WIRELINE FISHING

THREAD & CUT

FPI

Courtesy
Drilling Manual
• In open hole well logging operations, well conditions are frequently such that the logging tools become stuck,
bridged over, or the line becomes keyseated in the wall of the hole.
• When this happens, the wireline operator will feel anxious, and sometimes he may pull too much which will lead
to parting the line and further wireline fishing operations.
• Rather than parting the line, it will be a good practice is to perform a “cut and thread operation“.
• The Bowen cable guided fishing method employs specialty tools to ensure positive engagement with the stuck
tools by the fishing overshot before the cable is released from the cable head or pulled in two.
• When planning to fish for a wireline or the logging tool attached to it, you first need to determine the condition
of the stuck wireline.
• If the wireline or logging tool is simply stuck and the wireline is still intact, use either the cable guide method or
a side door overshot.
• If the wireline is parted, you can retrieve the wireline with a center prong rope spear, double prong spear, or
crank type spear.
• Fishing for cut-off wireline is often a trial-and-error operation.
• Be prepared to make several trips in order to determine what works best with the wire being fished and the well
conditions.
• One important piece of advice is that you should not attempt to catch the wireline very far below the estimated
top of it. If you do, the wire above the fishing spear will ball up and could stick the fishing string.
 Parted Wireline
• Most people believe that when the wireline is separated it will fall a great distance and then ball up at the bottom
of the hole which will make fishing more difficult.
• Experience proves that this assumption is false. In a large hole (e.g., 12 ¼”), the line will actually fall only a
maximum of 10% of the length of line in the well.
• One reason why the wireline will not fall all the way to the bottom is that it will not coil up until weight is applied
to it.
• This is because the line comes on a drum and tends to remain in the shape it was on the drum.
• For example, if a tool becomes stuck at 10,000 feet and the line parts at the surface, the top of the line will be
found between 500 and 1,000 feet. The drilling mud also helps the line to stand up.
Fishing Balled-Up Wireline Operations & Tips
• If the wireline balls up and sticks the string, you will need to jar the barbs of the spear to get it loose.
• This creates a sticky situation. At this point, you cannot run the wash pipe because the wire will ball up and break
off about one foot inside the rotary shoe.
• Note: Once the wireline becomes badly balled up, it is virtually impossible to fish it out of the hole.
• Watch out for swabbing the well if you are pulling a ball of wire out.
• Be aware that a ball of wire may be too large to enter the bottom of the casing, further complicating the job.
• Keep a tally of how much wireline you have recovered.
• This will help to make plans to fish for the tool on the bottom.
• If the line becomes too balled up to measure, you can always weigh it.
• For example, a 5/16ʺ OD line weighs 192 pounds per thousand feet.
• Wireline parted in the hole can be retrieved with either a center prong rope
fishing spear, double prong spear, or crank type spear.
• A typical bottom hole assembly used to fish for wireline would consist of the
following components:
o rope spear
o stop ring
o safety joint (optional)
o bumper sub
o oil jars
o drill collars
o accelerator jar (Mechanical Jar – Hydraulic Jar)
o fishing string.
• In cased holes, always run a stop on top of the spear that is 1/8ʺ to ¼” less in
OD than the drift ID of the casing.
• This is because if there is enough space, the line will get by the spear. A stop
is never run in an open hole because of the possibility of the wire balling up
above the spear, preventing re-entry of the spear into the casing.
 Center Prong Rope Wireline Fishing Spear
• A center prong rope spear is the most common tool used to fish parted wireline.
• It has a straight shaft with rounded barbs welded on the outside which face out and up.
• The center prong spear also has a top rotary connection to connect to a stop sub and related tools.
• The spear will usually not have an ID, therefore a drain sub is required.
• These wireline spears can also be used to fish control lines or electric submersible pump cable left
downhole in cased hole or open hole wells. In cased-hole applications, Baker Hughes Fishing
Manual recommends that a stop always be run above the spear.
o In open-hole wells, BAker Hughes recommends not running a stop.

