Well Cement Integrity
- 1st Edition - June 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Rahman Ashena, William K. (Bill) Ott, Jacqueline Greenwell
- Language: English
Well Cement Integrity offers a comprehensive examination of the critical factors influencing the long-term safety and reliability of wellbore barriers. This book synthesizes recent… Read more
Well Cement Integrity is an essential resource for petroleum engineers, geothermal specialists, CCUS researchers, well abandonment engineers, and oilfield service providers engaged in designing, operating, and safeguarding well systems. It also benefits energy engineers and practitioners dedicated to ensuring long-term well safety in operational environments. This book serves as a vital reference, advancing understanding and application of best practices in well integrity management across diverse energy sectors, ultimately contributing to safer, more sustainable subsurface operations.
- Summarizes a range of evaluation methods for well cement integrity throughout the lifecycle
- Addresses challenges specific to geothermal, CCUS, and high-pressure, high-temperature wells
- Incorporates laboratory tests, field diagnostics, and data-driven techniques, including AI/ML
- Offers practical guidelines and case studies to support implementation
- Supports sustainable energy projects by promoting effective well integrity management
2. Holistic Cement Evaluation - Lifecycle review, evaluation process, and key elements
3. Experimental Cement Testing - slurry properties, bond strength, permeability, and destructive tests
4. Sustained Casing Pressure - causes, monitoring, prevention, and remediation with case studies
5. Cement Bond Logs (CBL) - ultrasonic and sonic logs, interpretation, quality control, and practical case examples
6. Pressure Integrity Tests - PPT, LOT, FIT, inflow, and negative pressure testing methods
7. Temperature and Fiber Optic Logs - conventional and fiber optic sensing, flow detection, case studies
8. Corrosion and Other Logs - corrosion logs, tracer logs, indirect cement evaluation
9. Cement Plugs and Evaluation - placement methods, integrity assessment techniques
10. Data-Driven and AI/ML Approaches - cement bond evaluation, predictive analytics, corrosion assessment
11. Plug and Abandonment - procedures, long-term integrity, case studies
12. Cement Integrity in CCUS Wells - challenges, additives, geopolymers, evaluation techniques
13. HPHT and Geothermal Cement Evaluation - high-temperature effects, bond interpretation, operational practices
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Rahman Ashena
RAHMAN ASHENA (SOROUSH), PhD (ORCID No. 0000-0003-4161-6461)
Rahman Ashena has over 10 years of field experience as a drilling, completion, and production engineer and more than 10 years of global consulting experience. He is the founder of Smart Energy and Data Analytics (SEDA) Group, based in Houston, USA, where his team develops AI-based software, including the xOptim™ software suite, and delivers data-driven solutions for the petroleum and geothermal industries. These solutions cover drilling (including UBD/MPD), reservoir PVT and material balance, and production engineering applications, including geothermal and carbon capture and storage (CCS) wells. SEDA Group also provides advanced engineering consulting, mentoring, training, and analytics support for energy projects worldwide.
Ashena is the author of several well-known books:The Practical Handbook of Well Control, Cement Bond Logs: Guidelines and Interpretation, and Coring Methods and Systems. He has also published more than 80 peer-reviewed technical papers in the areas of well engineering and artificial intelligence applications. Since 2023, he has served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology.
He holds a PhD in Petroleum Well Engineering from Montanuniversität Leoben (2017), an MSc from Curtin University (2009), a BSc from the Petroleum University of Technology (2007), and an MSc in Data Science and Analytics.
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William K. (Bill) Ott
WILLIAM K. (BILL) OTT, P.E., is an independent petroleum consultant based in Houston, Texas, and founded Well Completion Technology, an international engineering consulting and petroleum industry training firm established in 1986. Before consulting and teaching, Mr. Ott was the division engineer for Halliburton’s Far East region based in Singapore. Previously, he was a research field coordinator for Halliburton in Duncan, Oklahoma. Mr. Ott received his BS Degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri (1972). He is a registered professional engineer in Texas, a 50-year SPE member, and an SPE Distinguished Lecturer (2007-08) on the Selection and Design Criteria for Sand Control Screens. He has conducted technical petroleum industry courses worldwide and written numerous technical papers relating to well completion and workover operations. He co-authored World Oil’s Modern Sandface Completion Practices, World Oil Mature Oil & Gas Wells Downhole Remediation Handbook, and Cement Bond Logs: Guidelines and Interpretation. Ott is a respected consultant in cementing, drilling and well integrity at SEDA Group.
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