Patent ID: 11965402
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 7:
8. A method of assembling an electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly, comprising:
lowering an electric motor into the wellbore;
coupling a seal section to an uphole end of the electric motor;
lowering the electric motor and the seal section into the wellbore;
coupling a fluid intake to an uphole end of the seal section, wherein the fluid intake defines a plurality of inlet ports;
coupling a gas separator to an uphole end of the fluid intake, wherein the gas separator comprises a plurality of gas phase discharge ports located at an uphole end of the gas separator;
lowering the electric motor, the seal section, the fluid intake, and the gas separator partially into the wellbore;
coupling a sealing ring to an outside of the gas separator downhole of the gas phase discharge ports;
coupling an uphole end of the gas separator to a downhole end of a centrifugal pump;
coupling a downhole end of an inverted shroud tubular to the sealing ring;
lowering the electric motor, the seal section, the fluid intake, the gas separator, the sealing ring, the centrifugal pump, and the inverted shroud tubular into the wellbore;
coupling a downhole end of a production tubing to an uphole end of the centrifugal pump; and
coupling an uphole end of the inverted shroud tubular to the outside of the centrifugal pump or to the outside of the production tubing.