International Well Control Forum
Inchbraoch House South Quay Montrose Angus DD10 9UA United Kingdom Telephone: +44-1674-678120 Fax: +44-1674-678125 E-mail:
[email protected] http://www.iwcf.org
Information Notice No. 2013-12
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1 December 2013
Well We ll Intervention Pressure Contro l Levels 2, 3 and 4 Syll Syll abus
Dear Member, Attached is a draft draft of the new WIPC Level Level 2, 3 and 4 Syllabus Syllabus to be introduced introduced in January January 2014. The syllabus represents the first stage in aligning Well Control training to the OGP “Recommendations for the enhancements to Well Control training, examination and certification” (Report No. 476, October O ctober 2012). Level 2 is new. Level 3 is equivalent to the old level 1. Level 4 is equivalent to the old level 2. It is sent out in its current draft format to; -
give accredited accredite d centres an idea of the changes,
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to allow for comment prior to being issued formally.
Please note that syllabus sections referring to NORSOK D10 are optional. Please send your comments by 9 th December 2013. Appropriate minor comments may be included prior to January 2014. Others will be included in the first major review mid 2014. Written examinations at levels 3 and 4 will reflect the content of this syllabus from January 2014. Centres are invited to submit suggestions for questions, particularly in the new categories. A subea/light intervention intervention option option will be introduced introduced in 2014. 2014. For examination implementation dates please refer to Information Notice 2013-09.
Yours sincerely
David Price Chief Executive Officer
ANSI-RAB Certificate No. 11341/1 RvA Netherlands Certificate No. 11341/2 IWCF is a non-profit association (Stichting), (Stichting), registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, The Hague, No. 41157732
International Well Control Forum
Inchbraoch House South Quay Montrose Angus DD10 9UA United Kingdom Telephone: +44-1674-678120 Fax: +44-1674-678125 E-mail:
[email protected] http://www.iwcf.org
Information Notice No. 2014-01
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F i n a li li s e d W I PC P C L 2 -4 -4 s y l l a b u s a n d r e v i s e d t i m i n g f o r i m p l e m e n t a t io io n o f t h e n e w WIPC L2-4 syll abus and exam inations
Dear Member, Further to Information Notice 2013-09 2013- 09 ‘Timescale for implementation of the OGP Recommendations’, Recommendations’, I write to t o advise you of a change to the original timescales timescales for Well W ell Intervention Pressure Control: Levels 2-4. A number of Centres Centres have raised concern about about the scale of change to the WIPC syllabus syllabus and have indicated that that they require more time to develop develop quality training. training. We have also had significant input to and revision of the W IPC draft syllabus – syllabus – most most notably at the IWCF IW CF Well Intervention Workshop held in December. We have now issued a finalised syllabus, version 6.1 as attached, which takes into account Member feedback and better reflects current practice. Due to the scale of the revisions to the draft syllabus, and the request for additional time from Centres, we will now start OGP-compliant WIPC Level 3 and 4 exams from the end of March, at the same time as the WIPC Level 2 exams. exams. This will give Centres Centres time to modify their training programmes and enables IWCF to introduce a substantially improved WIPC programme in its entirety. We will continue to collate questions relating to OGP 476 implementation for publication on the IWCF website website as Frequently Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). (FAQs). To submit questions, questions, and any other queries, please contact
[email protected]. IWCF always seeks to deliver the highest standards in well control training and will continue to work with the OGP and our members to raise standards across the industry. Yours sincerely
David Price Chief Executive Officer
ANSI-RAB Certificate No. 11341/1 RvA Netherlands Certificate No. 11341/2 IWCF is a non-profit association (Stichting), (Stichting), registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, The Hague, No. 41157732
