Before revision: thumbnail|Wireline truck rigged up to a drilling rig in Canada In the oil and gas industry, the term wireline usually refers to a cabling technology used by operators of oil and gas wells to lower equipment or measurement devices into the well for the purposes of well intervention, reservoir evaluation, and pipe recovery.
After revision: thumbnail|Wireline truck rigged up to a drilling rig in Canada In the oil and gas industry, the term wireline usually refers to