IWCF Well Control in Design and Lifecycle Management

The IWCF Well Control in Design and Lifecycle Management (formerly Level 5) programme is recommended for experienced personnel that have a key role in well design and planning for well operations, such as engineers, supervisors and managers working in key roles related to well construction, well interventions and managing well integrity.

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 course. • An awareness of well operations crew resource management (WOCRM).

The programme aims to: • 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.

This 5-day instructor-led classroom course is delivered through lectures, case studies, group discussions and practical desktop exercises using engineering software. The course content includes: • 9 compulsory topics designated by IWCF, including: Subsurface Impact, Holistic Design, Design Uncertainties, Barrier Management, Cement Integrity, Verification Methods, Dealing with Pressure Influx, Lifecycle Well Integrity, Risk Management, and • between two and four optional topics.