Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Drilling and workover engineers
• Drilling supervisors, toolpushers, and company representatives
• Drillers, assistant drillers, and rig floor personnel
• Wellsite geologists and mud loggers
• Completion and well intervention engineers
• Safety officers and HSE professionals involved in wellsite operations
• Personnel preparing for IADC or IWCF well control certification

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the causes and warning signs of kicks and blowouts.
• Calculate and interpret well pressures and control parameters.
• Identify, operate, and maintain various BOP equipment and control systems.
• Perform shut-in procedures safely and efficiently.
• Apply appropriate well kill techniques and procedures for different well control situations.
• Comply with industry regulations and safety standards regarding BOP and well control operations.
• Respond effectively to emergency well control scenarios.

DAY 1

Introduction to Well Control and Blowouts

• Pre-test
• Overview of well control and BOP importance
• Causes and consequences of kicks and blowouts
• Primary and secondary well control concepts
• Pressure basics: hydrostatic, formation, fracture, and bottom-hole pressure
• Kick indicators and detection techniques
• Kick tolerance and risk assessment

DAY 2

Blowout Prevention Equipment and Systems

• Introduction to BOP systems: types and functions
• BOP stack components (annular, ram preventers, choke and kill lines)
• Control systems (accumulator units, remote panels)
• Choke manifold design and operation
• Diverter systems and shallow gas control
• BOP maintenance, testing, and certification requirements

DAY 3

Shut-in Procedures and Pressure Control

• Kick detection response and decision-making process
• Shut-in methods (soft vs. hard shut-in)
• Surface and subsea BOP shut-in procedures
• Calculating shut-in drill pipe and casing pressures (SIDPP, SICP)
• Determining maximum allowable annular surface pressure (MAASP)
• Pit gain and kick volume estimation

DAY 4

Well Kill Methods and Advanced Techniques

• Overview of well kill strategies
• Driller’s method step-by-step
• Wait and weight method
• Volumetric method for gas migration control
• Bullheading and special scenarios
• Stripping and snubbing with closed BOP
• Kill sheet preparation and practice calculations

DAY 5

• Emergency Response, Regulations, and Final Assessment
• Emergency well control procedures
• Crew roles and communication during well control incidents
• Industry regulations and compliance: API RP 53, IADC, IWCF
• Safety and environmental considerations
• Group exercises
• Course review and Q&A
• Post-test