Patent ID: 7694739

Claim:
A method comprising: mixing at least a cementitious component and an additive comprising: a polymer, a phosphorus component, a polyvalent metal ion, an oil-based liquid, and a surfactant to form a cement composition, the phosphorus component comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of: (a) a phosphate ester having the formula wherein R and R 1 comprise a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having from about 1 to 30 carbon atoms that comprise a linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl ether, aryl ether, alkyl aryl ether, or a mixture thereof; and wherein an ether linkage has the following structure: —O(CH 2 —CHR′)— wherein R′ is a hydrogen, a methyl or an ethyl, (b) a phosphonic acid ester having the formula wherein R comprises a hydrocarbon group having from about 1 to about 30 carbon atoms that comprise a linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl ether, aryl ether, alkyl aryl ether, or a mixture thereof and wherein R′ comprises a hydrocarbon group having from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, and (c) a phosphinic acid having the formula wherein R 1 comprises a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having from about 1 to 30 carbon atoms that comprise a linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl ether, aryl ether, alkyl aryl ether, or a mixture thereof and wherein R 2 comprises a linear or branched hydrocarbon or an aromatic group having from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms; introducing the cement composition into at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to at least partially set therein.