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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Deborah J. Davis, League City, TX (US);
Sushil K. Mandot, Bangalore, IN;
David A. Baker, Bellaire, TX (US);
Zhen Li, Houston, TX (US);
Brian J. Fielding, Spring, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of conveying a production fluid from an offshore subsea well to an offshore vessel includes deploying an inflatable bladder from the offshore vessel, the inflatable bladder including a bladder valve, and fluidly connecting the inflatable bladder to an offloading port positioned at a seafloor, wherein the offloading port includes a port valve and is in fluid communication with one or more subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formations. The method further includes opening the bladder and port valves to discharge the production fluid from the offloading port into the inflatable bladder, and thereby resulting in a substantially filled bladder, closing the bladder and port valves, and fluidly disconnecting the substantially filled bladder from the offloading port.