Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying – retrieving,... – Submerging – raising – or manipulating line of pipe or cable...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-17
2011-05-17
Mayo-Pinnock, Tara (Department: 3672)
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying, retrieving,...
Submerging, raising, or manipulating line of pipe or cable...
C405S158000, C405S167000, C405S168100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07942608
ABSTRACT:
A flowline for hydrocarbon which is capable of being reeled and which is unreeled for being laid on the seabed using the reeled lay method is comprised of successive pipe sections having opposing ends which are joined by an anchor collar that is butt welded to the opposing ends. The pipe sections have a jacket on the exterior of the pipe sections, but the pipe sections are able to be reeled. Anchor collars are affixed by butt welding between the ends of adjacent pipe sections. Each anchor collar has a fixture or protrusion radially outward which has an outer diameter less than or at least not more than the outer diameter of the pipe section jacket. The flowline has the same inner diameter at the pipe sections and the collar, and the pipe has the same outer diameter as the collar, while the protrusion protrudes outward from the exterior of the collar. The flowline is anchored on the seabed by unreeling it from a spool, applying a clamp to the collar before delivering it to the seabed, and anchoring the clamp to the seabed. The jacket may expose the fixture or protrusion or may initially cover it and be removed to enable the clamping.
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Notification of Transmittal of the International Search Report and the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority, or the Declaration dated Mar. 23, 2009; International Search Report; and Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority (9 pages, total).
Bastard Antoine
Le Pocreau Julie
Legris Kevin
Fiorello Benjamin
Mayo-Pinnock Tara
Ostrolenk Faber LLP
Technip France
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