Electrical submersible pump (esp) landing test probe protection design
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsTorty C. Kalu-Ulu, James O. Arukhe, Mohammed H. Aleid
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Abstract
A system and method for a probe protector in a well includes a cable disposed within the well; a probe installed on an end of the cable; and a probe protector mounted on the cable conductor. The probe includes at least one lead and a cable conductor disposed on a distal end of each of the at least one lead. The probe protector is removably connected over the cable conductor. The probe protector is removed from the cable conductor prior to insertion of the cable into the well.
Claims17
A system for a probe protector in a well, the system comprising:
- a cable disposed within the well;
- a probe installed on an end of the cable, wherein the probe comprises at least one lead and a cable conductor disposed on a distal end of each of the at least one lead;
- and
- a probe protector mounted on the cable conductor,
- wherein the probe protector is removably connected over the cable conductor, and
- wherein the probe protector is removed from the cable conductor prior to insertion of the cable into the well.
A probe protector method, the method comprising:
- attaching the probe protector to a cable, the cable comprising a probe, at least one lead, a cable conductor, and the probe protector, wherein the probe protector covers the cable conductor on each of the at least one lead at a distal end of the probe;
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- removing the probe protector prior to running the cable to a predetermined depth in a well.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.