Deployment tubing connector having internal electrical penetrator
AssigneeCamco International Inc.
InventorsLee S. Kobylinski, John C. Pursell, Howard A. Oswald, Marcus D. McHugh, Pinke Halpert
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Abstract
A connector for use in a deployment system able to deploy and power a device, such as an electric submergible pumping system, in a well. The connector includes pluggable ends that permit connection adjacent segments, each having an outer section of tubing and an internal power cable. Each connector includes a tubing connector portion and a power cable connector portion that permit pluggable connection of sequential tubing segments when deploying a device or system downhole.
Claims17
A connector system for connecting sections of tubing used in deploying a device for production of a fluid, comprising:
- a tubing connector having an upper nipple section sized for receipt in a first tubing end and a lower nipple section sized for receipt in a second tubing end, the tubing connector having a hollow interior;
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- an electrical feed-through disposed in the hollow interior, the electrical feed-through having a first connection end, a second connection end, and a plurality of conductors extending between the first and the second connection ends.
A coiled tubing connection system, comprising:
- a first segment of coiled tubing having a first connector end and a first hollow interior;
- a first power cable disposed in the first hollow interior and having a first plug proximate the first connector end;
- a second segment of coiled tubing having a second connector end and a second hollow interior;
- a second power cable disposed in the second hollow interior and having a second plug proximate the second connector end;
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- a coiled tubing connector having a housing sized to selectively engage the first connector end and the second connector end, the coiled tubing connector further including an internal plug assembly positioned to conductively engage the first plug and the second plug when the first and second connector ends are engaged with the coiled tubing connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.