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.
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2025
Experimental Investigation of Penetration and Plugging Performance of Cement Blends Used for Squeeze Cementing in Sub 150 Micron Gaps
SPE-220884-MS
Muhammad A. Thaika; Ke Hu; Ergun Kuru; Simon Iremonger; Huazhou Li; Zichao Lin; Gunnar DeBruijn
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2018
Design and Application of a New High Performance Lightweight Thermal Cement
SPE-193350-MS
Jared Taylor and Simon Iremonger, Sanjel Energy Services
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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