Permanently installed in-well dry mate connectors with shape memory alloy technology

A system for use in a well, the system comprising:

• a pair of electrical cable sections joined via a coupling to form an electrical cable;
• and
• a connector comprising:
• an external housing joined to a pair of coupler ends, each coupler end being combined with a sealing system and a separate retainer system;
• the sealing system, wherein the sealing system is:
• formed at least in part of a shape memory alloy material selectively activatable to seal against the pair of electrical cable sections,
• bound radially between the external housing and the electrical cable sections, the sealing system being adjacent to the external housing and the pair of electrical cable sections, and
• bound axially between the coupler end and an inner housing of the connector, the sealing system being adjacent to the coupler end and the inner housing;
• the separate retainer system comprising a plurality of retainer rings, wherein the separate retainer system is formed at least in part of the shape memory alloy material selectively activatable to grip the pair of electrical cable sections;
• and
• the inner housing, wherein the separate retainer system is bound radially between the inner housing and the pair of electrical cable sections, and wherein the separate retainer system is further bound axially between the sealing system and the inner housing, the separate retainer system being adjacent to the inner housing, the sealing system, and the electrical cable sections.