Patent ID: 7422066

Claim:
A system for direct vertical connection between a first contiguous subsea equipment and a second contiguous subsea equipment, wherein the first equipment and the second equipment are utilized in the production of hydrocarbon fluids, with hydrocarbon flow and/or control interconnection between the first equipment and the second equipment, and the first equipment is already installed in a marine soil, the system comprising: a production mandrel integral to the first subsea equipment, the production mandrel including a funnel guide for interconnection with the second equipment; and a connector fitted to the second equipment, wherein the connector is fitted and locked with the mandrel; wherein the funnel guide serves as an approaching guide between said first equipment and said second equipment, and mechanical and flow interconnections are completed between said first equipment and said second equipment only by a fitting between the connector and the mandrel, whereby connecting jumpers are not provided; and wherein the first equipment is a production adapter base (PrAB), a horizontal wet Christmas tree (HWCT), a manifold or a pipe line end termination (PLET), and the second equipment is a pumping adapter base (PuAB).