CEMENTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING A SMART PLUG

摘要

A cementing method includes positioning a bottom plug at a casing shoe, rupturing the bottom plug, signaling when a top plug reaches a target position, and releasing a chemical into a cement slurry below the top plug in response to the signaling. The signaling or releasing involves an electronic signaling interface included with the bottom plug and/or the top plug. A cementing system includes a top plug position interface that identifies when a top plug reaches a target position relative to a bottom plug and a chemical release interface that releases a chemical into a cement slurry below the top plug. The top plug position interface or the chemical release interface include an electronic signaling interface integrated with at least one of the top plug and a bottom plug.