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    3. Stuck Pipe and Fishing Operations - VILT

    Stuck Pipe and Fishing Operations - VILT

    • Skill
    • 10 Days
    • Virtual Instructor Led Training
      • Average client rating (based on 48 attendee reviews)

    The Stuck Pipe and Fishing Operations course is VILT (Virtual Instructor Led Training) delivered real time.  The course will be taught in 4 hours sessions over a 10 day period and it is delivered using the WebEx platform.

    This course will cover a practical review of the causes of stuck pipe and the techniques that can be employed to avoid such problems.  Participants will learn about investigation techniques covering the operation, selection, and use of fishing tools, including decision making methods. 

    The seminar has been designed to educate the participants with the main focus of how to prevent fishing jobs, however, if it does occur, what operations and techniques are available to recover the fish or how to sidetrack the well for wellbore recovery.
    Day 1

    • Pre-test and class introduction
    • Stuck pipe conditions and causes of stuck pipe
    • Introduction to Drilling Geology

    Day 2

    • Solids Induced pack off
    • Differential pressure sticking
    • Wellbore Geometry sticking

    Day 3

    • Introduction to Hole Cleaning
    • Hole Cleaning - flow regimes
    • Hole Cleaning - Introduction Effects of Well Angle
    • Hole Cleaning - Medium to High Angle Wells

    Day 4

    • Cont. Hole Cleaning - medium to High Angle Wells
    • Recommended Practices for Hole Cleaning
    • Wellbore Instability - Causes and Remedies

    Day 5

    • Wellbore Instability - Problems diagnostic and Modelling
    • Well Engineering and offset Well Analysis for Stuck Pipe Prevention
    • Introduction to Drilling Jar Placement and Operation

    Day 6

    • Types of Jars
    • Jar Placement and Operation
    • RECAP - Recommended Practices for Stuck Pipe Prevention
    • RECAP - Recommended Practices in case of Back Reaming

    Day 7

    • Stuck Pipe First Responses
    • Fishing Economics
    • String Separation Options

    Day 8

    • Cont. String Separation Options
    • Introduction to Fishing Operations
    • Fishing tools and Procedures

    Day 9

    • Cont. Fishing tools and Procedures II
    • Fishing for Wireline
    • Setting Cement Plugs for Side tracking
    • Introduction to Side Tracking Procedures

    Day 10

    • The Whipstock System
    • Successful exits and Open Hole Sidetrack
    • Final test and Q&A

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