This document provides procedures for testing well cements and cement blends for use in the petroleum and natural gas industries in a deepwater environment, or areas with a low seafloor temperature, or areas where low well temperatures exist.

This document supplements API RP 10B‑3, 2^nd edition (2016), the requirements of which are applicable with the exceptions specified in this document.

This document excludes the mitigation of shallow water flow in deepwater wells.