Drilling Operations

Fishing Tools
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9. Fishing Tools

The Rig Equipment used for the purpose of retrieving from the
wellbore sections of pipe, casing or other items which may have
become stuck or inadvertently dropped in the hole. These are the
following:

1. Overshot 7. Junk Mill

2. Taper Tap 8. Casing Scraper

3. Grapple Spear

4. Junk Basket

5. Fishing Magnet

6. Wireline Spear
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1. Overshot

Overshot is an external catch fishing tool designed to retrieve

tubular items from the well bore.

SPIRAL GRAPPLE BASKET GRAPPLE

OVERSHOT OVERSHOT
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2. Taper Tap

Is an internal catch fishing tool designed to retrieve tubular members

from the wellbore. The wicker thread are allowed to be embedded
into the interior of the fish.

Taper Tap
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3. Grapple Spear

Is also an internal catch fishing tool designed to retrieve tubular

members from the wellbore.

The grapple spear is run in and positioned

inside the fish. Rotating the Grapple Spear
one turn to the left will engaged the grapple
and caused tapers on the mandrel to expand
the grapple and bite into the fish.
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4. Junk Basket

Is a junk retrieval tool designed to remove all type of objects from

the bottom of the well. Such items as slip, hand tools, bit cones and
any other pieces of junk in the well.

With direct circulation This junk basket

the coring action on utilises reverse
the junk proceeds until circulation combined
24 inch core is cut. The with coring operations
finger on the upper of up to 20” of core.
catcher break the core
when an upward strain
is applied.
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5. Fishing Magnet

Is a junk retrieval tool designed to effectively remove metal particles,

shavings and debris from the bottom of the wellbore.

The assembly is run in

the hole and hold 6 to
12 inches above the
fish. Circulate
generously to wash
away cuttings. Reduce
circulation, lower the
magnet to the fish and
rotate slightly to obtain
good contact. Cut off
circulation and pull out
of hole.
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6. Wireline Spear

Is a junk retrieval tool designed to retrieve wireline and wire rope

from the wellbore.

The spear is made up

and run in hole , upon
reaching the wire to be
retrieved the spear is
lowered slowly
allowing the barbs to
engage the wire. The
spear is then lifted out
of the hole.
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7. Junk Mill

Are designed to mill fish such as packers, squeeze tools, perforating

guns, drill pipe, tool joints, reamer, reamer blades and rock bits.