Well control in offshore drilling is the disciplined set of practices and equipment used to keep bottomhole pressure within the safe operating window (between pore pressure and fracture pressure), ...

Existing loss of well control (LOWC) event indicators fall short of predicting events in an accurate and timely manner due to a lack of real-time data integration crucial for proactive risk management ...

Commissioning an offshore drilling rig verifies that every system—from well control to power and marine—is installed, cleaned, calibrated, function-tested, integrated, and proven safe for drilling ...

The US unveiled its final well control rule in April, just ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Macondo disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico. The timing is significant. The sweeping, 531-page rule, ...