Patent ID: 7360601
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A method of installing a pump assembly in a subsea well having a tubular wellhead member adjacent the sea floor containing a tubular wear bushing, the pump assembly having an electrical motor that receives power via a power cable, comprising: (a) lowering the pump assembly on a conduit to a depth in the well at least through the wear bushing in the wellhead member while deploying the power cable alongside the conduit; then (b) connecting a retrieval tool to the conduit, inserting the power cable into a slot in a side wall of the retrieval tool, and lowering the retrieval tool and the pump assembly while deploying more of the power cable until the retrieval tool engages the wear bushing; then (c) lifting the conduit and retrieving the wear bushing with the retrieval tool while taking up the power cable deployed in step (b) until the wear bushing reaches the platform, then disconnecting the retrieval tool from the conduit; and (d) connecting a hanger to the conduit and lowering the hanger and the conduit until the hanger lands in the wellhead member.