Join Peter Brecht and Wade Spear as they dive deep into the critical world of well control with expert instructor Krystina Amos from Infinite Energy Solutions. Learn what it takes to prevent catastrophic blowouts and manage drilling risks in both offshore and onshore operations.

What You'll Learn:

• Well control fundamentals and the difference between kicks and blowouts
• Offshore vs onshore well control challenges
• Why 70-90% of well control events occur during tripping operations
• The difference between managed pressure drilling and underbalanced drilling
• IADC vs IWCF certifications and training requirements
• Real-world insights from seismic interpretation and geological uncertainty
• Why we can never know more than 1% of a reservoir (even with 200+ wells!)

About Our Guest: Krystina Amos is a certified well control instructor and the founder of Infinite Energy Solutions. With a background as a geophysicist and offshore experience, she brings real-world expertise to well control training. She's also fluent in Spanish and provides translation services for the oil and gas industry.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Well Control
02:04 Understanding Well Control Basics
03:22 Offshore vs Onshore Well Control
04:12 Safety Culture in Well Control
05:57 Geological Challenges in Well Control
09:06 Causes and Recognition of Kicks
12:39 Underbalance Drilling and Its Risks
16:34 The Complexity of Geological Data
20:14 Understanding Well Control Training Organizations
21:58 Defining a Well Out of Control
25:12 The Start of Infinite Energy Solutions
27:05 Curriculum Development in Well Control Training
29:49 The Intersection of Language and Oil & Gas
32:50 Expanding Language Services and Online Presence