After oil and gas well drilling,
they should be cased and cemented
to ensure the stability of the wellbore and to isolate the trouble
zones. To achieve these jobs, several additives are incorporated into
the cement slurry to improve the cement matrix durability, especially
at temperatures above 230 F. The tire waste material is an industrial
waste that comes from automobile tires. The purpose of this work is
to investigate the prospect of utilizing tire waste in oil-well cement
under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions of 292 F and 3000
psi. Three cement samples with different concentrations of the tire
waste material were prepared. The effects of tire waste on the cement
rheological properties, elastic and failure parameters, and permeability
were examined. The results showed that adding 0.3% by weight of cement
(BWOC) of the tire waste material considerably improved the cement
to the cement slurry and cement matrix properties, and it decreased
the cement plastic viscosity by 53.1% and increased its yield point
by 142.4% compared to the base cement. The cement samples with 0.3%
BWOC of tire waste have Young’s modulus which is 10.8% less
than that of the base cement and Poisson’s ratio of 14.3% greater
than that of the base cement. By incorporating 0.3% of the tire waste,
both compressive and tensile strengths of the cement increased by
48.3 and 11.7%, respectively, compared with those of the base cement.
The cement permeability was decreased by 66.0% after adding 0.3% of
the tire waste. Besides the improvement in the properties of cement,
the use of the tire waste material has other economical and environmental
advantages because these are very cheap materials dominant in our
life.