US 2016/0356109 A1 · WELL SYSTEM WITH SETTABLE SHOULDER

Abstract

A technique facilitates placement and operation of a pumping system in a borehole. The pumping system is deployed downhole into the borehole via a conveyance and landed on a completion system disposed in the borehole. The pumping system is combined with a tubular member and a shoulder mechanism slidably mounted along the tubular member. The shoulder mechanism may be selectively set and locked to the tubular member. When the pumping system is deployed downhole, the shoulder mechanism is allowed to move along the tubular member after engaging a corresponding shoulder contact region of the completion system. Once the pumping system is properly deployed, the shoulder mechanism may be set against the tubular member to support the submersible pumping system and to counter axial loading during testing and/or operation of the submersible pumping system.

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Dependent claims

A system for use in a well, comprising:

a completion system disposed in a wellbore and having a shoulder contact region;
an electric submersible pumping system deployed downhole via a cable for landing on the completion system;
a tubular member coupled to the electric submersible pumping system and extending downhole from the electric submersible pumping system;
and
a shoulder mechanism slidably mounted on the tubular member for engagement with the shoulder contact region during landing, the shoulder mechanism being selectively settable along the tubular member to counter tensile loading in the cable.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Well system with settable shoulder

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Well system with settable shoulder

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Abstract

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