• U-Tube Drilling Concept: Explains the concept of U-Tube and provides the basic understanding as it affects the well control principles.

    Overburden, Pore Pressure, and Fracture Gradient - Develop a clear understanding of concepts of porosity, overburden, formation, and fracture pressures. Also includes fracture gradient models, mitigating lost returns along with a preliminary discussion on casing seat selection and design factors.

  • Gas Migration: In case of a gas kick, if the well is shut-in and the gas is not allowed to expand, it tends to migrate up the hole and affects the the various pressures within the wellbore differently than gas expansion in case of kick circulation.

  • Understanding MAASP: MAASP or Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure is an important parameter while killing the well.

    Hard Shut-in: Hard shut-in is a procedure for closing a well in preparation for well killing.

    Drillers Method (First Circulation): Drillers method of well control is a two circulation method. Let's learn concepts and pressure variations in the first circulation.

    Drillers Method through Well Simulator: Learn well killing using Drillers Method and visualize through well control simulator.

    Wait & Weight Method through Simulator: Learn well killing using Wait and Weight Method and visualize though well control simulator.

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