Research and field experience have shown that well-path control is important in many cases, not only to reach the desired coordinates, but also to arrive at the well completion target from the ...

Well Control School (WCS) offers WCS Certified, IWCF and IADC accredited well control training for drilling, workover-completion, coiled tubing, snubbing and wireline operations for surface and ...

Well control in offshore drilling is the disciplined set of practices and equipment used to keep bottomhole pressure within the safe operating window (between pore pressure and fracture pressure), ...

Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies must perform one very important phase after drilling a well to its total depth. They need to prepare the well for production of oil or gas—in ...

On April 20, 2010, while drilling oil giant BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, the crew lost control of the well. There was a "blowout" that released gas and oil, leading to an explosion that ...