Subsea Field Architecture
AssigneeFMC Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTore Halvorsen, Paulo Couto, Alain Marion
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Abstract
A subsea hydrocarbon production field includes a number of first subsea christmas trees, a first manifold, a number of first flexible flowline jumpers, each of which is connected between the first manifold and a corresponding first tree. Each first flowline jumper includes a first flow conduit and a number of first umbilical lines, and each first flowline jumper includes a first end which is removably connected to a corresponding first tree by a first multibore hub and connector arrangement and a second end which is removably connected to the first manifold by a second multibore hub and connector arrangement.
Claims18
A subsea hydrocarbon production field comprising:
- a number of first subsea christmas trees;
- a first manifold;
- and
- a number of first flexible flowline jumpers, each of which is connected between the first manifold and a corresponding first tree;
- wherein each first flowline jumper comprises a first flow conduit and a number of first umbilical lines;
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- wherein each first flowline jumper comprises a first end which is removably connected to a corresponding first tree by a first multibore hub and connector arrangement and a second end which is removably connected to the first manifold by a second multibore hub and connector arrangement.
A subsea hydrocarbon production field comprising:
- a number of first subsea christmas trees;
- a first manifold;
- a number of first flexible flowline jumpers, each of which is connected between the first manifold and a corresponding first tree, and each of which comprises a first flow conduit and a number of first umbilical lines;
- a first flowline which is connected to the first manifold, the first flowline comprising a second flow conduit and a number of second umbilical lines;
- wherein the first flow conduits are connected through the first manifold to the second flow conduit and the first umbilical lines are connected through the first manifold to corresponding ones of the second umbilical lines;
- a number of second subsea christmas trees;
- a second manifold;
- a number of second flexible flowline jumpers, each of which is connected between the second manifold and a corresponding second tree, and each of which comprises a third flow conduit and a number of third umbilical lines;
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- a second flowline which is connected between the first and second manifolds, the second flowline comprising a fourth flow conduit and a number of fourth umbilical lines;
- wherein the fourth flow conduit is connected through the first manifold to the second flow conduit and the fourth umbilical lines are connected through the first manifold to corresponding ones of the second umbilical lines;
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- wherein the third flow conduits are connected through the second manifold to the fourth flow conduit and the third umbilical lines are connected through the second manifold to corresponding ones of the fourth umbilical lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.