Elements and Performance Criteria
- Manage well control strategies
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to the work activity
- Identify hazards, and assess and manage risks associated with well control operations under varying working conditions
- Calculate mud weight, pressure losses, drill stem and annular volumes, MAASP and initial and final circulating pressures
- Identify interpret and respond to the early warning signs of kicks and well going under-balance while drilling
- Recognise kick indicators and apply kick detection methods and responses during well control operations
- Assess well control equipment and report and record faults
- Identify the purpose, use and relationship between equipment, indicators, counters and detection systems to determine fitness of equipment for well control.
- Identify flow paths for normal drilling operations and well control from appropriate sources
- Identify and apply well-control testing procedures and principles in accordance with company/regulatory requirements
- Perform primary equipment failure well shut-in procedures in accordance with company/regulatory requirements
- Conform to safe working practices and operational requirements
- Carry out well kill operations
- Brief crew on well control procedures
- Identify and apply appropriate pre-recorded information.
- Check, read, interpret and record pressures and gauges and undertake corrective action
- Determine and apply well kill procedures
- Demonstrate correct application of trip kill sheet data and well-closure procedure when dealing with influx and shutting in a well
- Calculate hydrostatic head at specific depths, and apply correct procedure when observing loss of circulation.
- Perform correct tripping methods and tests in accordance with company/regulatory requirements.
- Apply stripping methods in accordance with operating requirements.
- Apply recording and reporting procedures in accordance with regulations and company policies/procedures
- Manage and communicate with crew during well control incident