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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zhihao George Gu, Houston, TX (US);
Chad A. Petrash, Fulshear, TX (US);
Ivica T. Grgas, Houston, TX (US);
Amal C. Phadke, Houston, TX (US);
Dominique P. Berta, Flower Mount, TX (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/44 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 21/50 (2013.01); E21B 19/002 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01); B63B 2035/448 (2013.01);
Abstract
A subsea facility for hydrocarbon recovery in deep waters and methods of installation are provided. More specifically, the subsea facility equipment is on multiple modules equipped with a buoyancy system to allow the modules to sink to the sea floor. The modules can be attached and unattached to each other, thus allowing for a module to be raised to the surface for repairs without affecting the rest of the subsea facility.