Patents Assigned to Total Fiza Elf
  • Patent number: 6926504
    Abstract: An improved electrical pump is first provided for use in a wellbore. The pump comprises a stator and a stator housing, and an armature and an armature housing. The stator housing and the armature housing define concentrically nested tubular bodies. The armature housing is configured to permit production fluids to flow therethrough. In one aspect, the stator and armature are assembled in connectible and interchangeable sections called “modules” that can be attached in series. In one aspect, the electrical operation of coils within the stator is protected from individual coil short-circuiting or failure by wiring them in parallel, rather than in series. In addition, each module may be wired in parallel. In this way, a failure of one stator module will not result in the failure of another stator module. In an embodiment of the present invention, the valves of the pump are capable of being retrieved by a wireline, without pulling the entire production string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignees: Total Fiza Elf, Eni S.p.A., Shell International Exploration & Production B.V.
    Inventor: William F. Howard