Armored submersible power cable
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsJason Holzmueller, Jinglei Xiang, Samy A. Bouly, William Goertzen, Varun Vinaykumar Nyayadhish, Gregory Howard Manke
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Abstract
A method can include extruding polyethylene about a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about a conductor to form an assembly; and armoring at least one of the assemblies with metallic armor to form a cable. A power cable can include a conductor; a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about the conductor; a cushion layer disposed about the lead (Pb) barrier layer where the cushion layer includes crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE); and metallic armor wrapped about the cushion layer.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- extruding polyethylene about a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about a conductor to form an assembly;
- and
- armoring at least one of the assemblies with metallic armor to form a cable.
A power cable comprising:
- a conductor;
- a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about the conductor;
- a cushion layer disposed about the lead (Pb) barrier layer wherein the cushion layer comprises crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE);
- and
- metallic armor wrapped about the cushion layer.
A pump system comprising:
- a pump;
- a submersible electric motor operatively coupled to the pump;
- and
- a power cable for delivery of electrical power to the submersible electric motor, wherein the power cable comprises a conductor, a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about the conductor, a cushion layer disposed about the lead (Pb) barrier layer wherein the cushion layer comprises crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE), and metallic armor wrapped about the cushion layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.