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Bernd Hohensinner

5

4 months ago

Thanks to the MDS team for providing, again, a very great well control course. As I have done it online, the setup and implemented CAT software made everything ...

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Samuel Mark Schembri

5

8 months ago

I recently completed a Well Control course at Malaga Drilling School, and it was an outstanding experience from start to finish. ...

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Paul Johnson

5

4 months ago

My second course with MDS, I liked everything about it the last time I was here and I still do. I also see quite a big difference in how the classes are run, with incorporating more tech to enhance content and learning. I highly recommend MDS.

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Classroom MDS

5

2 months ago

Since 2014, I come here every 2 years, great school great people.Keep up the good work. ...

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pjboma76

5

7 months ago

Great school, always happy to be here face to face. Good atmosphere and friendly staff. No question goes unanswered.Some great gifts as well.

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Andy Spalding

5

a year ago

First time doing well control through Málaga and it's definitely been the best yet. Did it virtually from home and the instructor (Alex) was spot on through the ...

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Kerry Fellas

5

10 months ago

I have been using Malaga Drilling School for my IWCF certification for many years and have always found them to be the leaders in the industry and all the staff ...

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johan vliek

5

11 months ago

Bin their already 6 times ( since 2014) to do my IWCF level 4. One time only with my wife, the other 5 times with the grandchildren..they enjoyed it verymuch in ...

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Craig Trew

5

10 months ago

Thanks to everyone at MDS Spain for the training IWCF level 2 well control course I attended this week. ...

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Patrick Tabone

5

a year ago

I've done several Well control courses in my career but Malaga still stays at the top of the list. The level of presentation, explanation and preparation is the ...

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Stewart Mackay

5

a year ago

Fantastic well control facility. The whole week has been great with fantastic instructors. Thanks to Alex and the rest of the team I will be back in 2yrs highly recommended for all but especially if it's your first time doing any level of well control

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Ulises Marrero

5

a year ago

Has been a wonderful week in the training, the team there always do whatever is required to make you all easy, very friendly environment. Anique, Catarina and ...

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Morten Hebsgaard

5

a year ago

Good solid performance by Alex once again. The IPad are too small for some of us older people, a laptop would have been better. I can recommend using Tent ...

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Jeffrey Guy

5

a year ago

It is quickly obvious that the training provided from the instructors comes from a vast amount of 'real life' knowledge and drilling experience. ...

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Guy Coleman

5

a year ago

Thanks to Alex and Mike for another good refresher on L4 Combined Well Control. Also thanks to the office staff for behind the scenes administration to make it ...

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ian hannay

5

a year ago

I did the virtual course. It was a revelation to me. How nice to be able to stay at home and have such a good course. ...

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Sean

5

5 months ago

First time doing my Well control Virtually, great experience would definitely recommend this to anyone

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Jason L

2

a year ago

Having been to the Malaga Drilling School many times when Pete was running it, the course material was far better. ...

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Nuno Rocha

5

a year ago

The most fantastic thing about Malaga Drilling School is that from the first day you arrive you feel at home, all the staff/teachers are exceptional, I felt ...

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Glen Muscat

5

6 months ago

Great school! Great people! Don't change a thing. Keep it up!

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Sebastian Ehlen

5

2 years ago

It was a Pleasure to do all the Learnings and exam in your school. Alex is a very good teacher. For me was first time on IWCF L 4. He teach all the things very ...

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Mattia Magenis

5

a year ago

Always considered the best place where to pass IWCF training. I have passed several ones here, with the previous owner and now with actual owners. Easy, user friendly and great ambient where to get your training renewed. Thanks to you all guys...

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Michael Macneil

5

a year ago

The Course was very good and Patrick instructor done a great job with presentation, very helpful. ...

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Baur Utebayev

5

a year ago

As many times before (4 in total so far) came to this school for my well control course. Easy going open minded staff, full of knowledge and experience.

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Bob W

5

a year ago

A big thank you to Alex and all the team at Malaga Drilling School, I really enjoyed completing my Well Control there, great facilities and everyone was extremely helpful. Highly recommended.

