Section 08 - Tripping & Backreaming Practices

Tripping and Backreaming
This is the most important subject of this school

– The serious problems experienced are self-inflicted, and unnecessary
This section will cover:

• What is required for safe tripping
– Practices
– BHA requirements
• Backreaming
– Is it good or bad?
– Why do you see what you do?
– How to do it safely (and when to do it)
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1/83
Back-reaming or pumping out should be avoided when
possible in high-angle wells
– The ability to trip out without pumping or backreaming is a
risk reduction measure
– Choosing any practice or equipment that forces you to
backream significantly increases risk
• Because back-reaming and/or pumping out are the single-most
dangerous operations in an ER well
– Maximum risk of stuck pipe, and of destabilizing the wellbore
– It is also time consuming, and destructive on BHA equipment
• HOWEVER, there is a time and a place for backreaming
– It can be done safely with the proper equipment, practices, and patience
2/83
Classic Train Wreck
Most “Train Wrecks” On ER wells occur on trips;
• Two common themes:
1. Those that had bad hole cleaning while drilling
• More common with motor BHAs
• It is possible to have good hole cleaning with motors!
2. Those that had good hole cleaning while drilling, but still have
poor tripping practices.
• This has become the most common, ever since RSS became popular
• Does the following sound familiar?
3/83
Say operator is drilling high or medium angle 12¼” hole
• Inhibitive mud, possibly with rotary-steerable BHA
1. No problems drilling to TD
• Good hole cleaning while drilling, and no cavings reported
• How do they know it was good hole cleaning?
• Using high RPM
• No tight hole at connections
• Good cuttings flow
• PWD, T&D are all OK (more later)
4/83
2. At TD, hole is cleaned up
• Multiple bottoms up circulated at TD
• Shakers clean up quite soon. Team thinks hole must be clean
• In reality, hole cleaning system has shut down when low-RPM
used for clean-up cycle
3. Trip commences
• Soon pulls tight.
• Attempt to back-ream thru tight spot
• Hole packs off (initiating circulation or soon after)
• 1st cavings reported at this point
5/83
4. Back-reaming continues
• Packing off all the way to the shoe
• Relatively little cuttings while back-reaming, until ±30o, then
shakers blind with lot’s of cuttings and cavings.
• Packs off also inside casing
5. Trip Back In
• For some reason, the trip back-in is whistle-clean,
despite the nightmarish trip out…
6/83
• Part 1 – What is Happening Downhole
• Part 2 – How to Enable Tripping on Elevators
• Part 3 – Tripping Procedures
• Part 4 – Backreaming Procedures
7/83
• Part 1 – What is happening downhole
– How does the cuttings bed & BHA interact when tripping?
• Trouble-free tripping vs tight hole
• Normal tripping vs. Back-reaming vs. Pumping Out
– Separating myth from reality
– Why do we see what we see?
8/83
Clean Hole is a Myth
Most people visualize that tripping looks
something like this…
And that “tight hole” looks like this…
If this is correct, then normal reactions are valid

• Drop down a few feet, and commence back-reaming thru obstruction
9/83
What Really Happens?
What happens downhole when tripping in a deviated well?
– Firstly, assume that the hole is NOT 100% clean
– Even with a thorough clean-up
– Even with Rotary Steering Tools!
– The BHA does NOT pull cuttings up the hole
– Cuttings flow around the BHA, until they become too compressed
– BHA design is critical to “flow around” ability
– Has significant implications for how to manage tight hole
10/83
When pulling out, the BHA pulls up through the dirt…

• For a trouble-free trip, the dirt must flow around the BHA as
the BHA moves through the bed
11/83
• Part 1 – What is happening downhole
– How does the cuttings bed & BHA interact when tripping?
• Trouble-free tripping vs tight hole
• Normal tripping vs. Back-reaming vs. Pumping Out
– Separating myth from reality
– Why do we see what we see?
12/83
Clean Hole is a Myth
Most people visualize that tripping looks
something like this…
And that “tight hole” looks like this…
If this is correct, then normal reactions are valid

