Selectively powering an electrical submersible pump assembly

A method for completing a wellbore, the method comprising:

• disposing a completion assembly in the wellbore extending from a surface of the Earth to a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir at a downhole location, the completion assembly comprising:
• a production tubing;
• a plurality of electrical conductors extending from the surface of the Earth to the downhole location in a wellbore annulus defined by the production tubing and the wellbore;
• and
• a docking station configured to be positioned in the wellbore, the docking station comprising a plurality of electrical connectors, each electrical connector of the plurality of electrical connectors electrically coupled to one of the plurality of electrical conductors;
• configuring, at the surface, a downhole electrical connector selector to control a flow of electricity from a first subset of the plurality of electrical connectors to an electrical submersible pump assembly to power the electrical submersible pump assembly, the downhole electrical connector selector reconfigurable between the first subset and a second subset of the plurality of electrical connectors;
• coupling, at the surface, the downhole electrical connector selector to a downhole end of the electrical submersible pump assembly;
• positioning the downhole electrical connector selector and the electrical submersible pump assembly in the wellbore;
• coupling the downhole electrical connector selector to the docking station,
• based on a failure of the electrical submersible pump assembly to operate electrically, retrieving the downhole electrical connector selector and the electrical submersible pump assembly from the wellbore to the surface;
• determining the first subset of the plurality of electrical connectors has failed;
• reconfiguring the downhole electrical connector selector to control the flow of electricity from the second subset of the plurality of the electrical connectors to the electrical submersible pump assembly to power the electrical submersible pump assembly;
• positioning the downhole electrical connector selector and the electrical submersible pump assembly in the wellbore;
• and
• coupling the downhole electrical connector selector to the docking station.

A test assembly comprising:

• a plurality of diagnostic test jumpers configurable to switch between a first subset and a second subset of a plurality of electrical connectors to control a flow of electricity from a docking station configured to couple to an electrical submersible pump assembly to maintain the flow of electricity from the docking station to the electrical submersible pump assembly;
• a sensor coupled to the plurality of diagnostic test jumpers, the sensor configured to detect a condition of the plurality of electrical connectors when a subset of the plurality of diagnostic test jumpers are coupled to the plurality of electrical connectors;
• and
• a controller coupled to the plurality of diagnostic test jumpers, the controller configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from the sensor, a signal representing the condition of the plurality of electrical connectors;
• comparing the signal representing the condition of the plurality of electrical connectors to a threshold condition;
• and
• based on a result of the comparison, determining the condition of the plurality of electrical connectors, the condition of the electrical connector comprises one or more of a condition of which electrical connectors have failed, an insulation of a plurality of electrical conductors configured to extend from a surface of the Earth, the plurality of electrical conductors coupled to the plurality of electrical connectors, a resistance of each of the electrical connectors, and a time domain reflectometry condition of the electrical connectors.