Guilelineless subsea completion system with horizontal flowline connection
US4629003A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1985 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B43/013
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An oil and gas completion system for landing and placement on an oceam floor without wire rope guidelines and in a nonoriented fashion including the end of a flowline laid along the ocean floor which is terminated substantially horizontally in a flowline receiving structure on the periphery of the completion system outside and below a specified circular boundary and a Christmas Tree having a mating end of a second flowline section inside the specified circular boundary and the extension of the second flowline section extending from the back of the second flowline section across to the other side of the tree being above said circular boundary such that the Christmas Tree is free to be rotated to an oriented position and one of the two flowline sections can then be moved substantially horizontally thru the boundary area for connection with the other section.
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