Well Servicing Wireline
Well control training for wireline personnel who carry out intervention work through pressure-control equipment on live wells.
Course overview
Well control training for wireline personnel who carry out intervention work through pressure-control equipment on live wells. The course covers the well barriers, pressure-control equipment and operating principles used to maintain control during slickline, electric line and related wireline activities, together with testing, kill preparation and response to wireline-specific well control problems.
3 days (minimum 12 instructional hours; assessment time additional).
Why this course matters
Participants develop a clearer understanding of the full pressure-control system from the wellhead to the top of the lubricator, how barriers are established and verified, and how equipment configuration changes with the operation. Particular attention is given to recognizing loss of containment, responding to leaks or equipment problems and maintaining control when tools or wire are across the pressure barrier.
Who should attend
- Wireline Field Engineers and Senior Field Engineers
- Wireline Supervisors
- Other personnel with direct responsibility for wireline well control and pressure-control equipment
Course content
- Well control principles and pressure calculations
- Risk awareness and management
- Barrier philosophy and barrier verification
- Influx fundamentals and gas behaviour
- Well control fluids
- Wellbore and completion equipment
- Purpose and types of wireline operations
- Wireline surface pressure-control equipment
- Lubricators, stuffing box / grease injection and tool traps as applicable
- Wireline BOPs and pressure-control configuration
- Subsurface equipment and completion interfaces
- Pressure testing and verification
- Well kill preparation for intervention work
- Wireline complications and contingency response
Assessment and certification
- IADC WellSharp knowledge assessment. A minimum score of 75% is required.
- There is no IADC Well Servicing simulator skills assessment.
- Successful candidates receive IADC WellSharp Well Servicing – Wireline certification.
- Certificate validity: 2 years.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the Wireline course for?
Wireline Field Engineers, Senior Field Engineers, Supervisors and others directly responsible for wireline well control and pressure-control equipment.
How is it assessed?
An IADC WellSharp knowledge assessment with a minimum score of 75%. There is no simulator skills assessment for IADC Well Servicing.
How long is the certificate valid?
2 years.
Can it be delivered onsite?
Yes — Agora delivers at our centres in Dammam and Bahrain, or onsite with your team across the GCC.
Related courses
All IADC WellSharp coursesRelated training guides
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