Double Prong Spear

• The double prong or jack-latch type spear is used when the lost wireline is believed to be
balled up in the hole.
• The double prong spear has two shafts with sharpened barbs welded on the inside, facing
each other.
• It is also fitted with a top rotary connection.
 Crankshaft Spear
• The crankshaft spear is used when the wireline is in a larger hole relative to the line size.
• This spear has a crooked shaft that is bent to cover the hole from side to side in a crankshaft
fashion.
• It also has rounded barbs welded to the outside of the shaft and has a rotary box connection.
Precautions
• Fishing for parted wireline with a spear is a dangerous operation and should only be performed by
a fisherman experienced in this procedure.
• This is because the wireline can easily ball up so badly that it can cause the hole to be junked.
• To avoid balling up the wireline, do not attempt to catch the wireline very far below the anticipated
top of it.
• For example, if you caught the line with a spear and had 500 feet of line above the spear, as pulled
the pipe up, that 500 feet of the line would ball up on top of the spear, causing it to stick.
• The biggest problem that you are faced with in this situation is to convince the company man not
to catch the wireline with a lot of the line on top of the spear. Besides sticking the line, another
problem is that the ball of wire will not enter the bottom of the casing.
• Because if cannot release a rope spear from the wireline, you’re in an impossible situation.
Engaging The Fish With A Spear
• Run the wireline fishing spear into the hole to the approximate depth of the wire line.
• When you reach the depth of the wire line, rotate the spear slightly (only a few rounds) to catch the wire.
• Caution: Too much rotation may break the line into multiple parts.
• Pull out a full stand and look for any weight gain on the indicator. If there is the slightest gain, pull all the way out
and check for a recovered fish.
• Note: Do not be afraid to make dry runs (i.e., pulling out of the hole to check for a fish when no fish has actually
been caught). It is better to have a few dry runs than to have to junk the hole.
• If no wire is recovered, go in the hole one stand deeper and try again.
• When the wireline is caught with the fishing spear and either the tool or the wireline is stuck, the wireline must
be either pulled in two at some point, pulled into at the weak point, or you must pull the wireline and logging
tool-free.
• If the logging tool is left in the hole, it can then be retrieved using conventional methods.
• Note: If the wireline fishing job is taking a long time, it is a good idea to open the blowout preventer bonnets and
remove any pieces of wireline that may fall back in the hole or interfere with the proper operation of the BOP
Stacks.
 Cut & Thread

• The cable guide method or “cut and Thread” method is one technique
for fishing stuck wireline (Check also: Sticking Pipe) and/or logging
tools. Even though it is dangerous and time-consuming, the cable
guide method is preferred over the side door overshot method as it
is the surest method.
 Cut-and-thread fishing technique

• A method for recovering wireline stuck in a wellbore.