• Drop down a few feet, and commence back-reaming thru obstruction
13/83
What happens downhole when tripping in a deviated well?
– Firstly, assume that the hole is NOT 100% clean
– Even with a thorough clean-up
– Even with Rotary Steering Tools!
– The BHA does NOT pull cuttings up the hole
– Cuttings flow around the BHA, until they become too compressed
– BHA design is critical to “flow around” ability
– Has significant implications for how to manage tight hole
14/83
When pulling out, the BHA pulls up through the dirt…

• For a trouble-free trip, the dirt must flow around the BHA as
the BHA moves through the bed
15/83
16/83
If this component blocks the flow of dirt,

then tight hole looks like this …
But if this component blocks the flow of

dirt, then tight hole looks like this …
17/83
18/83
Note that this volume of dirt is small …
• Only requires kilograms (not tons) to be stuck)
Unfortunately, this is the most common situation

• Because of typical bit & BHA designs
•If you pull too far, you can’t go back down
•Turning pumps on is worst-possible response to tight hole
19/83
What Is Backreaming?
Standard trip – no rotation or circulation, harmless cuttings bed by-passed
Backreaming – rotate and circulate while POOH, cuttings bed fully removed
from the bottom of the hole. Cuttings drop out to form a dune above the BHA
20/83
21/83
22/83
Pumping Out
Pumping Out – dirt still pipes up behind the BHA due to high velocity around
the bit, stabilizers, and drill collars, but the conveyor belt is off!
23/83
Backreaming Practices
What are the downsides/risks associated with
Backreaming?
– Stuck pipe
– BHA equipment failures due to vibration
– Key seating
– Lost returns (if packoffs exceed fracture gradient)
– Self-inflicted wellbore stability problems
24/83
Backreaming itself doesn’t damage the wellbore…
– Rather, it is the Hydraulic Hammer effect that causes all the
problems…
– Sudden large ECD pressure shock below pack-off
• Same principle will destroy pipelines, power stations, etc ...Why
expect it to be less severe in a wellbore?
• These are often too large for PWD to measure
25/83
26/83
27/83
Hydraulic Hammer
What PWD sees when hydraulic hammer occurs…
• Pressure spikes are often “off the scale”
• Remember, when you see a pack-off at surface, you only see
what’s left are dampening thru the bit, BHA & drillstring
3 ppg scale
How bad was this ECD spike ?

Normal drilling ECD …
28/83
Interpretation of “wellbore stability” problems changes
entirely if the wellbore has been “Hammered”
– Often, the presence of cavings after packoffs is perceived as
the very cause of the packoffs
• K&M contend that it is more likely the packoff created the cavings
due to the hammer effect
• Evidence of this is “wellbore stability” problems often go away when
tripping practices are modified (due to avoidance of packoffs)
29/83
• Part 2 – How to enable conventional tripping out
Many operators say “don’t back-ream unless you have to …”
But experienced ER people “know” that no-matter what the
procedures say, that’s the only way they can get out of the
hole
The ability to trip regularly on elevators is possible

– But simply circulating more isn’t the answer
30/83
How clean must the hole be for tripping ?
− It depends on the bit & BHA...
• Junk slot area affects how thick a safe cuttings bed can be.
• Lower Junk slot area requires cleaner hole to trip safely.
• Alternatively, larger junkslot area tools can be tripped
through a “dirtier” hole…
31/83
32/83
The “Un-Trippable” BHA
Unless the BHA components are addressed as a high priority….
– Conventional tripping may be impossible despite best practices
– It only takes one component to make a BHA un-trippable
• No matter how much circulation is done
– This flies in the face of every risk management precaution we make, if

this isn’t addressed as the highest priority
THIS IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE

