Fish

Abnormal
High
Pressure

Pipe
Sticking

Drilling
Problems

Corrosive
Gasses

Formation
Damage

Lost
Circulation

Sloughing
Shale

Fish
Something breaks in or fall down the
well during drilling
Fising tool is used to retrieve the fish

Spear
D < D pipe

Overshoot
D > D pipe

Washover
Pipe

Tapered Mill Junk Mill Wireline Spear

Reamer

Pipe Sticking
Differential Sticking

Mechanical Sticking

Caused by :
- Formation Pressure >
Hydrostatic Pressure
Caused by :
- Drilled Cuttings

Mechanical Sticking

- Borehole instability

- Keyseating

Sloughing Shale
Soft shale adsorbs water from the
drilling mud expands out falls to
the bottom of the well

Loss of Circulation
Lost circulation : uncontrolled flow of
whole mud into formation thief zone

Formation Damage
The permeability of the reservoir rock
is reduced as a result of foreign-fluid
invasion

Corrosive Gasses
Corrosive gasses : CO2, H2S
hydrogen sulfide embrittlement

Abnormal High Pressure

Fluid pressure in formation >
hydrostatic pressure cause
blowout or kick