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Safeguarded method and apparatus for fluid communiction using coiled tubing, with application to drill stem testing

US5638904A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1996
Grant dateJun 17, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B49/087
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A safeguarded method and apparatus for providing fluid communication with coiled tubing, said coiled tubing comprising more particularly coiled-in-coiled tubing, having a inner tube and an outer tube, and including multicentric coiled-in-coiled tubing and its method of assembly, the safeguarded method having particular applicability to drill stem testing.

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