The conference and exhibition on coiled tubing, which was held on the 8 ^th-9 ^th April 2003 in Houston (USA), united under the roof of the Woodlands Waterway Marriot hotel the representatives of more than 50 companies-developers of the advanced technologies and those, who use them. The presence of a large number of professionals and two "live" coiled tubing plants provided the participants with the opportunity to share their experience and information about the fast-developing prospect branch-using the coiled tubing technology for drilling and repairing wells. For the first time the conference was organized in 1990. SPE and ICoTA are the organizers. The only Russian-language participants of the conference - the representatives of the FID Group of Companies -shared their impression about the exhibition with "Coiled Tubing Times". At this exhibition the majority of the companies has presented the prospect equipment, which has not passed the whole complex of tests and is not ready for the commercial use. Among the producers of coiled tubing units the company Varco with its subdivisions, the leader among the producers of the coiled tubing in the world, and the company Stewart & Stevenson were widely presented.