Section 146 in The Petroleum And Natural Gas (Safety In Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008
146. Well control .-(1) Well control equipment shall be designed, installed, maintained, tested and used so as to provide for well control.
(2)In the case of drilling of top hole sections with riser or conductor, equipment with capacity to conduct shallow gas and formation fluid away from the facility, until the personnel has been evacuated, shall be installed.(3)Floating facilities shall have an alternative activation system for handling of critical functions on the blow out preventer.(4)Accumulator for surface and sub surface well control equipment shall have minimum usable fluid capacity as per industry standards in order to perform closing and opening sequences as applicable to secure the well.(5)The pressure control equipment used in well interventions shall have remote control valves with locking devices.(6)The well intervention equipment shall have a remote control blind or shear ram as close to the christmas tree as possible(7)If well control is lost, it shall be possible to regain the well control by direct intervention or by drilling a relief well.(8)An action plan shall be prepared describing how the lost well control can be regained.
