US 12,258,820 B1
Coiled tubing deployment/retrieval apparatus employing multiple tubing guides and a method of use thereof
Radovan Rolovic, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/399,327.
Int. Cl. E21B 19/22 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 19/22 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coiled tubing deployment/retrieval apparatus, comprising:
a frame;
a lower tubing guide coupled to the frame; and
an upper tubing guide coupled to the frame, the upper tubing guide configured to rotate between a primary position and a secondary position relative to the lower tubing guide, the secondary position configured to allow a rigid connector of a coiled tubing string to at least partially bypass the upper tubing guide, wherein the frame includes a lower frame portion and an upper frame portion rotationally coupled to the lower frame portion about a rotation point, the lower tubing guide coupled to the lower frame portion and the upper tubing guide coupled to the upper frame portion, the rotation point allowing the upper tubing guide to rotate between the primary position and the secondary position relative to the lower tubing guide.