Coiled tubing flowline cuts wetlands disturbance

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · World Oil

OSTI ID:142150

Coats, E A ^[1]; Marinello, S A ^[2]

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1. Halliburton Services, New Orleans, LA (United States)
2. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

Operators in environmentally sensitive wetland areas of South Louisiana have used jointed, or stickpipe flowlines to transmit oil and gas to and from wellsites and production facilities. Recently, a new method featuring coiled tubing was introduced, using it as a recyclable gas flowline. The coiled tubing method eliminates potential environmental damage that could occur when stickpipe is used and it allows the tubing to be easily recovered and reused when the well is taken out of service. This article describes economic advantages of using coiled tubing and how its use simplified environmental constraints encountered in swamps. It is an expanded version of the authors` presentation to World Oil`s Coiled Tubing Conference, Houston, March, 1993.

• OSTI ID: 142150
• Journal Information: World Oil, Vol. 214, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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