A power supply assembly, which is placed subsea and is connected to an umbilical
from a platform, supplies electrical power to subsea equipment. The power supply
assembly supplies power during drilling operations to a pump for pumping drilling
fluid from the sea floor to the sea surface. During production operations, the
power supply assembly provides power to a booster pump to pump the well fluid away
from the subsea well for collection. The subsea power supply assembly optionally
also provides power to electrically charged portions of subsea separators that
remove water from the oil in the well fluid. The booster pump the pumps the oil
from the separator away from the subsea wellhead for collection.