Well Control Operations for Drilling Engineers Course

Students will be introduced to the foundational principles and aspects of well-control operations for oil and gas well drilling. Primary topics covered include hydrostatic pressure concepts, well-control equipment, wellbore stability during well-control events, and industry-accepted drilling well-control methods and practices. Advanced topics include Managed-Pressure and Underbalanced drilling.

01-01 – Course Introduction
01-02 – Well Control Classification and Terminology

02-01 – Wellbore Pressures (Hydrostatic Pressure, Formation Pressure)
02-02 – Formation Integrity (Maximum Allowable Mud Weight)
02-03 – Volumes
02-04 – Displacement

03-01 – Causes and Characteristics of Wellbore Influxes

04-01- Kick Warning Signs (Primary, Secondary, & Gradual)

05-01a – Blowout Preventers
05-01b – Chokes and Manifolds
05-01c – Gaskets and Drill String Valves
05-01d – Gas Separation
05-01e – Well Control Monitoring Systems
05-02a – Accumulator Components
05-02b – Accumulator Charging
05-02c – Accumulator Calculations
05-03   – Trip Tank Design
05-04   – Trip Sheets

06-01   – Shut-In Methods and Pressure Recording
06-02a – Circulating Out A Kick: Annular Casing Pressure
06-02b – Circulating Out A Kick: Drill Pipe Pressure
06-03    – Kicks in Deviated Wellbores

07-01 – Conventional Well Kill Methods (Wait and Weight, Driller’s Method, Concurrent Method)
07-02a – Unconventional Well Kill Methods (Bullheading, Volumetric, Lubricate and Bleed, Dynamic Kill)
07-02b – Lubricate and Bleed Tables
07-03 – Kill Sheets

08-01 – Equipment Failure Contingencies
08-02 – Formation Breakdown and Underground Blowouts

09-01 – Subsea Well Control
09-02 – Case Study: Deepwater Horizon Blowout
09-03 – Managed Pressure Drilling – Overview
09-04 – Underbalanced Drilling – Overview

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