• In cut-and-thread operations, the wireline is gripped securely with a special tool and cut at the surface.
• The cut end is threaded through a stand of drillpipe. While the pipe hangs in the wellbore, the wireline is
threaded through another stand of drillpipe, which is screwed onto the stand in the wellbore.
• The process is repeated until the stuck wireline is recovered.
• This technique, while dangerous and time-consuming, is known to improve greatly the chances of full
recovery of the wireline and the tool at its end in the shortest overall time compared with trying to grab the
wireline in the openhole with fishing tools.
• This method is used for retrieving wireline stuck in the oil and
gas wells.
• In cut and thread operations, We grip the wireline securely
with a special tool and cut it at the rig floor.
• Then we fix the cut end in a stand of drill pipe.
• As the Top Drive holds the pipe, the wireline is threaded
through another stand of drill pipe, which is screwed onto the
stand in the wellbore.
• We continue with this process until the stuck wireline is
retrieved.
Rope Socket Assembly
• The rope socket assembly used in the cut and thread fishing
technique (Figure 2) consists of:
o T bar cable hanger
o Fishing spear head rope socket with hexagon adapter
o “C” plate
o spear head overshot
o knuckle joint
o singer bar
o rope socket.
Precautions
• Urge everyone to be alert throughout this tiresome of this fishing operation to prevent costly
mistakes and/or serious accidents. Some of the primary hazards are:
• the cable may be dropped
• a broken strand of wire may ball up ahead of the overshot
• the impact of the tool on a bridge may cut the cable
• the cable may double back around the overshot as it is removed from a Drilling key seat.
• To avoid these hazards, it is a good idea to conduct a safety meeting with all personnel involved to
explain how the procedure is supposed to work.
• Cut and Thread Fishing Technique Procedures
• Cutting The Cable
• Slide a C plate over the rotary.
• Note: The C plate is utilized for safety reasons. It stops such tools from falling into the well.
• Take an overpull (margin of overpull) on the cable of 2,000 lbs. above the line weight.
• Attach the T-bar clamp to the wireline.
• Note: Ensure that the slip liners are the correct size to fit the cable.
• Employ a torque wrench to tighten the T-bar with the appropriate torque.
• Function-test the T-bar to check for slippage. Tape or mark the line at the T-bar and bounce the T-
bar on the rotary. If the tape moves at all, the T-bar is not sufficiently tight.
• Tape the line in the place where you will cut it.
• This helps to ensure a clean cut and prohibits fraying the end of the line.
• Employ a wireline cutter to cut the cable, leaving an 8- foot tail.
• Secure the part of the cable that is attached to the truck so that it will not run over the crown and
hurt someone.
 Reverse Cut and Thread Procedure
• The Reverse Cut and Thread Method is recommended in case a logging tool containing a radioactive source is stuck and has
to be fished.
• After this point the procedure deviates from the Cut and Thread Method.
• The weak point will not be broken when the fish has been latched into the overshot.
• The cable and drillpipe will be pulled out together and the cable has to be cut whenever a stand of drillpipe has been
disconnected.
• This method implies an additional safety factor since the fish remains connected to the cable while pulling out with the
drillpipe.
• The following procedure should be adhered to whilst POOH.
1. POOH the drillpipe slowly without rotating, if all indications show that the tool is latched on.
Note: Since the drill string and cable are of the same length, give sufficient slack on the cable in order not to over-stretch
the cable during the following procedures.
2. Clamp a cable hanger on the cable between the disconnected pipes when the first stand of drillpipe has been pulled
out and disconnected.
3. Slak down the cable until the cable hanger rests on the drillpipe box hanging in the slips.
Note: Due to the slack imposed on the cable, the spear and overshot assembly will be located further down the string
and cannot be used as a cable cut point. Hence, CUT the cable above the hanger and PULL it out of the stand hanging in
the derrick.
4. POOH and disconnect the next stand of drillpipe. Clamp another cable hanger on the cable between the disconnected
pipes.
5. Lower down the disconnected stand with the cable inside until the cable hanger rests on the drill pipe box below.
