High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Crew Training course is specifically designed for rig crews, including company personnel, drilling contractors, and contractors working in HPHT well environments. 

The course prepares participants for safe and efficient HPHT well operations, ensuring all key rig crew team members including derrickman / AD / Driller / Tool pusher / Senior Service crew  are fully equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to monitor and manage wellbore behavior and prevent downtime delays due to well control incidents or equipment malfunction. This training can be and has been integrated with MPD training which by itself does not cover wellbore behavior and the critical needs for rig crew to maintain their vigilance and management of well control incident prevention.

This HPHT crew training course can be added to your operator’s onshore crew induction program before crew mobilization and most importantly repeated onsite. The training content typically lasts for one day.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this HPHT Rig Crew Training, crew will achieve the following key learning outcomes:

• Understanding the complex nature of HPHT wells, including the challenges posed by narrow operational margins, extreme pressure, and temperature conditions.
• Gaining insight into typical HPHT wellbore behaviour to minimize well control incidents during well construction, and their specific roles in incident prevention.
• Developing awareness of HPHT drilling guidelines and procedures to ensure safe and efficient operations.
• Recognizing the unique risks associated with HPHT operations and how to manage them effectively.
• Learning about the importance of using appropriate rig equipment specifically designed for HPHT wells.
• Gaining the necessary knowledge to handle well control issues in HPHT environments.

Why Attend

HPHT rig crew training is critical to reducing risks and improving safety and performance during high-pressure, high-temperature drilling operations. HPHT wells are rare and terminology is different to conventional wells, as is wellbore behavior and the  tools and techniques are different to manage them. This training familiarizes crews with HPHT well behavior and uncertainties and how to manage them and their individual responsibilities.

By attending this course, your team will:

• Enhance wellbore monitoring skills to prevent costly incidents.
• Understand HPHT-specific equipment and operational requirements.
• Be prepared to identify and mitigate HPHT risks in real-time.
• Gain knowledge in best practices for HPHT well design and operations.

Course Agenda

The HPHT rig crew training course will focus on actual rig equipment, agreed-upon HPHT procedures, as well as reporting, organizational requirements, well design, and associated risks and mitigations. Additional topics will include the use of offset well data to optimize well control and drilling performance.

One-Day Training Schedule:

• Managing Wellbore Behaviour: Techniques for managing wellbore stability under high pressure and temperature conditions.
• Wellbore Monitoring: Effective monitoring methods to prevent wellbore issues.
• Gas Behaviour: Understanding how gas behaves under HPHT conditions and its impact on well control.
• Influx Examples: Real-world examples of influx situations and how to mitigate them.
• Fingerprinting: Identifying and analysing wellbore characteristics through fingerprinting techniques.
• Crew Responsibilities: Understanding the roles and responsibilities of each crew member during HPHT operations.
• Well-Specific Risks: Identifying and managing risks specific to each well.
• Operator-Specific Management Documentation: Understanding the necessary documentation and procedures specific to each operator.

• Team-Based Class Exercises: Practical, hands-on exercises to reinforce learning and improve teamwork in high-pressure scenarios.

   

HPHT Course Content Customization for Corporate In-House Training

Our HPHT Rig crew training can be fully integrated and customized to meet the specific needs of your organization, ensuring the training is highly relevant to your ongoing and upcoming operations. For in-house corporate sessions, we tailor the course content to focus on your specific HPHT projects, well control challenges, and operational requirements, maximizing its impact on your team’s performance.

Customizing training materials to incorporate your well-specific and rig-specific content ensures that the training is aligned with your company’s unique risks and mitigations, as well as the necessary equipment considerations.

Key Customization Options:

• JOM Content Review: Tailored review of key practices, including connection procedures, fingerprinting, and other site-specific HPHT protocols.

   

• Well Design & Offset Well Experiences: A focused review of your company’s well design and insights from offset well data (provided by your operators), helping to enhance well planning and performance.

   

• Rig Equipment & Well Program: Focus on the actual rig equipment used in your operations and the available well programs and offset well data.

   

This tailored training approach ensures that your team is equipped with the practical skills and knowledge to effectively manage HPHT well control challenges, improving safety, efficiency, and risk management across your operations. By focusing on your specific needs, we ensure maximum relevance and immediate applicability to your day-to-day operations.

Course Instructor: Colin Stuart, B.Eng., FIMechE

Over 40 years' experience worldwide as both a Drilling and Petroleum Engineer. Established Stuart Wright in 2006. Colin's experience includes working with Operators and Drilling Contractors in North Sea, USA, SE Asia and Australia.

Throughout his career, Colin has specialized in complex well design and operation including HPHT and deepwater including significant rig site experience. Colin has led numerous HPHT projects up to 20k psi and 520°F including the first ever 20k psi well. Colin has taught HPHT training courses to various operators and drilling contractors including Santos, Woodside, BP UK & Caspian Sea, Total, Bien Dong, Apache, Petronas, Transocean, Inpex and Premium Drilling.

Colin’s recent field experience includes working on complex HPHT and Managed Pressure Drilling wells in Australia and Malaysia, keeping him at the forefront of industry challenges. He is also an active global Expert Witness in loss of Well Integrity events, offering his expertise to the oil and gas industry and regulators.

Learning Level - Intermediate

This HPHT crew training is designed for Rig Crew, and Service Hands who want to deepen their understanding and enhance their practical skills in managing HPHT (High Pressure, High Temperature) conditions.

Participants will gain critical knowledge and hands-on experience in addressing the unique challenges of HPHT well control, ensuring that they can effectively improve safety and efficiency across HPHT drilling operations. By completing this course, individuals will be better equipped to handle the complexities of HPHT wells, contributing to safer and more efficient well control procedures.