Well Control and Blowout

Prevention
By
Prof. Abdel-Alim Hashem
Cairo University
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Who to Be Blame?
Cause of Blowout

Mother Nature

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Not making sure hole is taking

the proper amount of mud

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Lost circulation and not starting

fluid in annulus (Gas Cap)
Too low mud weight
Not enough casing set
Mechanical failure
Drilling into abnormally
pressure permeable zone
Failure to detect kick

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Objectives
The program aims at improving the knowledge
and skills of the participants to:
Select surface equipment.
Apply classic pressure control procedures.
Recognize and control kicks.
Apply pressure control procedures while
tripping.
Interpret surface pressures.
Apply fluid dynamics to well control.
Evaluate and kill wells with underground
blowouts.
Understand relief well operations.
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Contents

Introduction
Gas Migration
Equipment
Causes and indications of kicks
Drillers and Weight methods
Tripping, Stripping, Snubbing
Classic well control
Killing a well off bottom
Annular pressure profiles

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Other well control methods

Slim holes
Oil-base mud
Offshore operations
Volumetric kill, dynamic kill, momentum kill,
relief wells
Underground blowouts
Surface blowouts
Case studies