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Simply put, The Australian Well Control Centre (AWCC) was founded by Drilling and Workover Experts as an Oil & Gas Well Control Centre FIRST. In the beginning the IWCF/IADC Well Control Programs were our company’s Core Products. For this to be possible the company had to have industry experts with many years of experience in key roles to deliver such high quality, High Risk style training. Quality Well Control Training requires experience and nothing depicts this more than our company’s General Manager having spent some 34 years in the Oil and Gas Industry working in both Senior Field and Corporate Roles, he himself, has become a highly successful International IWCF/IADC Well Control Instructor and Speaker on the subject. This is the AWCC difference, not many, if any, in similar Managerial Positions can state this as a matter of fact.
Quality, Proficiency Focused Training is our company’s goal. The team at AWCC insist that all of our expert facilitators have worked in the Drilling and Workover Sectors and have the required supervisory experience that the IWCF made mandatory for NEW Trainer/Assessors in 2016. This commitment to quality sets AWCC apart due to the fact that not all Training Providers delivering IWCF and IADC Programs comply with these rules. We here at AWCC believe that “High Risk Training” is just that “High Risk” and Training Providers that allow Instructors without industry experience to teach from a book does not amount to quality. In fact, this situation could be detrimentally affecting your field operations, costing you money, renewed contracts and of course your company’s reputation.
Put simply, A Driller who is not trained correctly and unwittingly exceeds the Maximum Well Bore Pressure (MAASP) for that section of open hole will cost your company Time, Money and possibly Contract Renewals! What price can you place on Quality Training?
Rob Challinder, General Manager, AWCC.
AWCC Becomes “The Game Changer”
In 2013 AWCC conducted studies auditing the quality of Well Control Training in the region. The subjects of the study were the current providers in South West Queensland at the time. The interviews and research revealed that there were a number of flaws regarding client satisfaction and problems with the delivery of both Theory and Practical elements of the program.
We have listed some but not all of our findings below:
Some of you reading this may be able to relate or have had these experiences your self?
All Training Providers should aim to deliver Quality Training however this is especially important for those given the responsibility of providing Internationally Accredited Well Control Programs.
Rob Challinder, General Manager, AWCC.
What is the Impact of a Blow Out or Loss of Well Control? For those of you working in the industry that don’t know, the following consequences apply:
A five (5) day Well Control Program unlike others is quite possibly the most difficult that a Field Rig Professional will attend and quite rightly so. When you get Oil and Gas Well Control wrong, the consequences in most cases are very serious not only for the Contracting Company through fines and litigation, but also the individuals directly involved can be judicially prosecuted for negligence affecting them and their families both financially and emotionally. Lets face it, well control events happen and the employees directly involved are always effected in one way or another for long periods of time.
On a global scale, Well Control events do happen, and far to often! There are many documented cases of personnel directly involved being personally prosecuted due to lack of Quality Training leading to judicial findings of incompetency!
Rob Challinder, General Manager, AWCC.
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In the above Executive Summary regarding the findings of the Deep Water Horizon Event on April 20, 2010 suggests that points 3, 4 and 5 can be directly attributed to the drill crew not understanding pressure values and them demonstrating a basic failure to recognise well flow. This can only be attributed to the quality of training and has been a major driver to implementing improvements in IWCF and IADC Well Control Programs over the last decade.
All things considered, can your company afford not to be looking deeper into where you send your people? Choosing a High Risk Well Control Training Program on price and sending multiple employees to Discounted Well Control Schools that allow Inexperienced Instructors to facilitate High Risk subjects is a recipe for disaster. With little or no field experience unfortunately these Instructors simply “don’t know what they don’t know” and you by association could be unwittingly putting your operations and the future of your valued employees at risk.
Changes To Industrial Manslaughter Laws:
Training Coordinators and persons booking training need to consider the recent changes to Industrial Manslaughter Laws in QLD.
The question is, “If you were directly involved in a Well Control Incident would the training you had received stand up to an audit investigation into your competency during that event? How do you think an Auditor would would rule if it were uncovered that you had attended training by Instructors with little or no field experience, ones that did not meet the current IWCF Rules of having a minimum of two (2) years Supervisory Experience that the IWCF insist on for NEW Trainer/Assessors? Do you think an Auditor would consider that you had attended Quality, Proficiency Focused Training? These are the questions and points that need to be considered when you choose a Training Organisation based on price alone. Budgeted Training Products in known, High Risk Area’s of Oil and Gas Operations have been proven to reap negative consequences for both industry personnel and their employers alike!
So now you know what “Quality Well Control Training” looks like, it should be apparent that it can only be brought to you by those who TRULY know the industry and exactly what participants need in a Well Control Training Provider. If your current training provider is not covering the above points (6) completely then you may need to consider your options!
If your concerned about where to go for your next Well Control Program or need more information on where to send your people? Give AWCC a no obligation call for more information.
Contact us on 07 4638 0532 or email admin@wellcontrolcentre.com.au today to find out more!
You can view our Terms and Conditions here and our Student Handbook here before making a decision to train with us.
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