Fishing broken wire

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 When the wire breaks we have two leading
scenarios

 Broken on surface and the broken ends

remain on surface

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 Wire breaks down hole

 We now have to look closely at the

circumstances before we proceed

 Is the wire fatigued

 What was the operation at failure
 Was the elastic limit passed
 What is the status downhole

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 Considerations for PCE changes

 Weight of wire and tools downhole

 Is there a need to change to braided cable
 Grease injection

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 Extra equipment
 Personnel experience

 BOP arrangement
 Multi wirelines in use
 Dual and triple BOP’s

 Lubricator length

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 What is the status of the fish down the hole

 How much wire is there

 Did the toolstring fall down after the event

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 Are tools free

 In the tubing

 In the casing

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 What is the status of the fish down the hole

 If jarring to release a plug

 Shear direction of the pulling tool latched

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 Was a shear off attempted

 Is jar action limited, could this be a

problem with the fishing tool

 Never try to fish the wire and retrieve the

device in the same operation

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 How much wire is there

 Calculation to find the top of the wire

 Wire size is a factor

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 Tubing size

 Multiple tubing in the string

 Condition of wire

 TOW is just an estimate…..

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 Did the toolstring fall down after the event

 OD of the toolstring

 Could debris have followed the fish

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 Deviation

 Fluid by-pass

 Is the toolstring free….

 If unsure – proceed as if the toolstring is

stuck

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 Wire breaks at surface

 In tubing or in the casing

 Are the tools free or stuck

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 Assume worst case scenario

 Re connect wire

 Shear off of device…..

 Stuffing box trap…

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 Joining the wire

 Nut or link can be used

 Where did the wire break

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 Passing the lower sheave

 Passing the counterhead

 Care when pulling – why did the wire

break

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 Wire breaks downhole

 Is the wire in the tubing or casing

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 Are the tools free or stuck

 Wire fallback calculation – next slide

 Break wire from rope socket….

 How to ball the wire

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 Wire fall back calculation

 Direct relationship
between the tubing size
and the wire OD

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 The larger the wire the
less the fallback

 The greater the tubing ID

the more fall back there is

 Wire condition will affect

the wire fallback

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 Wire fallback formula

• T = [ D - ( C + d) ] + ((C + d) x f ) + H
1000

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• T = estimated top of wire
• f = wire fall factor for wire / tubing size
• D = depth of the toolstring in the well (when the wire broke)
• d = distance from the counter to the zero point
• H = distance the toolstring falls back down the well
• C = depth on counter when wire is back spooled onto unit

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 Changes to toolstring

 Change out spang jars

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 Why….

 Tubular jars

 Linear jars…..

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 Blind box to break wire

from rope socket

 Minimum BB size

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calculation

 Maximum BB dimension

 Chamfer on BB face

 No shear off facility

 Run on pulling tool……….

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 Is the wire disconnected

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 LIB from confirmation

 Jar down once

 Consequences

 Caution when running

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 Confirming the wire depth

 Running past the

calculated depth

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 “Balling” the wire

 Maximum five feet

 Solid and Fingered finders

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 Bowen wire finders

 Fingered finder sized to

the tubing

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 Trap mechanism

 Tendency for wire to pull

out

 More success with large

wireline

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 Looped wireline brushes

 Slickline twisted around

brush to

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 Full bore coverage helps
locate wire

 Multiple loops against

tubing can aid location of
wire

 Looped shape can drag

debris down the well
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 Expandable wire finders

 For multi tubing

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 Sleeve left at nipple nogo
after shearing pin

 Fingers expand to tubing

bore

 Potential for the fingers to

leave gaps and the wire
to pass, causes worse
problems
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 Pronged grabs

 2, 3 and 4 prong available

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 Size related to tubing – critical size

 Must be run on jar up to shear

tool

 Baited grabs

 Barb types

 One leg grabs

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 Finder grabs/spears

 Grabs better than spear

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 Must be run on jar up to
shear tool

 Potential to miss out one

run

 Better for encouraging

braided cable into the
grab barbs

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 Wireline spears

 Care must be taken when

running

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 When grab will not latch
due to ball tension

 Centraliser to keep off

tubing wall

 Final option - try not to

use

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 Wire back to surface

 Multiple BOP selection

 Multi strands

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 Use of gauge cutter

 Lubricator length selected initially

 Back feeding the stuffing box, grease head

 POOH – tension on wire – prepare to close

BOP’s

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