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Nebojsa Joldzic

5

a year ago

Perfect place for Well Control course, good hotels near by ,Alex instructor deliver one of the best courses i ever have,all MDS staff very profesional

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michael miller

5

a year ago

Nice course with good instructors and very nice facilities.One thing would be a better variety of lunch and not just sandwiches.

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THOMAS moffat

5

9 years ago

First well control course in spain. Oh how I wished I had sat my previous exams with this school. As per the previous post staff are very friendly and ...

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A A

5

10 months ago

School is very good.The Course was great. Instructor is always helping.

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Cleber Santos

5

a year ago

Was my first time doing this course in English, so it was a challenge for me and the instructor covered all necessary topics necessary to improve my understanding and skills.

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john-james westlake

5

a year ago

Best well control school I've been to. Always get the best results and would not go anywhere else

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Graeme Gordon

5

a year ago

I enjoyed the online course, and the instructor Alex was excellent. Knowledgeable and easy to deal with. I'll be back.

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vladimir Gorscenko

5

a year ago

Best well control school. Extremely accurate presentation. Great job of the instructor.

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Lone Rasmussen

5

a year ago

Very good and commited instructor at the virtual IWCF course.

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B0 V1

5

a year ago

Very good school, detailed presentation and very good training organization. I will come back to Malaga Drilling School again

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P M

5

7 years ago

IWCF course. Great tuition (Abdul) and a lot of homework required.Location beats miserable Aberdeen, and a lot easier to get to.

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Neven D

5

5 months ago

Good experience and amazing people.

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Marius Petre

5

a year ago

Great to be back at Malaga Drilling School on a Virtual Well Control School! Highly recommended!

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Peter Masching

5

a year ago

great week - cool classmates - perfect trainers & admin - great thanks to Malaga Drilling school Team

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acosuper

5

a year ago

Best place to do your well control. Very satisfied!

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Peter-Joern Palten

5

6 years ago

Piet definitive helped me to catch up with all offshore equipment and I passed level 4 with total more than 80%

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Helgi Óttarr Ingibjargarson

5

a year ago

Excellent teaching. Made it easy to understand the subjects at hand.

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Derek Adams

5

7 years ago

Excellent school. Staff very helpfull best school i have been to in 40 years.

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Lee Summers

5

a year ago

Excellent place to come and do your WC course 👍🏻

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kordian perka

5

a year ago

Good ballance between teaching and preparing for IWCF tests

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Kenny Morgan

5

10 years ago

Fantastic staff and facilities. I could not recommend this place highly enough. Nothing is to much trouble for the staff and owners here. Fantastic environment to be around

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Mark Busser

4

a year ago

Awesome group of people, see y'all in 2 years again👍🏻

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Edward Beattie

5

a year ago

Great place to do your well control very professional

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Shaun Reay

5

5 years ago

Really great place friendly staff and great instructors, highly recommended

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Julio Gonzalez-felgueroso Tuero

5

a year ago

Hard, but excellent time spent in MDS Torremolinos.

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Ian Grech

5

10 months ago

Always a pleasure in Malaga.

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Skjalg Seldal

5

5 years ago

Great location. Profesional, and friendly staff with high competence.

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barry trett

5

7 years ago

One of the best drilling schools I have attended

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Brian G

5

9 months ago

Excellent as always.

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Pavel Sirvinskij

5

6 years ago

One of the best drilling school

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Gilles Martin

5

7 years ago

Excellent teachers and venue.

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Diarmuid Doyle

5

5 years ago

Excellent School and facilities.

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Dominik N.

5

7 years ago

Really professional training center.

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Aleksandr Khvastunov

5

10 years ago

Quality

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Erland Brizan

5

6 years ago

No.1 choice.

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GIUSEPPE GIULIANTE

5

a month ago

Excellent school with highly professional and knowledgeable instructors who make complex topics easy to understand. I strongly recommend MDS School to anyone ...

