Apparatus and method for supplying electric power to cable suspended submergible pumps
First Claim
1. A method of supporting and electrically energizing equipment in a well, that comprises providing a continuous length of electrical power cable, providing a continuous length of support cable, providing a continuous length of cable carrier, feeding said continuous lengths toward the well, continuously joining said cable carrier with said power cable and with said support cable to form a unitary assembly as said lengths are advanced toward said well, and feeding said unitary assembly into said well.
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Abstract
Electric power is supplied to downhole equipment, such as a submergible pump, by a power cable that is joined to a support cable by a cable carrier as the carrier and cables are fed into a well. The carrier comprises laterally displaced resilient clamping sections that are clamped about respective cables to form a continuous assembly, and the assembly is fed into the well as the equipment is installed.
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- 1. A method of supporting and electrically energizing equipment in a well, that comprises providing a continuous length of electrical power cable, providing a continuous length of support cable, providing a continuous length of cable carrier, feeding said continuous lengths toward the well, continuously joining said cable carrier with said power cable and with said support cable to form a unitary assembly as said lengths are advanced toward said well, and feeding said unitary assembly into said well.
- 5. A cable assembly comprising a continuous length of electrical power cable, a continuous length of support cable, and a continous length of cable carrier substantially coextensive longitudinally with said cables, said cable carrier comprising two laterally displaced resilient clamping sections open at opposite sides of the carrier, one of said sections resiliently embracing one of said cables and the other of said sections resiliently embracing the other of said cables.
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