Course Duration
5 days for Levels 3 and 4, including practicals.
4 or 5 days for Level 2, depending on candidate background. No practicals.
Certificate Duration
Levels 3 and 4: 2 years
Level 2: 5 years
Course Overview
The Well Control course addresses the principles and theory of well control along with the most commonly used well control techniques.
Designed For
Designed for Drillers, Assistant Drillers, Drilling Engineers, and personnel involved in the drilling process, both onshore and offshore, who are preparing to attend the certified IWCF course – Level 2 and/or those who want a thorough knowledge of well control techniques.
Course Objectives
This is a theoretical and practical course for surface installation. The course is designed to enhance the understanding of the fundamentals of well control that can be applied at most well control operations and to prepare candidates for IWCF testing.
In addition, delegates will be able to understand the following:
Surface Principles & Procedures
- Overview
- Introduction to Well Control
- Barrier Concept
- Risk Management
- Causes of Kicks
- Kill Warning Signs
- Kick Indicators
- Top Hole Drilling & Shallow Gas
- Circulating Systems
- Fracture Pressure and Maximum Surface Pressure
- Influx Characteristics and Behaviour
- Shut-in Procedures
- Well Control Methods
- Kill Sheets
- Well Control during Casing and Cementing Operations
Surface Equipment
- Blowout Preventers
- Associated Well Control Equipment
- Choke Manifold and Chokes
- Auxiliary Equipment
- Barriers
- BOP Testing
- BOP Control Systems Practicals for levels 3 &4 only.
