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Global Tubing earns API monogram licensing for CT

Jul 05, 2014

Global Tubing, a Texas-based, worldwide provider of coiled tubing products for the oil and gas industry, has achieved API Monogram licensing for its entire line of coiled tubing products. The API Monogram is a warranty to purchasers that…

ICoTA examines RFID technology

May 15, 2014

The Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association’s European Chapter (ICoTA) will examine the role of wireless communication technology and its benefits in well intervention at its next lunch and learn session on 20 May. The presentation,…

Finalists of Innovation Awards announced

Nov 01, 2013

The European branch of the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA Europe) has announced the finalists of its Innovation Awards ahead of its annual SPE ICoTA Well Intervention Conference. The award is presented annually to an organization that…

Deepwater well decommissioning

Nov 01, 2013

Houston-based Helix ESG recently completed a deepwater well decommissioning project in 7919ft. Darin Hilton explains the steps and options involved in plugging and abandonment. Over the past several years, there has been a growing demand…

Depth control: in real time

Sep 01, 2013

Issues can develop in a producing well that can negatively affect operations, production, and ultimately, revenue generated. Oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has recently completed trials of a new well intervention system designed to track coiled tubing operations in real time…

Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association requests nominations for European Chapter Innovation Award

Jul 31, 2013

Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) is requesting nominations for its European Chapter Innovation Award, recognizing the application of technical innovation in the area of well intervention. Entrants will be judged by the ICoTA European Chapter Committee…

Category B project cancelled

Jun 24, 2013

A project to design and build a new Category B semisubmersible rig capable of year-round well-intervention work offshore Norway has been cancelled. Aker Solutions and Statoil have said the technology development needed to build the rig…

Forum, Quantum to acquire Global Tubing

Jun 06, 2013

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.  and Quantum Energy Partners have entered into a definitive agreement to jointly acquire Dayton, Texas based Global Tubing from ARC Financial Corp., a Calgary-based private equity firm, and a group of investors…

Coiled tubing use extends offshore productivity

May 20, 2013

New uses for present technology with new equipment to further effectiveness The Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference, sponsored by ICoTA, the Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association, was held in late March in The Woodlands Conference Center north of Houston…

Global Tubing opens Canadian service center

Mar 28, 2013

Texas-based coiled tubing provider Global Tubing, opened a new service center in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, last month. The1709 sq m facility will house two full indoor service lines, and provide coiled tubing services including spooling, welding…

Running rigless with a riser

Nov 21, 2012

‘Why does rigless also have to be riserless?’ offshore technology innovator David Wright, president of Wright’s Well Control Services, asked himself. His answer: a self-contained heave compensation system that heaves itself while running coiled…

Callum Munro takes chairmanship

Apr 28, 2012

Callum Munro (pictured), a senior well engineer with BP, has taken over the chairmanship of the European chapter of the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA). Fellow committee member Michael Taggart, a Baker Hughes engineering manager, was appointed co-chairman.

Reservoir Group

Jan 10, 2012

Reservoir Group has acquired Mudlogging Services, the US-based developer and supplier of the MLogger series of gas detection systems. Reservoir Group also recently strengthened its completion and production services portfolio with the acquisition…

Slick Innovation

Jan 10, 2012

The European Chapter of the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) recently presented is Innovation Award to Schlumberger Slickline’s global perforating and remedial services domain champion, Matthew Billingham, in recognition…

Coiled tubing makes safer connections

Sep 01, 2010

When the ideal coiled tubing string for a sleeve-shifting operation was too heavy for the platform crane, the string was split and then rejoined offshore. BJ Services’ Godwin Effiong and Greg Dean explain how they kept the job safe.Efficiency…

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