6. Cut the cable above the cable hanger and pull the cable out of the stand hanging in the derrick.
7. Continue with the above outlined procedure until the fish has been recovered at surface.
Preparing The Rig For Cut And Thread Fishing Technique
• Lower the block that supports the upper sheave so that the sheaves may be rearranged in the derrick.
• The top sheave should be hung as high as possible in the derrick and just to the left of the monkey board.
• The lower sheave must be moved back from the rotary to be out of the way of the operations on the rig floor.
• Note: This is an essential step as the block must be used to handle the drill pipe.
• Attach a rope socket, adapter, and spear point to the well end of the cable.
• Note: The slips and slip carrier shall be selected according to the cable size. Remeber you should always consider only new
slips each time you perform this operation.
• Attach the rope socket to the truck end of the cable with 10 feet of weight bars, a knuckle/swivel joint between them, and a
rope socket overshot. Note: To weight the wireline and make it fall into the stand of drill pipe, one or two standard sinker or
weight bars are typically utilized. The knuckle joint allows flexibility so that the derrick man can stab the wireline tools into
the stand of drill pipe.
• Tighten the parts securely with a 24ʺ pipe wrench.
Performing A Test Pull For Cut And Thread Fishing Technique
• Latch the rope socket overshot to the spear point. Note: The T-bar clamp is still attached to the cable at this point.
• Take a 5,000-pound strain on the cable.
• After one minute, check for any movement by checking the tape marks.
• If there has been no movement, slack off on the T-bar and disconnect the rope socket overshot.
Dressing The Overshot
• Dress the Bowen 150 fishing overshot with the correct grapple to catch the fishing neck. Note: Utilize a Nitraloy grapple if
available. A plain grapple control is sufficient as we have not circulation through the fish.
• Attach the restricted ID sub onto the overshot followed by a mud saver sub, which will screw onto the drill pipe.
• Make up all tools by hand.
• Thread the rope socket spear point through the overshot and replace the adapter with the hexagon-shaped adapter. Note:
The hexagon adapter will not pass through the restricted sub if it is dropped.
Attaching The Drill Pipe
• Latch the first stand of pipe and have the derrick man stab the wireline tools into it.
• Lower the wireline tools down through the stand of drill pipe.
• Latch the rope socket overshot onto the spear point and take the slack out of the line.
• Instruct the crew to make the fishing overshot up onto the stand of drill pipe by hand.
• Pick up on the wireline and remove the T-bar clamp.
• Set the slips on the fishing tools and tighten the connections.
• Tighten the guide by hand with a pipe wrench and sledgehammer.
Running In The Hole
• Instruct the winch operator to adjust the tension to normal plus at least 2,000 pounds of overpull and slowly go in the
hole. Note: It is important for the winch operator to watch the weight indicator in the truck for any change and to maintain
2,000 pounds of over pull on the line at all times.
• When the first stand has been run in, place the C-plate in the slot between the rope socket and the hexagonal
adapter. Caution: Keep your hands in a safe place; do not get your fingers caught under the C-plate.
• Instruct the winch operator to slack off the cable until it is supported by the C-plate. The C-plate rests on top of the drill pipe
tool joint for which it is sized.
• Instruct the winch operator to mark the cable with tape so that he will return to the same spot for each stand of drill pipe
run.
• Release the rope socket overshot with special tongs.
• After the driller has latched another stand of pipe, instruct the winch operator to pull the wireline tools up for the derrick
man to stab them into the drill pipe.
• Drop the rope socket overshot down through the pipe to be attached to the spear.
• After the overshot is latched, instruct the winch operator to pick up on the cable, maintaining a 2,000 pound over pull.
• Make up the second stand and proceed in the hole at a rate of two minutes per stand, not including make up time. Note:
Going in the hole slowly is the only safe way. This is because if you go in fast, you might hit a bridge with the overshot and
cut the cable in two down hole.
Tool Caught In Overshot In Cut And Thread
Fishing Technique
 Problems For Cut And Thread Fishing Technique

