Coiled-tubing operations in the Panna field offshore Western India

Coiled tubing (CT) was used in well interventions offshore western India. Well completions are open hole, open hole with tail pipe, and cased hole with swell packers. CT entry was essential to operate sliding sleeves installed in the completions. The full-length paper documents case studies and reviews attempted solutions such as bottomhole-assembly (BHA) excitation tools and contact-friction reducers to extend reach and increase downhole force.