Wire Line Pipe Recovery Client Considerations PDF

People and Technology for the Life of Your Well
Wireline Pipe Recovery Considerations

In Stuck Drill Pipe Situations
J W Segura
E.I.C. Pipe Recovery Operations, Gulf of Mexico
Schlumberger Oil Field Services
Houma Offshore Services
101 Southwood Dr
Houma, LA 70363
(985) 851-1074
J W Segura
E.I.C. Pipe Recovery Operations, Gulf of Mexico
Schlumberger Well Services
Houma Testing & Production Services
101 Southwood Dr
Houma, LA 70364
(504) 851-1074
Wireline Pipe Recovery Considerations
This letter is an attempt to improve the information sharing between a client and a
wireline pipe recovery provider like Schlumberger when you experience a stuck
drill pipe situation.
There are several areas and quite a number of items which are considered when
planning a stuck pipe load out. The well dynamics along with pipe specifications
and BHA are all important factors to consider.
I will try to provide as complete a list of considerations as possible, along with an

explanation of their importance for your/our use.
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Information for the client to provide/vendor to request when calling for a wireline
pipe recovery crew:
1. Pipe size and connections for lubricator selection.

a) Needed for the correct connections to match the drill string at surface.
b) Needed for proper internal diameter requirements as not all TIW valves
and drill pipe swivels are full open bore.
2. Top drive or kelly rig.
a) Top drive rigs will need Top Entry or Side Entry wireline subs for
access to the pipe bore.
3. Pressure on the pipe/annulus
a) If a grease seal unit is necessary the cable size may be a changed factor
from the standard load out along with the grease equipment.
b) Top Entry sub should be used to Freepoint/recover pipe with a
grease seal unit because it allows the wireline tools straight access to the
pipe bore. The side entry wireline sub does not allow the cable straight
access to the pipe bore.
c) Pressure wireline work requires additional sinker bars for tool
descent.
d) Drill pipe plugs may be necessary to isolate drill string from bit.
e) Limited penetration perforators for drill pipe inside casing may be
necessary.
4. Well depth, bit depth.
a) Explosive type and amount.
b) Cable length, size and availability.
c) Tool specifications - hydrostatic and temperature ratings.
5. Mud properties.
a) Explosive type and amount.
b) Sinker bar amount.
c) Tool specifications like hydrostatic and temperature ratings.
d) Reactivity with exposed explosive components.
6. Casing size and shoe depth.
a) Open hole interval length may help determine quantity of expendables.
b) Open hole interval length may dictate additional evaluation logs to be
used, such as Stuck Pipe Accoustical log.
7. BHA details including minimum internal diameter.
a) Wall thickness of BHA components will determine some explosive
selection (perforators, severing tools, plugs).
b) Minimum ID for choosing tools used in pipe recovery services
( All tool sizes are tailored for drill string components ).
8. Hole angle and kick off point.
a) Angle used to determine hydrostatic/temperature considerations.
b) Angle used to determine possible descent problems inside pipe.
c) Kick off point used in considering how to manipulate drill string when
Freepointing/working pipe.
9. Drilling Jars moving, Circulation, Rotating.
a) Jars moving tell us the interval of possible stuck pipe.
b) Circulation yes/no may determine amount of perforating guns loaded.
c) Rotating but not moving up or down hole alert us for possible severing
instead of back-off services.
10. Type of rig.
a) Although we service any type of rig some considerations for floaters in
rough weather need to be explored.
b) Our main Freepoint anchors inside the pipe with motorized arms but
friction spring anchoring freepoint tools will need additional slack-joint
consideration from the wireline crew.
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Information used to determine what measures are necessary to effectively

manipulate the drill string for Freepointing and recovering pipe.
1. Pipe weight before sticking.

