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Section	Title	Page Number
1	THE COILED TUBING WELL INTERVENTION METHOD	1-1
1.1	DESCRIPTION OF THE COILED TUBING SERVICE	1-1
1.2	THE COILED TUBING UNIT	1-1
1.2.1	Power Pack	1-3
1.2.2	Control Cabin	1-5
1.2.3	Reel	1-8
1.2.4	Injector Head	1-10
1.3	GOOSE NECK	1-15

Section	Title	Page Number
2	PLANNING AND SAFETY	1-1
2.1	PRE-JOB PLANNING	2-1
2.2	OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS	2-1
2.2.1	Gas Wells	2-1
2.2.2	High Wellhead Pressures	2-1
2.2.3	Toolstring Lengths	2-1
2.2.4	Long BHA Deployments	2-1
2.2.5	Deployment Considerations	2-1
2.2.6	Rig Floor Equipment	2-2
2.3	COILED TUBING EQUIPMENT CONSIDERATIONS	2-2
2.3.1	Well Control Equipment	2-2
2.3.2	Control Hoses	2-2
2.3.3	Support Stand	2-3
2.3.4	Tie-Back Points	2-3
2.4	SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS	2-3
2.4.1	General Safety Considerations	2-3
2.4.2	Well Control Considerations	2-4
2.4.3	Coiled Tubing Considerations	2-5
2.5	RUNNING AND PULLING PROCEDURES	2-5
2.5.1	Procedure	2-5
2.5.2	Running/Pulling Procedural Guidelines	2-7
2.6	EMERGENCY PROCEDURES	2-8
2.6.1	Platform Shutdown	2-8
2.6.2	Stripper/Packer Element Leak	2-8
2.6.3	Leak Between Tree And BOPs	2-8
2.6.4	Tubing Pinhole Leak	2-9
2.6.5	Tubing Rupture	2-9
2.6.6	Tubing Separates Downhole	2-9

Section	Title	Page Number
3	PRESSURE CONTROL EQUIPMENT	3-1
3.1	STRIPPER/PACKER	3-1
3.1.1	Conventional Stripper	3-2
3.1.2	Side Door Stripper	3-2
3.1.3	Radial Stripper	3-2
3.2	BOP	3-7
3.3	SHEAR/SEAL	3-11
3.4	PRESSURE CONTROL STACK-UP ARRANGEMENTS	3-13

Section	Title	Page Number
4	DOWNHOLE TOOL SELECTION	4-1
4.1	END CONNECTOR	4-1
4.1.1	Roll-On End Connector	4-1
4.1.2	Roll-On Double End Connector	4-1
4.1.3	Crimping Tool	4-3
4.1.4	Dimple Connector	4-4
4.1.5	External Slip Connector	4-5
4.1.6	Electric Wireline Connector	4-6
4.2	CHECK VALVES	4-7
4.2.1	Ball Check Valve	4-7
4.2.2	Dart Check Valve	4-8
4.2.3	Flapper Check Valve	4-9
4.2.4	Spring Return Check Valve	4-10
4.3	PRESSURE RETAINING CHECK VALVE	4-11
4.4	RELEASE JOINTS	4-12
4.4.1	Pressure Activated Release Joint	4-13
4.4.2	Tension Activated Release Joint	4-14
4.5	ANCILLIARY TOOLING	4-15
4.6	TOOLSTRING CONFIGURATION	4-21
4.6.1	Operation	4-21
4.6.2	Limitations of Toolstring	4-21
4.6.3	Wellbore Restrictions	4-21
4.6.4	Wellbore Deviations/Severe Doglegs/Horizontal Sections	4-21
4.6.5	Wellbore Fluids	4-21

Section	Title	Page Number
5	COILED PIPE	5-1
5.1	COILED PIPE MANUFACTURERS	5-1
5.2	TUBING MANUFACTURING HISTORY	5-2
5.3	TUBING MATERIALS	5-3
5.4	MANUFACTURING PROCESS	5-4
5.4.1	Standard Tube-to-Tube Weld	5-4
5.4.2	Continuous Milled Coil Tubing	5-5
5.4.3	Tubing Forming Rollers	5-7
5.4.4	Tapered String Welding	5-8
5.5	COILED TUBING APPLICATIONS	5-9
5.5.1	Workover and Drilling Services	5-9
5.5.2	Completions	5-9
5.5.3	Flowlines	5-9
5.6	FUTURE PIPE DEVELOPMENTS	5-9
5.6.1	High Strength Materials	5-9
5.6.2	Composite Materials	5-10
5.7	COILED TUBING LIMITATIONS	5-10
5.8	TUBING LIFE LIMITS	5-11
5.8.1	Fatigue Due To Bending And Pressure	5-12
5.8.2	Pressure And Tension Limits	5-16
5.8.3	Diameter And Ovality Limits	5-18
5.8.4	Coiled Tubing Buckling And Lockup	5-18
5.8.5	Coiled Tubing Forces Model Parameters	5-19

Section	Title	Page Number
6	COMPUTER SIMULATION AND MONITORING	6-1
6.1	SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY	6-1
6.1.1	Model Features Of BUCKLE	6-1
6.1.2	Model Features Of CDRAG	6-2
6.1.3	Model Features Of CSTRESS	6-2
6.1.4	Model Features Of TRIAX1	6-4
6.1.5	Model Features Of CEMENT	6-4
6.1.6	Model Features Of HYDMOD	6-5
6.1.7	Model Features Of PROMOD	6-5
6.1.8	Model Features Of WELCON	6-6
6.2	DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS	6-7

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