Training, tools can enable better decision-making under pressure

Expert decision-making is critical when it comes to well control and can make the difference between solving and escalating an event. At the 2017 IADC Well Control Conference of the Americas and Exhibition in Galveston, Texas, Evelyn Baldwin, Assistant Operations Manager and Human Factors Lead, and Kim Laursen, Operations Manager at Maersk Training, discussed the challenges of training leaders to make good decisions under pressure. In this video from the event on 7 December, they share how the industry can better equip drillers and toolpushers with decision-making tools and skills They also discuss some common traits of good decision-makers in general.