Coiled tubing: The next generation

Oilfield Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-57

  Afghoul, Ali Chareuf ^a   Amaravadi, Sridhar ^b   Boumali, Abderrahmane ^c   Calmeto, João Carlos Neves ^d   Lima, Joe ^b   Lovell, John ^b   Tinkham, Scott ^b   Zemlak, Kean ^b   Staal, Timo ^b  

^a Steven Ross Interwell   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Sonatrach ^*

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^d Zakum Development Company   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HYDRAULIC TOOLS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; TUBING;

BLOWOUT PREVENTER (BOP); COILED TUBING (CT); DOWNHOLE TOOLS; WELLHEAD;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 3242699785     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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