CPC H02G 1/005 (2013.01) [E21B 17/003 (2013.01); E21B 17/0285 (2020.05); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); H01B 3/427 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A cable splice assembly comprising:
a tubing encapsulated cable;
an electric submersible downhole cable, wherein the tubing encapsulated cable and the electric submersible downhole cable are tape-spliced through a pair of respective contacts;
a thermoplastic insulator to seal the tubing encapsulated cable, wherein the thermoplastic insulator seals the tubing encapsulated cable in a vicinity of the pair of respective contacts;
a shell to contain the tape-spliced tubing encapsulated cable and the electric submersible downhole cable; and
multiple layers of sealant tape wrapped around at least the tubing encapsulated cable and the thermoplastic insulator inside the shell, wherein a number of layers of the sealant tape is selected to create a pressure blocking seal inside the shell.
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