| US 7,565,932 B2 | ||
| Subsea flowline jumper containing ESP | ||
| Peter F Lawson, Tulsa, Okla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/697,100. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/789821, filed on Apr. 06, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0235195 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. E21B 29/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 166—344 [166/339; 166/105; 166/368] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A subsea pumping apparatus for pumping fluid from a first to a second receptacle of a subsea production system on a sea
floor, the apparatus comprising:
a pump flowline jumper having connectors at upstream and downstream ends for connection between the first and second receptacles
comprising;
a submersible pump assembly having a longitudinal axis and mounted within the pump flowline jumper, the pump assembly having
an intake for receiving fluid flowing from the first receptacle and a discharge for flowing the fluid to the second receptacle;
the flowline jumper extending from the pump assembly discharge in a direction coaxial with the axis of the pump assembly;
and wherein
the pump flowline jumper with the pump assembly contained therein is retrievable from the first and second receptacles.
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