Stuck Pipe Prevention, Fishing, and Jarring - Combined

Exercises
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Stuck Pipe Prevention
1.What are the indications that could be telling you that something is
changing in the hole?
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a- Driller’s gauges (Pressure, Weight Indicator, Torque)

b- Mud properties (Mud yield point, Mud weight, viscosity, gel strength)

c- Returns from shaker

d- All of the above

2.What position do we call “the first line of defense” regarding stuck

pipe?
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a- Senior Tool pusher

b- Operator’s representative

c- Driller

d- Mud Engineer

3.What is the driller’s most reliable gauge in case of stuck?

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a- Torque

b- Weight Indicator

c- Pressure

d- Strokes per minute

4.As a driller, what should you do at the start of the tour?

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a- Ensure mud logger calls you if any changes.

b- Pre-job safety/operations meeting with your crew.

c- Ensure shaker hand is reporting to you if any changes.

d- Make sure derrick man calls you if any changes.

e- All of the above

5.You are POOH, and notice an over pull. What do you do?
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a- Continue POOH till you go out of the tight spot

b- RIH again. Try working the pipe up/down on the tight spots. Record the tight spots
depths.

c- Jar down as a first action.

6.Differential sticking has some indicators before it occurs. What are

these indicators?
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a- Thin filter cake – High Overbalance – Permeable Formation

b- Thick filter cake – High Overbalance – Impermeable Formation

c- Thin filter cake – Low Overbalance – Permeable Formation

d- Thick Filter cake – High overbalance – Permeable formation

7.How to get free from a differential sticking (first action)?

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a- Jar up and apply torque

b- Apply torque and jar down

c- Replace the mud weight in the well by a lighter mud weight (1 ppg lower)

d- Keep 200-400 psi trapped and jar down

8.It is easier to differentially sticking while running casing string than

when running drill pipe.
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a- True
 b- False

9.What are the properties of a good filter cake?

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a- Thin – Soft – Impermeable

b- Thick – Hard – Impermeable

c- Thin – Hard – Permeable

d- Thin – Hard - Impermeable

10.The stabilizer is used in the drill string in order to help building a

good filter cake.
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a- True

b- False

11.You are circulating bottoms up before a trip. What is the

recommended practice?
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a- Rotate and reciprocate pipes at all time.

b- Keep pipe stationary at all times

c- There is no need to monitor the returns while circulating bottom ups before a trip.

12.What is “Swab”?
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a- Increase in bottom-hole pressure followed by a complete loss.

b- Decrease in bottom-hole pressure and it might lead to a kick.

13.What are the main causes of bad hole cleaning?

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a- Too high ROP

b- Bad mud properties

c- Not enough time for circulation

d- Tripping with high speed in front of fractured formation

e- All of the above

14.The mud yield point is:
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a- The ability of mud to carry cuttings while circulation

b- The ability of mud to carry cuttings while pump is off

15.Why is the gallon per minute considered by the operators while

drilling formations that are risky for stuck?
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a- Because the owner’s office needs this gallon per minute.

b- To increase the ROP.

c- To keep optimum annular velocity and flow regime to ensure proper hole cleaning.

16.How is Geo-pressured Shale identified at the shale shaker?

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a- Large caving of shale

b- Small cuttings

c- Wet shale

d- Long and sharp pieces of shale

17.How is Reactive Shale identified at the shale shaker?

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a- Large caving of shale

b- Small cuttings

c- Wet shale / Clay / Gumbo

d- Long and sharp pieces of shale

18.From the below list, what is the best option while drilling reactive
formations?
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a- KCL Polymers

b- Oil Base Mud

c- Bentonite

d- Water Base Mud

19.You are stuck in the hole due to bad hole cleaning with a 17½” bit.
You are having 2000 psi stand pipe pressure with the pumps off. What
is the lifting force acting on the string? Force = Pressure x 0.7854 x (Bit
Diameter)2
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a- 35,000 lbs.

b- 615,500 lbs.

c- 481,000 lbs.

d- 27,489 lbs.

20.One sedimentary formation type is responsible for more stuck pipe

situation than all the rest. What is this formation?
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a- Shale

b- Sandstone

c- Limestone

d- Siltstone

21.At what angle does avalanching occur?

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a- 0

b- 45-60

c- 90

d- 180

22.What are the indications of hole bridging?

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TWO ANSWERS

a- Smooth increase in all the gauges (Pressure, Torque, Drag)

b- Increase in flow returns.

c- Increase in plastic viscosity due to high solid content

d- Sudden increase in all gauges (Pressure, Torque, Drag)

23.How to get free from a pack-off sticking (first action)?

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a- Keep 200-400 psi trapped and use the jar as a first action

b- Apply torque and jar down

c- Keep 200-400 psi trapped and try moving the pipe.

