US 11,859,465 B2
Cement top job with non-retrievable tubing
Abdulwahab S. Al-Johar, Dhahran (SA); Abdullah Saleh Al-Yami, Dhahran (SA); Abdulla F. Dossary, Dhahran (SA); and Sara A. Alkhalaf, Alkhobar (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,196.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175348 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 33/14 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 23/01 (2006.01); E21B 33/136 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/14 (2013.01) [E21B 23/01 (2013.01); E21B 33/136 (2013.01); E21B 34/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for cementing a wellbore having a lost circulation zone, the method comprising:
installing a cement basket around a casing string having a casing diameter;
running and setting the casing string in the wellbore, wherein the cement basket is set in proximity of and up hole from the lost circulation zone;
pumping a cement slurry, through the casing string, to a first depth downhole from the cement basket;
running a first tubing, having a tubing diameter, into an annulus between the casing string and the wellbore, wherein the tubing diameter is less than the casing diameter and the first tubing is run to a depth in the annulus proximate the cement basket; and
pumping the cement slurry, through the first tubing, to a second depth up hole from the cement basket.