IADC
Well Control Committee Meeting
Marathon
Oil Conference Center
Houston,
TX, 21 February 2002
Bob
Burnett (Committee Chairman) opened the meeting by thanking Marathon Oil for
sponsoring the meeting location and lunch.
Dave McCutcheon of Marathon also welcomed those present and provided the
building safety briefing and instructions for lunch and parking.
Steve
Kropla of IADC distributed the minutes of the 19 October 2001 meeting. The minutes were approved as written.
Mr.
Burnett reviewed the presentations made at the previous afternoon’s Well
Control Trainers Roundtable. He asked
for suggestions for the next Roundtable.
Suggested
topics included deepwater case histories and lessons learned, dual-density
deepwater well control, and a study on the causes of blowouts in the Gulf of
Mexico.
The date
and location of the next meeting was discussed. It was planned for the Lafayette area, tentatively for 22 May for
the roundtable and 23 May for the committee meeting. (These were later changed to 23 and 24 May, respectively.)
The group
took a short break.
Gary
Nance of Randy Smith Drilling Solutions discussed the final draft of the
revised subsea drilling curriculum that included deepwater topics. He pointed out the deepwater topic items
that had been added. He said the
workgroup that had developed the curriculum didn't feel a separate
certification for deepwater was needed, so these topics were integrated into
the existing curriculum. There was some
discussion of dual-density testing, but it was determined that it was too early
to incorporate into WellCAP at this point.
A poll of the group indicated that all present were currently including
the deepwater topics in their subsea curriculum. There was discussion on the
amount of time required to include the additional topics. The consensus of the group was that the
minimum for subsea instruction should be raised from three hours to five
hours. There was discussion on whether
to approve the revised curriculum. Bill
Hedrick of Rowan motioned to approve the curriculum, with an additional two
hours required for minimum instruction time.
Mr. Nance seconded. All
approved. Dado Matkins of Transocean
Sedco Forex asked when the requirement would take effect. Mr. Kropla said it would take a few weeks to
complete the new documents and that a bulletin announcing the revised
curriculum would be issued to all schools and interested parties. Under WellCAP procedures, schools that did
not already include the topics in their instruction would be required to add them
within six months once the bulletin was issued.
The group
took a short break.
Bob
Burnett discussed the introductory level of WellCAP and outlined some of the
issues that had been identified in some inquiries by operators and
contractors. These included no minimum
time requirement, simulator exercises are optional, and IADC guidelines are
silent on retraining requirements. Mr.
Kropla said that IADC had received numerous inquiries from operators,
contractors and schools concerning the introductory level instruction. He explained that except for the time and
simulator issues, the introductory level was not separated from existing
WellCAP requirements when the program was developed. Though there were some ambiguities in WellCAP procedures, the
implication of this was that an introductory level course would need to have
the same two-year retraining cycle and instructor qualifications as required
for the fundamental and supervisory levels. There was some discussion over
whether this was appropriate at the introductory level, given the way floorhand
training was treated in MMS regulations.
There was some discussion over whether retraining should be required
every two years, if at all, or whether a longer retraining period would be
appropriate.
Mr. Kropla
said he felt the way MMS specified floorhand training might be analogous to the
procedures used in IADC’s Rig Pass program.
He said Rig Pass had been developed to provide a high degree of
flexibility in how the instruction could be delivered to rig employees, whether
in a classroom, at the worksite, or via a computer-based training (CBT)
program. He said the group might
consider separating the introductory level from the fundamental and supervisory
levels and studying using a Rig Pass-type approach at the introductory level.
Mr.
Burnett asked if any of those present would be willing to participate in a
workgroup to revisit the curriculum and delivery requirements for the
introductory level. Volunteers for the
workgroup were Bill Hedrick of Rowan, Jeff Campbell of Shell, Richard Grayson
of Nabors Offshore, Hal Kendall of Noble, Dado Matkins of Transocean Sedco
Forex, Benny Mason of Unocal, Ed Scott of BP and Dave McCutcheon of
Marathon. It was agreed the group would
meet after lunch and hold follow-up meetings as necessary so a draft of the
revised guidelines could be presented at the May meeting.
Mr.
Kropla reviewed the nominations of the WellCAP Review Panel to be submitted to
the IADC Executive Committee in Dallas at IADC’s Directors and General Membership
meeting. The nominations included the
existing panel, consisting of Benny Mason of Unocal and Olurotimi Ashley-Dejo
of ChevronTexaco as operator members; Ted Triche of Diamond Offshore, Bob
Burnett of GlobalSantaFe, and Tom Keeton of Transocean Sedco Forex (alternate)
as contractor members; and Jerome Schubert of Texas A&M as the university
faculty member. Mr. Kropla noted there
was a vacancy on the panel for an alternate operator member due to the resignation
of Curtis Weddle. Mr. Kropla asked if
anyone in the group could nominate a replacement. Mr. Campbell said he would be willing to serve on the panel. The committee approved the nomination of the
existing panel members with the addition of Mr. Campbell.
Jim
Metcalf of Newfield Exploration discussed the proposed “WellCAP Plus” program
he had presented to the committee in October 2001. He reviewed material from the committee’s advanced training
subcommittee report of 27 June 2000.
There was some discussion on the need for this type of curriculum. The
training schools represented said they felt the demand would be small. Mr. Hedrick said it might be needed, but
that it would probably be best to wait until after operators and contractors
had implemented their new Subpart O training plans. The consensus of the group was that this matter should be
postponed at this time but be reconsidered after October.
