IADC WELLSHARP - WORKOVER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR COURSE OVERVIEW
The IADC Well Sharp Workover Well Control training reviews types of complications that can occur during workover operations. The course covers workover fundamentals with a focus on understanding well control in relation to Drilling versus Workover. The class covers workover essentials such as barriers, equipment, and relevant well control methods; it also includes an in-depth review of Bullheading and Reverses Circulation techniques.
CONTENT
COMPLETION AND WORKOVER
- Completion Design
- Workover
- Mechanical Failure
- Clean Out and Workover Operations
- Features of Workover
- Workover Operations
- Well Control: Drilling vs. Workover
PRESSURE BASICS
- Hydrostatic Pressure
- Understanding Depths
- Bottomhole Hydrostatic Pressure
- Formation Pressure
- Relationship between BHP and FP
BARRIERS
- Barrier Classification
- Barriers: Production Tree
- Production Tree
- Subsurface Safety Valves (SSSVs)
- Operating the Simulator: Choke Console
- Operating the Simulator: Drillers Console
THE BULLHEAD METHOD
- Calculate Fluid Gradient
- Calculating Hydrostatic Pressure
- Calculating Kill Weight Fluid
- Calculating Formation Pressure
DOWNHOLE COMPLICATIONS
- Packers
- Permanent Packers
- Retrievable Packers
REVERSE CIRCULATION
- The Well as a U-Tube
- Circulating Pressures
- Circulation and Bottomhole Pressure
INFLUXES
- Causes of Influxes
- Understanding Warning Signs
- Warning Signs
FORWARD CIRCULATION
- Choke Adjustments and Lag Time
- Well Control Safety Meeting
LUBRICATE & BLEED WELL CONTROL METHOD
- Lubricate & Bleed Method
- Well Control Safety Meeting
- Lube & Bleed Exercise
COMPLICATIONS
- Stuck Pipe: Packoff
- Stuck Pipe: Mechanical
- Industry Practices
Course Duration: 5 Days
- Classroom Training: 4 Days, 8 Hours Per day
- 5th Day Assessment for certification
