Developments in geothermal energy in Mexico—part thirty-one. Prediction of geothermal cement durability from field tests

Abstract

Cement data reported in 1985 by the Geothermal Cements Task Group of The American Petroleum Institute (API) Committee 10 on cements standardization are presented. In order to obtain adequate cement compositions for geothermal environments, the API and National Bureau of Standards (NBS), U.S.A. and the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), together with the Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas (IIE), Mexico, have completed a programme to evaluate 16 cement compositions in the Cerro Prieto geothermal field in both down-hole baskets and in surface chambers.