Retrieval of subsea production and processing equipment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9605516
APP PUB NO 20160369598A1
SERIAL NO

15253319

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A method includes disconnecting subsea equipment containing a first fluid from an installation in a subsea environment, wherein the first fluid is a produced fluid that includes produced hydrocarbons. Furthermore, the method also includes raising the disconnected subsea equipment from the subsea environment and controlling a fluid pressure of the first fluid in the subsea equipment with an accumulator device while raising the subsea equipment from the subsea environment, wherein the accumulator device includes first and second adjustable accumulator chambers and a movable pressure boundary separating the first and second adjustable accumulator chambers.

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FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC1803 GEARS ROAD HOUSTON TX 77067

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Smedstad, Eric Randall League City, US 4 12

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