US 12,320,210 B2
Reducing vibration of an electric submersible pump
Marcelo Ramos Flores, Udhailiyah (SA); and Alaa Shawly, Jeddah (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,658.
Prior Publication US 2024/0344408 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 23/03 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/1078 (2013.01) [E21B 23/03 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric submersible pump assembly, comprising:
a motor configured to be coupled to a wellbore string configured to be disposed within a wellbore;
a pump configured to be coupled to the wellbore string and reside between the motor and the wellbore string, the pump configured to be driven by the motor to receive a production fluid from an intake of the electric submersible pump assembly and flow the production fluid up the wellbore through the wellbore string; and
a slip assembly configured to be attached to the electric submersible pump assembly and reside downhole of the motor, the slip assembly comprising:
a first slip coupled to the electric submersible pump assembly at or downhole of the motor,
a second slip coupled to the electric submersible pump assembly at or downhole of the motor, the first slip configured to be set on a wall of the wellbore, securing the electric submersible pump assembly to the wall of the wellbore; and
a third slip spaced from the first and second slips;
wherein the second and third slips are configured to secure the electric submersible pump to the wellbore and the first slip comprises a flexible damper configured to bear, with the second and third slips set, against the wall of the wellbore to dampen a vibration of the motor.