COURSE OVERVIEW

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 of Well Control and Blowout Prevention. It covers the origin of abnormal pressures and how to detect pressures; the well control procedures and associated problems with well control operations; the rules & regulations in relation to well control and blowout prevention; the origin of abnormal pressure; and the method of predicting formation pressure and the warning signs of kicks.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the causes of kicks and be able to review and employ well control procedures; the shallow gas kicks, diverters and closing systems; the equipment limitations and unusual well control methods; and the well control in horizontal wells and the associated problems including lost circulation, well control when pipe is off bottom, hole in drill pipe, handling contaminations, small influx & trip gas.