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Wall sticking

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-004078

A condition where the drill string becomes immovably lodged against the wall of the wellbore due to differential pressure. This occurs when a section of the drill string is pressed into a permeable formation with lower pressure than the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling fluid. Wall sticking can lead to costly fishing operations or sidetracking.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-004078
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-004078",
  "term": "Wall sticking",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A condition where the drill string becomes immovably lodged against the wall of the wellbore due to differential pressure. This occurs when a section of the drill string is pressed into a permeable formation with lower pressure than the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling fluid. Wall sticking can lead to costly fishing operations or sidetracking.",
  "subject": "Drilling",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/wall-sticking/"
}

Record 4,330 of 4,469 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.