US 12,281,523 B2
Downhole connector orientation for wetmate connectors
Christopher Cassidy, Pearland, TX (US); Julia Huynh, Houston, TX (US); Valeria Erives, Houston, TX (US); Yann Dufour, Houston, TX (US); and Nabil Batita, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/548,945
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/019952
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/192669, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,134, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151111 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/046 (2006.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/028 (2013.01) [E21B 17/046 (2013.01); E21B 47/024 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A downhole completion system, comprising:
an upper completion stage comprising at least one first communication line connector;
a lower completion stage comprising at least one second communication line connector, the at least one first communication line connector configured to couple to the at least one second communication line connector; and
an orientation device configured to help determine and/or control orientation of the at least one second communication line connector relative to a well during or prior to installation, wherein the at least one first communication line connector is configured to be de-mated from the at least one second communication line connector based on an orientation of the at least one first communication line connector relative to the at least one second communication line connector.