(OR INCREASE) RISK IN YOUR PROJECT
33/83
What needs to be done to bit & BHA ?
– Junk-slot-area & junk-slot-tortuosity are key BHA
design priorities
• Remove sleeve stabilizers on big-OD collars
– Classic 9½” tools for 12¼”, 6¾” tools for 8½” hole
– Especially on RSS, motors and MWD-LWD tools
– Shoot for a minimum of 25-30% open area
• Or downsize to smaller collars
– Eg. 8” tools instead 9⅝” for 12¼” hole
• Replace sleeve stabilizers with integral blade stabilizers
34/83
Sleeve vs. Integral Blade
How an Integral Blade Stabilizer How a Sleeve Stabilizer sees a

sees a 12¼” hole (8” body OD) 12¼” hole (10½” body OD)
35/83
Consider this New Zealand ER Well
• 9½” tangent to 20,000’ MD (6,000m)
• Excellent HC parameters
o 700 gpm / 150 rpm
o 3xBU cleanup cycles, shakers clean after 2xBU
• Previous wells have never had problems tripping
o Identical fluids, practices, drillpipe, BHA…
36/83
…However, the bits have changes “a bit”…
Bit #1 Bit #2 Bit #3

5 Blade, 9 Blade 8 Blade,
14.5in2 Group. - 2010
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37/83
Trip #1 (5 Blade, 14.5in2 JSA)
No problems, very similar to behavior on first well (similar bit)
Minor 20-30k “peak” over pull in places (fairly slick on average)
Average FF = 0.16 – 0.18

Long and troublesome trip with several intermediate circulation
points required due to 50-60 k overpull in several locations
Average FF = 0.19-0.20

Very smooth trip with the fewest number of tight spots of all the
trips out. “Peak” overpull of <15k.
Average FF = 0.16-0.18
38/83
What needs to be done to bit & BHA?
– Straighten up highly tortuous components
• Eg. Tight-spiral long-gage bits
39/83
Prioritize Bit Junkslot Area
– Steel body bits have much larger JSA than Matrix
– Better impact resistance with Steel too
12¼”, 6-Blade Matrix Body Bit 12¼”, 6-Blade Steel Body Bit
39.2 in2 JSA (33%) 54.3 in2 JSA (46%)
40/83
What needs to be done to bit & BHA ? … continued
– A very effective option to enable normal tripping with
“tight” components is to enlarge the hole
• Using Ream-While-Drilling (RWD) under-reamers
• Very popular in the North Sea
41/83
Under Reamers
The danger of this technique is the “false sense of security” gained
from a trouble-free trip out prior to running casing…
How the BHA sees a “Dirty” How Casing sees a “Dirty”

under-reamed hole…. under-reamed hole…
42/83
43/83
Hole Cleanup Techniques
The hole must be cleaned up prior to tripping
• To be successful, the following is necessary :

– Conveyor belt must be turned on (>120 rpm)
– Sufficient circulation is required
• Multiple BU required at >120 rpm
• Looking for at least 2 waves
• Remember saltation flow side-effects
44/83
• The Conveyor belt requires >120 rpm
• Common directional-drilling practice ….
•RPM is often slowed whenever off-bottom (see next slide)
• Hence, hole cleaning system is shut-down, convincing the team that
the hole is clean
• Cuttings don’t know if the bit is on or off bottom !!
• Conveyor belt must be on when bit is off-bottom too.
This is one of the most common mistakes

… and one of the most illogical ones too !!
45/83
RPM vs Time log - Clean up on 18 July
Time-log showing RPM at end of drilling, and then
during clean-up cycle
160 • Drilling RPM = 138, clean-up RPM only 80 – 90
• Shakers cleaned up soon ... hole was interpreted as clean
140
•
RPM drops from 138rpm to 80+ rpm.
This was their expected
Cleanup is therefore largely non-
result since they were using a
120 rotary-steerable
existant, and tripping starts in dirty!
hole
• Or did the hole cleaning system just shut down ?
100
Pipe RPM
80
End Drilling. Start clean up

60
40
20
0
0:00:00 2:24:00 4:48:00 7:12:00 9:36:00 Time RPM 14:24:00
12:00:00 rpm 16:48:00 19:12:00 21:36:00 0:00:00
End Drilling / Start Clean-up

46/83
How much clean-up is necessary?
– Cleaning up takes time
– Bottoms up is irrelevant for high angle wells
• Expect >4x BU for cleanup time
– This is very sensitive to angle above 70o
– Also very sensitive to hole size (large PHAR = longer cleanup)
– Patience is critical
• AND only “conveyor belt ON” time counts

