Patent ID: 8662184

Claim:
A method of producing hydrocarbons from a subsea well including: installing a multi-section production tree on a subsea wellhead at the subsea well, the multi-section production tree including: a landing section engageable with the subsea wellhead and including a bore; and a valve section separate from and selectively engageable with the landing section and including a bore and a lateral production bore extending through a wall of the valve section; installing production tubing supported by a tubing hanger into the multi-section production tree such that the tubing hanger lands in the landing section bore and extends from the landing section and into the valve section bore with a lateral production bore of the tubing hanger aligned with the lateral production bore of the valve section; and producing hydrocarbons from the well and out of the multi-section production tree through a production passageway that includes the production tubing and the lateral production bores of the tubing hanger and the valve section.