Course Information
Understanding Well Control is not easy – we have seen the consequences of this for decades now, not least with the relatively recent Montara, Macondo, Hercules & KS Endeavour blowouts to name but a few. This course focuses upon people understanding well control, rather than upon them just passing an exam.
Worked Examples and Case Histories are studied and discussed, at the delegates pace, so that delegates become fully involved in the understanding process.
This course particularly helps those people who are nervous about taking their WellCap / IWCF exam, who are new to Well Control or who perhaps struggle a little with well control concepts or the sciences, English or well killing in general. Excellent explanatory videos, digital film, Manuals, PowerPoints & Teamwork Exercises are used throughout.
Duration: 5 Days
Skill Level: Advanced
Course Content
This course covers the following topics:
- Primary Well Control: Reservoir pressure, Mud hydrostatic pressure, Dynamic pressure, Pressure gradient, How pump speed affects pressure, The leak-off test & how it affects Well Integrity, How Influxes are caused, Drilling Fluids, Characteristics of Gases.
- Secondary Well Control: The Annular Preventer, Pipe Rams, Shear Rams, Blind Rams, Accumulators, The Choke Manifold, IBOP, Float Valves, Well Control Equipment in General.
- Shutting-In the Well: How we do this, what the SIDPP & SICP numbers tell us; What the Influx Gradient Number tells us; Getting ready to Kill the Well, Completing the Kill Sheet.
- Killing the Well: How we decide upon the Well Kill Method (Driller’s or Weight & Weight); Stripping back to bottom if needed; Killing the Well: How we do this, What the Pressure Gauges tell us, How we’re sure that the well has been killed.
Who Should Attend?
- Personnel new to the Industry;
- Drilling Contractor Personnel: Pump-man, Floor-men, Derrick-man; Anyone having trouble understanding Well Control or who wants to prepare for the 1 week IWCF / IADC Well Control Course;
- Technical Assistants; Junior Drilling Engineers
- Service Company Personnel
Prerequisite: A general understanding of the sciences (e.g. maths, physics, chemistry)