Guide to Oilwell Fishing Operations
Tools, Techniques and Rules of Thumb
by Joe DeGeare

Features:

• Currently, there is no other book on the market focused only on oilwell fishing operations

• Covers all of the best practices for oilwell fishing operations and all of the latest equipment

• Provides a first, last, and only stop for the drilling engineer with a problem to solve

No fishing job is a welcome operation, but this new edition of a classic reference helps you do the job efficiently and economically. This practical guide is packed with illustrations and descriptions of fishing equipment and tools to help you solve just about any fishing problem. Foremen, engineers, and superintendents who write procedures, make drilling decisions, and supervise operations will find this handy book invaluable, and trainees will find it an excellent learning manual.

Oilwell Fishing Operations tells how to free stuck pipe, part the pipe string, and repair casing. It describes the various types of catching tools, jars, mills, junk, baskets, and hydrostatic and rotating bailers, along with washover operations, wireline fishing, fishing in cavities, and fishing in high angle deviated and horizontal wells. The author's tips and warnings are sure to save you time and money in avoided misruns, downtime, and lost equipment.

Contents

1. Overview
2. Communication and Avoiding Haxards
3. Economics of Fishing
4. Cardinal Rules in Fishing
5. Pipe Sticking
6. Determining Stuck Point
7. Parting the Pipe String
8. Catch Tools
9. Jarring Stuck Pipe or Tools
10. Washover Operations
11. Loose Junk Fishing
12. Mills and Rotary Shoes
13. Wireline Fishing
14. Retrieving Stuck Packers
15. Fishing in Cavities
16. Sidetracking Methods
17. Section and Pilot Milling
18. Repair of Casing Failures and Leaks
19. Fishing in High Angle Deviated and Horizontal Wells
20. Plug and Abandon Operations
21. Miscellaneous Tools
22. Thru-tubing Standard Tools
23. Thru-tubing Fishing
24. Thru-tubing Fishing Jars and Accelerators
25. Thru-tubing Debris Catchers
26. Thru-tubing Workover Motors
27. Thru-tubing Milling
28. Thru-tubing Underreaming
29. Coiled Tubing Conveyed Tubing and Drill Pipe Cutting
30. Thru-tubing Impact Drilling

Glossary
Index

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