– Circulation time at < 120 rpm is irrelevant and wasteful
47/83
Effective Circulation Volume vs. Angle
20,000' (6000m) tangent length, shallow KOP
6
This gives some feel for how much circulation is
necessary for different angles
5
• Note – only convey or belt circulation counts !
Min. Circulation Volume
4 This is a minimum volume requirement … the

“talking” at the shakers takes priority in
3
decision-making.
1 Notice how “gut feel” and “experience

betray you, once angle gets > 70o
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Angle
48/83
It depends on where you are in the wellbore…
– Laying down a rule of “4 x BU” may be wasteful
Is the same # of BU required

shallow, as when deep?
• Each is at 84o
49/83
At EoB, only need 2xBU
At TD , need at least ±6 x BU
50/83
Look for at least 2 waves of cuttings
– Saltation flow side effect
– If you’ve been drilling start-stop style, then expect more waves
A 2nd wave of cuttings flow is very common, if

circulation continues (with the conveyor belt on)
• Similar to gravel packing, in reverse
• It’s easy to get suckered-in to stop
clean-up when 1st wave finishes at ≈ 1 x BU
• Shakers will reduce to a background level

(fines will never clean up)
Normal At > 80o, 2nd wave is often
circulation after 3rd bottoms up
•
Volume cuttings
If there are still cuttings still on

the shakers, the hole is NOT yet clean …
– Pay now, or pay later (with interest) !
1 2 3 4
Times bottoms up
51/83
Hole Cleanup Example
Norway ER Well
• 14¾”x17½” Hole to ±15,000’ MD
• 8,500’ of 76o Tangent
• 6⅝” Drillpipe
• Drilled with 1,100 gpm (103 ft/min AV’s), 160 RPM, 60-80 ft/hr
• Previous wells circulated 3-4xBU, unable to trip on elevators
52/83
Circulated 16xBU (2.5 days) before hole cleaned up
•1,000-1,100 gpm, 160 rpm throughout
• Recovered 132 bbls of cuttings during cleanup
• 132 bbls = ±2” deep cuttings bed!
• Tripped on elevators for the first time in the project
53/83
• This process does leave cuttings in the hole
• The hole doesn’t have to be completely clean
– Except for cases where there is poor junkslot area
– Or if a tight-clearance casing/liner string is going to be run
• Ie, 10¾” in a 12¼” hole, 13⅜” in a 14¾” hole, etc.
• The goal is to have trouble free trips
• Should also be used before and after any backreaming
is performed
54/83
55/83
Tripping Practices
• Part 3 – Tripping Out Procedures
– Following the road-map
• How to identify “abnormal” from “normal”
• How to identify “a ledge” from “cuttings”
– How to respond to tight hole
• Do’s & Don’ts
– Pipe Stretch discussion
56/83
Tripping Practices
1. Pull out of hole without rotation or circulation
• Trip speed is important… controls speed of dirt flow
through the stabilizers & bit
• Tighter BHAs require slower speeds
2. Monitor P/U weight while tripping out of hole
• Compare real-time to theoretical drag trends (“roadmaps”)
• Must have a road-map to know what “normal” is
57/83
Using Roadmaps
1. If you are to make wise decisions about when “something is abnormal”,
you need to know what normal looks like …
Experienced hands assume that they know this
…“I don’t need a computer to tell me when I’ve got tight hole”
2. People also assume that they are looking for a sudden change
Both of these are vertical hole logic, and are perhaps the most common
reason wells get into trouble while tripping
• If we had a genuinely clean hole, and “ledges” were the problem, then this
logic is OK
• But remember we are looking for dirt build-up between stabilizers, which
happens gradually
58/83
15k Here is a trip out, plotted against depth
45k • Is this OK?
But this is about to get stuck…

• Can’t you see the train-wreck coming at you?
This is the next stand pulled?

