Description

Designed for you, if you are...

• A professional involved in well construction, office based or rig based staff at all levels
• For the first time introduced to stuck pipe
• In need of refreshing your knowledge or if it is more than two years since you attended a stuck pipe course

How we build your confidence

• Practical demonstrations of all the key principles using models and simulations in the classroom
• Mixed instructor-led delivery of theoretical content with blend of PowerPoint overview, whiteboard explanations of detail and class interactive exercises
• A narrative that runs through the course where each topic is inter-related and built on the previous learnings
• Extensive allowance for class-led questioning within the course delivery
• A 'role playing' exercise might be included

The benefits from attending

• How to plan wells using the most up-to-date techniques and input from the geology and geomechanics teams to prevent avoidable problems in the well
• How the ‘old’ practices and procedures embedded in the industry are not always correct and often lead to stuck pipe situations
• How the ‘human factor’ plays a significant part in a lot of stuck pipe situations and why people do not follow the correct practices and procedures
• Communication and operational reporting and planning, why we often do not see the obvious risks because of the way we focus our reporting
• The definitions, mechanisms and language of stuck pipe
• Jars and accelerators, how they work and how to place them correctly, but also why these pieces of equipment are not always going to help you

Topics

• Understanding the drilling operation as a process and controlling that process effectively
• Stuck pipe definitions and statistics: Identifying trends and common pitfalls
• Offset data review: Recognizing risks of flawed stuck pipe statistics
• Understanding project risk profiles: Developing a risk register and roadmap
• The danger of ignoring ‘Human factors’

• Differential sticking: Causes, prevention, and mitigation strategies
• Geometric sticking: Wellbore geometry, tortuosity impact, and deviation control
• Solids sticking: Causes, drilling fluid properties, and operational factors

• Rock mechanics and stresses in the well: Farfield and induced stresses
• Directional profile and its role in stuck pipe risk: Effects of well geometry, dogleg severity (DLS), and profile optimization
• Torque and drag as a fundamental component of stuck pipe: Causes, monitoring, and mitigation
• Geomechanics and using FEWD (LWD) for well stability assessment

• Engineering modelling of the well: Creating a baseline for wellbore monitoring
• Hole cleaning theory and practice: Adjusting hole cleaning regimes for different well angles
• Planning a well to avoid stuck pipe: Key design and operational considerations
• Tripping and connection practices: Developing robust procedures for each well section

• Rig site well monitoring: Utilizing all relevant data inputs for proactive detection
• Building and using the rigsite Torque & Drag (T&D) plot for monitoring wellbore conditions
• Rigsite practices: Designing procedures and ensuring compliance with best practices

• The drilling fluid as a prevention tool: Selection, maintenance, and Realtime adjustments
• Optimizing drilling fluid properties for different formation conditions

• Identifying the stuck pipe mechanism: Realtime rigsite guidance
• HSE approach to drilling incidents: Safety measures and incident response protocols

• Drillstring design issues: Factors influencing stuck pipe risk
• Equipment design and selection: Ensuring compatibility with well conditions
• Stresses in the drillstring during stuck pipe: Loss of endpoint buoyancy and its implications
• Jars and impact tools
• Jars, jar placement, accelerators, and intensifiers: Risk vs. reward considerations
• To run or not to run? That is the question – Jars as a stuck pipe cause