About us

Well Academy is a global training institute for the energy industry formed by the coming together of three well known training schools in their respective markets.

WellTrain: 1997 - established in Australia with the start of the National Drilling and Well Control Program. Build a network of well control training centres across Australasia.
The Well Academy: 2012 - established in The Netherlands by oil & gas professionals passionate to improve well operations performance. A leader in developing Scenario Based Well Control Training.
Murchison Drilling Schools: 1977 - established in the US by Bill Murchison Snr. who developed drilling operational training programs at the request of major oil companies and service companies.

As a global training provider with local focus we operate an extensive portfolio of blended training solutions including:

  • Face to face classroom training in one of our many centres around the world
  • In-house customised training to help our clients prepare for up coming operations and save on travel costs
  • Online virtual instructor led training and assessment via Zoom or Microsoft Teams
  • Self-paced e-learning to prepare our candidates and compliment our existing classes

What drives us
Our Vision is to be internationally recognized as industry leaders in training development and delivery. We serve the energy industry globally with training solutions that increase competence and confidence levels and ultimately raise safety and efficiency performance in well operations worldwide.

Our team
Our team is there 24/7 to provide our clients with training solutions to help them improve performance in well operations. Our professional trainers have rich expertise and track-record in many aspects of well operations and are passionate about improving people’s competence and confidence. As we grow our training offerings, we continuously expand our team globally.