World Oil

Coiled

Tubing

HANDBOOK
Fourth Edition

T. R. (Russell)

Copyright

2005

Wright, Jr. and Alexander Sas-Jaworsky

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CONTENTS

Coiled Tubing Handbook

7

Chapter //Evolution of Coiled Tubing Equipment

Concepts

are

77

explained, along with descriptions of major coiled

Details are

tubing equipment and components

A.

19

Sas-Jaworsky II

89

A. Sas-JaworskyII

and

designing

performing

coiled

Chapter ///Underreaming
Underreamers,

used to

remove scale

squeeze work, reduce costs

conventional rigs

ChapterS/Uevj Guidelines Should Enhance Coiled

Tubing Well Control Security
Recommendations are provided fir installing, testing and using
well control components to facilitate safer CT operations

33

for

C. G. Blount, W. Crow, L. Gantt, J Julian, J. Walker,

andA. Worthington

ChapterZViorkover Safety

A.

provided

tubing remedial squeeze workovers, including equipment,

pre-job considerations, slurry guidelines, quality checks,
placement and clean-out procedures and post-squeeze testing

Recommendations are provided for designing and implementing

safe and efficient coiled tubing workovers

23

Chapter /0/Cement Squeezes

and

after

excess cement

by eliminating

the need for

J. L Welch and R. R. Whitlow

95

Sas-JaworskyII

Chapter 12:?\s\\\ng
Guidelines, tools and methods will assist in the planning and

implementation

Chapter4'Tube Technology and Capabilities

through-tubing fishing operations

of

J L Welch andR. K. Stephens

Better performance and reliability have resulted from

improvements
A.

in coiled

tubing manufacturing technology

101

Sas-Jaworsky II

Chapter /^'Velocity Strings

Hanging
of

39

A.

Sas-Jaworsky IIand T. D.

P. T.Brown andR. D.

105

Reed

51

61

Wimberly

Sas-Jaworsky II

Chapter /5/Sand Control

Concentric gravel pack or chemical sand consolidation can
reduce costs, while increasing production and recovery rates

D. A. Rich and T.H. Blue

Cleanouts

117

Chapter /fiCoiled Tubing

Screen

Sas-Jaworsky II

realized after using a CT unit instead of a rig

workover for concentric sand screen

Wells with Lighter Fluids

Circulating lower density fluids and nitrogen-assisted lifting

the most common methods for unloading wellbore liquids

W.

123

Crow, R Hilland R. Johnston

Chapter //-Operator's CT Drilling Program

Gets Good Results

Sas-Jaworsky II

Chapter^'Logging

with Coiled

Tubing

numerous

Coiled tubing has been effective for conveying logging and

perforating tools in high-angle wells. This chapter discusses

equipment components, planning

implementation guidelines
C. G. Blount

repair

are

Mechanical and economic

69

Cuts Horizontal

Repair Cost

Huge savings were

ChapterC. Un\oad\ng

A.

111

Sas-Jaworsky IIand T. D. Heed

Proper planning and implementation of recommended workover

practices can improve concentric wellbore cleanouts
A,

means

liquid to flowing

Chapter /^'Stimulation

A.

Improved Method

Chapter ZSands and Solids

tubing is a safe, economic

Planning, designing and implementing formation damage

removal treatments using reeled pipe techniques

Techniques apply to Newtonian fluid flow within tubing annuli

encountered in coiled tubing well intervention services
A

inside

pressure

Chapter 6:?xed\cX\x\g Friction Pressure Losses in

CT Annuli: An

pipe

that have loaded up with

status

Operations

Valid for both spooled and straight pipe this friction

prediction technique accounts for wall roughness

45

in

Chapter ^Predicting Friction Pressure Losses

Coiled Tubing

off coiled

returning wells

considerations and

job

success

rates have been high for

wells drilled using CT in a variety of locations

C. M. Hightower
new

About the cover: Apache Canada's Hatton Field has about 3,000 wells produc
ing around 80 MMcfgd. Since acquiring the field in 2001, Apache has drilled
about 1,400 coiled tubing wells at Hatton, including this well drilled in 2003.
The wells are drilled to the Milk River and Medicine Hat formations at about
800 m below the surface of the Saskatchewan plains. More recently, Apache
has

adopted an improved fracture coiled tubing stimulation design that slows

the wells' decline without reducing initial output rates.