Developed by Welltec Inc. in the mid-1990s, tractor technology allows access to horizontal wellbores without the need of conventional conveyance methods such as a rig or coil tubing. In a ...

A cost- and time-effective solution for well intervention operations employs coiled tubing. Instead of removing the tubing from the well, which is how workover rigs fix the problem, coiled tubing ...

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) said Wednesday it was awarded a multi-year contract with Dubai Petroleum to provide integrated coiled-tubing drilling services for the company's Margham Gas storage project.