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Fishing tool

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-001435

A specialized downhole device designed to retrieve unwanted objects, known as fish, from a wellbore. The fish could be a dropped tool, a piece of a broken drillstring, or other debris that obstructs drilling or completion operations. Fishing tools are categorized by their method of engagement, such as internal catches like spears or external catches like overshots.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-001435
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-001435",
  "term": "Fishing tool",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A specialized downhole device designed to retrieve unwanted objects, known as fish, from a wellbore. The fish could be a dropped tool, a piece of a broken drillstring, or other debris that obstructs drilling or completion operations. Fishing tools are categorized by their method of engagement, such as internal catches like spears or external catches like overshots.",
  "subject": "Drilling",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/fishing-tool/"
}

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