Certified Petroleum Safety Specialist (PSS)
(Drilling and Servicing)
Independent Study
NASP Certified Petroleum Safety Specialist (Drilling and Servicing) course covers:
- Identification of common hazards and how to prevent accidents
- Reference guide and terminology
- Site preparation
- Drilling operations and procedures
- Well completion and transition procedures
- Servicing procedures
- Plug and abandon a well
- Course Outline
Certification:
Certified Petroleum Safety Specialist (PSS)
- Drilling and ServicingCourse Objectives:
This course identifies common hazards and possible solutions for reducing incidents that could lead to injuries or fatalities. The student learns to identify typical processes and procedures of this industry, consider many associated accident causes, look for trends and then prevent these accidents. Plan your program or evaluate an existing safety program and then institute a plan – do – act procedure that assigns program responsibilities and provides for continual program improvement.
Learning Outcome:
The student will function as a key team member or team leader defining and assessing hazard mitigation methodologies, providing critical review of programs and methods, and preparing regularly scheduled reports recommending changes that will provide for continual improvement of job safety programs.
Course Prerequisites :
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Online Exams :
The student will take a comprehensive online exam at the end of the course. You must score 80% to receive certification. You have three opportunities to pass the exam.
Optional Credits:
The estimated time required to complete the course is 40 hours, but can be done at the student's own pace. Four (4) CEUs are offered through the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for this course. If you are interested in receiving CEU s for this course, upon successful completion of the exam please either download the form and instructions here or obtain form and instructions from a Member Services Representative by calling 800-922-2219.
Recertification:
All NASP certifications require refresher training once every three years. The certifications should be refreshed before their expiration date. Click here for more details.
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Petroleum Safety Specialist (PSS) - Drilling and Servicing
Outline of Course:
Overview of the Process
- Drilling
- The Site
- Site Preparation Work
- Rigging Up
- Spudding in
- Drilling the surface hole
- Drilling to total depth
- Drill-stem testing
- Logging
- Completing
- Production
- Reservoir Energy
- Illustrated Reference Guide to Equipment and Procedures
- Mud tank
- Shale shakers
- Suction line (mud pump)
- Mud pump
- Motor or power source
- Vibrating hose
- Draw-works
- Standpipe
- Kelly hose
- Goose-neck
- Traveling block
- Drill line
- Crown block
- Derrick
- Monkey board
- Stand (of drill pipe)
- Pipe rack (floor)
- Swivel
- Top drive
- Kelly drive
- Rotary table
- Drill floor
- Bell nipple
- Blowout preventer (BOP)
- Annular Blowout preventers (BOPs)
- Pipe ram & shear ram
- Drill string
- Drill bit
- Casing head
- Flow line
- Definitions and Common Terminology
- Over 850 Petroleum Industry Terms Defined
- Acid Fracturing to Wireline Operations
Getting Started
- Site Preparation
- Excavation
- Trenching
- Reserve Pits
- Cellars
- Conductor Hole
- Rathole
- Mousehole
- Transporting Equipment to the Site
- Land Rigs
- Unloading
Drilling Operations
- Drilling Operations and Procedures
- Rigging Up
- Setting Up the Substructure
- Setting Up the Rig Floor and Mast or Derrick
- Installing Handrails, Guardrails, Stairs, Walkways, and Ladders
- Installing the Power System
- Rigging Up the Circulating System
- Installing the Auxiliary Equipment
- Inspecting the Rig
- Rigging Down
- Drilling Ahead
- Handling Tubulars
- Preparing Drilling Fluid
- Starting Drilling
- Making a Connection
- Preparing to Break Out Pipe
- Breaking Out Pipe
- Making Up Pipe in Mousehole
- Raising the Kelly and New Joint
- Adding Pipe to the String
- Resuming Drilling
- Coring
- Drilling Fluid
- Drilling Fluid Functions
- Drilling Fluid Types
- Drilling Fluid Additives
- Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- Tripping Out/In
- Setting Slips
- Breaking Out and Setting Back the Kelly
- Attaching Elevators to the Elevator Links
- Latching Elevators to Pipe
- Working on the Monkeyboard
- Breaking Out Pipe
- Maneuvering Pipe to Racking Are
- Tripping in - Latching Elevators to Top of Stand
- Casing Operations
- Installing Casing Tools
- Running Casing into the Hole
- Installing Casing Accessories
- Circulating and Cementing
- Maintenance Activities
- Rig Floor
- Drilling Line Maintenance
- Wire Rope Maintenance
- Mud Circulating System
- Generator, Electric Motors, and Electrical Systems
- Engines
- Derrick Equipment Maintenance
- Well Control
- BOP Stack
- Annular BOP
- Ram-Type BOP
- Choke Manifold
- Accumulator
- Blowout Prevention Program
- Monitoring and Maintaining Mud System
- Installing BOPs, Accumulator, and Choke Manifold
- Testing BOPs, Accumulators, and Choke Manifold
- Maintaining Surface Control System
Well Completion - Trasitioning Procedures from Drilling Operations to the Start of Productions Flow
- Overview
- Setting production Casing
- Perforating
- Running Tubing
- Installing the Christmas Tree
- Acidizing
- Fracturing
- Design Depth Decisions
- Conducting Drill Stem Test
- Setting Productions Casing
- Installing Production Tubing
- Starting Production Flow
- Beam Pumping Units
Well Servicing Operations
- Servicing Procedures
- Transporting Rig
- Rigging Up Service Rig
- Set Up Work Area
- General Servicing
- Removing the Horsehead
- Remvoing the Wellhead
- Pulling the Running Rods
- Pulling and Running Tubing
- Special Services
- Wireline Operations
- Well Logging
- Perforating
- Cementing
- Stimulation
- Swabbing
- Hot Oiling
- Snubbing
- Coil Tubing
- Workover
- Sand Cleanout
- Repairing Liners and Casing
- Well Recompletions
- Sidetracking
- Plug-Back
Plug and Abandon a Well
- Remove Casing
- Additional Equpment
- Salvage Materials
- Place Cement Plugs
- Reclaim Surface
