DR31 – Practical Well Control

Course Objective:

By the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

  1. Obtain sufficient knowledge about the course content to pass a written test with or accepted score.
  2. Improve his professionalism in well control management based on accepted standards.

Course Outline:

  1. Kick indications.
  2. Equipment for well control.
  3. Shut-in procedures while drilling.
  4. Shut-in procedures while tripping .
  5. Driller’s method in a vertical well.
  6. Wait and weight method in a horizontal well.
  7. Volumetric method.
  8. Bullhead procedure.
  9. Evaluations to select the best well kill method for the situation.
  10. Stripping operations with gas migration.
  11. Stripping operations without gas migration.
  12. Kicks in water-based drilling fluid and in oil-based drilling fluid.
  13. Risen kicks.
  14. Well control calculations.
  15. Kill sheets for a vertical well.
  16. Kill sheets for deviated to horizontal well.
  17. Cases and lessons learnt.

Who Can Benefit:

  1. Experienced Drillers and higher positions on the drilling unit.
  2. Recommended managerial positions.
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