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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

May. 22, 2023
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Euan Martin Murdoch, Aberdeenshire, GB;

Pranay Asthana, Dhahran, SA;

Rae Younger, Aberdeenshire, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/523 (2006.01); H01R 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/523 (2013.01); E21B 17/028 (2013.01); H01R 43/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for downhole electrical connection includes: a heater adapted to convert electric energy to thermal energy to liquefy a piece of electronically conductive material; a first electrical circuitry connected to the heater and a power source; a first assembly in which a first connector is disposed; and a second assembly in which a second connector is disposed. The apparatus is configured to: deploy the first assembly and the second assembly in a tubing in a wellbore; mechanically mate the first connector and the second connector; control the electric energy provided from the first electrical circuitry to the heater; electrically connect the first connector and the second connector by soldering the first connector and the second connector with the piece of electronically conductive material; and electrically disconnect the heater from the first electrical circuitry after the soldering.


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