Tubing News

 

Making light work of sand removal

May 01, 2015

Desanding to stop wellbore tubing clogging-up is nothing new, but FourPhase has developed their own technology to keep the flow going. Neil Meldrum explains. A DualFlow system overview. Images from FourPhase…

WCS offers IADC WellCAP course

Apr 08, 2015

Well Control School (WCS) announced the release of its supervisor-level IADC WellCAP accredited coiled tubing course through its e-learning program, System 21 e-Learning. This course uses advanced instruction and workshops on pressure control methodologies in coiled tubing operations…

RWLI makes its mark

Apr 01, 2015

Ask about subsea well intervention and most assume it’s riserless light well intervention you want to talk about – for good reason. Elaine Maslin reports. Subsea light well intervention visualized by FMC Technologies…

Tenaris unveils BlueCoil

Mar 26, 2015

In this video, Tenaris shows how its next generation of coiled tubing, BlueCoil, works. Tenaris based its BlueCoil technology on new steel designs and manufacturing processes developed by the company to produce coiled tubing that is stronger…

Tenaris launchs BlueCoil

Mar 20, 2015

Tenaris is launching its next generation of coiled tubing, BlueCoil. Tenaris developed BlueCoil technology using innovative steel designs and proprietary manufacturing processes. The end result is a coiled tubing string with a vastly…

New hardbanding increases completion tubing connections life

Dec 03, 2014

Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries released a new standard operating procedure for the application of Duraband NC hardbanding on completion tubing connections.  The upset connections of 2-7/8 and 2-3/8 tubing are experiencing excessive wear in many drilling environments…

Planning for success

Aug 01, 2014

Optimum completion. Photo from Weatherford. Weatherford’s Yvonne McAnally and Ben Lake show how collaboration and integrated methodology delivered an operator’s first subsea well project in Norway…

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…

Workover-free option restores safety value functionality

Feb 01, 2014

Intermediate spool inserted below the Chrtistmas tree; spool provides a profile for landing the control line hanger and hydraulic penetration to allow control on WCS Safety Valve Weatherford’s Brian Marr…

Parker H wins Gina Krog contract

Jan 23, 2014

Parker Hannifin's instrumentation products division in Barnstaple, UK, is to supply valves and tube connection fittings for the Gina Krog deveopment offshore Norway. The Statoil-operated Gina Krog (formerly known as Dagny) field development is a gas…

Longer lasting super-duplex

Jan 16, 2014

Topsides corrosion and short life span issues, particularly in tropical waters, are being tackled with a super-duplex steel. Joseph Osta explains. Growing global demand for energy is driving oil and gas companies towards deeper wells in more exposed locations…

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…

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…

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures LLC closes on equity investment in Zi-Lift AS

Jul 18, 2013

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures LLC (SAEV) closed on an equity investment in Zi-Lift AS, developer of through-tubing-deployed artificial lift systems using permanent magnet motors and transmissions. “Reliable and easily deployable artificial…

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…

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