a) Weight up before sticking, weight down before sticking and rotating
weight are all used to help determine how to work pipe.
b) A point to remember is that even though these weights are good
starting points in a recovery procedure the string no longer has the
luxury of being pulled down the hole by the pipe weight and BHA and
now must be pushed down past doglegs and kick-off points.
c) In deviated wells the weight may need to be lowered below the rotating
weight of the string to obtain torque readings in pipe.
2. Evaluation of string sticking condition.

a) The information obtained by the Freepoint tool must be understood for
the client/specialist to make good recovery decisions. The FPIT not only
provides us with free pipe percentages, it also tells a trained pipe
recovery specialist how the string is best manipulated.
b) 1st station should be in known free pipe in order for the pipe recovery
specialist to determine how the string is best manipulated.
c) It is important to know at which string weight point that the torque is
transmitting downhole the most effectively. It is important to know
when in the torquing sequence the pipe downhole starts moving. Don’t
be afraid to try different rotating weights to obtain the best response. A
little time spent obtaining this info in known free pipe will save time
while running the FPIT at station depths where the sticking condition is
yet to be determined.
d) Stretch readings are necessary to determine if pipe can be pulled uphole
but are limited to the travel area of the tool joints along the formation.
For example: if a drill string is stuck in sand and has been pulled up to
the maximum safe pull factor before the freepoint is run the tool joints
in the uppermost portion of the sand have already moved to make slots
in the sand allowing them to move upward for a short distance allowing
the Freepoint to obtain stretch readings. But if the string is separated
below this tool joint and pulled uphole it will impact the slot made in
the sand and be unable to be pulled out of hole even though the
Freepoint obtained good stretch readings.
e) The point at which the FPIT closes it’s stretch sensor while slacking
down the drill string, after pulling the string for a stretch reading, should
be noted for working torque downhole later. This is the weight at which
the string now moves downhole without the benefit of the BHA.
3. Recovery – putting your info to work.

a) Once the FPIT stations are done and you are ready to make your
recovery it is time to put the FPIT information to use. If the drill string
began it’s torque movement on bottom on the 4th round of torque
applied while running the FPIT then you know that the minimum
amount of torque which should be applied in reverse on the initial turn
of the pipe is 4 rounds. That is not to say that 4 rounds is all the torque
that should necessarily be applied, but rather it is the minimum initial
torque.
b) You should know, from the FPIT, the most desirable string weight to set
the string on to apply the torque because the FPIT readings in torque
moved most effectively at that weight.
c) You should know what string weights you will need to work the torque
downhole in deviated wells from the FPIT stretch information. The
string weight at which the FPIT completely closed after taking a stretch
reading should have been noted, this is how low you should go to work
the torque downhole. Also you should know how high the string weight
will have to go to move the string uphole from the FPIT stations.
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Obviously there is no way I could include every scenario of stuck pipe you could
possibly encounter, but these basic steps of information should provide you with
the information you will need to determine what it will take to recover the free
portion of your drill string.
It should be noted that the Schlumberger FPIT is, to my knowledge, the only
Freepoint tool that independently measures stretch and torque. This allows us to
take torque readings while holding torque in the string and working the drill pipe
up and down to force torque downhole. In highly deviated wells with shallow
kick-offs and in wells with long deviated areas below dog-legs, this feature
becomes invaluable in determining the deepest recovery possible.
Also of notable importance is the fact that the Schlumberger FPIT can be used to
observe reverse torque applied to string before effecting a back-off. This left-hand
torque reading should be used as the final Free Point station prior to a controlled
string shot back-off to ensure that reverse torque can be applied to the connection
being considered for back-off.

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What are some of the important factors to consider when planning a stuck pipe recovery operation?

What information should be gathered from a freepoint tool run?

People and Technology for the Life of Your Well

Wireline Pipe Recovery Considerations

Wireline Pipe Recovery Considerations

I will try to provide as complete a list of considerations as possible, along with an

1. Pipe size and connections for lubricator selection.

Information used to determine what measures are necessary to effectively

1. Pipe weight before sticking.

2. Evaluation of string sticking condition.

3. Recovery – putting your info to work.

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