Patent ID: 9657535
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A submersible pumping assembly for a deviated wellbore comprising: one or more electric submersible pumps disposed in a casing, the casing disposed in a below ground deviated wellbore, the one or more electric submersible pumps including one or more stationary elements or rotating elements; one or more electric motors disposed in the casing and configured to operate the one or more electric submersible pumps, the one or more electric motors including one or more stationary elements or rotating elements; and one or more flexible joints configured to linearly couple one or more of the stationary elements or the rotating elements of the one or more electric submersible pumps and the one or more electric motors and impart flexibility to the submersible pumping assembly in the deviated wellbore, wherein the one or more flexible joints provide flexibility of the submersible pumping assembly for deployment in a deviated wellbore having a dogleg severity (DLS) in a range of 22-35 degrees.