Courses for Petroleum

IWCF Virtual Well Control Level 3 & 4

Course Content:

The areas of instruction, evaluation and testing will include but not limited to the following subjects:

• Well barrier
• Human resource
• Well Control Procedures and Responsibilities
• Pressure Regimes – Subnormal, Normal and Abnormal
• Primary Well Control
• Formation Fracture Pressure – LOT/FIT, MAASP (static & dynamic), MAMW.
• SCR’s & CLFL’s
• Annular Pressure Losses / ECD
• Top Hole Drilling/ Shallow Gas/ Diverting/ Riserless Drilling
• Causes of Kicks.
• Kick Indicators and Warning Signs
• Gas Behavior – Circulating, Migration & Solubility
• Running Casing and Liner
• Secondary Well Control, Shut–in Procedures API RP59 and Company.
• Permeability & Porosity
• Kill Methods – Driller’s, Weight & Wait and Volumetric
• Well Control Problems
• Impermeable Gas Cap
• Riser Margin, Riser Collapse, Overburden Stress Gradient
• Accumulator Unit – Components/Function/API RP 53
• Annular Preventers – Components / Function
• Ram Preventers /Locking Devices/ Piston Rod Mud Seal
• Opening and Closing Ratios
• Ram Assemblies
• Subsea Marine Riser Assembly
• Indirect Hydraulic Subsea Bop System
• Minimum BOP Requirements
• Mug Gas Separator / Liquid Mud Seal
• Safety Valves – FOSV, IBOP, Dart & Dart Sub, Float Valves
• Diverters
• Well Control Equipment – Minimum Closing Times and Testing Requirements

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes: Participants should be able upon completion of the course:

• Demonstrate the important of Well control in oil & gas industry and the needle of the course
• Calculate well control formula’s as set out by the IWCF certification standards.
• Demonstrate an understanding of well control principles and procedures.
• Demonstrate the ability to circulate the influx out of the well bore while maintaining a constant BHP.
• Complete and interpret a kill sheet.
• Identify components of BOP equipment, accumulator equipment, related instrumentation and their function.
• Demonstrate an understanding of well control through exercises and testing.
• Pass all parts of the IWCF Examinations with a minimum 70% pass mark.

Participants:

The course is intended for training personnel in the following positions:

• Assistant Drillers, Driller, Equivalent positions in well servicing
• Drilling Supervisor, Superintendent or Company Man, Office based Drilling Supervisor, Office based Drilling Superintendent, Tool Pusher, Offshore Installation Manager (OIM), Drilling Contractor Rig Manager, Super-visors or Crew Chiefs for special service operations.