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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Corey Eugene Hoffman, Plantersville, TX (US);
Stace Brac Mcdaniel, Tomball, TX (US);
Paul Alexander Blaikie, Aberdeen, GB;
Inventors:
Corey Eugene Hoffman, Plantersville, TX (US);
Stace Brac McDaniel, Tomball, TX (US);
Paul Alexander Blaikie, Aberdeen, GB;
Assignee:
Wild Well Control, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01); E21B 33/038 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/038 (2013.01); E21B 33/035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for riserless intervention of a subsea well includes: lowering a pressure control assembly (PCA) from a vessel to a subsea production tree; fastening the PCA to the tree; lowering a control pod from the vessel to the PCA using an umbilical; fastening the control pod to the PCA; lowering an end of a fluid conduit from the vessel to the PCA; and fastening the fluid conduit to the PCA using a dry break connection.