Statoil Petroleum As

Statoil Asa

Michael Armstrong

Jan Olav Berge

Kjell Edvard Apeland

Carl Henrik Ahlen

Richard Verley

Greg Firth

Neil Woodward

There is described a method and associated apparatus for connecting a structure to equipment underwater, in particular for connecting a flange to a pipe under water. The pipe is provided under water, and a welding machine is provided in a welding space provided through a section of the pipe, and used to weld the flange to the end of the pipe, for example by internal metal inert gas welding.

Underwater connection operations

A remote-controlled joining system for subsea pipelines for joining two smooth pipeline ends (pipe ends) that are arranged facing in line a distance apart. The system includes an apparatus arranged to move at least one of the pipeline ends sideways and in the longitudinal direction. The joining system includes a pipe sleeve having internal seals for sealing against each pipeline surface. The pipe ends are inserted into the sleeve to a facing position within the seals. The system also includes a welding clamp with an integrated welding tool for remotely welding of a first end of the pipe sleeve to the first pipeline and a second end of the pipe sleeve to the second pipeline. The welding clamp can be remotely fastened sealingly around the pipe ends and the sleeve and is equipped with means for establishing and maintaining a welding atmosphere in a volume that is delimited by the seals of the clamp and the seals of the sleeve.

Remote-controlled joining system

A hot tap clamp. The clamp includes a first clamp part, a second clamp part, a fastener for stable fastening of the clamp parts around a section of a pipeline provided with a hot tap coupling, a pipe socket fixedly integrated with one of the clamp parts at an inner end and extending outward from the clamp part to an outer end, a hub on the outer end of the pipe socket, the pipe socket at the inner end going through the clamp part abutting the surface of the pipeline, such that the pipe socket can be sealingly welded to the pipeline by internal welding.

Hot tap clamp

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Michael Armstrong