Coiled tubing: Applications for today`s challenges

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · Petroleum Engineer International

OSTI ID:355683

Connell, M; Headrick, D; Isennock, C

Although coiled tubing (CT) was introduced to the oil and gas industry in the 1960s, the product was used for little more than nitrogen jetting and sand removal for nearly two decades. Then, in the 1990s, the availability of CT with large diameters (up to 4 inch OD) and higher strength enabled its use for more complicated and demanding jobs. For the first time, CT could provide the high flow rates and withstand the pressures required for production tubulars, without a rig or hoist unit. The paper describes composite coiled tubing, fracturing, laying offshore flow lines, and a gas storage well cleanout, and a geothermal well cleanout.

• OSTI ID: 355683
• Journal Information: Petroleum Engineer International, Vol. 72, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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