Well Control Fundamentals

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1. 1

   Well Control and Why It Matters

   • What Well Control Is
   • Blowouts and Their Consequences
   • Lessons from Deepwater Horizon
   • Your Part in Well Control
2. 2

   Pressure Basics

   • Pressure, Depth and Mud Weight
   • Hydrostatic Pressure
   • Formation Pressure: Normal and Abnormal
   • Fracture Pressure and the Pressure Window
3. 3

   Levels of Well Control and Well Barriers

   • Primary Well Control: The Mud Column
   • Secondary and Tertiary Well Control
   • Well Barriers and the Two-Barrier Principle
   • Testing and Verifying Barriers
4. 4

   Kicks: Causes and Warning Signs

   • How a Kick Behaves in the Well
   • Kick Causes: Mud Weight, Hole Fill and Losses
   • Kick Causes: Swabbing, Gas-Cut Mud and Abnormal Pressure
   • Kick Warning Signs While Drilling
   • Tripping and the Trip Tank
   • The Flow Check
5. 5

   Well Control Equipment and Shutting In

   • The Blowout Preventer Stack
   • Choke Manifold, Kill Line and Mud-Gas Separator
   • The Accumulator and Drill String Valves
   • Shutting In the Well
   • Shut-In Pressures and Kill Methods in Concept
6. 6

   Drills, Roles and Special Situations

   • Well Control Drills
   • Your Role During a Kick
   • Shallow Gas and Hydrogen Sulfide
   • Well Control in Workover and Intervention
   • Human Factors and Lessons from Incidents