Patent ID: 8893775
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: E21B,F04B

Abstract:
1. A multiple electric submersible pump (“ESP”) system, the system comprising: a first ESP having an intake, a discharge, a pump, and an electric motor; a second ESP having an intake, a discharge, a pump, and an electric motor, wherein the first ESP discharge and the second ESP discharge are connected in parallel to a common manifold, and wherein the first ESP and the second ESP are secured together in a bundle by a mechanical connector; and a sealed caisson located at a seabed and having an inflow port through which fluid is received into the sealed caisson, wherein the bundle of first and second ESPs is located in the sealed caisson such that the pump and the electric motor of each of the first and second ESPs is below the seabed, the first and second ESPs being operable to pump the fluid through the common manifold, out of the caisson, and into an export conduit.