Well Site Completion and Servicing Safety

Upon completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify completion operation hazards by phase: casing and cementing (suspended loads, high-pressure cement pumping), perforating (shaped charges, misfire procedures, exclusion zones, gun arming/disarming), hydraulic fracturing (extreme pressure, treating iron integrity, chemical exposure, proppant handling), well testing (live hydrocarbons, flaring, separator operation), and production equipment installation (wellhead, christmas tree, flowline connection).
• Manage perforating operations safely: explosives handling and transport regulations, gun assembly and arming procedures, perforation zone exclusion, misfire protocols, surface and downhole perforating differences, and the explosive safety procedures that prevent detonation incidents during handling.
• Manage hydraulic fracturing (stimulation) safety: high-pressure treating iron inspection (hammer unions, treating lines, manifold), pressure testing before pumping, chemical handling and mixing (fracturing fluids, crosslinkers, breakers, biocides), proppant (sand) handling and dust control, wellhead isolation tool integrity, and the simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) coordination when fracking occurs alongside other well activities.
• Manage flowback and well testing safety: controlling initial flow after perforation or stimulation, separator operation, sand management (erosion, accumulation), produced water handling, flare operation, H2S monitoring during flowback, and the well control measures that prevent uncontrolled flow events.
• Identify well servicing (workover) hazards: workover rig operations (similar to drilling rig but on producing wells with pressure), wireline operations (wire tension, pressure control equipment, radioactive source handling for logging), coiled tubing operations (high-pressure, tubing fatigue, snubbing), and the re-entry hazards unique to producing wells.
• Manage acidizing operations safely: acid types (HCl, HF, organic acids), chemical burn prevention, PPE for acid handling, acid mixing and pumping, neutralisation, and the environmental controls that prevent acid release.
• Manage high-pressure systems: pressure testing procedures (hydrotest, function test), treating iron inspection (hammer union damage, thread wear, corrosion), hose and line management (restraint, whip checks, routing away from personnel), bleed-down procedures, and the pressure containment discipline that prevents high-pressure release injuries.
• Apply H2S safety during completion and servicing: sour well identification, H2S monitoring during flowback and workover, breathing apparatus requirements, safe briefing area designation, and the elevated H2S risk during well intervention compared to drilling (producing formations may contain higher H2S concentrations than drilling mud controlled).
• Manage chemical safety: identifying the chemicals used in completion and servicing (fracturing fluids, acids, biocides, corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, methanol, glycol), SDS management, PPE selection, mixing and handling procedures, spill containment, and the environmental protection that prevents chemical release.
• Execute emergency response for completion and servicing events: high-pressure line failure response, well control during completion (snubbing, killing the well), H2S release, chemical spill, fire (including flare incidents), and the emergency procedures specific to completion and servicing operations.

Core Curriculum Topics

• Completion Operations: casing, cementing, perforating, fracking, well testing, production installation
• Perforating Safety: explosives, gun handling, exclusion zones, misfires, arming/disarming
• Hydraulic Fracturing Safety: treating iron, pressure testing, chemicals, proppant dust, SIMOPS
• Flowback and Well Testing: separator, sand, flaring, H2S monitoring, uncontrolled flow prevention
• Workover Rig Operations: re-entry hazards, pressure control, suspended loads, well-killing procedures
• Wireline and Slickline: wire tension, pressure control equipment, radioactive source awareness
• Coiled Tubing: high pressure, tubing fatigue, snubbing forces, BOP for CT operations
• Acidizing: acid types, chemical burns, PPE, mixing, neutralisation, environmental controls
• High-Pressure System Management: pressure testing, treating iron inspection, hose restraint, bleed-down
• Chemical Safety: fracturing fluids, biocides, inhibitors, methanol, SDS, PPE, spill containment
• H2S During Completion/Servicing: sour well intervention, monitoring, SCBA, elevated risk awareness
• Well Abandonment (P&A): plug and abandon procedures, cement plugs, environmental restoration
• Emergency Response: high-pressure release, well control, H2S, chemical spill, fire

• Drilling safety awareness recommended but not required
• Familiarity with well site operations helpful
• No academic degree required
• All instruction in English; working proficiency required

Upon completion, graduates receive an American Institute of Safety Professionals certificate, wallet card, and transcript. Employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.

• Completion crew members and supervisors (frac crew, perforating crew, well testing crew)
• Workover rig crews (operators, derrickmen, floor hands) working on producing wells
• Wireline, slickline, and coiled tubing operators and supervisors
• Pumping service crews (fracturing, acidizing, cementing)
• Well site supervisors and company representatives overseeing completion and servicing operations
• HSE officers assigned to completion and workover operations
• Service company field personnel working on well completion and intervention projects

• Well Site Preparation and Drilling Safety (Phase 1: site prep and drilling)
• Well Site Completion and Servicing Safety — YOU ARE HERE (Phase 2: completion and workover)
• Oil and Gas Career Ladder: 38hr → 70hr → 112hr → 144hr → 168hr → 194hr
• International Diploma in Oil and Gas Safety Management (480-hour academic diploma)
• International Diploma in Process Safety Management (for downstream/processing facilities)

The two well site courses together cover the complete upstream well lifecycle. DIP-1010 provides the comprehensive oil and gas safety diploma.