Answer to Question #293557 in Chemical Engineering for Aisyah

Question

The surface casing of the well is to be cemented to the surface with a single-stage cementing using Class G cement + 5% bentonite. Estimate the total number of sacks required for cement & bentonite and total time required to seal surface casing with 20% excess of the total volume of slurry.

Additional information: The shoe track is 60 ft and has a rathole of 10ft. 15 minutes required to release the plugs with 15 sacks/min of mixing rate and 250 gal/min of pumping rate.

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