Patent ID: 9322252
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for use in a well, the well including a wellhead and a power supply at the wellhead, the apparatus comprising: a tubing disposed in the well, the tubing including an orientation profile; at least one first wet connect contact and at least one second wet connect contact, the first and second contacts arranged fixedly to the tubing and connected by at least one cable to the power supply, the first and second contacts spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the tubing; and an electrical submersible pump assembly (ESP), the ESP including at least one pump, at least one electrical motor for driving the pump, a corresponding ESP wet connection part, and an orientation element; the ESP being deployable and recoverable via the tubing and wellhead to and from a deployed position in which the ESP is oriented by engagement of the orientation element with the orientation profile; wherein the ESP is selectively configurable in a first configuration in which in the deployed position the at least one motor is connected to the power supply via the at least one first contact but not the at least one second contact, and a second, alternative configuration in which in the deployed position the at least one motor is connected to the power supply via the at least one second contact but not the at least one first contact, and such that ESP may be powered in normal use in either one of the first and second configurations.