For years, oil producers across West Texas accepted a familiar refrain. Whenever an electric submersible pump (ESP) failed, the cause was deemed mechanical or attributed to unpredictable well conditions, without consideration of electrical phenomenon. But for Magney Grande Distribution CEO Carol Grande, this didn’t add up. When rotors parted, rotor bearings exhibited electrical fluting and motor leads failed, the symptoms pointed to something far less visible. What others dismissed as mechanical failure, Carol Grande delved deeper for a systemic issue, electrical side-effects masquerading as wear and tear. “It was like chasing ghosts. You think it’s metal fatigue or vibration, but what you’re really seeing is misdirected energy,” explains Carol Grande. That investigation led Carol Grande and her team to come up with a comprehensive suite of mitigation technologies, their surface protection package. This package contains an all-mode secondary surge protective device, an enhanced grounding system, and intelligent monitoring through Ziton and the Common Mode Filter. Each of these individual components addresses a range of potential sources of failure and mitigates the potential effects. The technical expertise of Magney Grande and its proven surface protection package has reshaped industry assumptions around ESP failure. The paradigm is shifting from reactive maintenance to a forward-looking model grounded in engineered protection, diagnostic precision and sustained production integrity. Built with Resilience, Engineered for Extremes Carol Grande had seen the pattern before, when lightning storms would routinely disable variable-frequency drives (VFD) in submersible pump systems. But unlike industrial facilities equipped with layered protections, the pumps in remote oilfields operated in isolation, exposed to relentless heat, abrasive dust and unforgiving terrain. The vulnerabilities were amplified and largely unaddressed. Recognizing this gap, Magney Grande designed a new class of surge protective devices, engineered specifically to withstand these punishing conditions. And when producers raised concerns about inadequate grounding in low-conductivity soil, the team responded with a chemical grounding solution that is environmentally safe and effective in dissipating dangerous electrical energy. The real inflection point came when a major oil producer posed a simple question: Why were ESPs running longer on outdated switchboards than on modern VFDs, which were supposed to optimize performance?

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