Past Presentation - Automated Well Control

Speaker: 

Bryan Atchison - Managing Director at Safe Influx

Presentation Synopsis:

The major accident of a blowout is the most dramatic and traumatic event that can occur in upstream oil and gas operations. The presentation covers the historical frequency of well control events and the projected number of events in the future to determine the size of the prize. A high level technical description of the system and the interfaces are then discussed followed by the risk benefits and cost benefits of using an Automated Well Control system.The presentation should be of interest to risk engineers and underwriters.

Speaker Bio:

Bryan originally graduated with Honours as a Mechanical Engineer at Aberdeen University, and holds a MEng in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University. From 1981, Bryan has been working in the oil and gas industry, predominantly in the UK and Denmark.

He is an experienced project manager in drilling, well engineering and offshore operations, and has held Drilling Supervisor, Engineering, Superintendent and Drilling Manager positions in Operators. 

Bryan then joined Robert Gordon University in 2017 in a business facing role delivering and creating courses that optimise the skill sets of well engineering personnel for well control and high-risk critical operations using numerical drilling simulators. 

The university environment coupled with a career in well engineering enabled the research and development for Automated Well Control. 

Date: Tuesday 9th November

Time: 3PM

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