Patent ID: 6966384

Claim:
A method of deploying a power and/or signal transmission cable through a pre-installed guide conduit in a well, the method comprising: installing an upper part of the guide conduit permanently in the well such that it extends alongside the outer surface of a casing string between a wellhead and an outer component of a guide conduit connector which is located near a lower end of the casing string and which forms a port opening in the inner surface of the casing; installing a lower part of the guide conduit in the well such that it extends alongside the outer surface or is an integral part of a well liner string down from an inner component of the guide conduit connector which is located near an upper end of the liner string and which forms a port opening in the outer surface of the liner; aligning the inner component with the outer component of the guide conduit connector; and inserting the power and/or signal transmission cable through the thus interconnected upper and lower parts of the guide conduit.