TerraTECH Coiled Tubing Tools

Keeping it reel.

The unconventional's unrelenting thirst for efficiency continues to challenge us to develop new technologies that enable coiled tubing to remain the safest and most efficient method of post-frac well cleanouts.

Spurred by the never-ending push for longer and longer laterals, the past 10 years have delivered the most dramatic transformation in the 80-year history of the coiled tubing industry. Long laterals have challenged the oil and gas industry to continuously develop new technologies at an unprecedented pace.

A coiled tubing unit's size is often measured by the amount of the largest pipe that it can carry. In 2015, a unit carrying 22,000 feet of 2 in. coil was considered a capable unit. By 2020, to effectively reach the depth of today's unconventional laterals, a unit must often carry closer to 25,000 feet of 25/8 in. coil. All aspects of the well manufacturing process have had to become bigger, faster, lighter, stronger, or—like a 2 in. coiled tubing unit that carries 22,000 feet of coiled tubing—be quickly rendered obsolete and replaced with new technology.