Tubing:

Terms Related to Tubing

• Coiled tubing

  A long, continuous length of pipe wound on a spool. The pipe is straightened prior to pushing into a wellbore and recoiled to spool the ...

• Coiled-tubing workover

  A workover performed with a continuous steel tube, normally 3/4 inch to 1 inch outside diameter, which is run into the well in one piece ...

• Tubing spider

  A device used with slips to prevent tubing from falling into the hole when a joint of pipe is being unscrewed and racked.

• Tubing hanger

  An arrangement of slips and packing rings used to suspend tubing from a tubing head.

• Tubing anchor

  A device that holds the lower end of a tubing string in place by means of slips, used to prevent tubing movement when no packer ...

• Tubing elevators

  A damping apparatus used to pull tubing. The elevators latch onto the pipe just below the top collar. The elevators are attached to the hook ...

• Tubing head

  A flanged fitting that supports the tubing string, seals off pressure between the casing and the outside of the tubing, and provides a connection that ...