DE0517 : Kick Indicators and Initial Response

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops.

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview on Well Control Kicks, Causes & Calculations. It covers the well control principles and the importance of maintaining wellbore stability; how kick occur and the consequences of uncontrolled kicks; the basic well hydraulics, causes of kicks, early detection of kicks and role of blowout preventer (BOP); the kick detection methods, kick indicators and kick tolerance; the shut-in procedures and surface pressure calculations; and the data collection during kicks, kick calculations and kill mud weight calculation.

Further, the course will also discuss the well control methods, driller’s method, wait and weight method and volumetric well control method; the casing pressure calculations during well control; the well control equipment and use of chokes, mud pumps and mainfolds in well control; the dynamic control techniques in high-risk situations and the advantages and limitations of dynamic methods; the behavior of gas in the wellbore and control; assessing the situational and making real-time decision; and the human factors and communication in well control situations.

During this intellective course, participants will learn the implementation of well control contingency planning and define the roles and responsibilities of well control operations team during a well control event; and identifying risk associatesd with well kicks, mitigate risik and ensure safety, review step- by-step well control procedures and discuss regulatory requirments and industry standards for well control.