The other day, I received an email from a representative of an international oil company, which is wholly owned by the government and reports to the Department of Energy. The email contained this ...

Erle P. Halliburton in 1921 patented an advanced technology for cementing wells that brought greater production and environmental safety to America’s oilfields. With his “Method and Means for ...

Record-breaking cementing technology enhances rig safety and efficiency pushing the boundaries of deepwater well construction. HOUSTON, September 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expro (NYSE: XPRO), a ...

In completion of oil and gas wells, cement isolates the wellbore, prevents casing failure, and keeps wellbore fluids from contaminating freshwater aquifers. The basic factors engineers and operators ...

Used for a number of different reasons, cementing protects and seals the wellbore. Most commonly, cementing is used to permanently shut off water penetration into the well. Part of the completion ...

Summary: Ideal conditions for geothermal power can create some of the biggest cementing challenges for wells. Where traditional cementing methods fail, tailored cement formulations and processes can ...

The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement - suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster - has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an ...

NEW ORLEANS, May 23 (UPI) -- Experts say flaws in a cement encasement meant to seal the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico may have caused the April 20 explosion, the Los Angeles Times reported. At least a ...

Natural gas may be one of the cleaner sources of energy, but the petroleum industry's challenge in the well-construction process is to drill and complete wells to produce it safely and economically.