Patent ID: 9702227
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B63G,E21B

Claim:
1. A process for transporting an extraction fluid comprising the following operations: a) hydraulically connecting a submerged underwater vehicle to a head of an extraction well; b) transferring and storing the extraction fluid on the submerged underwater vehicle, subjecting said extraction fluid to one or more of the following treatment operations through one or more plants installed onboard the submerged underwater vehicle; c) transporting the extraction fluid subjected to the one or more of the treatment operations b.1-b.5, causing the submerged underwater vehicle to advance, d) preparing a first and a second removable module, each of which contains at least part of one or more motors, pumps, fluid, electric or electronic circuits to power or signal one or more of the plants installed onboard the submerged underwater vehicle to effect one or more of the treatment operations b.1)-b.5), or compressing or liquefying the extraction fluid in the submerged underwater vehicle, each removable module reversibly removable and reinstallable on the submerged underwater vehicle; e) installing the first removable module on the submerged underwater vehicle; f) removing the first removable module from the submerged underwater vehicle and installing the second removable module on the submerged vehicle; g) effecting the transferring and storing b) and/or the transporting c) with the second removable module, while the first removable module is being subjected to at least one of maintenance and repair operations.