Practical Handbook of Well Control

Rahman Ashena has over a decade of experience in industrial field work as a senior well completion/workover and drilling supervisor engineer. He is an expert in data analytics/ML techniques and well engineering with TTT degree and IWCF Level IV certificates. Ashena is the director of Smart Energy and Data Analytics (SEDA) Group operating in Houston and Kuala Lumpur, specialized in providing consultancy and engineering services for oil and gas, renewable energy including geothermal, and data analytics sectors with current projects in SE Asia and the Middle East. Ashena is a grid energy planning engineer contractor at the Oklahoma State Energy Office. He completed his PhD, Master’s, and bachelor’s degrees in Petroleum Well Engineering respectively at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria; Curtin University, Australia; and Petroleum University of Technology, Iran. Ashena is a Chartered Engineer recognized by IMechE and a Professional Engineer by the board of Engineers Australia (EA).

• 0. Front Matter. 1. Introduction. 2. Barriers. 3. Drilling Fluids and Pit Management. 4. Well Control Concepts. 5. Causes of Kicks and LOWCs. 6. Kick Warning Signs, Indicators, and Detection. 7. Prerecorded Data for Possible Well Control. 8. Well Shut-In and Diverting Procedures. 9. Post Well Shut-In Monitoring Pressures and Activities. 10. Kill Sheets' Completion Methods. 11. Well Control Methods. 12. Wireline Operations and Well Control Setup. 13. Early Kick Prediction Detection by Data-Driven AI/ML Techniques. 14. IoT Infrastructures for Well Control. 15. Automated Well Control. 16. Recent Advancements in Flowmeters for Kick Detection. 17. Mud-Gas Separator Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of Sizing, Design Criteria, and Industry Standards. 18. Riser Gas Challenge and Modeling. 19. Case Study: Root Cause of Blowout –Middle-East, 2017. 20. Case Study: Blowout in Australia PETREL No.1 (SEDCO 135G), 1969.