A submersible well fluid system for operating submerged in a body of water may include an electric machine and a fluid end. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator residing in a first housing at specified conditions. The fluid end may include an impeller and be coupled to the electric mac
A submersible well fluid system for operating submerged in a body of water may include an electric machine and a fluid end. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator residing in a first housing at specified conditions. The fluid end may include an impeller and be coupled to the electric machine. The submersible well fluid system may also include an adjustable speed drive for the electric machine in the housing. The submersible well fluid system may also include a chemical distribution system for supplying treatment chemicals to the submersible well fluid system, a barrier fluid supply system for supplying a barrier fluid to the submersible well fluid system, and a pressure management system.
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1. A submersible well fluid system for operating submerged in a body of water, comprising: an electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator residing in a first housing at a first condition within the first housing;a fluid end comprising an impeller and coupled to the electric machine;an adjustabl
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A submersible well fluid system for operating submerged in a body of water, comprising: an electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator residing in a first housing at a first condition within the first housing;a fluid end comprising an impeller and coupled to the electric machine;an adjustable speed drive for the electric machine in a second housing, the second housing having an interior surface in contact with the adjustable speed drive, the second housing configured to conductively transfer heat from the adjustable speed drive to a surrounding body of water through the interior surface in contact with the adjustable speed drive;a process fluid inlet connector in fluid communication with the fluid end and adapted to connect to a fluid outlet associated with a wellhead assembly; anda conduit between the first and second housings that provides fluid communication between the first and second housings, the conduit spanning a clearance that separates the first housing from the second housing, the first and second housings comprising a gas, the gas at the first condition at a lower pressure than a pressure of a process fluid within the fluid end;wherein the electric machine, fluid end, and adjustable speed drive are configured for operation in a body of water outside of a well. 2. The submersible well fluid system of claim 1, wherein the gas at the first condition is substantially at atmospheric pressure. 3. The submersible well fluid system of claim 1, where the first housing is affixed to the second housing. 4. The submersible well fluid system of claim 1, comprising a frame carrying the electric machine, the fluid end, and the adjustable speed drive. 5. The submersible well fluid system of claim 4, where the frame surrounds the electric machine, fluid end, and adjustable speed drive. 6. The submersible well fluid system of claim 4, where the frame is adapted to support the submersible well fluid system off a floor of the body of water. 7. The submersible well fluid system of claim 4, comprising: a buffer tank in a fluid path to the impeller and adapted to mix uncombined gas and liquid process fluid and to supply the mixed gas and liquid to the impeller; andwherein the buffer tank is carried by the frame. 8. The submersible well fluid system of claim 7, comprising: a process fluid outlet coupled to a fluid path from the impeller; anda gas/liquid separator in the fluid path and adapted to output to the process fluid outlet; andwhere the gas/liquid separator is carried by the frame. 9. The submersible well fluid system of claim 1, where the process fluid inlet connector is adapted to support the submersible well fluid system. 10. The submersible well fluid system of claim 9, where the process fluid inlet connector is adapted to support the submersible well fluid system off of the floor of the body of water. 11. A submersible well fluid system for operating submerged in a body of water, comprising: an electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator residing in a first housing at a first condition within the first housing;a fluid end comprising an impeller and coupled to the electric machine;an adjustable speed drive for the electric machine in a second housing, the second housing having an interior surface in contact with the adjustable speed drive, the second housing configured to conductively transfer heat from the adjustable speed drive to a surrounding body of water through the interior surface in contact with the adjustable speed drive;a process fluid inlet connector in fluid communication with the fluid end and adapted to connect to a fluid outlet associated with a wellhead assembly; anda conduit between the first and second housings that provides fluid communication between the first and second housings, the conduit spanning a clearance that separates the first housing from the second housing;wherein the electric machine, fluid end, and adjustable speed drive are configured for operation in a body of water outside of a well;where the submersible well fluid system is for operating at a specified depth in a body of water, andwherein the first housing comprises a fluid at the first condition, and when the submersible well fluid system is submerged to the specified depth in the body of water the fluid at the first condition is at one atmosphere pressure. 12. A submersible well fluid system for operating submerged in a body of water, comprising: an electric machine comprising a rotor and a stator residing in a first housing at a first condition;a fluid end comprising an impeller and coupled to the electric machine;an adjustable speed drive for the electric machine in a second housing, the second housing having an interior surface in contact with the adjustable speed drive, the second housing configured to conductively transfer heat from the adjustable speed drive to a surrounding body of water through the interior surface in contact with the adjustable speed drive;a conduit between the first and second housings that provides fluid communication between the first and second housings, the conduit spanning a clearance that separates the first housing from the second housing;a process fluid inlet to the submersible well fluid system; anda bypass fluid path adapted to allow process fluid to flow from a location proximate the process fluid inlet around the fluid end;wherein the electric machine, fluid end, and adjustable speed drive are configured for operation in a body of water outside of a well, and the first and second housings comprise a gas, the gas at a lower pressure than a pressure of a process fluid within the fluid end. 13. The submersible well fluid system of claim 12, comprising a frame carrying the electric machine, the fluid end, the adjustable speed drive, and the bypass fluid path. 14. The submersible well fluid system of claim 13, wherein the frame surrounds the electric machine, fluid end, the adjustable speed drive, and the bypass fluid path. 15. The submersible well fluid system of claim 14, where the frame is adapted to couple to a wellhead assembly or an associated assembly to support the submersible well fluid system.
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