By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand how drill pipe become stuck & what they can do to prevent the situation from occurring.
• What the driller should do regarding his “First Actions” upon becoming stuck.
• Fully understand the contents of the Driller’s Stuck Pipe Prevention Handbook.
• How to fish successfully the first time – i.e. what information, tools, techniques, practices and procedures are required.

Drilling Engineers, Senior Drilling Engineers, Drilling Supervisors, Workover Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Completion Engineers, Tool Pushers, Reservoir and Senior Reservoir Engineers, Geologists, Production Engineers & technologists, Wellsite Engineers, Lifting Personnel, Maintenance Engineers, Foremen, Industry Personnel

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Stuck Pipe Prevention

• Stuck Pipe Definition
• Statistics
• Most Common Causes of Stuck Pipe

Hole Pack-Off & Bridging

• Definition
• Main Causes
• Indicators
• First Response
• Prevention
  
  

  Differential Sticking

• Definition, Explanation – How It Happens
• Dynamic Filter Cake, Pressure – Time Effect
• Freeing Differentially Stuck Pipe
• Prevention, Multiple Problems, Avoidance
  
  

Formation & Wellbore Geometry Related Problems

• Rock Type Effects
• Wellbore Geometry Considerations
• Formation & Wellbore Geometry Effects Combined
  
  

Stuck Pipe Prevention & Hole Cleaning

• Associated Problems, Successful Hole Cleaning
• Flow Regime, Other Key Considerations, Hole Cleaning Charts
  
  

Tools, Equipment & Systems

• Drilling Fluids, Silicate Mud, New Pressure Tools
• Jars & Accelerators, Freeing Worksheet
  
  

Operational Optimization

• Prevention of Stuck Pipe During Routine Operations
• Preventing Drill String Failure
• Secondary Freeing Procedures
  
  

Stuck Pipe Prevention: First & Preventative Actions

• Solids Induced Pack-Off
• Differential Sticking
• Mechanical & Wellbore Geometry
  
  

Fishing: Introduction & Overview

Assessing the Situation

• Downhole Conditions
• Determining Where the String is Stuck
  
  

Downhole Operations

• Upper String Recovery
• Lower String (Fish) Recovery
• Junk, Lost Side-Wall Sample Bullets
• Freeing Stuck Logging Tools & Stuck Wireline
  
  

  Fishing: Downhole Operations

• Jacker Fishing
• Stuck Casing
• Casing Milling Guidelines
• Milling – General
• Fishing Practices Summary
  
  

Inventory Fishing Coiled Tubing Teamwork

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.