Paper: The Successful Use of Internally Plastic Coated Tubing in Artificial Lift Applications

The reliability of tuning and sucker rods is critical to the successful long-term production of a well. Corrosion, erosion-corrosion and mechanical wear can significantly reduce the life of tubing and sucker rods.
Internal Plastic Coatings (IPC) technology has evolved over the past 75 years and recent advancements in material have significant increased the abrasion resistance of the coatings for Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG). Historically there have been concerns regarding the coatings ability to protect against wear from mechanical interventions and artificial lift involving the use of wireline, coiled tubing, sucker rods and plungers.
This paper will highlight these recent advancements in technology and include field case histories where the use of abrasion resistant coatings have been successfully utilized in artificial lift applications, including rod pumping wells and plunger lift wells.