Tubular alignment assembly

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1981-06-04

1984-02-07

Novosad, Stephen J.

Wells

Packers or plugs

With expanding anchor

166133, 166136, 166165, 166316, E21B 1916

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044297424

ABSTRACT:
Hollow tubular members used as piling to support offshore platforms and the like are more easily aligned with a stabbing means. The base of the stabbing means is flexibly attached to the inner surface of one end of a tubular member; the tip of the stabbing means, which is rounded and pointed, projects beyond the end of the tubular member. The stabbing means can be attached to the tubular member for easy removal and can be adapted to couple with a retaining device within a companion tubular member that is to be aligned with the first tubular member. Preferably, a cable is coiled within an elastomeric material that flexibly bonds the stabbing means to the tubular member--the cable can be pulled or ripped from the material to destroy the bond and thereafter permit removal of the stabbing means.

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