116年前，X射线的诞生引发了后来医学上的一次重大变革。今天，一种被称为万能作业机的连续油管技术作业装置，正广泛应用于全球油气田的水平井钻井、完井、试油、采油、修井和集输等作业现场。由于连续管钻井能够大大降低作业成本和对作业环境的损害，被专家称为有可能成为21世纪油气钻井的一项革命性新技术，掀起能源安全新型钻井方式的浪潮。也有声音称，连续油管技术在全球方兴未艾，目前只是现有钻井方式的一种有力补充。

作为一项新兴技术，尤其是作为一种有效的增产措施，连续油管作业对于水平井油气开发，特别是非常规天然气开发有着明显的作用。推广应用并发展这项技术，对水平井发展缓慢的中国可谓是及时雨也为中国早日迈入非常规天然气时代带来了福音。然而，这需要石油装备制造企业、工程技术服务公司等，一起戮力实现。

（本专题得到了连续油管领域诸位专家、科研工作者、国内及国际作业公司人士的大力支持。在此深表感谢！）

116 years ago, the birth of X-ray led to a major change afterwards in medicine. Nowadays, a type of operation unit in coiled tubing technology that is called Universal Workover Rig is widely used in horizontal drilling, well completion, test oil, oil production, well workover, and gathering and transferring and other operation sites of global oil and gas fields. Of which, coiled tubing drilling was declared by experts as it may become a revolutionary new technology in oil and gas drilling in 21st century, which can start a wave of new drilling methods for energy security because it can significantly reduce operating costs and damages to the operating environment.

Although coiled tubing technology is to be unfolding in the world, now it is only a supplement to drilling method. As an emerging technology, whether the gradual maturity and popularization of coiled tubing technology will push the global oil and gas production to a new level? For conventional and unconventional development and application of natural gas, whether it can eventually become a huge driving force changing world energy structure? Whether China's oil and gas industry can become a rising star in the development of this technology? Whether domestic operating companies and oil equipment manufacturing enterprises are capable of assuming heavy responsibilities of localization of coiled tubing equipment?......(This topic has obtained the support of many experts and scientific researchers in the field of coiled tubing. I am much grateful.)