Course Objective:
By the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Understand well control techniques for surface BOP installations at supervisory level and driller level according to international well control forum standards.
- Use of the principles and procedures in well control operations as described in the certification standards.
Course Outline:
- Well control equipment.
- Recommended practices and specifications as described in the certification standards.
- Introduction to formation pressure and strengths.
- Hydrostatic pressures.
- Dynamic pressure.
- Equivalent circulating density.
- Gas laws.
- Gas and fluid behavior.
- Causes of kicks.
- Kick indications.
- Shut-in procedures.
- Calculations.
- IWCF kill sheets for vertical wells.
- Kill methods and kill problems.
- Well control in deviated wells.
- IWCF kill sheets for deviated to horizontal wells.
- Oil field terminology.
- Exercise and IWCF practical test.
- IWCF principles, equipment and procedures test.
Who Can Benefit:
Derrickman position and higher positions
