This course is designed for well site supervisory and office-based personnel who are primarily involved in the decision-making process for surface stack well control and/or involved in the design of well barriers. It identifies a body of knowledge and a set of job skills that can be used to provide surface stack well control knowledge and skills development for drilling operations.

Some of the topics included in this course are: Pressure Basics, Kick Theory, Causes of Kicks, Complications, Shut-in Procedures, Fluids, Kick Warning Signs, Kill Sheets, BOP Equipment, Constant Bottomhole Pressure Methods, Regulations, Stripping.