Well Control in Design and Lifecycle Management

Well Control in Design and Lifecycle Management

The IWCF Well Control in Design and Lifecycle Management programme is aimed at supporting competency development within technical disciplines involved in designing wells, planning well operations, and maintaining their integrity.

Compulsory Topics

• Subsurface Impact
• Holistic Design
• Design Uncertainties
• Barrier Management
• Cement Integrity
• Verification Methods
• Dealing with Pressure Influx
• Lifecycle Well Integrity
• Risk Management

Optional Topics

• Human and Organisational Performance
• Corrosion Design and Material Selection
• Well Maintenance
• Well Integrity Assurance
• Shallow Gas
• Abandonment
• Tertiary Well Control
• Other Lifecycle Considerations

IWCF supports continuous learning and recommends that candidates attend suitable refresher training prior to recertification every five years.

Programme Objectives

• Recognise the impact that design, planning and programming can have on the construction phase and on well integrity assurance throughout the lifecycle of the well.
• Identify and specify well control actions that can be taken when working outside of the normal operating envelope.
• Ensure that engineers in office-based functions have well control competence to support rig/wellsite operations.

Achieving a certificate for this programme should become an aspiration for engineers, supervisors and managers working in key roles related to well construction, well interventions and managing well integrity.

Programmes Structure

• Instructor-led classroom course
• The course duration is a minimum of 28 hours.
• Assessment method:
  – written assessment (90 mins 30 questions)
  – case study project report

Candidate Pre-Requisites

Before attending the course, candidates must meet the following pre-requisites.

• Knowledge in basic well design, planning and programming and/or well intervention gained through a combination of formal training and work experience.
• Understanding of well incidents/loss of well integrity, the causes and prevention methods.
• IWCF Level 2 (or higher) training and assessment (drilling well control or well intervention pressure control) or equivalent introductory course.
• An awareness of well operations crew resource management (WOCRM). As an option candidates may choose to complete the IWCF free online WOCRM course.