Apparatus and method for assisting deployment of coiled tubing

A method for assisting deployment of coiled tubing using an apparatus for assisting deployment of coiled tubing, comprising a source of coiled tubing and a coiled tubing distributor that comprises a passageway adapted to allow engaging coiled tubing from the source of coiled tubing where the passageway comprises a first end configured to be attached to an structure external to the coiled tubing distributor and a second end disposed distally from the first end, a coiled tubing receiver connected to a predetermined portion of to the second end and adapted to receive the coiled tubing from the source of coiled tubing about an outer surface of the coiled tubing receiver where the coiled tubing receiver comprises a predetermined radius, a support frame connected to the passageway and adapted to accept a portion of the coiled tubing therethrough, a slip disposed intermediate the passageway and the support frame where the slip is adapted to grip and hold a portion of the coiled tubing therethrough, and a gimbal connected to the support frame and to the slip intermediate the slip and the support frame, the method comprising:

• a. mounting the apparatus for assisting deployment of coiled tubing to the structure external to the coiled tubing distributor;
• b. deploying a portion of the coiled tubing from the source of coiled tubing about the coiled tubing receiver through the slip;
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• c. allowing the apparatus for assisting deployment of coiled tubing to compensate for motion of the structure while the portion of the coiled tubing is deployed about the coiled tubing receiver through the slip.