Trainings

The Petroleum Engineering Research, Training, and Testing Laboratory has an excellent infrastructure for well-control training.  Our partners at BP, Wild Well Control, Randy Smith Well Control Training (now Intertek), and Smith Mason & Co. have utilized the PERTT Lab (formerly referred to as The Well Control School over the years to educate their trainees both in the onsite classroom(s) with textbook curriculum, in the computer lab with drilling simulators (DrillSIM), and on the full-scale research and training equipment.  Our full-scale system comprises two Halliburton HT-400 cement pumps circulating fresh water, Synthetic-based mud (SBM), and nitrogen through a 5200’ deep fully cased well, a choke manifold with MI-Swaco drilling chokes and choke consoles, a CORTEC MPD choke and controller, and Pason Integrated Drilling Data Solutions instrumentation and displays.  The full-scale circulation exercises are unique to this facility. They provide the trainees with an immersive experience where they can be taught pump and choke management in a full-scale, blowout prevention demonstration.  This facility has trained and prepared countless oil and gas associates since the early 1980s.  Feel free to reach out to us with any questions or inquiries about well control training.