| CPC E21B 34/066 (2013.01) [E21B 34/105 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A well system comprising:
a production tubing string disposed within a wellbore;
an electrically operated wireline-retrievable subsurface safety valve (WLSSSV) comprising
a main WLSSSV body with a central flow bore extending there-through;
a closure member;
a first connector of a pair of electrical connectors; and
an electrical actuator, the electric actuator configured to, in response to an electrical signal received via the first connector, switch the closure member between a closed state in which the closure member blocks fluid flow through the central flow bore and an open state in which the closure member does not block fluid flow through central flow bore; and
a nipple assembly attached to the production tubing string, the nipple assembly comprising;
a main nipple assembly body with a central bore configured to receive the WLSSSV therein; and
a lever assembly disposed within the main nipple assembly body and comprising:
a fulcrum;
a lever pivotably attached to the fulcrum; and
a second connector of the pair of electrical connectors, the second connector attached to a first end of the lever, wherein the nipple assembly and the WLSSSV are configured such that, when the WLSSSV is received within the main nipple body, the lever pivots at the fulcrum as a second end of the lever engages against an external surface of the WLSSSV, thereby rotating the second connector towards the first connector to at least partially align the second connector with the first connector for electrical engagement of the first connector with the second connector.
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