Patent ID: 7314084

Claim:
A subsea pumping module system, comprising: a pumping module base that is one of: a structure resting on a seabed wherein a removable pumping module is vertically or horizontally mounted on said pumping module base, a structure coupled to a hollow pile driven into the seabed, wherein the pumping module is vertically inserted within said pile, and a structure resting on and connected to a pile wherein the pumping module is vertically or horizontally mounted on said pile; an Intermediate Flow Inlet (IFI) including a cylindrical mandrel, wherein said mandrel includes an outlet hole, a return hole, a first on-off valve for the outlet hole, a second on-off valve for said return hole, and a pumping module bypass valve interlinked upstream from the first on-off valve and downstream from the second on-off valve; a production line shunted to a suction flow of the pumping module through the outlet hole of said mandrel, wherein after circulating in the pumping module the flow returns to the mandrel through the return hole, a flow line, wherein said flow is routed from said mandrel through the flow line; the pumping module including a closed tubular body to which a hydraulic connector is coupled, wherein said connector is coupled to the mandrel in order to establish a hydraulic contact between the pumping module and the outlet and return holes on said mandrel, wherein a connector seal of the metal-metal type is provided at a coupling between said connector and said mandrel; and wherein said pumping module includes a mechanical profile that serves as an interface with a tool for cable installation and recovery of the pumping module.