Mr.
Kropla briefly mentioned some other committee matters: IADC had been approached
about the possibility of “retroactively” issuing WellCAP certificates to
workers that had recently completed MMS classes. He said IADC had determined this would be unnecessary because all
operators contacted by IADC planned to “grandfather” existing valid MMS
certificates as part of their Subpart O compliance plans.
He also
mentioned that IADC had also begun issuing individual “approved instructor”
certificates to all instructors previously approved to teach WellCAP courses
Mr.
McCutcheon again explained the lunch procedures and directions to the Marathon
cafeteria. Mr. Burnett said those
members of the Introductory Level workgroup who could stay should attend a
meeting of the group following lunch.
He adjourned the meeting at approximately noon.
Well
Control Committee Roster List
Meeting 21 February 2001
|
Company
|
Attending Person |
Phone/Fax/E-mail Address |
Address |
|
Aberdeen
Drilling Schools |
Kris
Wilson Director
US Operations |
979.774.7411 979-218.2836
Cell 44/1224.572.709 44/1224.582.896 |
10573
Steephollow Road Bryan, TX
77809 50 Union
Glen Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire AB11 6ER Scotland,
UK |
|
BP Amoco |
Ed Scott Drilling
Engineering Consultant |
281.366.0748 |
501 Westlake
Park Boulevard Houston,
TX 77079 |
|
BP Amoco |
All
Billard Global
Well Control Consultant |
281.366.0997 |
501
Westlake Park Boulevard Houston,
TX 77079 |
|
GlobalSantaFe
Corporation |
Robert
"Bob" Burnett Training
Manager Committee Chairman
|
281.496.8426 281.496.8004
|
P. O. Box
4379 Houston,
TX 77210-4379 |
|
IADC |
Steve Kropla Director, Accreditation & Certification Programs |
281.578.7171 281.578.0589 |
15810 Park
Ten Place Suite
242
Houston,
TX 77084 |
|
Kerr McGee
Oil & Gas |
Danny
Henderson Safety
Specialist |
281-618-6527 281.618.6040 |
16666
Northchase Drive Houston,
TX 7 |
|
Marathon
Oil Company |
David F.
McCutcheon Sr.
Drilling Engineer |
713.296.2213 713.499.3309 |
P O Box
3128 Houston,
TX 77253-3128 5555 San
Felipe Houston,
TX 77056 |
|
Nabors
Offshore Corporation |
Richard
Grayson Manager,
Safety & Training |
281.75.4811 281.775.8462 |
515 West
Greens Road Suite 90 Houston,
TX 77067-4515 |
|
Newfield
Exploration Co. |
Jim
Metcalf Drilling
Manager |
281.847.6004 281.847.6162 |
363 N Sam
Houston Pkwy Suite 2020 Houston,
TX 77060 |
|
Noble
Drilling Services |
Hal
Kendall Training
Specialist |
281.493.5255 281.260.0306 |
711
Plainwood Drive Houston,
TX 77079 |
|
Petroleum
Extension Service (PETEX) |
Ron Baker Director |
512.471.3150 512.471.9410 |
The
University of Texas At Austin PRC2,
MCR8100 Austin, TX
78712-1100 |
|
Randy Smith Training Solutions |
Gary Nance VP Technical |
800.492.9355 318.235.4494 |
201 Energy Parkway Suite 240 Lafayette, LA 70508 |
|
Rowan
Companies, Inc. |
William
“Bill” Hedrick HSE
Manager |
713.960.7536 713.960.7511 bill.Hedrick@rowancompanies.com |
5450
Williams Tower 2800 Post
Oak Blvd. Houston,
TX 77056-7511 |
|
Rowan
Companies, Inc. |
W. Dan
Holbert Corporate
Safety Engineer |
713.960.7544 713.968.6822 dan.holbert@rowancompanies.com |
5450
Williams Tower 2800 Post
Oak Blvd. Houston,
TX 77056-7511 |
|
Shell
E&P Company |
Jeff
Campbell Sr. Staff
Training Specialist |
504.728.1221 504.728.1260 |
4534 Obee
Stevens Road Robert, LA
70455 |
|
Simulis
LLC |
George
Stapleton Director -
Energy |
713.956.9000 |
10000
Memorial Drive Suite 250 Houston,
TX 77024 |
|
Transocean Sedco Forex |
J. D. "Dado" Matkins Director, Training |
713.232.7526 713.232.7750 dmatkins@houston.deepwater.com |
P. O. Box
2765 Houston,
TX 77252 |
|
UNOCAL |
Benny
Mason
Drilling Instructor |
281.287.7545 281.413.5390 |
14141
Southwest Freeway Sugar
Land, TX 77478 |
|
WCS Well
Control School |
Janelle
Galvan |
713.849.2769 713.849.3861 |
12243 C FM
529 Houston,
TX 77041 |
|
WCS Well
Control School |
Steve
Vorenkamp, Sr. Texas
Sales Mgr |
713.849.2769 713.849.3861 713.725.1427 |
12243 C FM
529 Houston,
TX 77041 |
|
Wild Well
Control Inc. |
Steve King Sr. Staff
Engineer |
281.355-5481 281.353.5480 |
22730
Glosling Road Spring, TX
77389 |
|
Wild Well
Control Inc. |
Todd
Regalado |
281.353-5481 281.353.5480 |
22730 Glosling
Road Spring, TX
77389 |
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