COURSE OVERVIEW:

Stuck pipe and fishing operations are among the costliest and operationally disruptive events in drilling and workover activities. Effective prevention, early diagnosis, and efficient recovery operations are critical to safeguard personnel, protect assets, and maintain project economics. This course provides a comprehensive and practical treatment of stuck pipe mechanisms, early warning signs, prevention strategies, and recovery methods, together with a detailed review of fishing tools, techniques, and planning considerations.

Participants will explore the mechanical and hydraulic aspects of stuck pipe, differential sticking, wellbore instability, and pack-off conditions, as well as the decision-making process for when and how to fish or sidetrack. The course also covers the proper selection and use of fishing tools, including overshots, spears, jars, accelerators, mills, junk baskets, and specialized equipment for deviated and horizontal wells.

Through case studies, calculations, and worked examples from onshore and offshore operations, participants will strengthen their ability to design preventive measures, interpret surface indicators, plan and execute safe and efficient fishing operations, and learn from past incidents to improve future performance. This course is designed to be highly interactive and practical, focusing on real-world challenges and field-proven solutions that can be immediately applied in ongoing drilling and workover campaigns.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Describe the main causes and mechanisms of stuck pipe in drilling and workover operations.
• Distinguish between differential, mechanical, pack-off, and wellbore instability-related stuck pipe situations.
• Recognize early warning signs and indicators that a stuck pipe event is developing.
• Interpret surface parameters and trends (torque, drag, pump pressure, hookload) to diagnose stuck pipe type and severity.
• Apply best practices in well planning, mud design, and hole cleaning to minimize the risk of stuck pipe.
• Evaluate the impact of well trajectory, formation properties, and drilling parameters on stuck pipe risk.
• Plan and execute appropriate freeing procedures, including working the pipe, spotting pills, and using jars effectively.
• Identify and select the appropriate fishing tools and accessories for different stuck pipe and lost-in-hole scenarios.
• Develop a systematic fishing program including objectives, contingencies, and decision points for sidetracking or abandoning.
• Perform essential fishing calculations related to overpull, jarring forces, string stretch, and hydraulic parameters.
• Assess fishing options in deviated, horizontal, highly inclined, and extended reach wells.
• Integrate health, safety, and environmental (HSE) considerations into stuck pipe response and fishing operations.
• Analyse real field case histories to identify root causes, lessons learned, and improvement opportunities.
• Communicate effectively with onshore support teams, service providers, and rig personnel during critical recovery operations.
• Develop practical checklists, contingency plans, and operational guidelines to enhance stuck pipe prevention and fishing success.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Drilling engineers and drilling supervisors
• Wellsite drilling and workover engineers
• Company representatives and wellsite leaders
• Toolpushers, drillers, and assistant drillers
• Fishing tool specialists and fishing service engineers
• Workover, completion, and intervention engineers
• Directional drillers and well planning engineers
• Field HSE officers involved in drilling operations
• Operations engineers and asset/field development engineers

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures, discussion sessions, and case studies will be employed to maximise the transfer of information, knowledge, and experience. The course will be intensive but practical and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance the learning experience. Course material through PowerPoint equipped with necessary animation, learning videos, and general discussions will be provided.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and after the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total attendance time requirement.