of spraying a surface with a set-delayed cement. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; spraying a surface with the set-delayed cement composition; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set on the surface.

Disclosed is a method of spraying a surface with a set-delayed cement. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; spraying a surface with the set-delayed cement composition; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set on the surface.

Amphiphilic macromolecules having repeating structural units: structural units to adjust molecular weight and molecular weight distribution and charging property effects, high stereo-hindrance structural units, and amphiphilic structural units, which are suitable for fields such as oil field well drilling, well cementation, fracturing, oil gathering and transfer, sewage treatment, sludge treatment and papermaking, etc., and can be used as an oil-displacing agent for enhanced oil production, a heavy oil viscosity reducer, a fracturing fluid, a clay stabilizing agent, a sewage treatment agent, a papermaking retention and drainage aid or a reinforcing agent, etc.

The present invention relates to the use of a sequenced polymer as an agent for monitoring the filtrate in a fluid injected under pressure into an oil rock, wherein the fluid comprises solid particles and/or is brought into contact with solid particles within the oil rock after being injected, the polymer comprising at least three blocks, including: at least one first block which is adsorbed, preferably irreversibly, onto at least some of the particles (p); a second block (B) having a composition other than that of the first and a mean molecular weight of more than 10,000 g/mol, and which is soluble in the fluid (F); and at least one third block of type (A) or type (B).

The present invention relates to the use of a sequenced polymer as an agent for monitoring the filtrate in a fluid injected under pressure into an oil rock, wherein the fluid comprises solid particles and/or is brought into contact with solid particles within the oil rock after being injected, the polymer comprising at least three blocks, including: at least one first block which is adsorbed, preferably irreversibly, onto at least some of the particles (p); a second block (B) having a composition other than that of the first and a mean molecular weight of more than 10,000 g/mol, and which is soluble in the fluid (F); and at least one third block of type (A) or type (B).

This invention relates to an adaptable Geopolymer cement composition for application in oil and gas wells having a wide range of downhole temperatures. The base Geopolymer cement composition has an acceptable rheology of below 200 cP and can be tailored by the inclusion of various chemicals to control properties such as thickening time over a wide range of temperatures and densities. The disclosed Geopolymer cement composition is pumpable, mixable and stable. The composition can also be adapted to have expandable and swellable properties.