| Issue 38, November 2011 |
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| NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO FACE THE CHALLENGE |
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 2009 SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition
was held in Woodlands, Texas, on March 31 – April 1. Despite challenging business
environment and and slowdown in the industry, the organizers were “very close
to numbers they had last year”, as far as participants of the Conference are
concerned, with even more companies introducing their innovative solutions at
the Exhibition this year.
More than 40 papers were presented at the Conference. The presentations were
made at a number of technical sessions: Innovative Solutions and Latest Developments,
Material Performance and Behavior, Milling and Drilling, CTD: Fracturing and Subsea.
2009 CTWI Exhibition featured more than 65 leading companies of the industry,
including National Oilwell Varco, Baker Hughes, Global Tubing, Aker Solutions,
AnTech, Amkin Technologies, which presented their innovative solutions and latest
developments. The event was traditionally held on a very high level. Despite contraction
of the industry, cutbacks in budgets and reduction in personnel, specialists try
to keep up with new technologies and equipment. And it’s not surprising, for it
is innovative solutions that will help to face the challenge of present-day economic
environment, to do the work in least possible time and achieve cost efficiency
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