DRL 308
Stuck Pipe Prevention
This 2-day training course by PetroTeach will focus on the techniques for eliminating or significantly reducing stuck pipe incidents as well as steps to minimize a stuck pipe event and get free quickly.
Stuck Pipe Prevention
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRL 308 | 13 – 14 Aug 2025 | Online | 850 |
| DRL 308 | 9 – 10 Jul 2025 | Dubai | 1990 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
COURSE OVERVIEW
This 2-day training course by PetroTeach will focus on the techniques for eliminating or significantly reducing stuck pipe incidents as well as steps to minimize a stuck pipe event and get free quickly. Stuck pipe prevention training emphasizes good communication, “team thinking” and quick action in the problem-solving process of preventing and freeing stuck pipe. Where possible the course uses the organization’s data, and the course can be customized to specific situations encountered.
The course starts with defining the term stuck pipe. It provides the participants with the three major mechanisms and the three minor mechanisms of stuck pipe. The participants are then presented with the issues related to hole stability, wellbore geometry, hole cleaning and wellbore pressure management to understand the major causes of stuck pipe. Day two the stuck pipe avoidance and recovery is presented including how to recognize and interpret the signs of stuck pipe. First responses are presented together with the placement of the jars, free point determination, fishing tools and challenges and the course is wrapped up with information on sidetracking of the well.
COURSE OUTLINE
2 days
Day 1
o Welcome and Introductions
o Welcome and Introduction
o Stuck Pipe Statistic
o Major Stuck Pipe Mechanism
o Solids induced pack off
o Mechanical and wellbore geometry
o Differential sticking
o Minor Stuck Pipe Mechanisms
o Partially set cement
o Distorted casing
o Junk
o Hole Cleaning and Solids
o Vertical wells / directional wells
o Wellbore Stability and Geomechanics
o Petroleum Rock Properties
o Hole Geometry
o Differential Sticking
o Pressure Management
o Pore Pressures
Day 2
o Rig Sizing
o Directional Planning
o Tripping and Back Remaining
o Surge and Swab
o Hole Condition Monitoring
o Surface
o Downhole
o Real time
o Roles and Responsibilities
o Freeing the Pipe First Responses
o Jar Placement
o Free Point and Back-off
o Fishing Tools and Techniques
o Sidetracking
INSTRUCTOR
Steve Nas
Steve Nas holds master degree in drilling engineering from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and has accumulated over 40 years of drilling engineering experience. Steve started in 1977 as a mud logger with Geoservices before becoming a wellsite drilling engineer in 1980. Initially working rigs as a wellsite drilling engineer around the Middle East and throughout Africa before working for Shell in the UK North Sea. In the mid 1990’s became heavily involved in coiled tubing and underbalanced drilling and later into managed pressure drilling. He has been teaching well engineering since obtaining his master’s degree in the late 1990’s and has taught numerous courses at all levels including MSc students and developed a large number of training courses. Now working as an independent consultant he provides a number of well engineering related courses and offshore coaching on challenging wells
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
This course is intended for the disciplines listed below, as well as anyone with a specific
interest in the topic:
o Wellsite Drilling Staff
o Drilling Contractor Supervisory Personnel
o Service Providers Staff such Directional Drillers
o Other Relevant Technical and Operational Staff
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The objectives for the course are:
o Learn the preventative actions to avoid Stuck Pipe Incidents
o Know the first actions for freeing pipe
o Learn the parameters which affects Hole Cleaning
o Have a better understanding of Wellbore stability
o Have a better understanding of how a drilling jars works
o Review back-off operation and main Fishing tools
o Review main considerations when setting a cementing plug
o Exchange your experience with colleagues regarding Stuck Pipe
o Minimize the occurrence/frequency and cost impact of Stuck Pipe Incidents
REGISTER
Registration is now OPEN!
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
For more details and registration please send email to: register@petro-teach.com
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