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IWCF Level 2 Drilling Well Control - know your basics!

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Our experienced and knowledgeable instructors deliver an array of drilling and well services courses across the world. With a curriculum ranging from introductory courses to very advanced programmes, we offer support to delegates at the beginning of their careers right through to senior engineers looking to enhance their expertise.

The IWCF Level 2 Drilling Well Control course is designed for well-site based positions whose action or inaction could directly influence well control assurance.

Suitable for those unfamiliar with drilling and workover operations looking for a basic introduction to well control, it covers comprehensive well control theory, allowing candidates to learn how to apply this knowledge to most well control situations. 

Delivered through a series of presentations, lectures, exercises and case studies, the four-day course includes an IWCF written assessment on the final day. 

Course content includes: 

• Introduction to well control

• Barriers

• Risk management

• Circulating system

• Causes of kicks

• Kick warning signs and indicators

• Shut-in procedures

• Influx characteristics and behaviour

• Well control methods

• Well control management

• Well control equipment

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