Patent ID: 8915303
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A method of servicing an electric submersible pump in a well having a positive wellhead pressure, the well comprising a casing and a wellhead mounted to the casing, the wellhead having a sealable injection port and at least one production port, the method comprising the steps of: providing: sealing the pump receiving housing simultaneously above and below the electric submersible pump when the electric submersible pump is received within the pump-receiving housing; sealing the injection port by closing the seal and opening the pump-receiving housing to atmosphere to insert or remove the electric submersible pump from the pump-receiving housing; and with the pump-receiving housing closed to atmosphere and the injection port open, moving the electric submersible pump using a coiled tubing injector to the production path in the well from a position fully received within the pump-receiving housing or from the production path in the well to a position fully received within the pump-receiving housing.