Patent ID: 8360150

Claim:
A method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises: cement; water; and a surfactant comprising: a substituted ethoxylated phenol and derivatives thereof, having at least one substituent, wherein the substituted ethoxylated phenol and derivatives thereof comprises at least one of the following chemical structures: where n=1-14, R=an alkyl, alkene, or alkyne with a carbon chain length in the range of 4 to 25, and where m=0, 2, 4, and 6, wherein the substituted ethoxylated phenol and derivatives thereof, is a substituted cardanol ethoxylate and wherein the substituted cardanol ethoxylate and derivatives thereof has at least one of the following chemical structures: where n=1-14; m=0, 2, 4 and 6; and R 1 =an alkyl, alkene, or alkene with a carbon chain length in the range of 4 to 25; and allowing the cement composition to set.