Almas Kelzhanov, director at TOO OSAC is answering questions by  Coiled Tubing Times: "We are not a very big company, but consider ourselves rather mobile. We’ve carried out a thorough analysis, somewhat brainstorming, to identify in what direction to develop further, what to purchase –  a workover unit or a CT unit. When taking the decision we were much encouraged by the world economical situation. If back in 2008 customers were queuing for drilling and workover units and ontractors had backlog of orders for months ahead, by the end of  2008-beginning of 2009 the situation had taken a dramatic turn. Almost 70% of workover units in FSU countries stopped as a result of the crisis. I am sure, a similar scenario unfolded in the US as well. Even though I was not following their statistics, I still think that around 50% of workover units were standing idle. It should be noted that conventional workover requires considerable human resources, whereas coiled tubing does not require any big service crew. Additionally, it is more mobile and has a number of other advantages."