DOWNHOLE CONNECTOR FOR PRODUCTION TUBING AND CONTROL LINE AND METHOD

摘要

A connector is disclosed to facilitate the testing of a control line or lin es adjacent a bottomhole assembly. A running tool is connected to a lower porti on of the connector which is, in turn, connected to the bottomhole assembly. The running tool allows testing of the control line adjacent the bottomhole assembly and there-after, the operation of components of the bottomhole assembly. me running tool is removed and the upper portion of the string, including the mating portion of the connector at its lower end, is inserted into the wellbore. The connector components are self-aligning and lock to each other downhole to complete the production tubing and the control line tubing to the surface. Multipile control lines are envisioned between the surface and the bottomhole assembly. Multiple connectors can be used in a given production string, and provisions can be made for operation of a multiplicity of downhole components from the control line system which exten ds along the production tubing.