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Patrick Brent Fitzgerald

5

a month ago

Great to have done my well control with MDS againGreat people and instructors and facilitiesEveryone very helpful and kind

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саша тимофеев

5

a month ago

Best school in Europe to attend

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Софи Рей

5

5 years ago

здравствуйте, мне 12 лет, я из другой страны, и я бы очень хотела учиться в вашей школе, что для этого нужно?

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Cor van der Zouwen

5

6 years ago

Goede school en fijne omgeving, vooral in de zomer!

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Johan S

5

a month ago

Prettige mensen, goede uitleg cursus, zeer energieke instructeur. Cat lesgeven vond ik persoonlijk een plus. Het nuttige met het aangename gecombineerd, lekker weer hier in het voorjaar.

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Anonymous

5

31/10/2025 12:36:58

Location, course content and homework volume is perfect, all staff very approachable and friendly, good atmosphere all round resulting in a well control course that I have actually enjoyed. Hats off to Alex for making this possible.... see you next time..

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Anonymous

5

07/11/2025 00:09:49

Some background. prior to, I had only ever attended ADS in Union Glen. My experience / opinion of ADS, their teaching methods, teaching materials, facilities and course structure was nuanced - to put it politely. Canvassing opinion amongst work colleagues, MDS in Malaga was recommended as the preferred alternative. Taking it a step further, my wife has LA connections, so MDS California made sense for us so my wife could have a week catching up with friends / places while I studied. Malaga would have been fine; but my wife would have been at more of a loose end. I mentioned MDS California to the same work colleagues and they recommended it as they knew Tom. Tom runs a tight ship. Each day was structured, with informative learning materials, and the timetable was closely followed as opposed to being aspirational. The extensive homework was relevant to that days' lessons, plus it was valuable as the first hour of the following morning was spent reviewing the questions and answers with discussions to suit. This gave the previous evening's homework real value. Points to consider - and being put in place. More paper handouts would be useful. Maybe it's a generational thing but I do like to refer to paper copies and use pen and paper. Certainly, gauge questions and kill sheet questions would benefit from handouts. Laptops. Candidates could be requested in the joining instructions to bring their own - plus chargers, mice, etc. Wi-Fi compatibility / connectivity a must. Lunch - pack your own, or use any of the franchise food outlets within 400 yds (Chick Fil-A, In & Out, etc.) Accommodation - we rented an Airbnb within a mile walking distance. I'd recommend people do the same, with multiple modern appts available within a mile of the classroom overlooking the actual marina. Food shops are on the way between appt and classroom. To conclude, it comes down to the teaching. And Tom is both a good teacher and he knows his subject. Thank you Tom.

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Anonymous

5

27/11/2025 11:29:45

One day I will come for a F2F training again.

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Anonymous

5

12/12/2025 11:56:51

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Anonymous

5

08/01/2026 19:20:46

Very well run, Patrick presented the course well, will definitely be feeding back to Odfjell and BP about always taking this course with MDS.

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Anonymous

5

22/01/2026 10:40:30

its a great treaning center

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Anonymous

5

22/01/2026 15:48:39

Was a bit hesitant to embrace the virtual training previously, but now after seeing how the course was run and facilitated I would highly recommend this format for those experienced in Well Control. For those attending for the first 1-2 times I would still recommend face to face training to build confidence and potentially get that 1 to 1 learning where required with the trainer.

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Anonymous

5

12/02/2026 10:36:01

Great course, and very nice / helpful ladies at the front desk !!!

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Anonymous

5

05/03/2026 10:18:42

Keep up the good work, thanks.

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Anonymous

5

14/03/2026 10:48:28

Great course with a great instructors all the Malaga team were very helpful and nothing was a problem for them. The instructor was available at all times even after the course was finished to assist if required. Simulator was well explained and worked well virtually.

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Anonymous

5

26/03/2026 12:25:56

software for completed exercises to show question numbers for reference and study purposes

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Anonymous

5

09/04/2026 21:49:08

Thanks to Mr. Alex Alvarez for his excellent teaching style. I will be back in 2 years time.

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