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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2021
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Timothy E. Moellendick, Dhahran, SA;
Amjad Alshaarawi, Khobar, SA;
Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne, Dhahran, SA;
Bodong Li, Dhahran, SA;
Richard Mark Pye, Aberdeen, GB;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A method of deploying a flexible cable in a wellbore includes carrying, by a tubular assembly, a cable spool cartridge into the wellbore. The cable spool cartridge is attached to an exterior of the tubular assembly and contains the flexible cable. A first end of the flexible cable is attached to a buoyancy device, and the buoyancy device is releasably attached to the cable spool cartridge. A fluid is flowed by the tubular assembly in a downhole direction through an interior of the tubular assembly and in an uphole direction within an annulus at least partially defined by the exterior of the tubular assembly. The fluid has a greater density than the buoyancy device. The buoyancy device is released by the cable spool cartridge, and the buoyancy device is configured to travel after release in the uphole direction with the fluid and thereby pull the flexible cable from the cable spool cartridge and into the annulus.