Technical Papers
Our solutions-focused research and development provide innovation to deliver well integrity for the life of the well. Read more about how we are addressing increasing well complexity below.
2024
Experimental Investigation of How Supercritical CO2 Changes the Chemistry and Microstructure of Cements
SPE-220884-MS
Liu, Y., Hu, K., Kuru, E., Li, H., Lin, Z., Iremonger, S., and G. DeBruijn.
Measuring and Modeling Hydrogen Permeability of Salt and Cemented Salt Plugs Under Cavern Operating Conditions
Adel Najafimarghmaleki, Amin Alinejad, Lin Yuan, Hassan Dehghanpour, University of Alberta; Simon Iremonger, Sanjel Energy Services
Experimental Investigation of Well Cement Integrity in Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
OMAE2024-130296
Muhammad A. Thaika, Ke Hu, Ergun Kuru, Huazhou Li, Simon Iremonger, Zichao Lin, Gunnar DeBruijn
2023
Mitigating Gas Migration Using Foamed Cement on Shallow Thermal Wells in Northeast Alberta
SPE-214768-MS
Sylvestre, C., Oliveira, J., and H. Jiao
Improved Primary Cement Job Design Methodology for
Mitigation of Vent Gas Flow
AADE-23-NTCE-062
Jeremy Downs and Landon Olson, Sanjel Energy Services; David Kulakofsky, Impact Fluid Solutions
2022
Design and Development of a High Pressure-High Temperature Wellbore Simulator for Investigation of the Impact of Cyclic Stresses on the Integrity of Wellbore Sections with Cement/Casing Interfaces
SPE-210223-MS
Simon Iremonger, Jeff Spence and Blair Fisher, Sanjel Energy Services Inc; Xinxiang Yang, Ergun Kuru, and Zichao Lin, University of Alberta
2021
Characterization of the Microstructure of the Cement-Rock Interface Using Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy and Micro-Computed Tomography Scan
SPE-205512-PA
Simon Iremonger, Sanjel Energy Services Inc; Xinxiang Yang, Ergun Kuru, Murray Gingras, Zichao Lin and Sara Biddle, University of Alberta
Characterization of the Microstructure of the Cement/Casing Interface Using ESEM and Micro-CT Scan Techniques
SPE-204227-PA
Simon Iremonger and Preston Chase, Sanjel Energy Services Inc; Xinxiang Yang, Ergun Kuru, Murray Gingras and Zichao Lin, University of Alberta
2020
Quantifying the Impact of 2D and 3D Fractures on Permeability in Wellbore Cement after Uniaxial Compressive Loading
SPE-198683-PA
Simon Iremonger, Jared Taylor and Preston Chase, Sanjel Energy Services Inc; Xinxiang Yang, Ergun Kuru, Murray Gingras and Zichao Lin, University of Alberta
2019
Quantifying 2D and 3D Fracture Leakage Pathways Observed in Wellbore Cement after Uniaxial Compressive Loading
SPE-198683-MS
Simon Iremonger and Jared Taylor, Sanjel Energy Services Inc; Xinxiang Yang, Ergun Kuru, Murray Gingras and Zichao Lin, University of Alberta
2018
Design and Application of a New High Performance Lightweight Thermal Cement
SPE-193350-MS
Jared Taylor and Simon Iremonger, Sanjel Energy Services
2017
Direct Strain Mapping of a Cement Sheath; A New Tool for Understanding and Preventing Cement Failure in Thermal Wells
SPE-188151-MS
Simon Iremonger, Sanjel Energy Services; Benjamin Cheung and Jason Carey, University of Alberta