Course structure:
Lecture (60%), Videos (20%), Case Studies (10%), Discussion (10%)

Course Assessment:

• Pre test
• Post Test

At the End of the Course Participants will be able to:

• Technical concepts are review and specific design steps and tools are given for the key
• planning processes to avoid sticking problems, Participants leave the course with a
• thorough understanding of the entire causes of stuck pipe, operational and specific design
• steps to avoid fishing. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to
• Identify causes of stuck pipe in the open and cased hole, calculate depth the pipe is stuck
• Make a decision tree to follow for a fishing operation
• Calculate an optimal drill string design for drilling
• Understand the basic tubular inspection techniques
• Determine techniques that might be used for fishing various tools or drill string configurations
• Learn design elements that will minimize potential for stuck pipe

• Drilling Engineers
• Drilling Supervisors
• Junior Directional Drillers
• Senior Well Engineers
• Mud engineers
• Tool Pushers

Day 1: Introduction

Causes of pipe sticking

Mechanical

Formation related

Key seating

Under-gauge hole

Well bore geometry (Deviation & Ledges)

Day 2:
Poor hole cleaning.

Junk.

Collapsed casing.

Cement related.

Differential Sticking

Inadequate Hole Cleaning

Day 3:

Well Planning to avoid stuck pipe

Formation pressure prediction

Avoid getting differentially stuck

Fracture pressure determination

Casing setting depth selection

Fishing for Stuck Pipe

Finding the Stuck Point

Backing Off

Freeing Well Stuck Pipe

Side Tracking in Soft Formation

Side Tracking in Hard Formation

Day 4

Planning and preparation

Roles & Responsibilities of the Drilling Team

Monitoring at the Wellsite

Pipe recovery

Initial action

Locating the stuck interval

Back-off operations

Day 5

Examples & Exercises on Stuck Pipe Prevention

Causes of Stuck Pipe

Formation Problems

Mechanical Problems

Warning Signs

Name the Mechanism

Prevention Practice

Final Workshop & Evaluation

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