Service 03 of 06
Managed Pressure Drilling & Well Control
Narrow pressure windows are where wells get expensive. We design the MPD program and the well-control plan together — equipment, operating envelope, and response procedures — so the crew knows what to do before the well tells them.
When operators call us
The problems this solves.
- Losses and kicks in the same section — a window too narrow for conventional drilling
- An MPD system on the rig without an engineered operating envelope behind it
- Well-control procedures that haven’t been updated for the current program
- A campaign adding MPD for the first time and needing it specified end to end
Scope
What the work covers.
MPD program design
Hydraulics modeling, set-point and back-pressure schedules, and the operating matrix for each section.
RCD & surface system engineering
Rotating control device, choke manifold, and flow-metering selection sized to the program.
Kick detection & response
Detection thresholds, choke strategy, and decision trees that tie MPD operations into the well-control plan.
Well-control planning
Kick tolerance, shut-in procedures, and barrier documentation aligned with the operator’s standards.
Crew readiness
Procedure walkthroughs and pre-spud reviews so rig and service crews run the plan the same way.
Deliverables
What you get.
Every engagement ends in documents your team can run with, review, and file — not a slide deck. Scope is agreed in writing before work starts.
Typical deliverables
- MPD program and operating matrix
- Surface equipment specification
- Well-control plan and kick-tolerance calculations
- Procedures and decision trees for the rig
Exact scope is set per engagement. How an engagement runs →
Equipment to match
Engineered, then supplied.
The hardware this work usually calls for — specified by the same engineers who designed the program, and sourced through our supply network.
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