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Wireline grab

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-004170

A fishing tool designed to retrieve a broken or lost wireline or slickline from the wellbore. It features a series of internal slips or barbs that engage and hold the severed end of the line. The grab is run downhole on another wireline or work string to latch onto the lost line for recovery.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-004170
FieldOil and gas
SubjectWell Workover and Intervention
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-004170",
  "term": "Wireline grab",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A fishing tool designed to retrieve a broken or lost wireline or slickline from the wellbore. It features a series of internal slips or barbs that engage and hold the severed end of the line. The grab is run downhole on another wireline or work string to latch onto the lost line for recovery.",
  "subject": "Well Workover and Intervention",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/wireline-grab/"
}

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