Installation and Workover Control Systems (IWOCS)
Disciplines: Management
Course Description
This 1-day course provides participants with a background review of subsea production control systems and specific knowledge of Intervention Work-Over Control Systems (IWOCS) as they interact with subsea productions systems. This is followed by an interactive class discussion of operations scenarios, illustrating IWOCS usage and some situational challenges encountered during subsea hardware installation and well interventions.
Topics discussed will be:
- Review of subsea production controls
- IWOCS architecture and operating philosophy
- Deployment methodologies
- Safety and Well Control Protocols
- Operational requirements for New Installations
- Operational requirements for Well Interventions
- Commissioning and Troubleshooting
- Case history scenarios
Learning Level
Intermediate to Advanced
Course Length
5 hours (with 1 hour break for lunch)
Why Attend
This course will give you a better understanding of how IWOCS differs from other control systems, how its tailored to hardware installation and well intervention work, and better understand the operating philosophies behind well control and well integrity.
Who Attends
Trainees, offshore personnel, well site leaders, and completions/drilling engineers dealing with Subsea Intervention Operations
Special Requirements
- Laptop or Smart phone for Downloading the app for Poll Everywhere
- Participants should have some exposure to topic. Moderate experience or exposure to the topic will be a plus for the case study scenario session.
CEUs
Other
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.
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We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
Instructor
Brian Skeels is a Senior Technical Advisor and Technology Fellow with TechnipFMC. He has 43 years of experience in subsea completion hardware design, installation, intervention, and pipeline design. This experience includes:
- 5 years with Exxon Production Research Company working on Exxon’s famous SPS and UMC subsea systems.
- 38 years with TechnipFMC. As a TechnipFMC Senior Technical Advisor, he serves as a technical advocate for new technologies and strategic planning specialist for frontier technologies, HPHT, and remote well intervention, including efforts delving into subsea systems engineering and field architecture, riser and riser-less well intervention, ROV interfaces, remote robotics technology, hydrate remediation, and well plug and abandonment programs.
- 38 years of involvement in API’s Upstream Standards. Brian currently serves on API Subcommittee 17 executive committee. He served as a task group chair for 17G on subsea intervention systems and 17D on subsea tree and wellhead equipment, and 17TR8 for HPHT equipment design.
- Serving on several Industry and professional society conference program boards.
Brian’s registrations and honors include:
- Professional Engineer – State of Texas
- Adjunct Professor – Subsea Engineering at University of Houston
- ASME Fellow, TechnipFMC Technology Fellow
- ASME Titanium Crawfish Award – for technology excellence in the oil industry
- SPE Gulf Coast Section Projects, Facilities and Construction Award
- OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals
- ASME Gecoa Oil Drop Award – for distinguished and meritorious achievement and service in the field of petroleum mechanical engineering
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