Patent ID: 8382457

Claim:
A portable pumping system for operation on a sea floor, reconfigurable undersea by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), comprising: a skid for moving the portable pumping system to a selected location; one or more brackets connected to the skid for releasably attaching multiple modules to the skid; each module attachable and detachable for module replacement and for creating multiple different configurations of a flow path for pumped fluid or gas lift; the multiple modules including pump modules and modules selected from a group consisting of isolation valve modules, bypass valve modules, gas lift modules, wet mate connector modules, hydraulic connector modules, and sensor modules; each pump module comprising a tubular housing enclosing an electric submersible pump and capable of being connected in series and in parallel on the skid with other pump modules; each sensor module having multiple sensors selected from a group consisting of flow rate sensors, bypass flow sensors, pressure sensors, and temperature sensors; and a control module mounted on the skid and self-contained to the portable pumping system for: receiving sensor inputs from the multiple sensors; based on the sensor inputs, providing control of the multiple configurations of the pumping fluid flow path; and maintaining a fluid output of the portable pumping system during attachment and detachment of one or more of the multiple modules.