• What is the over-pull?
• Looks like 15 k?
Classic indication of cuttings
building up is diverging PU loads In reality, hole is “talking” to you
• Between “normal” and actual loads for ±10 stands
• Usually over 4 – 5 stands •And overpull is 45k
59/83
Tripping Practices
• If tight hole is encountered;
– Set overpull limits low: 30 kips MAX
– Either via roadmap or not…
• Always assume the problem is cuttings
– RIH 3 to 5 stands to get BHA away from tight spot
• If obstruction is dirt, you must un-pack the BHA before pumping
• If it took 5 stands to pack it, expect that many to un-pack it!
– Remember that cuttings can move down hole with BHA (in avalanche
regime <65°±)!
60/83
61/83
Tripping Practices
• Circulate & rotate at > 120 rpm for 30 minutes
– Goal is to verify cuttings dune, so as not to waste time if otherwise
– Conveyor belt must be on, if cuttings are to be moved
• POH carefully without rotation or circulation watching for

the tight spot to recur
– If the tight spot has moved up hole, then obstruction was cuttings
– Continue cleaning the hole up, per standard clean-up procedures
62/83
Tripping Practices
• If the tight spot has NOT moved up hole;
– Then genuine tight hole is likely (key seat, ledge, etc.)
– Circulating or backreaming may be used with caution
– Must avoid pack-off while circulating or backreaming out of the hole
• Risk of stuck pipe
• Pressure damage to wellbore below pack-off
• Don’t want to lose returns
63/83
Stretch Implications
• Vertical: Pick-up weight = Rotating wt = Slack-off wt
• High angle: Weights are very different…so what?
Consider what’s actually happening downhole when the weight

indicator changes when you kick the rotary on…
– BHA immediately sucks up the hole, with missing force load
o Typical stretch deep in an ER well: 20-30’
64/83
Stretch Implications
The same thing happens while tripping in …
• How many times have you tried to roll off a “ledge” while tripping in?
• What happens to the bit when rotation is imitated with the string in
compression?
– The bit leaps forward, uncontrollably (up to 20-30’ in long wells)
– This is a really good way to destroy a drillstring (if buckling is present)!
– Can also cause lost-returns due to surge effect
65/83
• Part 4 – Back-reaming Out Procedures
– When is back-reaming OK ?
– How to back-ream safely
• Do’s & Don’ts
66/83
• Sometimes backreaming is necessary…
– Tight hole on trips
–after verifying that the obstruction is NOT cuttings
– Swabbing (can’t trip conventionally)
– When removal of ALL cuttings is necessary
• To clean up hole for extreme casing runs in ER wells
• Typical “trigger” is if casing run is so challenging as to require flotation
• For production liner cement jobs, or running screens
• For tight-clearance casing runs (10¾” or 11¾” in 12¼” hole)
67/83
Backreaming Observations
When back-reaming, have you ever noticed;
• Once you start back-reaming in a directional well, you can’t stop …until you
get to ±30o
– Actually, normal tripping can be resumed, with changes to normal practices
• You don’t see cuttings while backreaming, until you get to about 30o
– Then you get lot’s of cuttings suddenly
• Back-reaming was easier on lower angle wells…
• The faster you go, the more problems you have…
• Have you ever noticed severe cavings after backreaming, despite never
seeing them before?
68/83
Why is Backreaming Risky?
• Firstly, let’s define what back-reaming is:
– Tripping, while rotating & pumping
– A means of fighting tight hole
• Back-reaming is not:
– Working the pipe up (with rotation) during normal connections
– When racking back stands during the clean-up process.
69/83
70/83
Why is Backreaming Risky?
What is K&M’s opinion on backreaming?
• Dangerous, with high risk of stuck pipe, packing off, and
inducing wellbore failure (more later)
– Only operation that has higher risk is pumping out!
• Tough on MWD & BHAs (vibration)
• BUT can be done safely:
– But needs to be done slowly to be safe
– Needs adequate (high) flowrate and rotary speed
– Practices must vary according to angle
– Back-reaming is not faster than cleaning up thoroughly before tripping
71/83
72/83
Backreaming Procedure
• Clean hole up first
• Never commence back-reaming while in overpull or tight hole
– BHA is literally embedded in cuttings
– Consider pipe stretch: what direction does the BHA move if pipe is in
tension and we start to rotate?
– Always drop down away from the tight spot before beginning to backream
• Backream “with the conveyor belt on”, ≤ 3-4 stands per hour initially
• Perform full cleanup cycle “with conveyor belt on” prior to attempting to pull
on elevators
73/83
Saltation Implications
7
Very Slow
Back-reaming “safe speed” is driven by same
“saltation flow” mechanism that drives how much
Relative Backreaming Speed
circulation is necessary to clean the hole for a trip

