Patent ID: 6161618
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: E21B,Y10T

Abstract:
A subsea control module for coupling to a subsea well installation comprising:a body having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of cartridge valve receptacles formed therein transverse to the axis, each of the receptacles having an entrance at an exterior side of said body, and a plurality of passageways formed in said body that communicate with said cartridge valve receptacles for communicating hydraulic fluid;a cartridge valve in each of said cartridge valve receptacles, each cartridge valve having an exterior side at said entrance of the receptacle to enable said cartridge valves to be inserted into and removed from said receptacles from an exterior of the body;a plurality of connectors protruding from the body, the connectors being in communication with the passageways and adapted to engage mating connectors on the subsea well installation to supply hydraulic fluid pressure to the cartridge valves and to deliver hydraulic fluid pressure controlled by the cartridge valves to components in the subsea well installation.