24.The shale shaker is normally used to monitor hole cleaning. If the

shale shaker is clean, this means that the hole is clean.
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a- True

b- False

25.What are the main causes of running into under-gauged holes?

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TWO ANSWERS

a- Abrasive formation drilling.

b- RIH after coring bit.

c- Drilling Shale formations.

d- Changing BHA design.

26.Give two examples of mobile formations.

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TWO ANSWERS

a- Sandstone

b- Salt

c- Limestone

d- Plastic Shale

27.You are stuck in salt - have tried to jar free with no success – and
you are now going to pump a pill. What type of pill you will pump to
dissolve the salt?
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a- Fresh water

b- Salt water
 c- Oil Base Mud

d- PipeLax

28.Will you be able to circulate if stuck in a key-seat?

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a- Yes

b- No

29.Why should the casing rat hole length be 5-10 feet maximum?
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a- To save drilling time.

b- To save cement cost.

c- To prevent drilling large cement blocks which can pack-off the hole.

30.What is green (soft) cement?

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a- Large cement blocks.

b- Cement that did not set.

c- Squeeze cement operation.

d- Cement plugs.

31.It is a good practice to immediately run the mud pumps at high SPM
once tagging a cement plug.
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a- True

b- False

Jarring
32.What is the best location for a drilling jar in the drill string?
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a- Just below the drill pipe

b- Near the drill bit

c- With enough weight above it to increase the impact force

d- At surface
33.What are the disadvantages of a hydraulic jar?
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TWO ANSWERS

a- It has preset firing load

b- The oil might lose its viscosity after few hours

c- It doesn’t depend on the pulling speed

d- It needs a clamp to be racked

34.What are the disadvantages of a mechanical jar?

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TWO ANSWERS

a- It has preset firing load

b- The oil might lose its viscosity

c- The latching mechanism may weaken over time

d- It needs a clamp to be racked

35.Torque can be applied while jarring up, but it cannot be applied

while Jarring down.
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a- True

b- False

36.Why do you need to know the weight below the jar?

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a- To cock the jar to be ready for firing

b- To jar up

c- To prevent neutral point being in the middle of the jar

d- To apply the correct Weight on bit

e- All of the above

37.It is a good practice to apply WOB equal to the Weight below the
jar.
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 a- True

b- False

38.After using the jar for many hours, what is important to check?
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a- Top drive for loose items

b- Sheaves on traveling block - for nuts and bolts

c- Elevator eye bolts

d- All of the above

39.Pump open force has a countereffect when trying to cock the jar
down.
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a- True

b- False

Fishing
40.Catching fish from the outside normally requires:
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a- Spear.

b- Fishing Magnet.

c- Overshot.

d- Wash-over (rotary shoe).

41.Catching from the inside often requires a spear. Which part of the
spear does hold the fish?
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a- Grapple / dies

b- Bowl

c- Top sub

d- Catching fingers

42.What is a knuckle joint good for?

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 a- Differential Sticking

b- Junk fishing

c- If the fish is laying in a caving

d- Fishing a parted wireline.

43.Why is open hole fishing always a race against time?

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a- There is a risk of damaging the production zone

b- Fishing string might get stuck

c- Kick or losses might occur

d- All of the above

44.Packers have to be milled before fishing.

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a- True

b- False

45.Wash-over techniques (wash-over pipe and shoe) can be used if the

fish is not centralized in hole?
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a- True

b- False

46.After you washed-over a section of pipe using a rotary shoe, how do

you fish it?
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a- Milling

b- Overshot

c- Safety Joint

d- Bumper sub

47.Why a Safety Joint is run in a fishing string?

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a- It is used to apply more overpull on the string.

 b- Used as a jarring tool.

c- It intensifies the jar impact.

d- To disconnect from the fish if fishing operation is cancelled/failed.

48.Where to place an accelerator in the fishing string?

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a- Below the jar

b- Above the jar

49.Name some types of material that are hard to respond to a fishing

magnet.
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Two answers

a- Steel

b- Stainless steel

c- Tungsten Carbide

50.Casing cutters and mills are mostly dressed with material hard
enough to cut steel. What material is normally used?
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TWO ANSWERS

a- Aluminum

b- Stainless steel

c- Diamond

d- Tungsten Carbide

51.Bumper sub can be used to jar down.

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a. True

b. False

52.What should be measured by the Assistant Driller before RIH any

tool or BHA?
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 a- OD – ID – Fishneck – Serial Number – Drawing – Length

b- OD – ID – Fishneck – Serial Number – Drawing – Thread

c- OD – ID – Length – Fishneck – Serial Number – Thread – Drawing

53.What is the tool that can be used to indicate your stuck point?
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a- Overshot

b- Free Point Indicator

c- Fishing Jar

d- Spiral grapple
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