The Benefits of Coiled Tubing
Coiled tubing technology actually dates back to the Second World War. It was developed by British engineers who needed to find a way to supply the allied forces with oil after D-Day. Since then however the tubing has been further developed into the coiled tubing that we know today. Coiled tubing is nowadays mainly used in the oil and gas industries. It is specialised material but not overly difficult to find if you know where to look.
The main use of coiled tubing is for clearing sand out of the bottom of a well if it is restricting the flow of oil. Before coiled tubing was introduced, rigid pipes used to be used and whilst this still did a good job it was very slow to implement and very expensive as it could often not be re-used. Coiled tubing on the other hand is much quicker to implement, it can be instantly removed and it can be re-used multiple times hence lowering the overall costs. The only downside that coiled tubing has is that it cannot be used at depths under 6,000 metres mainly due to the bore size being narrower. In cases like these special drill technology is required.