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Coiled tubing use expands

06/27/2011
Guntis MoritisProduction EditorThe 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 recent Simmons & Co. International research report.The report notes that in the US about 30 companies owned and operated about 500 coiled tubing units at yearend 2010 and that 106 more units are on order.The transition to drilling longer laterals in shale plays also has led to using more 2-in. and 23⁄8-in. tubing that requires larger sized units. Older units typically were built to handle 11⁄4-in. and 13⁄4-in. coil.The report notes that becau...
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