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OG-W 137 - IWCF Drilling Well Control Certification Preparation Level 4 - Supervisors
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG-W 137 | 23 June 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-W 137 | 18 August 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-W 137 | 13 October 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| OG-W 137 | 08 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
This 5-day advanced program is designed to equip drilling supervisors, engineers, and senior personnel with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to implement safe well control practices in both surface and subsea installations. The course emphasizes advanced well control techniques, pressure management, and emergency handling.
This course is only a preparation for the IWCF certification. The fee does not include practical and written assessments. Certification application is to be done by the participants.
Course Objectives
- Understand primary well control principles and how to maintain wellbore stability
- Analyze the origins of formation pressure and its effects on drilling operations
- Identify the causes and warning signs of kicks and appropriate response measures
- Evaluate dynamic wellbore pressures and their impact on well control
- Operate blowout prevention and well control equipment effectively
- Implement well control methods in different scenarios (on-bottom, off-bottom, out-of-hole)
- Handle well control challenges in special situations such as deviated wells, stripping operations, and subsea control systems
Who Should Attend?
- Drilling Supervisors
- Wellsite Leaders
- Drilling Engineers
- Senior Drillers
- Operations Engineers
- Offshore Personnel
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- IWCF Level 4 requirements and objectives
- Well control management
- Roles, responsibilities, and safety protocols
- Origins of pressure
- Formation pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and pore pressure
- Primary well control
- Mud weight, casing design, and wellbore stability
- Kick prevention strategies
Day 2
- Dynamic Wellbore Pressures
- Surge, swab effects, and equivalent circulating density (ECD)
- Causes of kicks
- Blowout Prevention (BOP) & well control equipment
- Subsea well control & control systems
- Deepwater challenges and solutions
- Shut-in procedures & immediate actions
Day 3
- Kick warning signs & detection
- Mud returns, pit gain, and pressure changes
- Diverting shallow gas kicks
- Wellbore response to shallow gas
- Shut-In procedures
- Handling kicks efficiently
- Well control methods
- Driller’s method, wait & weight, volumetric method
Day 4
- Deviated well control
- Pressure and flow challenges in directional drilling
- Handling on-bottom kicks
- Containment and circulation strategies
- Handling off-bottom kicks
- Non-circulating situations and alternative solutions
- Stripping operations
- Emergency response & contingency planning
Day 5
- Handling kicks while out of the hole
- Handling kicks in special situations
- High-pressure wells, HPHT environments
- Downhole & equipment problems during well control
- Full well control scenario - simulator assessment
