Patent 7258164 was granted and assigned to Schlumberger on August, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A pumping system (13) for oil wells (1) comprises a pump (20) immersed at the bottom of the well (4) and a flow-meter (32) associated with the pump (20), the immersed pump (20) being supplied by an electric supply source (26). The flow-meter (32) is an electromagnetic flow-meter, also electrically supplied by the supply source (26) of the pump.