Patent ID: 9534453
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. An intervention system deployable from a support vessel or rig for control of seabed equipment, the system comprising: a control umbilical connectable to the support vessel or rig; a tether connectable to the seabed equipment; and an umbilical management system unit coupled between the tether and the control umbilical, the umbilical management system unit designed to couple the control umbilical via the tether to the underwater seabed equipment so as to couple the support vessel or rig to the underwater seabed equipment; and wherein the control umbilical and the tether via the umbilical management system unit provide a communications channel for communicating data and power from the support vessel or rig to the seabed equipment for controlling the seabed equipment; and wherein the umbilical management system unit, the control umbilical, and the tether are configured to control a distance between the umbilical management system unit and the underwater seabed equipment.