A subsea production system is provided for producing a number of subsea wells which may be arranged in groups. Each of the groups of subsea wellheads (36) is connected to deliver production flow to a subsea manifold (40, 42, 46) each connected to deliver production flow to a production riser (28). A plurality of risers (28) extend from the subsea manifolds for groups of wells. A deep draft floating spar (10) is located above the wellheads (36) with mooring lines (14) and has a production paltform (12) located above the sea surface (11) and has buoyancy and ballast chambers (18) to control floatation. The spar structure defines a riser bore (22) receiving the risers extending from the subsea wellheads (36) to the platform (12). The spar is also capable of being shifted laterally by mooring lines for positioning above a selected well to thus permit well intervention activities as needed. The subsea wells are each provided with wellheads having a removable cap (40) to permit ROV (54) actuated cap removal and replacement.
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