Cementing equipment
Equipment used to seal walls of bore holes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oil well cementing equipment are essential for oil and gas exploration and are required oilfield equipment when drilling a well.
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Casing pipe will be installed at various depths while drilling. It is held in place by cement, which also provides zone isolation. Casing is run to protect the wellbore from fluids, pressures and wellbore stability problems. Down-hole equipment such as Centralizers and Turbolizers are used to ensure satisfactory zone isolation is obtained. Float Shoes and Collars (float valves) prevent backflow after the cement has been pumped into place.