Patent ID: 8689873

Claim:
A method for treating a subterranean well, comprising: (i) providing a first composition comprising a slurry comprising an inorganic cement and a retarder comprising a lignosulfonate, a hydrocarboxylic acid, or a phosphonate or a combination thereof; (ii) providing a second composition comprising a waterborne resin having an initial particle size; (iii) adding a hardening agent to the second composition, and allowing the hardening agent to react with the resin; (iv) mixing the first composition with the second composition containing the hardening agent; and (v) placing the resulting mixture in the well, wherein the stoichiometric ratio—hardening agent:resin—is from 0.25:1 to 30:1, and the resin is present in the resulting mixture at a concentration between about 5% and about 95% by volume.