Correcting Problems While Running In

• Predict a problem with the cable-based on
how quickly the cable tension increases while
running in.
• Table shows the problems to expect
according to the degree of cable tension
increase and how you should correct the
problem.

If a bridge is encountered, it should be cleaned by circulating the mud. Circulation may clear up the problem unless
the cable was cut by the initial impact.
To avoid problems, ensure that at least 2,000 pounds of overpull is maintained on the cable at all times.
 Freeing The Line
• If the line has been stuck and is then freed, the winch operator will know immediately as he will lose the 2,000
pounds of over pull on his weight indicator.
• To prove that the line has been freed, pull the logging tool up several feet.
• If there is no weight increase on the wireline weight indicator as the line is pulled up, you know that the line
and logging tools are free.
• Note: The driller may reciprocate the pipe while circulating. This will help prevent the string from becoming
stuck if the pipe is at rest.
• With the spearhead hanging on the C-plate, thread the circulating sub over the rope socket overshot and hold
it there by hand.
• Latch the overshot into the spearhead, lift the cable, and remove the C-plate.
• Thread the circulating sub into the drill pipe.
• Place a circulating baffle around the wireline and drop it into the circulating sub.
• Lower the cable until the rope socket rests on top of the baffle.
• Release the overshot.
• Screw the Kelly into the circulating sub.
Confirming Overshot Engagement In Cut And Thread Fishing Technique
• After the Kelly is set back and the rope socket overshot has been reconnected, spool up the wireline until the
logging tool is pulled into the overshot.
• Note: Before this step, the cable must be cut, getting rid of the rope socket overshot.
• If the cable tension decreases when picking up on the drill pipe and the logging tool is inside the fishing
overshot, this confirms that the logging tool is in the overshot.
• Review this procedure for proof of engagement with the customer.
• When the customer agrees, pull off at the weak point using the procedure on the following slide.
 Parting The Cable At The Weak Point
• Install the cable clamp and let the cable rest on top of the drill pipe tool joint that is in the rotary.
• Cut the cable and remove the rope sockets.
• Tie both ends of the cable together in a square knot.
• Pull up on the cable until the square knot is tight.
• Tape the loose ends and remove the cable clamp.
• Spool the cable onto the truck, pulling the knot carefully over the top sheave until the knot is just before the
measuring device.
• Clamp off the cable.
• Slack off the cable and remove the cable from the measuring device.
• Take up the slack in the cable and remove the cable clamp.
• Spool the knot onto the drum.
• Clamp the cable.
• Slack off the cable and reinstall the cable onto the measuring device.
• Take up the slack and remove the cable clamp.
• Continue spooling the cable onto the drum until the logging tool is pulled up securely into the overshot.
• Note: When the cable is being removed, the driller should work the pipe to prevent sticking the drill string.
• Install the cable clamp at the top of the drill pipe.
• Latch the elevators around the cable under the clamp and slowly pull until the cable is pulled in two at the weak
point.
• Spool the cable up on the drum.
 Securing The Fish In Cut And Thread Fishing Technique
• Install the Kelly and blow the disk out of the pump out sub.
• Note: All the disks in the table are made of bronze that is 0.010 inches thick.
• Pull the pipe and fish out of the hole without rotating.
• Set the slips on the fish and secure it with a C-type safety clamp.
• Release the overshot from the fish and turn the rest over to the logging company personnel.
 Free Point Indicator (FPI) Tool

• Electric wireline service companies run instruments on conductor lines inside the stuck drill pipe or tubing
and are able to accurately determine the stuck point of the pipe.
• The instruments called free point indicator tools are highly sensitive electronic devices that measure both
stretch and torque movement in a drill string.
• This information is transmitted through the electric conductor cable to a surface panel in the control unit
where the operator interprets the data.

