US 12,129,714 B2
Fiber electric wet mate
Christopher Cassidy, Pearland, TX (US); Julia Huynh, Houston, TX (US); Valeria Erives, Houston, TX (US); Pedro Bazan, Jr., Friendswood, TX (US); Thomas Evrard, Montmorency (FR); Surya Simanjuntak, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Steve Wattelle, Clamart (FR)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/261,308
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/012769
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/155592, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,625, filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076942 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/02 (2013.01) [E21B 17/028 (2013.01); E21B 17/0283 (2020.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for use in a well, the system comprising:
a lower completion comprising a lower inductive coupler and a lower fiber optic wetmate connector; and
an upper completion comprising an upper inductive coupler and an upper fiber optic wetmate connector,
wherein upon engagement of the upper completion with the lower completion, the upper inductive coupler is configured to be operatively engaged with the lower inductive coupler and the upper fiber optic wetmate connector is configured to be operatively engaged with the lower fiber optic wetmate connector,
wherein upon engagement of the upper and lower completions, the upper and lower inductive couplers are positioned uphole of the upper and lower fiber optic wetmate connectors, and
wherein an electric cable extending downhole from the lower inductive coupler bypasses the lower fiber optic wetmate connector, and a fiber optic cable extending uphole from the upper fiber optic wetmate connector bypasses the upper inductive coupler in the upper completion.