EverCRETE CO2-Resistant Cement System For CO2 Environments | SLB

EverCRETE

CO2-resistant cement system

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The EverCRETE™ CO2-resistant cement system serves as barrier for CO2 storage wells or high-CO2-producing formations. In addition, the system can be used to cement new CO2 injection wells or to plug and abandon injection or production wells at the end of the field life. EverCRETE system lowers the CO2 footprint during well construction due to significantly reduced usage of portland cement. In addition to being used as a cement across potential CO2-producing formations, it can act as the primary barrier in the wellbore for in situ fluids after abandonment and permanent decommissioning. For wells in fields that use CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) or may use it in the future, EverCRETE system reduces the risk of cement sheath degradation and leakage.

  • Carbon capture and storage wells
  • Wells in fields that use CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery
  • Primary cementing in CO2 environments
  • Long-term decommissioning objectives for plug and abandonment in CO2 environments
  • Resists cement matrix attack from wet supercritical CO2 and water saturated with CO2
  • Can be prepared locally using the standard bulk plant
  • Offers the option to be engineered with self-healing capabilities

In case there is damage to the cement matrix and CO2 starts to migrate, the self-healing capabilities that can be incorporated in EverCRETE system will repair the crack, reestablishing the integrity of the well and recovering zonal isolation.

Photo of EverCRETE system’s self-healing properties before and after exposure to CO2.
EverCRETE CO2-resistant cement system can be engineered with self-healing properties that are reactive to CO2 exposure.