Patent ID: 6571879
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A downhole tool for a well, comprising:coiled tubing extending into the well; a submersible pump assembly suspended on the coiled tubing and having a power cable extending through the coiled tubing and interconnected therewith; a hydraulically-actuated lock member mounted to the coiled tubing, the lock member having a locked position wherein the submersible pump assembly is secured to the lock member, and a released position wherein the submersible pump assembly is released from the lock member such that the lock member is lifted away from the submersible pump assembly; wherein the lock member is actuated from a surface of the well; the power cable having a first portion of wires that extends downward into the lock member where they join with a second portion of wires extending upward from the submersible pump assembly; the lock member being movable to the released position without separating the first and second portions of wires from each other; and wherein upward movement of the coiled tubing after the lock member is in the released position causes tension to be applied to the first portion of wires and separates the first portion of wires from the second portion of wires.