Coiled tubing umbilicals are a type of piping used in oil and gas wells.

Background

The piping can be used during

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. They encapsulate multiple

coiled tubing In the oil and gas industries, coiled tubing refers to a very long metal pipe, normally in diameter which is supplied spooled on a large reel. It is used for interventions in oil and gas wells and sometimes as production tubing in depleted g ...

and electrical strings into a single string which can be deployed by one conventional unit. These technologies allow for the deployment of complex pumps on coiled tubing. Multiple strings in a casing may maintain a manageable shape for the tubing and eliminating the danger of ovalization. Petroleum production Industrial equipment Oil wells Tubing (material) {{Technology-stub