The Practical Handbook of Well Control

The Practical Handbook of Well Control teaches readers to safeguard well safety and integrity in drilling well engineering. Offering an applied and scientific point of view, it covers fundamental aspects of well control and includes practical procedures and well control methods for land and offshore operations. It features a wealth of questions to commonly encountered problems and comprehensive answers at the end of each topical discussion to test reader comprehension.

• Written in a concise, accessible way by experienced oilfield and academic experts
• Covers all related technical subjects of well control
• Describes modern aspects of well control, including automatic well control, advances in outflow measurement, artificial intelligence and IoT techniques for early kick detection, mud gas separators, and riser gas modeling
• Includes case studies to familiarize readers with real-world problems and solutions
• Offers a full explanation of each problem to familiarize readers with commonly faced issues
• Features sample exercises with comprehensive answers useful for IWCF and IADC exams

This handbook serves as a valuable reference and workbook for field drilling and workover engineers in the energy sector.