Well Control and Associated Surface Equipment
Discipline
Drilling and Workover
Course Duration
5 days
Delivery Method
In-house
This course provides fundamentals of well control during drilling and tripping in land and offshore wells. Topics include abnormal pressure detection, fracture gradient determination, casing setting depth selection, well control procedure while drilling and tripping, special conditions and problems in well control operations, well control equipment, well control while drilling from a floating rig, relief well design and underground blow out. This course is exercise-intensive and will include field case studies related to well control operations.
Course Contents
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Fundamental Concepts of Well Control
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Kick Detection and Kick Causes
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Pressure Control Procedures
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Well Control Equipment
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Shut-in Procedure
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Kick Kill Methods
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Relief Well Design and Operations
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Underground Blowout
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Field case studies; lessons learned