Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited

Ashley Clack

John Cross McNab

Philip Michael Nott

Paul Snowdon

Christopher Gray

Leigh Shippen

Balaji Aresh

David Lambert

John Mcnab

A method and apparatus are disclosed for re-terminating an end of a flexible pipe. The method comprises removing at least one original end fitting component () from a multicomponent end fitting, secured to flexible pipe body at an end of a flexible pipe, leaving a retained portion () of the end fitting in situ and subsequently securing at least one superseding end fitting component () to the retained portion thereby providing a new fluid tight seal against a fluid retaining layer of the flexible pipe at a new sealing location axially displaced from an original sealing location.

Termination of a flexible pipe

A method and apparatus are disclosed for terminating flexible pipe body. The apparatus comprises an end fitting core portion (), an end fitting termination portion () and a spacer ring member () locatable between the core portion () and the termination portion () for maintaining a whole anterior end surface of the core portion () and an opposed whole posterior end surface of the termination portion () in a spaced apart relationship.

Apparatus and method for terminating flexible pipe body

A method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an elongate sheet having a uniform thickness and a first and further spaced apart long edge, to a first pair of a plurality of spaced apart pairs of opposed forming roller elements, and via the pairs of roller elements, progressively forming a cross-sectional profile in the sheet that comprises a body portion comprising a folded central region of the sheet and a first and further wing portion that each extend away from the body portion and terminate at a respective long edge of the sheet, and securing adjacent regions of the wing portions and/or opposed regions of the body portion together thereby providing a windable elongate tape element having laterally immobilised wing portions.

Immobilised insert

A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing erosion protection to self-interlocking windings of a carcass layer of a flexible pipe. The method includes the steps of, via a wound sacrificial insert located over at least a portion of an inner facing surface of self-interlocking windings of a carcass layer, shielding at least a flow facing edge region of each self-interlocking winding from abrasive elements carried by a bore fluid flowing along a bore of the flexible pipe from an upstream to a downstream location.

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Blyth, United Kingdom

Ashley Clack