Course Description
The Drilling Well Control Training Course provides advanced knowledge and practical competence required for supervisory personnel responsible for critical well control decisions. This drilling well control course strengthens participants’ ability to manage complex well control challenges, interpret technical data, and maintain safe operations during drilling activities.
This course builds a strong foundation in well control principles, pressure fundamentals, barrier management, and risk mitigation. It also enhances participants’ capability to respond effectively to abnormal well conditions, ensuring safe and controlled drilling operations.
Through a structured blend of theory, case studies, and scenario‑based exercises, participants gain deeper insight into well control equipment, kick detection, shut‑in procedures, and well kill methods. The training course also focuses on leadership and decision‑making skills essential for managing high‑pressure situations and guiding teams during well control events.
What you will achieve
This Drilling Well Control Training Course aims to ensure participants can confidently supervise, manage, and control drilling operations under both normal and abnormal well conditions. The course strengthens technical understanding while enhancing leadership and safety performance.
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Ensure well control competency at a supervisory level
- Strengthen kick prevention and early detection
- Enable safe and effective well shut‑in
- Apply appropriate well kill methods
- Develop advanced problem‑solving skills
- Enhance understanding of well control equipment
How the course is delivered
This Drilling Well Control Training Course uses a combination of proven adult learning techniques to ensure strong comprehension and retention. Participants engage in interactive lectures, technical presentations, and guided discussions that reinforce key well control concepts.
The course incorporates real‑world case studies, practical exercises, and scenario‑based simulations to build confidence in handling complex well control situations. Visual aids, videos, and structured problem‑solving activities help participants interpret data, understand equipment behavior, and apply well control methods effectively.
Hands‑on calculation exercises, kill sheet practice, and equipment familiarization sessions further support learning. This blended approach ensures participants gain both theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to successfully prepare for the certification exam.
Designed for
This Drilling Well Control Training Course is designed for experienced drilling professionals who hold responsibility for operational decisions and well control supervision. It is ideal for individuals who must demonstrate advanced competency in managing well control situations.
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including:
- Drilling Supervisors
- Toolpushers and Senior Rig Supervisors
- Drilling Engineers
- Wellsite leaders involved in operational safety
- Operations advisors and superintendents
Daily programme
- Principles and procedures
- Overview
- Well control incidents
- Well control training and assessment
- Introduction to well control
- Hydrostatic pressure
- Formation pressure
- Fracture pressure
- Primary well control
- Secondary well control
- Secondary well control equipment
- Barriers
- Barrier concept
- Barrier management
- Risk management
- Well control and emergency drills
- Exercises and Case Study
- Causes of kicks
- General
- Loss of hydrostatic pressure
- Hydrostatic effect
- Gas cutting
- Lost circulation
- Swab and surge effects
- Tripping
- Kick warning signs and kick indicators
- Kick warning signs and first actions
- Kick indicators
- Shallow gas
- Circulating system
- Definition and principles
- Slow circulation rates (SCR)
- Fracture pressure and MAASP
- Influx characteristics and behaviour
- Principles
- Influx behaviour
- Exercises and Case Study
- Shut-in procedures
- General principles
- Procedure
- Hang off
- Wireline operations
- Interpretations
- Observations
- Influx migration
- Well-control methods
- Principles
- Kill method principles
- Choke line friction
- Driller’s method and wait and weight method
- Kill sheet calculations (pre-tour)
- Perform kill sheet calculations (post kick)
- Volumetric methods
- Lubricate and bleed method
- Stripping
- Well control during casing and cementing
- Running and pulling casing and liner
- Cementing casing and liner
- Shut-in procedures when running casing
- Well-control management
- Well control drills
- Contingency planning
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
