Method for Making a Coiled Tubing Assembly
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsMitchel Stretch, Nathan Kathol, Vi Nguy
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Abstract
A coiled tubing assembly includes coiled tubing having a side wall that defines an opening and an insert covering the opening and affixed to the coiled tubing. The coiled tubing has a longitudinal axis. The insert defines a capillary window therethrough. The opening and the insert include ends that are non-perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A method of making a coiled tubing assembly includes providing coiled tubing defining a side wall opening and pulling a capillary tube into the interior of the coiled tubing through the side wall opening. The method further includes attaching the capillary tube to a capillary window of an insert for covering the side wall opening and affixing the insert to the coiled tubing.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A method of making a coiled tubing assembly, comprising:
- providing a coiled tubing defining a side wall opening;
- pulling a capillary tube into an interior of the coiled tubing through the side wall opening;
- attaching the capillary tube to a capillary window of an insert for covering the side wall opening;
- and
- affixing the insert to the coiled tubing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.