This course is grouped into three parts

-Part I: Causes
Blowouts may look impressive, but they can inflict serious injuries and
millions of dollars of damage to the drilling rig. To prevent a catastrophe,
personnel must learn to recognize a kick and how to contain it. This
course teaches the conditions that are necessary for a well to kick and
function and design of blowout preventers.

Part II: Prevention
Blowout prevention is a vital part of any rotary rig crewmember’s
education. Learning the driller’s method is considered by many to be
essential in preparing crews to control a kick properly. This course
covers in detail the driller’s method of killing a well by carefully explaining
and demonstrating each part of it. The course also includes reading
gauges to assess a kick and containing a kick.

Part III: Equipment
The catastrophe of a blowout can be prevented with equipment widely
available on rotary rigs. In addition to blowout preventers, there are
gauges and indicators which help diagnose a kick in the well, kill-weight
mud, and chokes. This course showcase kick detection and BOP
equipment found on land and offshore floating rigs and tells how such
equipment is used in well control.