Common Well Control Hazards
Identification and Countermeasures

Get your operation on the road to incident-free operations while safeguarding employees and protecting the environment

Xiaozhen Sun (Author)

9780123970305

Hardback, published 24 October 2012

304 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.58 kg

"…Xiaozhen summarizes problems he and other inspectors commonly find regarding safety and control systems in oil drilling operations. Because the standards are insufficiently known, he says, hidden dangers may or may not be identified depending on who is looking, and some of the remedies applied lack pertinence and feasibility." --Reference and Research Book News, December 2012

Heavily illustrated with 900 pictures of actual well control sites, Common Well Control Hazards: Identification and Countermeasures provides a visual representation of 177 common well control hazards and how to prevent or counteract them. The perfect companion for any engineer who needs to develop and apply their skill more efficiently, this “plain language? guide covers common well control equipment such as: BOP control system, BOP manifold, kill manifold, drilling fluid recovery pipes, IBOP tools, liquid gas separator, and fire, explosion & H2S prevention. With this manual in hand, “new hires? not only learn about the inherent hazards which await them out in the field but also gain expert advice for deploying the necessary countermeasures which will lead to effective, incident free field operations.

1. Common Hidden Hazards of the Installation of BOP and Countermeasures 2. Common Hidden Hazards of the BOP Control System and Countermeasures 3. Common Hidden Hazards of the BOP Manifold and Countermeasures 4. Common Hidden Hazards of the Throttling and Well Killing Manifold and Countermeasures 5. Common Hidden Hazards of the Drilling Fluid Recovery Pipeline and Countermeasures 6. Common Hidden Hazards of the Blowout Pipeline and Countermeasures 7. Common Hidden Hazards of the Inner BOP Tools and Countermeasures 8. Common Hidden Hazards of the Liquid-gas Separator and Countermeasures 9. Common Hidden Hazards of the Vacuum Degasser and Countermeasures 10. Common Hidden Hazards of the Fire Proof, Explosion Proof and H2S Proof and Countermeasures 11. Other Well Control Hidden Hazards and Countermeasures 12. Figure Recognitions of Hidden Hazards

Subject Areas: Mining technology & engineering [TTU], Petroleum technology [THFP], Fossil fuel technologies [THF]