The instruments called free point indicator tools are highly sensitive electronic devices that measure both
stretch and torque movement in a drill string.
This information is transmitted through the electric conductor cable to a surface panel in the control unit where
the operator interprets the data.
Free Point Indicator Tool Mechanism
• The basic free-point instrument consists of a mandrel which encompasses a strain gauge or
microcell.
• At the top and bottom of the instrument are friction springs, friction blocks, or magnets, which
hold the tool rigidly in the pipe.
• When an upward pull or torque is applied at the surface, the pipe above the stuck point stretches
or twists.
• The change in the current passing through the instrument is measured by the microcell and
transmitted to the surface for interpretation.
• When the instrument is run in stuck pipe, there is no movement of the pipe, therefore there is no
tension or torque transmitted to the instrument.
• In turn, the gauge at the surface shows no change in its reading.
• Free-point indicators are frequently run with collar locators and in combination with string
shots, chemical cutters, and jet cutters.
• This combination run saves expensive rig time, and it will also maintain a continuous sequence in
measuring so that there is less chance of a misrun in cutting or backing-off operations.
• Since fishing operations usually begin as soon as the pipe is parted following the free-point
determination, it is a good practice to have the fishing tool supervisor or operator on the location
during the free-point and back-off or cutting operations.
• Frequently there are suggestions that can be made to improve the fishing situation when the
fishing operator is present to observe the free-point and parting operations.
 Free Point Calculation For Stuck Pipe
• When a pipe becomes stuck in the wellbore for any reason, one of the first steps is to perform a calculation to
determine at what depth or point the pipe stuck has occurred.
• This process is called stuck pipe free point calculation.
• When retrieving production tubing from a well, it is often common to find that the tubing is stuck, with the
sealed unit seized, or locked, up in the production packer bore due to scale or an abundance of solids that have
settled around the outside of the seal unit in the tubing- casing annulus.
 Drill Pipe/Tubing Stretch
• When a tension is applied to a drill string, it results in elongation of the drill string.
• Stretch in a drill pipe can be measured and a calculation made to estimate the depth to the top of the stuck pipe.
All pipe is elastic and all formulae and charts are based on the modulus of elasticity of steel, which is
approximately 30,000,000 lb/sq. in.
• If the length of stretch in the pipe with a given pull is measured, the amount of free pipe can be calculated or
determined from a chart available in data books.
 Procedures to Determining Free Point in Stuck P
• Since all wellbores are crooked to some extent, there is friction between the pipe and the wellbore .
• Steps should be taken to reduce this friction to a minimum.
• The pipe should be worked for a period of time by pulling approximately 10%-15% more than the weight of the
string and then slacking off an equal amount.
• There are certain techniques that reduce errors in estimating stuck points from stretch data.
• It is also necessary to assume certain arbitrary conditions.
• Stretch charts and formulas do not take into consideration drill collars or heavy weight drill pipe.
• First, pull tension on the pipe at least equal to the normal Top Drive hook
load (air weight) of the pipe prior to getting stuck. This should then be
marked on the pipe as point “a”.
• Next, pull additional tension which has been predetermined within the
range of safe tensional limits on the pipe.
• Now slack off this weight back down to the hook load weight. Mark this
point “b”. It will be lower than point “a”. This difference is accounted for by
friction of the pipe in the wellbore.
• The next step in free point calculation for stuck pipe is to pull additional
tension on the pipe to a predetermined amount within the safe working
limits of the string. Mark this point as “c”.
• Then pull additional tension on the pipe in the same amount used to
determine points “a” and “b” and slack off to tension used to locate point
“c”. Mark this point “d”.
• The mid-point between “a” and “b” and between “c” and “d” will be the
marks used.
• Measure the distance between these average marks and use this number as
the stretch in inches.
• The amount of free pipe can be determined by using the following formula:
• Where:
• K = constant

