Tubing News

 

Sandvik extends CT reach

Apr 22, 2016

Sandvik will offers weld-free coiled tubing in lengths exceeding 1000m. The first 1010m coiled tube reel is to be symbolically delivered on 10 October 2016 for a demanding offshore oil and gas customer. To meet a growing need for coiled tubing in very long lengths…

Interwell's rigless P&A concept

Mar 29, 2016

In this video, Interwell shows an illustration of its new approach of its plugging and abandonment (P&A) solution that is a completely rigless approach to well P&A – with no need to remove tubing prior to P&A operations, and no need for drill pipe while placing primary/secondary barriers…

READ launches ZeroTime at ICoTA

Mar 22, 2016

Aberdeen-based well intervention specialist READ Cased Hole launched its latest logging technology, ZeroTime, at the 2016 SPE ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition in Houston. As a logging while working solution…

HAL introduces Spectrum Real-Time Coiled Tubing Services

Mar 22, 2016

Halliburton’s Production Solutions business line has introduced Spectrum Real-Time Coiled Tubing Services.   Spectrum Real-Time Coiled Tubing Services comprises two complementary offerings: Spectrum Diagnostic Services and Spectrum Intervention Services…

Butch drilled using open water coil tubing

Feb 24, 2016

In this video, Island Offshore shows a successful pilot hole that was drilled for Centrica Energy by using open water coil tubing.  Multi purpose offshore vessel, the Island Constructor, drilled a shallow gas pilot hole down to 360m below mudline at the Butch PL 405-field…

It’s not all subsea

Feb 01, 2016

Norway’s E Plug was been named 2015 winner of the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) European Chapter’s Innovation Award, presented during the SPE ICoTA European Well Intervention Conference in Aberdeen late 2015. Scott Mitchell…

Breaking ground on Butch

Feb 01, 2016

Open water coiled tubing drilling has been used offshore Norway in an industry first. Elaine Maslin found out more. Island Offshore’s Island Constructor. Images from Centrica Norge Coiled tubing drilling (CTD) isn’t a new concept…

Battling fatigue

Feb 01, 2016

2H Offshore’s Mike Campbell and John Gaver discuss design challenges of riserless well intervention systems and best practices. Figure 1 – Traditional vs riserless intervention systems…

E Plug wins ICoTA award

Nov 17, 2015

E Plug has been named 2015 winner of the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) European Chapter’s Innovation Award. Scott Mitchell, Chair of the European Chapter of ICoTA (left), presents the award to Thomas Johansen…

NOV’s Devin package

Oct 28, 2015

In this illustrated video, National Oilwell Varco (NOV) shows its Devin subsea completion and intervention package and what it does for deepwater operations. Devin provides various surface support equipment packages and technicians in support of both lower/upper completion operations…

Centrica authorized to drill North Sea pilot

Oct 05, 2015

Centrica Resources has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill a shallow borehole (pilot hole) down to a depth of 423m below the seabed in the North Sea near the Ula field.  The purpose of drilling is to establish that there is no shallow gas in an area…

Sandvik gets two Middle East contracts

Sep 01, 2015

Sandvik Materials Technology, a division within the Sandvik Group, developer and producer of stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other materials, has been awarded two important contracts for control lines for the oil and gas industry in the Middle East…

Peak Well releases FlexDrift

Jul 30, 2015

Peak Well Systems, a specialist in the design and development of advanced downhole tools for well intervention, has announced the launch of the FlexiDrift – an adjustable tool to confirm the minimum diameter specification of well bore tubing with the ability to cover a range of tubing sizes…

Logan to supply CCTLF to Maersk

Jun 30, 2015

Logan Industries, based in Hempstead, Texas, will supply a compensated coiled tubing lift frame (CCTLF) to Maersk Drilling, which provides drilling services to oil companies around the world. The CCTLF system will be designed and built in…

Optime Subsea targets tree installation cost savings

May 12, 2015

A group of ex-FMC employees have teamed up with subsea installation player DeepOcean to found Optime Subsea Services, whose multiCompletionSystem (mCS) can provide up to 80% time and cost savings on subsea tree installations compared to traditional solutions…

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