Well Kill & Emergency Response
Achieve efficient well control as part of an emergency situation or routine operation.
Safeguarding critical assets with highly experienced well kill team
The safety and success of your well operations are contingent on proactive well control and contingency planning. With more than 1,800 successful blowout contingency plans created to date, our experts are here to support you through every step of your well project’s lifecycle.
Bespoke blowout contingency plans, backed by data
Drilling and well operations nowadays often require new and complex well solutions due to factors like deep waters, HPHT conditions, shallow reservoirs and multilateral, complex well designs. As a result, blowout contingency plans are essential.
Our distinctive value is showcased through the utilization of our customized software, OLGA®-WELL-KILL, designed for well and well control simulations. This software enables us to conduct transient multiphase flow simulations of hypothetical blowout scenarios, as well as ascertain essential kill requirements.
This provides you with crucial information to inform decision-making around every aspect of drilling well control – from the initial design and construction stages, to decommissioning and abandonment.
Empowering our clients with crucial information, we facilitate effective decision-making and elevate well management practices.
We enable well operators to uphold the integrity of wells throughout their entire lifecycle – from the initial design and construction stages to eventual decommissioning and abandonment.
What is an example of a blowout contingency plan?
With more than 30 years of experience in well control, our experts have developed a dynamic, tailored approach to each and every blowout contingency plan that we’ve developed.
However, as a starting point, a typical blowout contingency plan consists of blowout and kill simulations in addition to a detailed relief well plan. This includes blowout scenario determination with calculation of potential blowout rates, as well as specification of the best suited kill method and kill resources.
Relief well rig availability and equipment requirements will also be investigated through this process. A carefully worked out blowout contingency plan shortens the response time during a blowout or drilling well control incident, saving cost as well as reducing the environmental impact.
Our blowout contingency solutions
In order to deliver on your specific project’s requirements, our blowout contingency plans can factor in any or all of the following elements:
- Blowout and kill simulations
- Dynamic kill requirements
- Detailed relief well plan
- Blowout Scenario Determination
- Calculation of potential blowout rates
- Specification of the best-suited kill method
- Identification of kill resources
- Relief Well rig availability and equipment requirement
- Casing magnetization proposition
- Simulation while drilling proposition
Blowout Contingency Training
We provide advanced training courses covering blowout contingency planning and regulatory requirements, such as the principles and contents of NORSOK D-010. Explore here on ABL Training.
