Course Levels

Well control basic awareness programme

Delivery: Online

Duration: Self paced – approximately 8 hours to complete

Recommended for personnel that are non-critical to well control operations. This includes but is not limited to:

• Office based staff including:
• Logistics coordination personnel
• Logistics supervisors
• Operations coordinators
• Well planning and well scheduling personnel
• Other roles:
• Offshore Installation Managers (OIMs)
• Production Offshore Installation Managers
• Roustabouts
• Deck Crew
• Crane Operators
• Rig move Captains
• Rig Move Offshore Installation Managers
• Supply and support vessel Watch Officers
• Supply and support vessel Captains
• Non-critical wellsite personnel responsible for downhole and surface well equipment repair, inspection and operations including:
• Remotely Operated Vehicle personnel (non-supervisory)
• Wireline/slickline personnel (non-supervisory)
• MPD/UBD wellsite service personnel (non-supervisory)
• Coiled tubing and intervention services personnel (non-supervisory)
• Casing running personnel (non-supervisory)
• Directional surveying/MWD/LWD personnel
• Wellsite oilfield equipment repair personnel
• Tubular and rig inspection personnel
• Other well non-supervisory drilling or intervention personnel
• Other wellsite non-critical drilling or intervention personnel

Find out more about this programme here.

Delivery: Online (modules)/classroom based instructor led

Duration: 20 hours

Roles included but are not limited to:

• Assistant to Wellsite Supervisor or Wellsite Drilling Engineer
• Wellsite and office-based Operations Geologist
• Roughneck
• Derrickman
• Barge Engineer
• BOP/Subsea Engineer, Dynamic Positioning Operator and LMRP Engineer
• Drilling Contractor wellsite Rig Engineer
• Wellsite ROV Supervisor
• Wellsite Drilling Fluids, Mud and Completion Fluids Engineer
• Wellsite Cementing Engineer/Operator
• Wellsite based Wireline or Slickline Crew Supervisor
• Wellsite based Wireline or Slickline Crew Chief or Lead Engineer
• Coiled tubing and intervention services Wellsite Supervisor
• Wellsite personnel supervising Managed Pressure Drilling operations
• Wellsite personnel supervising Underbalanced Drilling services
• Wellsite Casing Crew Supervisors
• Wellsite Directional Driller
• Fishing Engineer or Fishing Toop Operator
• Mud Logger or wellsite Drilling Data Engineer

Delivery: Classroom based instructor led

Durations:

Drilling Well Control: 32 hours

Well Intervention Pressure Control:
– 3 optional disciplines: 28 hours
– 2 optional disciplines: 24 hours
– 1 optional discipline: 20 hours

Roles include but are not limited to:

• Driller
• Assistant Driller
• Equivalent positions in well servicing
• Equivalent positions in intervention operations

Delivery: CPD and classroom

Durations:

Drilling Well Control: 32 hours*

Well Intervention Pressure Control:
– 3 optional disciplines: 28 hours
– 2 optional disciplines: 24 hours
– 1 optional discipline: 20 hours

*Please note the duration of enhanced depends on the number of the topics chosen.

Roles include but are not limited to:

• Driller
• Assistant Driller
• Equivalent positions in well servicing
• Equivalent positions in intervention operations

Delivery: Classroom

Duration:

Drilling Well Control: 32 hours

Well Intervention Pressure Control:
– 3 optional disciplines: 28 hours
– 2 optional disciplines: 24 hours
– 1 optional discipline: 20 hours

Roles include but are not limited to:

• Drilling/Intervention Wellsite Supervisor, Superintendent or Company Man
• Office based Drilling/Intervention Supervisor
• Office based Drilling/Intervention Superintendent
• Tool Pusher
• Wellsite Well Testing Supervisor
• Wellsite Completions Supervisor
• Intervention Supervisor
• Offshore Installation Manager (OIM)
• Drilling Contractor Rig Manager
• Supervisors or Crew Chiefs for special service operations
• Fishing engineer (if supervising well kill/pressure controlled operations)

Delivery: CPD and Classroom

Duration:

Drilling Well Control: 32 hours*

Well Intervention Pressure Control:
– 3 optional disciplines: 28 hours
– 2 optional disciplines: 24 hours
– 1 optional discipline: 20 hours

*Please note the duration of enhanced depends on the number of the topics.

Roles include but are not limited to:

• Drilling/Intervention Wellsite Supervisor, Superintendent or Company Man
• Office based Drilling/Intervention Supervisor
• Office based Drilling/Intervention Superintendent
• Tool Pusher
• Wellsite Well Testing Supervisor
• Wellsite Completions Supervisor
• Intervention Supervisor
• Offshore Installation Manager (OIM)
• Drilling Contractor Rig Manager
• Supervisors or Crew Chiefs for special service operations
• Fishing engineer (if supervising well kill/pressure controlled operations)

Delivery: Classroom, project and case studies

Duration: 32 hours

Roles include but are not limited to:

• Drilling engineer / senior drilling engineer
• Completion engineers / senior completion engineer
• Petroleum engineers / senior petroleum engineers
• Well service engineer / senior well service engineer
• Intervention engineer / senior intervention engineer
• Drilling / intervention superintendent (if involved with well design)
• Drilling manager (up to first line drilling management)
• Drilling project managers (up to first line drilling management)
• Well operations managers
• Well services managers
• Office-based design personnel
• Senior wells personnel, e.g., team leader and general manager wells