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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103624 | LARGE-OFFSET DIRECT VERTICAL ACCESS SYSTEM A system comprising a floating host located over a first drilling center in a body of water, the floating host comprising drilling facilities; a floating spar located over a second drilling center; a first fluid transfer conduit between the second drilling center and th... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120031621 | Method and System For Flow Assurance Management In Subsea Single Production Flowline Method of managing hydrates in a subsea production system that includes a host production facility, one or more producers, one or more water injectors, a water injection line, and a single production line for directing production fluids from the producers to the host pr... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110303417 | SUBSEA WELL TEMPLATE Subsea well template comprising a plurality of well slots arranged adjacent to a manifold reception space, said template comprising a plurality of template hatches for protection of well components, including a Xmas tree. Said hatches comprise at least a top protection ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110290497 | SUBSEA HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION SYSTEM A subsea oil and/or gas production system comprises a host production facility and a plurality of subsea wells. A fluid conveying network is provided that connects each subsea well to the host production facility. A separate electrical power and data network is provided... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110132615 | OFFSHORE DRILLING AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS A method of drilling and producing from an offshore structure, comprising drilling a first well from the offshore structure with a drilling riser; completing the first well with a first subsurface tree; connecting the first subsurface tree to a manifold; drilling a seco... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20100032164 | SUB SEA PROCESSING SYSTEM Sub-sea processing system for the production of oil and/or gas from one or more production wells (1), especially wells producing heavy oil on deep water and with high viscosity. The system includes, beyond the production well/s (1), one or more injection w... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090314495 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRILLING AND PRODUCING SUBSEA FIELDS A system comprising a mobile offshore drilling unit, a first group of wells drilled by the mobile offshore drilling unit, a second group of wells drilled by the mobile offshore drilling unit comprises processing equipment adapted to process production from the first gro... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20080093081 | Method for Managing Hydrates in Subssea Production Line A method for managing hydrates in a subsea production system is provided. The system has at least one producing subsea well, a jumper for delivering produced fluids from the subsea well to a manifold, a production line for delivering produced fluids to a production gath... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20060108120 | Well production and multi-purpose intervention access hub A well production and multi-purpose intervention access hub for flowing fluids from multiple wells to a host facility through a flowline. The hub comprises a production header module and a flowline header module configured for fluid communication with the flowline. The ... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060011348 | Drilling and producing deep water subsea wells Subsea wells are drilled and completed with an offshore floating platform in a manner that allows simultaneous work on more than one well. A first well is drilled and casing. Then a tubing hanger is run through a drilling riser and landed in the wellhead housing. Then, ... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050178556 | Subsea hydrocarbon production system A system (1) for extracting subsea hydrocarbon fluid has five discrete subsea developments (10, 12, 14, 16, 18) for hydrocarbon extraction linked to four hydrocarbon receiving facilities (2, 4, 6, 8) by a pipeline network (94). Each subsea de... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050145388 | Subsea process assembly A subsea process assembly for separating a multiphase flow, the assembly comprising: an inlet for a multiphase medium; a pressure reducing means for reducing the pressure of the multiphase flow from the inlet and creating a source of energy; a multiphase separator for s... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050072574 | System and method for injecting gas into a hydrocarbon reservoir Gas is supplied from a host facility (2) to an underwater gas compressor (10) via a connecting pipeline (6) and the gas compressor is connected to a plurality of gas injection wells (7) for a hydrocarbon reservoir via well supply flowlines (8... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050016735 | ROV retrievable sea floor pump A subsea pumping assembly locates on a seafloor for pumping well fluid from subsea wells to the level. The pumping assembly has a tubular outer housing that is at least partially embedded in the seafloor. A tubular primary housing locates in the outer housing and has a ... | 01/27/2005 |