Paper: MULTILATERAL LEG RE-ENTRY USING PRESSURE ACTIVATED TOOL WITH COILED TUBING - CASE HISTORIES

Drilling multi-laterals is a preferred method to increase production from a single wellhead. Getting baack into these laterals can be difficult and costly. But without proper treatment, say for example acidizing the lateral, the well can not produce as well as it should. There are pressure activated tools that can get your coiled tubing back into the laterals and with different attached tools, cleaning or acidizing the lateral is very possible at reasonable pump rates. This paper will discuss how a tool works, the therory behind its use, case histories, successes, problems encountered and how to avoid problems in advance.