Course Outline

• Day 1
  • The impact of a well control incident
  • Fracture pressure
  • The well barrier elements in well operations
  • The criteria to test barrier elements
  • Risk management
  • Factors that affect fluid density
  • Gas cutting of drilling fluid
  • The causes of swabbing and surging
• Day 2
  • Kick warning signs while drilling and/or circulating
  • Shallow Gas
  • Bottom hole circulating pressure and Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD)
  • The process of taking Slow Circulation Rates(SCR)
  • The purpose of a Leak Off Test (LOT), and the difference between a LOT and a Formation Integrity Test (FIT)
  • The different types of influx and the hazard they present
• Day 3
  • A suitable shut-in procedure if a primary barrier fails
  • Recording parameters when shut-in well
  • Standard well control methods
  • The principles of the volumetric process
  • Factors that increase the risk of kicks while casing operation
  • The concept and implementation of well control drills as specified by API standards
  • Indications of downhole or surface problems that can arise during well control operations
  • PRACTICAL TRAINING ON SIMULATOR
• Day 4
  • BOP function, configuration and the well control operation that can be carried out
  • The two most common types of diverter
  • The principles of diverter operations
  • The importance of the procedures for maintaining and testing BOP stack
  • BOP Control Systems
  • PRACTICAL TEST ON SIMULATOR