• The constant in this free point calculation formula for stuck pipe can be
determined by:
• for drill pipe
• for Tubing and Casing
 Free Point Calculation For Stuck Pipe Review
• This method of estimating the stuck point of pipe is not completely reliable and accurate as there are many
variables caused by friction, doglegs (Dogleg Severity), hole angle, and pipe wear.
• However, it frequently indicates the cause of sticking such as possible areas of a key seat or differential
sticking in open holes and collapsed tubing or tubing leaks in producing wells.
• In addition to the basic formula provided above for calculating the amount of free pipe, there are reference
manuals available that provide stretch charts from which the length of free pipe can be read directly.
• The same procedures and precautions, as outlined above, should be followed to obtain the pipe stretch with a
predetermined pull over the string weight.
• The accuracy of the charts and the formula is approximately the same, as both are affected by the same
problems of hole friction, loss of material in used pipe, and the accuracy of weight indicators.
• Note, however, that the modulus of elasticity of all grades of steel is the same.
• The grade of the pipe does not affect its stretch.
• Also, when pipe is stuck, buoyancy forces are not effective. Immediately when the pipe is freed, the buoyant
forces are again in effect and should be considered accordingly.
 Example
• 13,000 feet of 23 #/ft casing is stuck near the bottom of the well.
• A differential load of 55,000 lb was applied on the stuck pipe which resulted in a stretch of 42in.
• Calculate what is the depth of the stuck pipe free point?
• Solution
• K = 1.4 / 23 = 0.0608
• Pull = 55000 lb
• Stretch = 42 in
• Length of free pipe = 1000000 x 42 / 0.0608 x 55000= 12559 ft
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 FPIT-SLB
Applications
• Determination of the deepest free point in any string of stuck pipe
• Backoff of stuck pipe
• Determination of pipe tally
Benefits
• Timesaving and efficient operations
• Effective operation from drillships, semisubmersibles and in highly deviated wells
• Comprehensive yet simple presentation of log data
• Improved pipe recovery decision making
• Flexibility in operation and measurements
• Measurement in almost all mechanical conditions
Features
• Combination of tool with a backoff string shot
• Motorized positive anchoring system
• Independent measurement of torque and stretch— performed sequentially
• Measurement of left-hand and right-hand torque
• Real-time monitoring of stretch and torque as they are transmitted
• Integration of the driller parameters by the wireline surface unit
• Correlation of the drillstring configuration with tool measurements
• The Schlumberger FPIT* Free Point Indicator Tool with combined backoff shot determines the free point in stuck drillpipe, drill
collars, tubing or casing and provides the force that frees the stuck assembly.
• With the FPIT tool, Schlumberger personnel can provide accurate information about the stuck assembly so you can save both
time and money by making immediate and informed decisions.
• During the course of drilling or work- over, the work string can become stuck in the borehole for many reasons: hole conditions,
formation characteristics, mud properties, mechanical problems, assembly tools or operational error.
• Saving the well and reducing expense means freeing the stuck assemblies quickly and efficiently.
• The FPIT tool determines how much of the stuck assembly may be freed. In combination with a backoff shot, the FPIT tool
efficiently frees the stuck section of the assembly by applying an explosive shock inside a tool joint to which left-hand torque
has been applied.
• Up to seven strands of prima- cord can be used for the combined operation’s explosive load.
FPIT measurements
• Correctly choosing the backoff depth is a crucial part of the pipe recovery operation.
• The FPIT tool consists of a sensor section between two anchors.
• The sensor package includes two sensors. One sensor detects stretch and is unaffected by torque; the other detects torque.
• Independent and sequential torque and stretch measurements result in accurate free point determination.
• By observing the measurements from both the sensors in real time, stretch and torque are effectively applied to give the best
chance for a successful backoff on the first attempt.
Full integration
• The FPIT tool is controlled from a sur- face unit that integrates the driller’s parameters with the measurements acquired during
the tool’s operational sequences.
• The percentage of the free torque and stretch is automatically computed at each measurement point and displayed on the
surface.
• The operation is digitally recorded and can be monitored in the wireline surface unit. Using the Schlumberger InterACT*
remote communication system, the operational data can also be remotely monitored at the operator’s offices.
• The service is customized to specific applications to give the most accurate results during the operation.
• The combined FPIT and backoff service is a cost-effective and efficient method to free stuck assemblies with successful backoff.
The FPIT tool can be run alone to determine the
deepest free point or efficiently combined with a
backoff run to save you both time and memory
A depth-scaled presentation of the drill string and FPIT tool
readings aid in selecting the proper depth for the backoff shot.
By monitoring the stretch and torque that is
effectively applied downhole during the backoff
stage, the Schlumberger FPIT tool and backoff
service provides the best chance for successful
backoff on the first attempt.
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