Patent ID: 11859364
Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY AS
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 4:
5. A method of installing a subsea assembly, the subsea assembly comprising a foundation for a subsea well and associated wellhead and wellhead equipment, a support device and a subsea equipment adapter frame, the method comprising:
installing the foundation on a seabed; and
mounting the support device on the foundation after installing the foundation on the seabed; and
mounting the subsea equipment adapter frame onto the support device,
wherein the support device is a support frame mounted on top of the foundation for transferring and distributing loads into the foundation and is detachably fixed directly to the foundation, the support frame having a central opening to accommodate the wellhead equipment mounted on the wellhead,
wherein the subsea equipment adapter frame is for mounting subsea equipment thereon,
wherein the foundation is a suction anchor,
wherein the wellhead extends through the foundation into the seabed, and
wherein the wellhead equipment is a blowout preventer (BOP) and/or a Christmas tree.