Patent · US Expired

Deployment tubing connector having internal electrical penetrator

US6332499A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 23, 1999
Grant dateDec 25, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B17/206
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A connector for use in a deployment system able to deploy and power a device, such as an electric submergible pumping system, in a well. The connector includes pluggable ends that permit connection adjacent segments, each having an outer section of tubing and an internal power cable. Each connector includes a tubing connector portion and a power cable connector portion that permit pluggable connection of sequential tubing segments when deploying a device or system downhole.

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