Fishing Success with the 5,75-in OD Magnum Fishing Magnet in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A client lost 7 slip dies in well while pulling stands from a wellbore cleanout operation
Challenge
- Client lost 7 slip dies from a 5 1/2" Rotary Slip in well during a WBCU operation
- Retrieved 4 slip dies from WBCU assembly while pulling out, 3 slip dies remain in well
Solution
- Mobilized a 5,75” OD Magnum Fishing Magnet® from Innovar to drill site.
- Ran the first run thru the BOP and POOH, retrieved 1 1/2 slip dies from the BOP.
- Made a second run to the bottom and retrieved the remaining 1 1/2 slip dies from the well.
Benefit
- Quick mobilization
- Fished-out lost slip dies effectively on the 1st and 2nd run.
- Prevented further delay
- No steel debris left in the hole
Challenge
On February 19th a client was running a 9 5/8" WBCU assembly, while pulling stands the floor hand suddenly noticed that the slip dies from a 5 1/2" Rotary Slip were falling out. This resulted in that 10 slip dies fell on the rig floor, 1 on the bell nipple and, 7 fell in the well
The immediate corrective action taken was to POOH the cleanout BHA and inspect the junk basket and string magnets. 4 of the 7 slip dies that were lost in the well were retrieved by the WBCU tools, while 3 slip dies remained in the well.
Comments made about the Innovar Magnum Fishing Magnet when it arrived on location:
"The Toolpusher had a slip dies in his hand and was going to stick it onto the magnet, when he was around a foot away he opened his hand and the magnet pulled the dies straight from him. The Toolpusher then conducted a second test where he attached a hammer wrench to the magnet and 2 men had problems attempting to pull it from the Innovar magnet. Very impressive".
1st run: Slip dies retrieved from the BOP
After testing the strength of the magnet, the rig made up the Innovar magnet and ran it down into the BOP and back to surface. From the 1st run, the magnet retrieved 1 1/2 slip dies from the BOP ram block cavities.
2nd run: Slip dies retrieved from the well
A second run was made to the bottom and the magnet retrieved the remaining 1 1/2 slip dies from the well.
Picture support: Showing what dies were retrieved from the well with the Innovar magnet.
Benefit
With the quick mobilization of the Innovar 5,75-in OD Magnum Fishing Magnet, model FMP 58, the slip dies were effectively fished out on the 1st and 2nd run. No steel debris was left in the hole and the operation could resume.
“It was a late-night call to Qamar and with a quick response, he gave us the information where to pick this magnet up. He was very professional to communicate with at this time of day and had this ready as he stated he would.”
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