ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,874, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).
"Electric submersible pump (ESP) system and method" was invented by Michael C. Tschauner (Odessa, Texas), Billy-Bob K. Walker (Midland, Texas) and Michael C. Romer (Tomball, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric submersible pump (ESP) system is described herein. The ESP system includes a pump and a motor connected to drive the pump. The pump and motor are disposed to pump fluid into production tubing in a wellbore. A connector is in fluid communication with the production tubing and the connector contains a receptacle to rece...