Slickline

Slickline refers to a single strand wire which is used to run a variety of tools down into wellbore for use during well drilling operations in the oil and gas industry. Slickline can also describe a niche of the industry that involves using a slickline truck or doing a slickline job. Slickline is used to lower tools into an oil or gas well to perform a specified maintenance job downhole. It is more commonly used in production tubing. Slickline tools operate with a mechanical action, controlled from the surface in the wireline trucks' operators' compartment. Slickline and slickline tools are used for a variety of applications.

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