Participant Action: 

Take the following steps to improve the effectiveness of your well control programs:

• Create a well control barrier philosophy appropriate within their organization, 
• Verify that appropriate worksite personnel understand and maintain well control barriers and practices, 
• Ensure that appropriate worksite personnel are trained in well control methods through an accredited program, and
• Implement an internal method to track well control incidents and lessons learned to prevent future incidents.

Implementation Principles: 

• Loss of well control may be one of the greatest potential safety hazards at a worksite.  A well control barrier policy can ensure operations integrity during the life cycle of the well.  Well control barriers may include both physical and operational elements taken to prevent a loss of well control.   

• The Onshore Safety Alliance provides flexibility in how a participant meets the objective of this action. As part of its Resource Library, the OSA provides guidance on what a well control barrier philosophy could look like.

• For reporting and sharing/learning purposes, the OSA will collect information on well control incidents.