Steve Kropla, Group Vice President, Operations & Accreditation, IADC

Speaker, TBD

Panel Members:

• Operator TBD
• Operator TBD
• Brian Maness, Diamond Offshore, Well Control Committee Chairman
• Well Service Representative

Description:  Panel members will present their views of the future of well control training - current successes, the concerns, the needs, and thoughts on advanced well control training.  Discussion of the following questions will be conducted as time permits.

• Are current training methodologies meeting industry's needs?
• How often should well control knowledge be refreshed?
• Is advanced well control training needed?  If yes, what would it look like?
• What is the future for WellCAP Plus?

Moderator:  Mark Denkowski, Managing Director - Accreditation & Certification, IADC

Panel Members:

• Earlier Panel Members +
• Ed Geissler, WCS
• Ed Ramsay, Drilling Systems
• Chuck Boyd, CS

Description:  A panel of well control simulator users and manufacturers will discuss ways to enhance well control training through simulator use.

• How are well control knowledge and skills best assessed?
• How the simulator can enhance classroom delivery?  Training  administrative processes (security, audit trail, report student performances, etc.)?
• What instructors need or want from their simulator?
• What should the instructors be required to know about the simulator or be capable of demonstrating on the simulators?
• Should number and type of required well/simulator exercises be expanded within the WellCAP programs?
• Is there benefit to IADC setting Recommended Practices for Simulator Usage (whether for instructor abilities, simulator capabilities, classroom usage, etc.)?

Brenda Kelly, Sr. Director - Accreditation & Certiication, IADC