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WellSHARP Oil & Gas Operator Representative

Workover/Intervention Well Control Course Outline

5 DAYS

Completion ƒ Causes of kicks


ƒ Design ƒ Pump rate to overcome gas migration rate
ƒ Fracturing ƒ Shut in procedures
ƒ Drilling plugs ƒ Gas behavior

Workover Barriers
ƒ Operations ƒ Barrier types
ƒ Mechanical failures ƒ Barrier classifications
ƒ Reservoir issues ƒ Barrier hierarchy
ƒ Possible well control risks ƒ Barrier envelope
ƒ Risks compared to drilling operations
ƒ Use of gases in fluids Workover fluids
ƒ Fluid properties
Simulator Practice ƒ Testing fluid properties
ƒ Demonstrate U-tube principles ƒ Purpose of workover and completion fluids
ƒ Visualize the well as a U-tube ƒ Fluid monitoring
ƒ Solids settling
Downhole ƒ Contaminants
ƒ Fluid gradient ƒ Brine characteristics
ƒ Hydrostatic pressure ƒ Temperature effects
ƒ Formation pressure ƒ Saturation point
ƒ Surface pressures ƒ Environmental concerns
ƒ Bottom hole pressure, status of well ƒ Types of fluids
ƒ Well as a U-tube, fluid density
ƒ Formation characteristics BOPs
ƒ Formation damage ƒ Annulars
ƒ MASP ƒ Rams
ƒ MACP ƒ Locking devices
ƒ MAFW ƒ Stack configurations
ƒ HCR valves
Influx Fundamentals ƒ Accumulator system
ƒ Influx fluid types ƒ Driller panel
ƒ Kick detection ƒ BOP failures

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WellSHARP Oil & Gas Operator Representative
Workover/Intervention Well Control Course Outline

5 DAYS

ƒ Ring gaskets Simulator Practice


ƒ Function tests ƒ Demonstrate risk of over-displacement
ƒ Pressure tests ƒ Bullhead operation simulation

Simulator Practice Circulating Well Kill Methods


ƒ Demonstrate accumulator system functions ƒ Downhole communication
ƒ Remote control panels ƒ Friction
ƒ Loss of rig air to bop panel ƒ Pump pressure
ƒ Manifolds and backup systems ƒ ECD
ƒ Reverse circulation
Surface/Subsurface Equipment ƒ Forward circulation
ƒ Surface and subsurface equipment ƒ Lag time
ƒ Production tree ƒ Complications during kill
ƒ Closing/opening sequence
ƒ Tree/BOP removal Simulator Practice
ƒ Tubing hangers ƒ Demonstrate proper pump start up and shut down procedure
ƒ Wellhead bowls ƒ Reverse circulation simulation
ƒ VRPs and BPVs ƒ Interpret pressures on gauges
ƒ Removable wellhead equipment
ƒ Tubing degradation Simulator Practice
ƒ Testing downhole equipment ƒ Demonstrate proper pump start up and shut down procedure
ƒ Forward circulation simulation
Downhole Complications ƒ Interpret pressures on gauges
ƒ Casing
ƒ Equipment degradation and failure Volumetric and Lubricate and Bleed
ƒ Stuck pipe ƒ Procedures for volumetric method
ƒ Blockages ƒ Procedures for lubricate and bleed
ƒ Incorrect practices ƒ Safety margins
ƒ Human error ƒ Advantages and disadvantages of methods
ƒ Trapped pressure
ƒ Fluid complications Simulator Practice
ƒ Wellbore communication ƒ Practice volumetric method
ƒ Bacteria ƒ Lubricate and bleed
ƒ Gases

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WellSHARP Oil & Gas Operator Representative
Workover/Intervention Well Control Course Outline

5 DAYS

Stripping Well Servicing: Wireline


ƒ Importance of using a pressure chart during operation ƒ Wireline units
ƒ Pipe light ƒ Wireline operations
ƒ Pipe heavy ƒ Wireline well control equipment
ƒ Force relative to area and pressure
ƒ Buoyancy factor Unconventional Well Control
ƒ Operational considerations ƒ Pill and kill
ƒ Top kill
Simulator Practice ƒ Rolling the hole
ƒ Demonstrate valve lineups to trip tank ƒ Responding to complications during well kill operations
ƒ Stripping operation simulation
Crew Responsibilities
Well Servicing: Snubbing ƒ Teamwork
ƒ Live well vs. dead well operations ƒ Pre-job planning
ƒ Types of snubbing units ƒ Importance of good handover notes
ƒ Snubbing well control equipment ƒ Well control drills
ƒ Snubbing complications ƒ Organizing well control operations
ƒ Locations of documentation
Well Servicing: Coiled Tubing ƒ Emergency response plan
ƒ Coiled tubing units ƒ Roles and responsibilities of crew during well control
ƒ Coiled tubing well control equipment operations
ƒ Complications with coiled tubing
ƒ Emergency operations with coiled tubing

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