US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Aug. 5 for "Method and system for deploying an electric submersible pump in a live well" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,836, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Method and system for deploying an electric submersible pump in a live well" was invented by Ivor Maclver (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain), Norman Liley (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Iain Maclean (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Calum Crawford (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain) and Steven Browning (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for installing an electric submersible pump (ESP) in a well includes installing a plug in the well below a well tree. An upper and lower master valve on the tree are closed. Closure elements are removed...