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A Model Approach to Analytically Identify Stuck Pipe and Its Mechanism in Wellbore

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  • Boniface A. Oriji

    (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

  • Iribhogbe Silas Aire

    (Institute of Petroleum Studies, Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

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Stuck pipe incidents translate to non-productive time. There is a need to mitigate stuck pipe incidents which can be achieved by conforming to recommended practices. Also, quick diagnosis is necessary in order to free a stuck pipe. Trial-and-error method can further complicate the situation. This work aims at diagnosing stuck pipe mechanisms and recommend practices to free a stuck pipe. spANALYZE also estimates the axial force and torque needed to free a stuck pipe caused by differential sticking. spANALYZE is a thick desktop client application developed in C# using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 development environment. It is an object-oriented .NET application that utilizes the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) architecture for its user interface. Each of the analyzers within spANALYZE were implemented generically as a list of nodes, representing the concept of a flow chart. New analyzers can easily be added simply by programmatically defining each node in the flow chart. Each node has a node identifier, a node type, node text, and the node identifiers of each answer – yes, no and restricted. spANALYZE presents the following benefits: quick and early detection of stuck pipe mechanisms, propose recommended action steps to free pipe, calculate stuck pipe depth, compute the torque and axial force needed to free a stuck string.

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  • Boniface A. Oriji & Iribhogbe Silas Aire, 2020. "A Model Approach to Analytically Identify Stuck Pipe and Its Mechanism in Wellbore," European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, European Open Science, vol. 5(3), pages 387-394, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejeng0:v:5:y:2020:i:3:id:61845
    DOI: 10.24018/ejeng.2020.5.3.1845
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