Editing Wireline (cabling) (section)

==Slicklines==
[[File:Pipe Recovery Wireline Truck.jpg|320x240px|right|thumb|Wireline truck]]

Used to place and recover wellbore equipment, such as plugs, gauges and valves, slicklines are single-strand non-electric cables lowered into oil and gas wells from the surface. Slicklines can also be used to adjust valves and sleeves located downhole, as well as repair tubing within the wellbore.

Wrapped around a drum on the back of a truck, the slickline is raised and lowered in the well by reeling in and out the wire hydraulically.

Braided line can contain an inner core of insulated wires which provide power to equipment located at the end of the cable, normally referred to as electric line, and provides a pathway for electrical [[telemetry]] for communication between the surface and equipment at the end of the cable.
[[File:Inside Weatherfords Wireline truck.JPG|thumb|Inside a Wireline truck]]

On the other hand, wirelines are electric cables that transmit data about the well. Consisting of single strands or multi-strands, the wireline is used for both well intervention and formation evaluation operations. In other words, wirelines are useful in gathering data about the well in logging activities, as well as in workover jobs that require data transmittal.