Coiled tubing is used in a variety of oil well operations including drilling, completions, and remedial activities. For each of these applications coiled tubing offers the benefits of reduced costs, speed, and reduced environmental impact.

Coiled tubing possesses a limitation however, in that it may buckle in service. In this situation the tubing may be damaged, and operations may be delayed or disrupted. In the attached tech brief, we provide a methodology for evaluating the buckling behavior of a coiled wellbore tube.

An animation of the deformation of the tube is available in within the tech brief.