5
Safe speed slows significantly beyond 70o

Min. Circulation Volume
Slow
3
Fast1
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Angle
74/83
• Torque is primary tool to monitor pulling speed
• SPP, Hookload, Return Flow, ECD, etc. “secondary” indicators
40 4000
Packoff Tendencies (ie, BHA is
35 colliding with cutting dune)
3500
Torque (k ft-lbs)
30 3000
SPP (psi)
25 2500
20 2000
Torque
SPP
15 1500
10 1000
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Time (min)
75/83
Backreaming PWD Example
8½” Backreaming Example
• Losses at 5971m (19,600’)
• Parameters:
– Flow 1800lpm (475 gpm)
– RPM 180
1. Pressure Increase of 25 bar (360 psi)
2. Torque Increase of 10 k Nm (7.5 k ft-lbs)
3. No indications on PWD indicating pack
off below pressure sensor
76/83
Saltation Implications
Saltation flow requires that the hole must re-fill to full drilling
height, before you see cuttings at surface…
This sucker-punches drilling operations all the time

• You have back-reamed for 12 hours at slow ROP, and haven’t seen any dirt
• How do you interpret this? The hole must be clean…
• So back-reaming get’s faster, and then the hole packs off
77/83
• Clean up hole after finishing backreaming – Don’t just pull out
of the hole. This is one of the most common mistakes we see!
– Applies for cased hole as well as open hole
– This explains the industries “typical” experience that once backreaming
starts, it can’t be stopped (in reality, all we need to do in order to return
to tripping on elevators is erode the due away from the top of the BHA)
• Take special care coming into a casing shoe
– Large OD rathole/washout accumulates cuttings
– Consider extra circulation with rotation before proceeding
78/83
79/83
RWD Considerations
• Under-reamers add risk to backreaming
– Most RWD devices cannot be locked closed, causing vibration and un-
controlled hole enlargement / undercutting while backreaming (since the
pilot BHA is unstabilized)
– One Exception is Halliburton’s XRReamer (drop-ball locking action)
AnderGauge: Smith: Halliburton:

Anderreamer Rinoreamer XRReamer
80/83
81/83
RWD Considerations
• Backreamed 8½”x9⅞” with RWD in string
• Memory resistivity shows rugous and washed out hole after backreaming
• Multiple packoffs and subsequent instability ensued on trip in
Intended Gauge Hole Diameter
82/83
What about a high angle well?
What about a Medium angle well?
Let’s talk about how this impacts what “good

oilfield practice” means for different wells:
What should we do on a vertical well? • Consider our response to a major equipment failure
• Lose 1 of 2 pumps (24hr repair)
• Swivel packing leak (1hr repair)
• Top Drive pinion gear breaks (3 day repair)
• Washout in the drillpipe
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And that “tight hole” looks like this…

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When pulling out, the BHA pulls up through the dirt…

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And that “tight hole” looks like this…

If this is correct, then normal reactions are valid

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When pulling out, the BHA pulls up through the dirt…

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If this component blocks the flow of dirt,

But if this component blocks the flow of

Unfortunately, this is the most common situation

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Standard trip – no rotation or circulation, harmless cuttings bed by-passed

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How bad was this ECD spike ?

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The ability to trip regularly on elevators is possible

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– This flies in the face of every risk management precaution we make, if

THIS IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE

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Trip #2 (9 Blade, 12.5in2 JSA)

Trip #3 (8 Blade, 20.9in2 JSA)

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How the BHA sees a “Dirty” How Casing sees a “Dirty”

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• Remember saltation flow side-effects

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End Drilling. Start clean up

End Drilling / Start Clean-up

• AND only “conveyor belt ON” time counts

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Section 08 - Tripping & Backreaming Practices

Section 08 - Tripping & Backreaming Practices