The shift to drilling horizontal laterals, especially in shale oil and gas plays in the US, has led companies often to use coiled tubing units for well completion and intervention work, concludes a ...

This second of two articles reports on a study by BP Exploration (Alaska) of the behavior of 16Cr coiled tubing in field tests on the North Slope that led to the development of guidelines and ...

coil with flexibility. Characteristics of the FEP fluoropolymer tubing include chemical, temperature, and corrosion resistance; nonstick and nonflammability benefits; high electrical insulation; and ...

Tubing has been a vital component of down-hole activity for several decades, as one of the main means of carrying out intervention operations from reservoir assessment, exploration well drilling and ...