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Geir Gundersen Fuhr

Lorents Reinås

Harald Sigurd Nesse

Kjell Einar Ellingsen

Jone Stangeland

Morten Sæther

Asle Eide

Morten Æther

A subsea foundation system and a method of connecting a lower pipe portion to a subsea foundation are provided. The method includes: providing the subsea foundation, an upper pipe portion being connected to the subsea foundation, deploying the subsea foundation subsea; and connecting the lower pipe portion to the upper pipe portion. The subsea foundation system includes: the subsea foundation; the upper pipe portion connected to the subsea foundation, and the lower pipe portion. The lower pipe portion can be connected to the upper pipe portion subsea. The lower pipe portion may be connected to the subsea foundation in a stowed position before deployment subsea. The lower pipe portion may be connected to a pull-in arrangement before deployment subsea.

Subsea foundation

An apparatus for removing soil from a conduit for a subsea well that is forced or placed into a seabed is provided. The apparatus comprises a soil disturbance device to displace soil within the conduit before drilling is performed. A method of removing soil from a conduit for a subsea well that is forced or placed into a seabed is also provided. The method comprises using a soil disturbance device to displace soil within the conduit before drilling is performed.

Apparatus and method for removing soil from a conduit

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Geir Gundersen Fuhr