Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited

Carol Benirschke

Andrew Peter Roberts

An end fitting () for a flexible pipe is disclosed. The end fitting comprises a window () and a cavity () disposed in the end fitting radially inwards of the window and configured to be in fluid communication with an annulus of the flexible pipe, wherein at least a portion of the cavity () is visible from the exterior of the end fitting via the window. The end fitting further comprises a dissolvable or dispersible material disposed within the cavity or in fluid communication with the cavity.

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Carol Benirschke