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Human Factors in Drilling and Well Operations
For drillers, toolpushers, well site supervisors, drilling engineers, well intervention crews and their onshore teams. Covers human error, situation awareness, decision making, communication, crew resource management, fatigue, procedures, alarms and the human side of kick detection and barrier testing, with lessons from Macondo and Montara. Ends with practical tools such as time-outs, checklists and peer checks, and how to build a just and learning culture.
Taught by iCompetent
- Modules
- 7
- Lessons
- 36
- Duration
- 7h 39m
- Level
- Intermediate
- Quizzes
- 7 graded
Industries
Course content
7 modules · 36 lessons · 7h 39m
What human factors are, why they matter so much in drilling and well work, and what the Macondo and Montara incidents teach about people and well barriers.
- What Human Factors MeansPreview12 min
- Why Human Factors Matter in Well Operations12 min
- Deepwater Horizon and the Macondo Well15 min
- Montara and the Common Threads12 min
- A Systems View of Human Performance12 min
- Human factors and well operations — quiz7 questions · pass 70%
Topics covered
Human Factors
Well Control
Crew Resource Management
Situation Awareness
Fatigue Management
Drilling Operations
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