Patent ID: 8607878

Claim:
A subsea well assembly comprising: a wellhead; an umbilical connected to a power source on a surface platform; a connector for connecting the umbilical to a receptacle in the subsea well assembly; a subsea control module delivering power and control signals to components of the subsea well assembly; at least one anode positioned to protect the well assembly from corrosion; an impressed current protection module integrated in the subsea control module, the impressed current protection module receiving power from the umbilical to provide impressed current cathodic protection to the well assembly, the impressed current protection module comprising a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the positive terminal operably coupled to the at least one anode and the negative terminal operably grounded on one or more of the following: a housing of the subsea control module, the wellhead, a portion of a production tree or manifold associated with the wellhead.