Emergency Well Control
Operators require the support of a well control company that has the personnel, experience and resources to respond to any type of well control event in the world - regardless of the well's location. Red Adair strives to provide the best personnel and equipment in order to offer the most value to each of our Clients for their firefighting and well control needs.
Firefighting & First Responder
Red Adair is known for it's emergency response expertise and quality of work in the firefighting and blowout business. The Red Adair response team sets the standard for incident neutralization and recovery. Upon contact, our experts will assess the situation and create a complete plan of action that will be carried upon approval.
Red Adair defines the service Well Control event to be any situation where the operations including drilling, workover, remedial; are at risk or if the integrity of the well bore is in jeopardy. These events can range from pressure control to full on blowouts.
Well Capping
Red Adair has capped thousands of wells all over the world including but not limited to
- Full Burning Blowouts
- Emergency Well Head Control and Capping
- Underwater blowout capping
- Offshore Oil Rig blowouts
- Live Well Stripping and Capping
Well Intervention
Red Adair has handled well intervention on both the land and offshore situation. The experience of the team covers a wide range of blowout situations, the most notable being the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter", the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, and the Kuwait oil fires.
Pressure Control
When kicks occur, they can quickly escalate to full blowout situations and need to be controlled quickly. The Red Adair Team can use their expertise and resources to quickly assess and assist the Operators in resolving pressure control incidents. Assisting the Operator, our team will resolve the kicks both quickly and efficiently allowing drilling to continue with minimal down time.
Our team will guide the Operators through situations either using our expertise remotely, or assembling a crew to assist fully on the Operators floor. We hold the highest of qualifications and experience when it comes to pressure control including:
- Underground Blowouts
- Kicks with Lost Circulation
- N.P.I.H Kicks
- High Pressure Kicks
- Kicks Occuring in Oil Based Drilling Fluid
- High Volume Kicks
- Kicks Occuring When String Is Off Bottom
Well Control Engineering
Since its inception, Red Adair has focused on providing an engineered response to each well control event. Our Engineers understand your need to quickly and efficiently bring production back to fluition. Using our wide range of experience, we base our designs not only on the equipment, but the practice of implementing preventive measures to ensure that risk for incident is minimalized.
We provide full support but are not limited the following situations when outside engineering is required:
- Subsea Intervention
- Relief Well Intervention
- Site Safety Planning
please visit our Safety description and preventative measure qualifications here