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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Statoil Petroleum As, Stavanger, NO;

Inventors:

Elvira Marie Bergheim Aske, Trondheim, NO;

Morten Fredriksen, Jakobsli, NO;

Alexey Pavlov, Porsgrunn, NO;

Kjetil Fjalestad, Skien, NO;

Dinesh Krishnamoorthy, Prosgrunn, NO;

Petter Tøndel, Mosjøen, NO;

Yilmaz Türkyilmaz, Lillestrøm, NO;

Assignee:

STATOIL PERTROLEUM AS, Stavanger, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/128 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/065 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating an electrical submersible pump, ESP, lifted well, the method comprising: measuring a characteristic of the well or a characteristic of a device associated with the well; generating a first control signal for instructing a change in the operation of the ESP; generating a second control signal for instructing a change in the operation of a further device associated with the well; wherein a degree of change in each of the first and second control signals is dependent on the outcome of the measuring and on a known effect caused by sending at least one of said first control signal to the ESP or said second control signal to the further device associated with the well; and sending the first control signal to the ESP and the second control signal to the further device associated with the well.


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