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Conduit and continuous coiled tubing system

US5996689A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 1997
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L7/00
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A coil tube and conduit system for feeding into a well has the coiled tube form an annular space closed at its top and herein a relatively dense liquid while the conduit is provided with buoyancy means so that within that coiled tube the conduit can be buoyed up by the confining liquid and hence the weight of the conduit relieved.

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