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Vol. 6, No. 1 Week of January 28, 2001
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Coiled tubing drilling proves its worth on the North Slope

The pioneering efforts of Alaska drillers have resulted in breakthroughs in oilfield development and drilling productivity

Alan Bailey

PNA Contributing Writer

The SLB/Nordic-Calista rig#1 recently completed its 100th coiled tubing well. This landmark occasion signaled the success of a program in which three coiled tubing drilling rigs on the North Slope have revolutionized the economics of oilfield development. The people from Nabors, Nordic-Calista and S....

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Increased drilling efficiency

Development in the early 1990s

Building an integrated rig

Records started falling


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